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New York Times: Google has struggled for years to settle an antitrust investigation in the European Union, to avoid a huge fine and the stigma that would come with breaking the law. Now it appears there may be no end in sight to the Internet search giant’s antitrust problems in Europe even if it does finalize a tentative accord reached in that case, according to a letter from Joaquín Almunia, the competition commissioner and the most powerful...

eHealth Insider: A private medical company’s data breaches may have involved the personal information of up to 10,000 patients, according to an Information Commissioner’s Office report, leaked to the BBC. The ICO report shows that Diagnostic Health Systems, which carries out ultrasound scans for the NHS, stored unencrypted patient data in its database.  

Bloomberg: As the four-star general in charge of U.S. digital defenses, Keith Alexander warned repeatedly that the financial industry was among the likely targets of a major attack. Now he’s selling the message directly to the banks. Joining a crowded field of cyber-consultants, the former National Security Agency chief is pitching his services for as much as $1 million a month. The audience is receptive: Under pressure from regulators, lawmakers and their customers, financial firms...

Huffington Post: So Keith Alexander, the General who managed the National Security Agency's (NSA's) wholesale surveillance of Americans and the rest of the world, headed through Washington DC's revolving door last month. Alexander is, of course, now selling his services to the financial industry for as much as $1 million a month. His calendar is filling up rapidly, too, despite his pricey rates - offered through his new firm, IronNet Cybersecurity Inc. Standing in line for the General's attentions,...

The Wire: In 2013, the servers of a large and powerful hedge fund became the target of hackers. The culprits installed malware, bringing the firm's high speed trading to a halt, and redirecting trade information to the hackers' machines.  While BAE Systems Applied Intelligence declined to provide CNBC the name of the hedge fund when they revealed details of the hack on Thursday, this is a worst-case scenario for any large firm. While most corporate hacks go...

Daily Dot: The intelligence firm at the center of a notorious cybersecurity breach that affected top government officials failed to institute standard security measures prior to the attack, according to a newly leaked report.    In December 2011, a group of skilled hackers broke into the network of Strategic Forecasting, Inc. (Stratfor), compromising the personal data of some 860,000 customers, including a former U.S. vice president, CIA director, and secretary of state, among others.      

E Hacking News: Reuters, the international news agency, was reportedly been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army - a hacking group who support the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and attack news organizations. Anyone who try to visit articles on the Reuters website were being redirected to the official website of the Syrian Electronic Army.  

The Register: Cisco is offering up an experimental cipher which, among other things, could help preserve the anonymity of data in cloud environments. In putting what it calls “FNR” (Flexible Naor and Reingold) into the hands of the public, The Borg says its work is currently experimental rather than production software.    

CBC: Many of the Justice Department's finest legal minds are falling prey to a garden-variety Internet scam. An internal survey shows almost 2,000 staff were conned into clicking on a phoney "phishing" link in their email, raising questions about the security of sensitive information. The department launched the mock scam in December as a security exercise, sending emails to 5,000 employees to test their ability to recognize cyber fraud.    

Tweaktown: A new Trend Micro study found the United States accounted for 23 percent of online bank malware attacks during Q1 2014, as threat levels rise higher.   The United States accounted for 23 percent of online banking malware attacks during the first quarter of 2014, according to security company Trend Micro's "TrendLabs 1Q 2014 Security Roundup" report. It's not a surprise to find the U.S. is the most popular target, with a growing number...