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Two separate reports suggest insiders - of the malicious and careless variety - pose more of a problem in healthcare than any other sector. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: Dark Reading

A British company has been enlisted by the government to help stop drones being used to smuggle phones, drugs and weapons into prisons. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Telegraph

When it comes to repeating mistakes, the words of former President George W. Bush should apply just as much to cybersecurity as they do to the security of the nation: “There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.” Unfortunately the same doesn't apply to IT professionals, regardless of which state...

When it comes to repeating mistakes, the words of former President George W. Bush should apply just as much to cybersecurity as they do to the security of the nation: “There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.” Unfortunately the same doesn't apply to IT professionals, regardless of which state...

Cryptocurrency-mining malware-scum have started to write code that evicts rivals from compromised computers. The miner in question was first noticed by SANS Internet Storm Center handler Xavier Mertens. Mertens spotted the PowerShell script on March 4, and noting that it kills any other CPU-greedy processes it spots on target machines, he wrote: “The fight for CPU cycles started!” View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register

Spotify is taking the issue of piracy seriously, with users warned that if they are caught using hacked versions of the music streaming service to gain premium privileges that accounts will be terminated if caught. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Torrentfreak

Security researchers have discovered android devices carrying an extremely dangerous Trojan called Triada, which has the capabilities to perform various malicious activities without the user even knowing. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: IBTimes UK

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released its first guidance report, Cyber Security: Small Charity Guide, listing a range of measures which organisations from the Charity sector can follow to make them more resilient after the NCSC warns that the sector is "absolutely not immune" to cyber attack. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Infosecurity Magazine

Researchers have discovered that there are 34,200 vulnerable contracts that if exposed, can be used to steal Ether and steal and freeze assets. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer

Reddit used as a hub for Russians to manipulate and influence American political debate including the 2016 US Presidential Elections. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC