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Microsoft revealed today that Windows Defender stopped a massive malware distribution campaign that attempted to infect over 400,000 users with a cryptocurrency miner during a 12-hour period on March 6, 2018. The Redmond-based OS maker attributes the detections to computers infected with the Dofoil malware —also known as Smoke Loader— a popular malware downloader. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BleepingComputer

The UK government has announced guidelines to make internet-connected devices safer to use following a spate of security breaches.It includes moves to make sure passwords are unique and not resettable to a factory default and that sensitive data transmitted via apps is encrypted. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC

A stolen external hard drive has led to the personal information of more than 15,000 people formerly and currently associated with California State University at Fresno athletic department. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine UK

Individuals and businesses in London are losing an average of £26 million a month in cyber attacks on businesses and individuals, Scotland Yard has warned today. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Evening Standard

Malware was discovered on point of sales systems at more than 160 Applebee’s restaurants, exposing credit card information from unknowing diners. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Threatpost

Malware was discovered on point of sales systems at more than 160 Applebee’s restaurants, exposing credit card information from unknowing diners. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Threatpost

Kaspersky Lab is extending its bug bounty program to include rewards of up to $100,000. The new top-end award will be for the discovery and responsible disclosure of severe vulnerabilities in some of the firm’s flagship products, and it represents a twentyfold increase on existing reward levels. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Infosecurity Magazine

U.K. police tried DDoS style attacks to disrupt service on suspected drug dealer's phones in cases where they couldn't prosecute but were looking to interfere with the drug trade. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine

Last week, security firm Bitdefender, the Romanian Police, and Europol allegedly gained access to the GandCrab Ransomware's Command & Control servers, which allowed them to recover some of the victim's decryption keys. This allowed Bitdefender to release a tool that could decrypt some victim's files. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer

Shapiro says the hackers stole names and license information from Uber drivers. Over 50 million riders' and 7 million drivers' data was affected. "We want to make sure that consumers are protected across Pennsylvania, and that's why we're holding Uber accountable". View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Stock News Press