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The cybersecurity workforce gap is on pace to hit 1.8 million by 2022 – a 20% increase since 2015. 68% of workers in North America believe this workforce shortage is due to a lack of qualified personnel. To help combat the growing gap, a third of hiring managers globally are planning to increase the size of their departments by 15% or more. Conducted by Frost & Sullivan for the Center for Cyber Safety and Education,...

Al Jazeera Media Network said it suffered a massive cyberattack targeting its systems, websites and social media platforms, the company announced on Twitter on Thursday (8 June). The Doha-based Pan-Arab satellite media network said it was combating "systematic and continual" hacking attempts on its websites and digital platforms. "These attempts are gaining intensity and taking various forms," Al Jazeera said on its website. "However, the platforms have not been compromised." Its English- and Arabic-language channels,...

CD Projekt Red, the Polish studio maker behind the insanely popular The Witcher 3 RPG, has suffered a data breach and now the attacker is holding the company for ransom, threatening to release stolen files if the game maker doesn't pay an undisclosed sum of money. The game studio admitted to the incident in a statement released yesterday, June 8. Read Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BleepingComputer.com

Cybercriminals have started using a new technique to infect computers that only requires a victim place their cursor over a malicious hyperlink for the malware to be injected. The new technique was noticed by several cybersecurity researchers – with dodgethissecurity doing an extensive analysis. The information security blog reported that an attack begins with the target receiving an email containing an attached PowerPoint document.   Read Full Story Original Source: SC Magazine

The queue to see Bruce Schneier snakes round the conference hall at Infosecurity Europe 2017, with many attendees clutching copies of his book "Data and Goliath" in their hands, hoping to get a mark of ink from the so-called "security guru". Here, he needs no introduction. His gospel comes at breakneck pace, warning about the inevitable dangers of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology – connected devices which are typically an easy target for hackers...

Employees who become distracted at work are more likely to be the cause of human error and a potential security risk, according to a snapshot poll conducted by Centrify at Infosec Europe in London this week. Of the 165 respondents, more than a third (35%) cite distraction and boredom as the main cause of human error. Other causes include heavy workloads (19%), excessive policies and compliance regulations (5%), social media (5%) and password sharing (4%)....

An avionics technician who claimed he was unlawfully fired from Elon Musk's SpaceX after raising the alarm over alleged safety failures has lost his wrongful dismissal lawsuit. Jason Blasdell had claimed in court that he complained to the president of SpaceX in his efforts to alert his managers to what he said were forged test passes for safety-critical rocket equipment being made for NASA. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register

Russian hackers are singing a new tune. They have hidden the location of their command and control servers in comments left on pop star Britney Spears' Instagram posts. The Turla espionage group, which over the years has targeted various governments, used social media to hide malware once it infected networks. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine

It is possible for any common network router to secretly leak sensitive information such as employee passwords or company data, according to recent research from experts at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Cyber Security Research Center (CSRC). In a research paper published by the university, researchers explained how they used the LED light on a network router to covertly send data. Using a proprietary form of malware, the team was able to override the...

Kaspersky Labs complains to the EU, claiming Microsoft deliberately obstructs third party vendors to the detriment of users and security. Kaspersky claims Microsoft is abusing its dominant position in the operating system market to stop people purchasing third party security software and boost Windows Defender.  In complaints to both the European Commission (EC) and the German Federal Cartel Officer, the Russian cybersecurity firm alleges that the behaviour of Windows 10 and how it suppresses antivirus software eliminates...