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• The Guardian view on surveillance: Australia is giving too much power to the state | Editorial

  10-12-2018 19:29 via theguardian.com
  Laws on encryption must not pose an unwarranted danger to the freedom and privacy of citizensThe Australian government has just hustled into law a wide-ranging bill which attempts to give its intelligence services powers against encrypted communications. Whatever the government may wish, there are of course limits set to these powers by the mathematics that underpin strong encryption. If it is properly implemented, strong encryption is quite literally unbreakable for the foreseeable future. That
  
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• House Releases Cybersecurity Strategy Report

  10-12-2018 17:04
  House Releases Cybersecurity Strategy ReportThe House Energy and Commerce Committee released the comprehensive Cybersecurity Strategy Report, in which it identified procedures to both address and prevent cybersecurity incidents.In the report, the committee identified six key concepts and priorities, noting, “The identification of these principles shaped the subcommittee’s approach to cybersecurity and guided subsequent work. As each of these concepts emerged, the subcommittee began e
  
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• Privacy a Key Concern for Telecoms and Consumers

  10-12-2018 16:47
  Privacy a Key Concern for Telecoms and ConsumersTwo recently published surveys about the telecom industry revealed that privacy as it relates to security and the internet of things (IoT) has become a top concern for both businesses and consumers.Allot Telco's security trends report for 2018’s third quarter found that 50% of consumers polled were concerned about loss of privacy or a cyber-attack. Additionally, 72% of the consumers surveyed stated that they were willing to pay a monthly
  
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• DanaBot Trojan Expands Beyond Banking

  10-12-2018 16:05
  DanaBot Trojan Expands Beyond BankingBanking Trojan DanaBot has reportedly resurfaced with some new tricks. According to malware analysts at ESET, the Trojan has evolved beyond banking and is now being used to send spam directly to a victim’s inbox.Researchers found that by injecting JavaScript code into specific pages of web-based email services, the malware sends malicious email responses to actual messages in the victim’s inbox. Additionally, the decoy PDF attached to these emails
  
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• Security Industry Authority promote safer security at Hatfield's student haunt

  10-12-2018 15:23
  We are sharing best practice guidance on safer physical intervention at the University of Hertfordshire.
  
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• Nearly 70% of UK Firms Hit by a Cyber-Attack in 2018

  10-12-2018 11:52
  Nearly 70% of UK Firms Hit by a Cyber-Attack in 2018Over two-thirds of UK firms have fallen victim to a cyber-attack over the past year, with many claiming they don’t get enough guidance from the government on how to combat threats, according to RedSeal.The security vendor polled over 500 UK IT professionals from mainly SMBs to better understand their cyber-resilience levels.Some 68% claimed to have suffered at least one attack over the past 12 months, with 67% of these saying it had resul
  
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• Europol Touts Dark Web Win After Counterfeit Crack Down

  10-12-2018 11:19
  Europol Touts Dark Web Win After Counterfeit Crack DownEuropol is celebrating after a major crackdown on online buyers of counterfeit money which has seen hundreds detained.The police group claimed its latest operation stemmed from an arrest of a print shop owner in Austria in June this year.The man was found to have been making counterfeit 10, 20, and 50 euro banknotes and selling them via several dark web marketplaces.However, he’d failed to keep key information hidden from the inve
  
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• Security Industry Authority promote safer security at Reading's student haunts

  10-12-2018 11:01
  Tomorrow night we are promoting violence reduction in Reading
  
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• Teen Email Hoaxer Gets Three Years

  10-12-2018 10:50
  Teen Email Hoaxer Gets Three YearsA Hertfordshire teenager has been sentenced to three years behind bars after pleading guilty in September to making bomb threats to thousands of schools and disrupting a transatlantic flight.George Duke-Cohan, 19, from Watford, first sent bomb threats to UK schools in March 2018 and was arrested days later, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA).The plot is said to have forced the evacuation of students at 400 schools and colleges.However, just a
  
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• Russian Cutting-Edge Frigate Live-Fires Cruise Missiles In Barents Sea Drills

  10-12-2018 05:24 via defencetalk.com
  Russia’s cutting-edge frigate Admiral Gorshkov has destroyed a target with a Kalibr cruise missile at a distance of 700 km in the Barents Sea drills, the Northern Fleet’s press office reported on...
  
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• US Backs Kosovo’s Plan To Create Army

  10-12-2018 04:44 via defencetalk.com
  Washington supports Kosovo’s plans to create its own army, the US ambassador to Pristina said Thursday, signalling a rift with NATO, which is against the move, reported AFP. Kosovo, a former...
  
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• Brazil court suspends Boeing-Embraer tie-up

  10-12-2018 04:39 via defencetalk.com
  A Brazilian federal court on Thursday suspended a proposed $4.75 billion tie-up between US aerospace giant Boeing and the civilian business of Brazilian plane-maker Embraer pending the government of...
  
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• Arabs in talks with US for security pact, Saudis say

  10-12-2018 04:37 via defencetalk.com
  Arab countries are in talks with the United States for a new security agreement to protect the Middle East from “external aggression”, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on...
  
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