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The computer virus that was successful in shutting down the winter Olympics website for 12 hours during the opening ceremony has been named as 'Olympic Destroyer'. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Reuters

In the aftermath of the cyber attack that targetted numerous governmental websites over the weekend, which forced users across the world to mine cryptocurrencies for the benefit of criminals, many within the cyber industry have labelled the governments current cybersecurity defences as woefully inadequate. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Times

In the aftermath of the cyber attack that targetted numerous governmental websites over the weekend, which forced users across the world to mine cryptocurrencies for the benefit of criminals, many within the cyber industry have labelled the governments current cybersecurity defences as woefully inadequate. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Times

A malicious email spam attack is circulating and is posing as the Internet Revenue Service. People will do well to remember that the IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email, text messages, or social media channels. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Gizmodo

A serious security flaw that can allow an attacker to gain system-level privileges to a vulnerable computer won't be immediately fixed due to it requiring too much work. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: ZDNet

A serious security flaw that can allow an attacker to gain system-level privileges to a vulnerable computer won't be immediately fixed due to it requiring too much work. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: ZDNet

Europol has estimated that three to four billion pounds of criminal money in Europe is being laundered through cryptocurrencies. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC

The website for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics was hacked just before the opening ceremony and crashed for 12 hours. It has since been rectified and back up and running. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Tech Radar

Zscaler, a cloud security provider, reports that SSL encryption may not be safe as it has now become a means to launch and hide attacks, while free certificates have been used to disguise criminal movements. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Security Brief

The NHS and ICO are among thousands of websites thought to have been infected by malware that forces its visitors to mine cryptocurrency while using the site. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Guardian