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Ten years' worth of data belonging to some of the world's biggest carmakers including Volkswagen, Fiat Chrysler and Toyota has been accidentally made available online, it has emerged. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Telegraph

Fears that the growth of cryptocurrencies are opening up further opportunities for criminals to launder money have led to the establishment of a new training programme by the City of London Police. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: City AM

Blockchain technologies have a well-earned reputation for hacking and fraud, but the recent theft of more than twenty million dollars of second-tier cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin Gold, Verge, and ZenCash was a fundamental attack on the core mechanisms that allow cryptocurrencies to function. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Tech Crunch

Global human rights, public policy, and advocacy group AccessNow has called out Australia for its lack of focus on human rights as it adapts to the challenges of the digital era, with a report from the non-profit saying the country should instead be leading the way in serving as a champion for human rights. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: ZDNet

A Singapore healthcare database was hacked in what is the country's worst cyber attack, with medical records of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong among those stolen. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: CNBC

Joplin Family YMCA members received the following letter warning them of a phishing scam for personal information that is coming in individual's emails. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Fox 14 TV

The government has been accused of lacking urgency in its work to tackle a lack of suitably skilled cybersecurity workers in the critical national infrastructure sector. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Civil Service World

The source code of a top-of-the-line Android banking trojan has been leaked online and has since rapidly spread in the malware community, worrying researchers that a new wave of malware campaigns may be in the works. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer

Academics from multiple universities have announced fixes for two severe security flaws known as Spectre and Rowhammer. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer

Telecommunications executives have relegated disruption from new technologies to third place in their risk top 5: the number one risk identified by 60 telecom companies surveyed right now is exchange rate volatility, according to phone companies and internet providers. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Helpnetsecurity