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The Guardian - In a nondescript industrial estate in El Segundo, a boxy suburb in south-west Los Angeles just a mile or two from LAX international airport, 20 people wait in a windowless canteen for a ceremony to begin. Outside, the sun is shining on an unseasonably warm February day; inside, the only light comes from the glare of halogen bulbs. There is a strange mix of accents – predominantly American, but smatterings of Swedish,...

Tweak Town - Russia's news website RT.com was recently compromised, and hackers have changes multiple articles with the word 'Russian' to 'Nazi'. Currently there's tension going between the country and Ukraine as Russia decides to move its troops towards the border and planning many military exercises. The hack was reported at about 11 pm EST, which lead to changed in many news headlines such as 'Thousands rally again 'illegitimate govt', raise Nazi flags in eastern...

CSO - Businesses considering accepting Bitcoins or other forms of cryptocurrency should be prepared to battle a rising number of malware aimed at emptying digital wallets. That's the takeaway from a new study by SecureWorks, computer maker Dell's security unit. Researchers found that the number of malware targeted at stealing cryptocurrency from Windows PCs increased along with the rise in value of Bitcoin since the beginning of 2013.

The Register - RSA 2014: The low levels of security in healthcare IT systems, and the high value of its data, is going to make the sector the next big target for scammers, according to the Microsoft-backed team that takes down botnets. "Healthcare is really in a disadvantaged place in cyber-security," said Patrick Peterson, CEO of security firm Agari, which worked on the Citadel botnet takedown with Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit.

The Hacker News - Yahoo! The 4th most visited website on the Internet has been found vulnerable multiple times, and this time a hacker has claimed to spot a critical vulnerability in the Yahoo! sub-domain 'suggestions.yahoo.com', which could allow an attacker to delete the all the posted thread and comments on Yahoo's Suggestion Board website. Egyptian Cyber Security Analyst, 'Ibrahim Raafat', found and demonstrated 'Insecure Direct Object Reference Vulnerability' in Yahoo's website on his blog.

ZDNet - The two tech giants have been "invited" to discuss in-app purchase transparency with the European Commission.

Reuters - A U.S. judge on Thursday said some plaintiffs accusing Google of improperly scanning their email faced a significant hurdle in their attempt to move forward with the lawsuit as a class action.

V3.co.uk - The boss of HSBC’s technology services arm fears sluggish financial services regulation will lead to IT bosses going to jail for cloud data breaches that are not their fault.

The Register - 'Melbourne Shuffle' will make it harder for cloud operators to mine or sniff your data

Help Net Security - Webroot announced the release of BrightCloud Security Services and BreachLogic Endpoint Agent, two cloud-based security offerings designed to help enterprises address the explosive growth and increasing sophistication of online threats, particularly targeted attacks such as “spearphishing” and advanced persistent threats (APTs).