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Some UK think tanks were hacked by China-based groups last year, a US cyber-security company which said it investigated the breaches has claimed. Crowdstrike said it saw the repeated targeting of think tanks specialising in international security and defence issues, beginning in April 2017. The group also investigated a breach of the US Democratic National Committee, allegedly by Russian hackers, in 2016. The BBC understands that not all of the UK think tanks targeted were breached....

Security researchers have spotted a new variant of the Mirai malware that focuses on infecting IoT and networking equipment with the main purpose of turning these devices into a network of proxy servers used to relay malicious traffic. IoT botnets used as proxy servers isn't a novel concept, and many such botnets have been spotted all last year, with the most famous being Linux.ProxyM. Fortinet claims this is the first Mirai variant that besides the DDoS...

Ransomware developers continue to release infections that are clearly not tested well and contain bugs that may make it difficult, if not impossible, for victims to recover their files. Such is the case with the new in the wild ransomware called Thanatos that has been discovered by security researcher MalwareHunterTeam. When the Thanatos Ransomware infects a victim it will use a new key for each encrypted file. The problem, according to researcher Francesco Muroni, is that these keys...

McAfee detected 16 million malware infections in the third quarter of 2017 alone, nearly double the number for the equivalent period the previous year, according to the firm’s latest mobile threat report. The past year not only marked an explosion in mobile malware, but also showed significant changes in the mobile landscape, setting up 2018 to be a year of advanced and targeted attacks, according to the report, unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The estimated five...

After years of focusing their attention largely on desktop systems, cybercriminals have, as expected, begun ramping up attacks on mobile devices. Ransomware, banking malware, and other threats aimed at smartphones increased sharply in volume last year and will pose a growing threat to organizations and individuals in 2018 and beyond, Trend Micro said in a report released Monday. In keeping with past trends, a vast majority of the threats affected Android devices and those downloading mobile...

After years of focusing their attention largely on desktop systems, cybercriminals have, as expected, begun ramping up attacks on mobile devices. Ransomware, banking malware, and other threats aimed at smartphones increased sharply in volume last year and will pose a growing threat to organizations and individuals in 2018 and beyond, Trend Micro said in a report released Monday. In keeping with past trends, a vast majority of the threats affected Android devices and those downloading mobile...

A number of JPMorgan Chase customers' accounts were exposed after a "glitch" briefly gave some clients access to other people's online accounts instead of their own. The issue was first reported by Fly & Dine after one of the writers' fiancé tried logging into their online bank account but instead gained access to the account of a random other client in New Jersey. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: International Business Times

A number of JPMorgan Chase customers' accounts were exposed after a "glitch" briefly gave some clients access to other people's online accounts instead of their own. The issue was first reported by Fly & Dine after one of the writers' fiancé tried logging into their online bank account but instead gained access to the account of a random other client in New Jersey. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: International Business Times

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned that up to 90% of small businesses are unprepared for GDPR. The figure comes as the countdown to 25 May continues. With 85 days left before the regulation comes into force it seems just eight percent of small businesses have completed their preparations. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Enterprise Times

The majority of senior-level IT professionals fully expect their organization will experience a catastrophic data breach that could greatly impact shareholder value, according to a study conducted by the Ponemon Institute. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Help Net Security