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British Olympic star Mo Farah has shrugged off the leaking of his personal medical records by Russian hackers, insisting he has nothing to hide. The information, which relates to two therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) he was granted so he could take medicine that would otherwise be banned, was stolen from the World Anti-Doping Agency's data storage system. Farah is among 66 international athletes, including 17 from Team GB, who have had their TUEs published online...

More than half (54 percent) of CEOs in European companies are taking responsibility for cyber-security as it is now considered to be an executive responsibility.  New research from Lloyds of London discovered that although cyber is now at the top of the boardroom agenda, many still underestimate the potential impact of a cyber-attack or data breach. Only 13 percent of European companies believing they will lose trade if a cyber-attack occurs, despite recent high-profile data breaches. The...

Saint Francis Health System was the victim of a data breach earlier this month in which approximately 6,000 names and addresses were compromised, officials with the health care provider confirmed Monday. Officials were notified Sept. 7 that patient data was extracted from a server during an unauthorized external access. The information taken during the breach did not include Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers or financial information, a hospital spokeswoman said. View full story ORIGINAL...

Brits are nearly twice as likely to trust banks to store and keep safe their biometric information as they are to trust government agencies, according to a survey from Visa. Of around 2000 people quizzed by the payments giant, 60% say that they would put their faith in banks to look after fingerprints and iris scans, compared to just 33% who trust the government. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Finextra

Malware authors have once again succeeded in bypassing Google's security vetting processes, and planted four spyware applications in the company's Play app store. Security vendor Lookout alerted Google to the existence of four apps incorporating the Overseer spyware, which exfiltrates information from users' Android devices. Google removed the apps from the Play store after Lookout notified the online giant about the threat. The Overseer malware was found in an embassy finder tool. Overseer targets foreign travellers,...

A trojan that appeared at the start of the month on Russian underground hacking forums has now been integrated into the spam distribution chains used to deploy the Locky ransomware and Pony information stealer (infostealer). The Trojan, named Quant Loader, is sold to anyone interested and advertised as a new malware dropper that can be used as a first-stage infection, which can later stealthily download more advanced malware. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Softpedia

Although attack details are rather difficult to come by right now, it appears there is another scam link making the rounds in cryptocurrency circles. As it turns out, a hacker can easily steal one’s Reddit account credentials. That is not entirely surprising, as any platform relying on usernames and passwords is conducting horrible security practices. The Reddit user who got hacked noticed how his profile was used to post on various cryptocurrency subreddits. All posts included a...

While one cannot deny just how immensely popular "Pokemon GO" had become in a span of two months since its release, it is only a matter of time before it attracts the attention of hackers. Recent reports show that a fake "Pokemon GO" app has been making rounds online, and had caused malware to infect a huge number of players' phones, as reported by Kaspersky Labs. According to the company, a mobile app named "Guide for Pokemon...

F5 Networks has released a new survey that sheds light on consumer attitudes towards cyber security, revealing that Brits are ready to take a tough stance on hacking and a majority refuse to do business with any company that has been hacked in the past. Of those surveyed, 50 per cent claimed they would not share their data with or purchase any products from a company that was previously hacked. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE:...

Misconfiguration of Donald Trump's campaign website left the personal information of interns – and perhaps more – accessible to casual snooping. Staffers of the real estate mogul-turned-US presidential candidate “bungled the settings on their Amazon S3 server”, according to MacKeeper security researcher Chris Vickery, the security researcher who discovered the recently resolved flaw.The practical upshot of the snafu was that anyone who correctly guessed folder and file names would have been able to download sensitive...