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An Albany, N.Y. hospital suffered a data breach affecting about 135,000 patients when an unauthorized party gained access to its servers. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine

Nearly 70% of cyber security leaders in the APAC region believe a major attack affecting critical infrastructure across multiple countries will happen in the next two years, a survey reveals View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Computer Weekly

Comodo released its Global Malware Report 2017, which culminates a year of security analysis and research into threat patterns. Among its major findings: 2017 was a year of multiple geopolitical events that corresponded with major malware spikes in enterprise security. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Help Net Security

A well-established research team from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel has detailed today a new method of extracting data from air-gapped computers using speakers, headphones, earphones, or earbuds. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer

A massive data breach, which may put nearly 370,000 students and teachers at-risk, has just been discovered but it stretches back two years. Florida Virtual School says that a vendor left the door to their server open and unprotected. And now, a simple missed password could put you at risk. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Fox Orlando

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered multiple security vulnerabilities in popular smart cameras that are frequently used as baby monitors, or for internal home and office security surveillance. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE:  Times of India

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered multiple security vulnerabilities in popular smart cameras that are frequently used as baby monitors, or for internal home and office security surveillance. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE:  Times of India

A cyber-espionage group historically believed to be operating in the interests of the Chinese government is believed to have hacked a UK government contractor from where security researchers found evidence that attackers stole information related to UK government departments and military technology. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer

Recognizing that healthcare organizations are facing constant cyber attacks, the 2018 Impact of Cyber Insecurity on Healthcare Organizations study examines the myriad of cybersecurity-related challenges and how organizations are (or are not) addressing them. Results show the security stakes are high, with 62 percent of the 627 executives surveyed admitting to experiencing an attack in the past 12 months, and more than half losing patient data as a result. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Help...

If you’re a user of SecurEnvoy SecurMail and you haven’t yet implemented the latest patch, do so now – or risk getting your encrypted emails read by attackers. The warning comes from SEC Consult researchers, who discovered a number of vulnerabilities in the product that break its core security promises. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Help Net Security