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• Huawei Poses 'No Threat' According to Belgium, Trump Not Convinced

  15-04-2019 16:11
  Huawei Poses 'No Threat' According to Belgium, Trump Not ConvincedThe Belgian Centre for Cybersecurity (CCB) has reportedly decided not to issue "a negative opinion" on Huawei following several months of investigation with no concrete evidence found. According to The Brussels Times, the CCB has been looking for evidence of spying by Huawei. This comes as the Chinese technology company has faced several accusations globally of spying. In Belgium, Huawei works with Proximus, Orange and T
  
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• Kaspersky Labs Discovers 'Previously Unknown Vulnerability' in Microsoft Windows

  15-04-2019 15:23
  Kaspersky Labs Discovers 'Previously Unknown Vulnerability' in Microsoft WindowsToday, Kaspersky Labs announced that it had detected a "previously unknown vulnerability" in Microsoft Windows, which was exploited by an unidentified criminal group. The company theorizes that it was an attempt to gain full control over a targeted device. The attack was aimed at the core of the system – its kernel – through a backdoor constructed from an essential element of Windows OS.The vulnerabi
  
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• Sophos Investigates Microsoft Reboot Failures Following Software Update

  15-04-2019 14:43
  Sophos Investigates Microsoft Reboot Failures Following Software UpdateSophos is investigating user-reported issues of boot-up failures following a software update from April 9, 2019. Affecting Sophos Central users and systems running Windows 7, 8.1, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2, the security company has advised its Sophos Endpoint customers that Microsoft has “temporarily blocked devices from receiving this update” until a solution is available. The update was a securit
  
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• Pregnancy Club Fined £400K After Illegally Sharing Data on Millions

  15-04-2019 13:01
  Pregnancy Club Fined £400K After Illegally Sharing Data on MillionsThe UK’s privacy watchdog has fined pregnancy club Bounty £400,000 after finding it guilty of sharing tens of millions of personal records with third parties including marketing agencies.The parenting support company collects a range of sensitive information from its customers via its website, apps and offline forms: including names, dates of birth, email and home addresses, and gender and birth date of children
  
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• ‘Nasty List’ Phishing Scam Targets Instagram Users

  15-04-2019 11:43
  ‘Nasty List’ Phishing Scam Targets Instagram UsersInstagram users are being warned not to fall for a new phishing scam doing the rounds which aims to harvest log-ins and spread worm-like across the social network.According to Twitter users who have posted screenshots of the scam, users typically first receive a direct message from an account they are following. This could include one of several variations on the same theme, which is that the recipient has been featured on a ‘na
  
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• Dangerous Drone Encounters Soared in 2018

  15-04-2019 11:00
  Dangerous Drone Encounters Soared in 2018The number of near-misses involving unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the UK jumped by over a third from 2017 to 2018, according to new official figures.The UK Airprox Board (UKAB) published its annual figures for 2018 recently, revealing 125 dangerous encounters between aircraft and drones in UK airspace. That’s up from 93 the year before and 71 in 2016.Just under a third of these (39) were recorded near Heathrow Airport in London, whilst 10 took
  
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• India hopes to avoid US sanctions over Russian missile deal

  15-04-2019 04:09 via defencetalk.com
  India is hopeful it will avoid US sanctions over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile system, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told AFP. New Delhi has been “heard and...
  
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