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F-Secure Labs has uncovered a strain of malware that appears to be targeting parties involved in the South China Sea territorial dispute. The issue is a dispute between the Philippines, China and others over territory and sovereignty over ocean areas, and the Paracels and the Spratlys - two island chains claimed in whole or in part by several countries. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine

Clue: It involves physically breaking into a ride this time. Black Hat Last year, the Black Hat presentation by Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek caused Chrysler to recall 1.4 million vehicles to install a software update after they proved they could remotely hack Jeeps. This year, in Las Vegas, the pair showed us how to defeat that update. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register

Industry disagrees and wants right to block access if users reject cookies. More than three quarters of citizens and civil society organisations who responded to a consultation on Europe’s privacy rules believe the law should be extended to cover over-the-top (OTT) service providers, such as Skype, Messenger, Gmail, and WhatsApp. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Ars Technica

One of the nation's biggest health-care systems has agreed to pay the largest settlement ever by a single entity for potential violations of federal patient privacy law, related to breaches that compromised the electronic data of 4 million patients. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: CNBC

Tech company to pay hackers $200,000 for vulnerabilities they identify in its software. Apple said it plans to offer rewards of up to $200,000 (€179,600) to researchers who find critical security bugs in its products, joining dozens of firms that already offer payments for help uncovering flaws in their products. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Financial Times  

Remember a couple of weeks back when Windows 10 was blasted for collecting "excessive data" by French regulatory body the CNIL? Well apparently this is making more people mull over switching away from Windows to OS X (or macOS as it will soon be). At least, according to a recent UK survey commissioned by Comparitech.com (and carried out by OnePoll), 67% of Windows users would "at least consider" making the move to a Mac due...

Tinder could be the latest app to land in hot water over privacy concerns in Europe following the accusations of a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Belgian socialist Marc Tarabella — who is a substitute on the EU’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee — has issued a press release in which he urges the European Commission to open an investigation against Tinder. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Digital Trends

The latest version of the Gozi banking trojan that's currently under development comes with a few tricks up its sleeve, including an increased role for malicious human operators during the infection process and the ability to bypass some behavioral biometrics defenses. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Softpedia

Hackers have spyware in your mind. You’re minding your business, playing a game or scrolling through social media, and all the while they’re gathering your most private information direct from your brain signals. Your likes and dislikes. Your political preferences. Your sexuality. Your PIN. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE:

Now-patched kernel-level flaw in OS X app firewall will be revealed this week. DEF CON A vulnerability in popular OS X security tool Little Snitch potentially granted malicious applications extra powers, undermining the protection offered by the software. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register