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Hackers have gone back to the future by attempting to infect targets with booby-trapped subtitle files. By crafting malicious subtitle files for films and TV programmes, which are then downloaded by viewers, attackers can hope to take complete control of any device running the vulnerable platforms. Hackers have pushed trojans under the guise of subtitle files as far back as 2003. This time around vulnerabilities in particular media player software packages are playing a role in facilitating...

Europol has made 27 arrests in relation to an ATM jackpotting scheme, with more suspects being tracked across Europe. This week, Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) said that 20 European member states alongside Norway have come together to make a series of arrests and shut down ATM "black box" attacks across the region. According to Europol, 27 arrests have already been made and more are on the horizon...

40 percent of organizations believe that C-level executives, including the CEO, are most at risk of being hacked when working outside of the office, according to a new report from iPass. Cafés and coffee shops were ranked the number one high-risk venue by 42 percent of respondents, from a list also including airports (30 percent), hotels (16 percent), exhibition centers (7 percent) and airplanes (4 percent). The vast majority (93 percent) of respondents said they...

In the wake of the "WannaCry" cyberattack which resulted in widespread disruption of the UK's National Health Service (NHS), attention has now turned to other forms of infrastructure. One security expert has warned Britain's nuclear weapons are at risk of being targeted. The UK nuclear deterrent, known as Trident, consists of four Vanguard-class submarines which can carry up to 16 ballistic missiles, each armed with up to eight warheads. Most of its computers, however, reportedly run on...

WannaCry, the ransomware that spread through the UK’s National Health Service and companies around the world, shows “compelling evidence” of a link to North Korean hacking group Lazarus, according to a new report by Symantec.  The cyber security company believes there is a “close connection” to Lazarus, the group behind the cyber attacks on Sony Pictures and the Bangladesh central bank, because of similarities in the tools, code and infrastructure used by the hackers. View...

Russian security firm Group IB writes that the raids also thwarted plans to take the malware campaign to other countries, including the UK, Germany, France, Turkey, Singapore, Australia, and the United States. According to the Russian Interior Ministry, the hackers managed to steal about 50 million roubles, which equals close to $900,000. Compared to other similar campaigns, this is not the largest amount hackers have managed to steal, but it is a testament to the fact that...

In a study among C-Suite executives seeking their perspective on blockchain, one third of almost 3,000 executives surveyed are using or considering blockchain in their business. According to the new IBM study, eight in ten of those exploring blockchain are investing either in response to financial shifts in their industry or for the opportunity to develop entirely new business models. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Help Net Security

HSBC's much-touted voice recognition software, used by half a million customers to verify their identity and secure their bank accounts, has successfully been duped by the brother of one of its customers. In an investigation carried out by BBC Click reporter Dan Simmons and his non-identical twin, Joe, the brothers revealed that it was possible to breach an HSBC customer's account by mimicking their voice. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: IB Times

The passenger processing system used at Australia's international airports is back up and running after causing lengthy delays in terminals including Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, and Auckland. International passengers were being checked-in manually as a result of the outage, causing long queues and delayed flights. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: ZDNet

NAND flash memory chips, the building blocks of solid-state drives (SSDs), include what could be called "programming vulnerabilities" that can be exploited to alter stored data or shorten the SSD's lifespan. During the past few years, SSDs have slowly replaced classic disk-based HDDs as the prime storage medium for the world's data, taking over not only in data centers, but our phones, tablets, laptops, and desktop PCs. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Bleeping Computer