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In November 2016, Europol and Trend Micro discovered a new breed of malware that targets ATMs and enables crooks with physical access to the machine's ports to make an ATM spit out cash. Nicknamed Alice based on the name given to the malware's binary by its creator (Project Alice), researchers found evidence that this malware has been going around since 2014. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer

This year delivered a chilling warning as we witnessed distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on a scale that few thought possible. These attacks - where massive volumes of data are thrown at online systems so they can no longer deal with legitimate requests - underwent a step change this year as attackers learned to harness vulnerable devices that constitute parts of the so-called internet of things (IoT). View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC

Ukraine is investigating a suspected cyber attack on Kiev's power grid at the weekend, the latest in a series of strikes on its energy and financial infrastructure, the head of the state-run power distributor said on Tuesday. Vsevolod Kovalchuk, acting chief director of Ukrenergo, told Reuters that a power distribution station near Kiev unexpectedly switched off early on Sunday, leaving the northern part of the capital without electricity. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Reuters

President Obama told Vladimir Putin to “cut it out” when he raised the subject of Russian meddling in the US election, saying he warned the Russian leader that there would be “serious consequences” if he didn’t. Obama told reporters in his final White House press conference that he’d confronted Putin during the G20 summit in China in September, and added that the US administration’s “goal continues to be to send a clear message to Russia or others not to...

Anonymous hackers have reportedly hit Thailand government websites with targeted DDoS attacks in retaliation for the passage of a bill which is feared to impose considerable restrictions on internet freedom. The bill introduced amendments to the country's computer crime law and was unanimously passed by the military-appointed legislature on 16 December, according to reports. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: International Business Times

The Computer Security Incident Response Team Slovakia has offered a response to the attack, saying that the site admins have been notified of the breach and an investigation is under way. Original story below. The official website of the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (scci.sk) got hacked this morning, with details of approximately 8,000 users being exposed during the breach. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Softpedia

Malware that spreads via evil web ads and menaces broadband routers has been discovered – and it's going to be particularly horrible for small business and home internet users, which it targets. This latest variant of the years-old DNSChanger nasty, just spotted by Californian infosec biz Proofpoint, works like this: some JavaScript code is hidden in advertisements placed on mainstream websites via ad networks. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register

A flaw in an in-flight entertainment system used by major airlines including Emirates, Virgin and Qatar could let hackers access a planes' controls. The security hole in the Panasonic Avionics in-flight system is used in planes run by 13 major airlines and could put passengers' information and safety at risk, as well as disrupting their flight experience, according to researchers at IOActive. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Telegraph

Domino’s Pizza customers have been told to change their passwords after a string of reported security breaches. The pizza chain emailed customers today with an “important announcement” about cyber security”. The email urged customers to change their passwords as soon as possible after “a growing number of websites have recently been compromised by breaches in their cyber security”. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Sun

Just a couple of weeks ago we reported about “Gooligan” attack affecting millions of Android devices worldwide. Now, Comodo Threat Research Labs have identified a new malware Tordow v2.0 which is the first mobile banking Trojan created specifically for Android devices affecting users in Russia. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Hackread