Security
GhostCtrl malware masquerades as popular apps to take over Android phones
WhatsApp, Pokemon GO and others have been imitated
Microsoft pulls three shonky Outlook patches
KB3191849, KB3213654 and KB401042 all withdrawn due to a series of bugs - unless you had auto-updates turned on
UAE orchestrated cyber attack on Qatari news and social media sites, claims US intelligence
UAE denies claims of cyber attack, which was used in justification for regional diplomatic ostracism of Qatar
UK organisations risk penalties by ignoring upcoming GDPR
Research by Sharp suggests that almost one quarter of employees store data in public cloud services without permission
New internet DRM standard approved by W3C in 'compromise' that critics say favours content providers
HTML5 and 'encrypted media extensions' will at least mean that Flash and Silverlight can be put up against a wall and shot
Maersk warns that it's 'too early to predict' the impact of NotPetya after malware caused ports to grind to a halt for a week
Maersk and Cadbury's warn over impact of NotPetya after Reckitt Benckiser admits that malware has cost it at least £100m
Reckitt Benckiser blames NotPetya outbreak for £100m revenue loss that took down key applications and systems, and disrupted factories
Consumer goods giant admits that some factories still haven't recovered from NotPetya a week after the attack
ME Doc's servers seized in NotPetya investigation in Ukraine as attackers remove $10,000 in bitcoin from 'ransomware' wallet
Attack on ME Doc - used by four-fifths of companies in Ukraine - a nation-state attack intended to disrupt the country, claim authorities
NotPetya: Accounting software firm whose update mechanism was compromised to spread malware may face criminal charges
Ukraine's ME.Doc was running vulnerable, out-of-date FTP software to update clients' software
Banking websites failing on security and privacy, claims Online Trust Alliance
Sector's performance marred by security breaches, low privacy scores and poor email security
AMD launches Ryzen Pro microprocessor in ambitious bid for enterprise desktop - and reveals first details of Ryzen 3
Ryzen Pro adds enterprise security features to AMD's burgeoning Ryzen line-up
Shadow Brokers publishes new note in the wake of the NotPetya malware attack
Group also threatens to dox someone called "the Doctor"
NotPetya ransomware intended to destroy data, not extort money
'Little hope for victims to recover their data,' warns Kaspersky
Microsoft to ramp-up security in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
Microsoft plans better cloud-based threat detection and security management tools for Windows 10
'NotPetya' ransomware hits '2,000 organisations' in WannaCry-style global outbreak
Attack uses multiple vectors, including NSA exploit EternalBlue
Ninety accounts compromised in 'brute force' attack on Parliament's email system
Claims that unsubtle attack on Parliamentary email system was state-sponsored
British pair arrested for conspiring to hack Microsoft
Multiple attempts to infiltrate Microsoft's network earlier this year
Wikileaks reveals details of CIA's 'Brutal Kangaroo' toolkit for attacking air-gapped networks
Brutal Kangaroo is a CIA tool suite for Microsoft Windows that targets closed networks by air gap jumping using thumb drives
Microsoft admits to deactivating non-Microsoft security applications in Windows 10
Don't worry! Microsoft has a perfectly valid excuse, honest.
Government Cyber Essentials scheme breached in cyber attack
Physician, heal thyself
Microsoft rushes out patch for Windows XP to prevent another WannaCry attack via a Shadow Brokers release
'INCOMING!' warns Microsoft as it issues new critical patch for Windows XP
Virgin Media rushes to patch security flaw in Super Hub routers
One encryption key to rule all routers clearly a bad idea
Machine learning in attack detection - what it can and can't do
MWR InfoSecurity's Luke Jennings examines how machine learning should - and shouldn't - be applied to security
OneLogin confesses to security breach
Identity and access management company admits security breach that may have compromised customer data
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