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• Document-Based Malware on the Rise in 2019

  04-04-2019 20:08
  Document-Based Malware on the Rise in 2019Evolving malware continues to pose threats to business, and new research has revealed a rise in the use of document-based malware since the start of 2019.According to the newest Threat Spotlight from Barracuda Networks, researchers analyzed emails and identified more than 300,000 unique malicious documents, representing 48% of all malicious files detected in the last 12 months. The frequency of document-based malware rose dramatically in the first quarte
  
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• Social media bosses could be liable for harmful content, leaked UK plan reveals

  04-04-2019 19:12 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Long-awaited government white paper proposes regulator to enforce duty of care and fine offendersSocial media executives could be held personally liable for harmful content distributed on their platforms, leaked plans for a long-awaited government crackdown obtained by the Guardian reveal.There has been growing concern about the role of the internet in the distribution of material relating to terrorism, child abuse, self-harm and suicide, and ministers have been under pressure to act.
  
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• Cyber-Attack on Bayer Shows No Signs of Data Theft

  04-04-2019 19:07
  Cyber-Attack on Bayer Shows No Signs of Data TheftAs accusations of nation-state attacks from the Chinese government are becoming more prevalent, Bayer, Germany’s largest drugmaker, announced that it has managed to contain what appears to have been a cyber-attack from China, according to Reuters.The attack, which was initially reported by German broadcasters BR and NDR resembles the work of Wicked Panda, a prominent Chinese hacking group that used the Winnti malware. “Our C
  
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• Consumers on Board with Securing Health Records

  04-04-2019 18:01
  Consumers on Board with Securing Health RecordsAs the healthcare industry continues to struggle with tightening up its cyber-defenses, consumers increasingly believe they play a role in securing their health information, according to a new report published by Morphisec.The 2019 Consumer Healthcare: Cybersecurity Threat Index asked more than 1,000 consumers their opinions on the number of cyber-attacks targeting health information to understand consumer perspectives on their provider's cyber-defe
  
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• How little-known startup OCL plans to verify UK porn watchers

  04-04-2019 12:13
  When the law eventually comes into effect all UK adults will need to verify that they are over 18 to access pornography sites, we spoke to a small London-based startup about its solution, which involves you popping down to the newsagents
  
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• A Third of Brits Suffered Cybercrime Last Year

  04-04-2019 12:05
  A Third of Brits Suffered Cybercrime Last YearAround 17 million UK consumers have experienced cybercrime over the past year and a majority think it’s likely to happen in the future, according to the latest annual report from Norton.The Symantec brand’s 2018 Norton LifeLock Cyber Safety Insights Report features answers from over 1000 British consumers who were polled as part of a global survey of more than 16,000 adults.It defines “cybercrime” as a crime committed online,
  
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• Iranian Hackers Target UK Organizations in Ongoing Attack

  04-04-2019 11:23
  Iranian Hackers Target UK Organizations in Ongoing AttackState-sponsored Iranian hackers have been blamed for a newly disclosed cyber-attack campaign against UK government and private sector targets last December.The ongoing campaign has already compromised the personal details of thousands of employees, including those working in banks, local government and the Post Office.The latter two were hit in a raid on December 23, according to Sky News.The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) told the
  
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• Third Parties Leak Data on 540 Million Facebook Users

  04-04-2019 10:50
  Third Parties Leak Data on 540 Million Facebook UsersOver half a billion personal Facebook records have been publicly exposed to the internet by two third party app developers, according to researchers at UpGuard.The security company claimed in a blog post on Wednesday to have found the two datasets stored in Amazon S3 buckets, configured to allow public download of files.By far the larger of the two comes from Mexico-based media company Cultura Colectiva. The 146GB trove contained over 540
  
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