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An unauthorized person or group accessed the system of a third-party service provider prompting American Express to warn customers that card member information may have been compromised. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine

If anyone in the technology industry believes the cyber security risk posed by the internet of things is exaggerated, then Daniel Miessler, a director at IOActive, a security company, is keen to put them straight. IOActive has published a paper detailing how its researchers were able to take control of a sport utility vehicle without the investigators even touching the car. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Financial Times

Anonymous hackers have vowed “total war” on Donald Trump and threatened to “dismantle his campaign”. The group has posted a video asking supporters of the hacktivist group to attack Mr Trump’s campaign websites and conduct cyber attacks on the Republican hopeful. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Independent

21st Century Oncology Holdings, a company that operates a chain of 181 cancer treatment centers in the US and Latin America, announced on Friday March 4 that it was latest victim of a cyber-attack affecting 2.2 million individuals. When did the attack occur? Months ago. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Natlawreview

Microsoft's PowerShell has once again become an attack vector for malware, this time a file-less attack dubbed "Powersniff" by Palo Alto Networks. The attack arrives through e-mails containing Word documents bearing malicious macros, almost as if it isn't more than 15 years since the first macro viruses were let loose on the world. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register

Lawrence Abrams of Bleeping Computer writes that the ransomware, which was released last week, encrypts users' files using AES encryption, appends the .LOCKED extension to all files, and demands that victims pay a fee of 0.5 BTC (approximately US $210) in exchange for the decryption key. All things considered, a pretty standard piece of malware... View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Graham Cluley

The battle between Apple and the FBI is going on while the debate on the case is monopolizing the media.  Last news in order of time is the warning issued by the Department of Justice (DoJ), the US authorities may force Apple for handing over the source code to the complete iOS operating system if it does not support the FBI unlock the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Security Affairs

The Ottowa Hospital said it was the victim of a cyberattack last week. The hospital issued a statement Saturday saying four of the hospital's 9,800 computers faced a hacker attempt, but no patient information was affected. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: CBC

Two young Dutch hackers were arrested on Sunday. The police believe the two hackers, aged 18 and 19, hacked into a large number of Instagram accounts and thereby managed to steal tens of thousands of euros in advertising revenue from the real users, NOS report. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: NL Times

South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers on Friday that North Korea had recently stepped up cyber attack efforts against the South and succeeded in hacking the mobile phones of 40 national security officials, according to members of parliament who received a closed-door briefing. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Reuters