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Since June 1, there has been no traffic coming out of a network of hijacked computers known as “Necurs.” Malware known as Dridex, designed to pilfer bank accounts, and the ransomware Locky both depended on Necurs and appear to no longer be propagating. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Hill  

  US visa applicants in Switzerland are falling victim to a hitherto unknown malware called Qarallaz RAT or QRAT, which is being distributed via Skype by an unknown entity posing as a US government official. Upon further investigation, security researchers uncovered that the malware has been active elsewhere as well, targeting US visa applicants in various countries. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: International Business Times  

Experts from Cardiff University will trawl social media during Euro 2016 in a bid to crack down on cyber crime. Researchers will be investigating thousands of URL links attached to tweets about the tournament in France to see if they are spreading malicious computer viruses. They hope the findings can help develop warning systems about cyber attacks. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC

Alongside the main expo at InfoSecurity Europe 2016, there has been a competition running looking for the UK’s most innovative small cyber security company. Eleven companies were given a spot in the UK Cyber Innovation Zone at the conference, with four of the featured companies pitching-off against each other in front of a panel of industry experts to be crowned the winner. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: ITProPortal  

Facebook has reportedly patched a critical bug that was recently discovered in its Messenger service. The bug that was reported by a security research firm would give hackers access to chats and eventually even allow them to spread malware. Security research firm Checkpoint found the loophole in Facebook Messenger app and informed the social network about the same. Soon Facebook patched the flaw that would allow hackers to pinpoint an identifier related to each and every...

New exploits discovered in the Angler Exploit Kit crimeware can bypass Microsoft’s vaunted Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) and then drop ransomware. The finding by FireEye is the first time that EMET, Microsoft’s free tool that prevents malware from running on a Windows machine, has been unable to catch real malware. Researchers have hacked at EMET over the years looking for weaknesses—with some success--but until now there had been no real signs of bad guys abusing...

Cybercriminals and hackers have previously used Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks to knock websites offline in order to make a specific politically-motivated point or to threaten victims into paying in order to get the attack to stop. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: International Business Times  

LinkedIn has advised hiring from within and on-the-job talent testing to gather the right cyber security team and tackle the demand for cyber security skills. Cory Scott, chief information security officer at LinkedIn, said at Infosecurity Europe in London that a global shortage of people with security skills makes hiring and retaining talented people challenging. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: V3.co.uk  

India and the US have stressed on cooperation on cyber issues, including promoting closer cooperation between their law enforcement agencies to combat cybercrime and share information on a real time on malicious cybersecurity threats. The two countries will establish appropriate mechanisms to improve such information sharing. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: India Today

“My name is Mikko and I hunt hackers,” said Mikko Hyppönen as he opened his InfoSec 2016 keynote in characteristic fashion. He's the chief research officer at F-secure, a Finland based cyber-security company, and he's worked there for 25 years, or as he put it, “a quarter of a goddamn century”. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine