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Apple says it is to change the default settings of its iPhone to stop hackers and others unlocking devices without proper legal authorisation. The move will also make it more difficult for police to unlock handsets without authorisation. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC

Yahoo!'s UK limb has finally been handed a £250,000 fine for the 2014 cyber attack that exposed data of half a million Brit users. Russian hackers broke into Yahoo!'s servers and slurped info on circa 500 million international account holders, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, hashed passwords and encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register

The nation’s hydroelectric dams are likely safe from outside hackers but the threat from within is very real, according to a new internal Interior Department report. An inspector general review of critical hydroelectric dams showed little risk of hackers breaching the advanced industrial control systems, or ICS, that operate the dams. However, investigators found significant weaknesses in the management of employee access, making the dams highly vulnerable to insider threats. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE:...

Chile's government and financial institutions will seek advice on cybersecurity practices from an unnamed international organisation after hackers robbed $10 million from the country's second-largest commercial bank, its finance minister said on Tuesday. Banco de Chile suffered a cyber heist on May 24, with most of the funds ending up in Hong Kong, the bank's chief executive Eduardo Ebensperger said over the weekend. The hackers initially used a virus as a distraction, prompting the bank...

Cyber-security experts have expressed surprise that journalists at the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un in Singapore were given USB-powered fans. Some warned reporters not to plug them in to their laptops, as USB devices can carry malware. The fans were part of a gift bag including a branded water bottle and a local guidebook. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC

Guidance from Apple confused makers of widely used "whitelisting" tools, leading to errors. Important tools for keeping malicious software off Macs could have been tricked, cybersecurity firm Okta said in research made public Tuesday. Okta researchers examined several whitelisting services that scan files for Mac computers and discovered that the tools could allow bad code to skate by and look like it had been cleared by Apple. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: CNET

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported in government documents, obtained by Motherboard, that it’s “only a matter of time” before cyber criminals are able to hack and remotely control an airplane. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Global News  

The top U.S. counterintelligence official is advising Americans traveling to Russia for football’s World Cup beginning this week that they should not take electronic devices because they are likely to be hacked by criminals or the Russian government. In a statement to Reuters on Tuesday, William Evanina, an FBI agent and the director of the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center, warned World Cup travelers that even if they think they are insignificant, hackers could...

Dixons Carphone has admitted a huge data breach involving 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records. It is investigating the hacking attempt, which began in July last year. Dixons Carphone said it had no evidence that any of the cards had been used fraudulently following the breach. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC

Despite being at the "cutting edge" of developing cyber security technology, the UK has struggled to compete in export environments, according to Liam Fox. Figures recently released by the Department for International Trade suggest the country is on track to account for less than 2% of global cyber security sales by 2021. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Sky News