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For the first time, the British government’s electronic-surveillance organization, GCHQ, is openly recruiting people with Internet hacking skills. And it is offering salaries that could require some patriotic commitment. View full story

New research suggests that the rapid digitisation of consumer's lives, combined with increasing cyber-crime activity, will push data breach losses up to US$ 2.1 trillion (£1.34 trillion) globally by 2019. In its latest report ‘The Future of Cybercrime & Security: Financial & Corporate Threats & Mitigation', Juniper Research predicts that the majority of these breaches will still come from existing IT and network infrastructure, with the  number of mobile and Internet of Things attacks expected...

The website of the popular singer Celine Dion was used by hackers to unload spam onto viewers. Her page displayed an advertisement for "online free video streaming" of several live event hockey games. Once users click the link for the free video stream they are asked for payment details and personal information. View full story

The year 2015 has already demonstrated a few universal truths: the sun will rise, darkness will cover the night, and Jamie Oliver’s website will be attacked. We haven’t even hit the halfway point in 2015, yet Jamie Oliver’s website has been attacked for the third time. Out of all the entertainment industry targets that have appeared in SurfWatch Labs’ data, Jamie Oliver is by far the most discussed in 2015. View full story

Hedge funds are becoming a popular target with hackers deploying ransomware. According to Help Net Security, "Encrypting a user's or an organization's important files via crypto ransomware then asking for money to decrypt them has proved very lucrative for cyber crooks.Not only do many individual users fall for the scheme and ultimately pay the ransom, but so do businesses and organizations that should have their files regularly backed up and that you would not expect to...

Dropbox users beware — Cyber criminals are targeting Dropbox users with a fake email, asking them to click on a link to download urgent and highly confidential documents. This email is about clicking on a link redirecting victims to ‘urgent and highly confidential’ documents using the Dropbox app. View full story

A notorious piece of Mac maintenance software been found to have a critical remote code execution vulnerability. MacKeeper is infamous for its “clean up your Mac”-style popups, complete with designed-to-be-confusing "Leave Page/Stay on This Page” dialogues if you try to close the ad. View full story

China is developing dangerous cyber attack tools that could knock a nation's infrastructure offline using data stolen during high-profile hacks, according to the US Department of Defence (DoD). The DoD made the claim in a report entitled Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2015 (PDF). View full story

The surveillance activities of the US National Security Agency (NSA) have come under fresh scrutiny following reports in the German Bild am Sonntag that the organisation sough the the help of the German intelligence agency BND to spy on the industrial group Siemens. View full story

Calgary police are notifying up to 400 people that their privacy may have been breached after five service-issued notebooks were stolen from an off-duty officer’s vehicle. View full story