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The River Cree casino says it was the victim of a "cyberattack" earlier this week that resulted in the theft of customer and employee information. The casino, on the Enoch Cree First Nation just west of Edmonton, said it discovered the attack on Monday and immediately alerted the RCMP, the Alberta Gaming and Liquour Commission, the office of the Alberta privacy commissioner and a top cyber-security company. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: CBC

Russian malware writers have scored at least US$25.7 million (£17.8 million, A$33.6 million) in raids against banks in their home country, intelligence firm Group IB says. The "Buhtrap" group has since 2014 used simple but coordinated attacks to target Russian banks directly and with devastating effectiveness. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register

Anonymous declaring "total war" on presidential candidate Donald Trump is starting to reveal in-fighting within the hacker collective itself. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Tech Insider

Dozens of banks in Russia were targeted this week by hackers pretending to be the security arm of the Russian Central Bank, FinCERT. While Phishing attacks against banks in Russia are nothing new, one posing as the center that's supposed to defend banks against attacks like this is worth looking at. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: CSO Online

Millions of Android devices are vulnerable to hackers and intelligence agencies once again – Thanks to a newly disclosed Android Stagefright Exploit. Yes, Android Stagefright vulnerability is Back… View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Hacker News

A technique used for installing pirated iOS apps onto non-jailbroken Apple devices has now been deployed by criminals looking to compromise user accounts. A piece of malware known as 'AceDeceiver' carries out the same attack on Apple's DRM system, enabling attackers to obtain login information and passwords. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Torrent Freak

There are lots of ways to ensure the success of an advanced hacking operation. For a gang called Suckfly, one of the keys is having plenty of stolen code-signing certificates on hand to give its custom malware the appearance of legitimacy. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: ArsTechnica

More than a third of C-level managers in the UK believe their companies will be hacked in the next 12 months, according to a recent survey, cited by Business Matters. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Hot for Security

A payments firm has hired reformed LulzSec hactivist Mustafa Al-Bassam (formerly known as tFlow) for a new blockchain research project. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register

Mainstream websites, including those published by The New York Times, the BBC, MSN, and AOL, are falling victim to a new rash of malicious ads that attempt to surreptitiously install crypto ransomware and other malware on the computers of unsuspecting visitors, security firms warned. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: ArsTechnica