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The United States Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) has warned against another malware campaign it says originates from North Korea. In its advisory, US-CERT said the “Typeframe” malware “includes malware descriptions related to HIDDEN COBRA”, the tag applied to a North Korean hacking team which in June 2017 was pinged as attacking “media, aerospace, financial, and critical infrastructure”. The advisory doesn't say how many machines may have been infected by Typeframe, nor where infections...

HealthEquity, which handles more than 3.4 million health savings accounts, was breached when an intruder accessed an employee's email. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Dark Reading

Cybercriminals are currently developing a new strain of malware targeting Android devices which blends the features of a banking trojan, keylogger, and mobile ransomware. Named MysteryBot, this malware strain is still under development, according to security researchers from ThreatFabric, who recently ran across this new threat. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer

For absolutely every place with WiFi, there is a WiFi router transmitting its signal. It's likely you have one in your home. These routers are where hackers are now attacking, installing malware that can allow crooks to see what you're doing on the internet and maybe capturing your passwords. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Kutv

A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the website opposing a Mexican presidential candidate Tuesday during a debate, renewed fears that elections around the globe are vulnerable. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine UK  

The US Department of Homeland Security said that it has identified malicious cyber activity by the North Korean government, according to a new report released on Thursday, just days after the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: CNN

Record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are on a tear this year, and new data shows that DNS amplification attacks have jumped 700% worldwide since 2016. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Dark Reading

Nearly three-quarters of security professionals think some type of cyberattack on the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup is a sure thing, a new study shows. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Dark Reading

A security flaw within Intel Core and Xeon processors can be potentially exploited to swipe sensitive data from the chips' math processing units. Malware or malicious logged-in users can attempt to leverage this design blunder to steal the inputs and results of computations performed in private by other software. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register

A hi-tech padlock secured with a fingerprint can be opened by anyone with a smartphone, security researchers have found. On its website, Tapplock is described as the "world's first smart fingerprint padlock". But researchers said it took just 45 minutes to find a way to unlock any Tapplock. In response, the firm acknowledged the flaw and said it was issuing "an important security patch". View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC