Cybercrime

Crown Prosecution Service gives undertaking to Lauri Love that it will not appeal against a court decision not to extradite him to the US – but prosecutors are seeking leave to appeal over part of the court ruling on extradition procedure

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252435304/Lauri-Love-can-stay-in-UK-prosecutors-will-not-to-appeal-extradition-refusal

As cyber criminals concentrate on targeted, strategic, money-making attacks, they are likely to use GDPR fines as leverage to extort money from organisations

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252435351/Strategic-cyber-criminals-likely-to-capitalise-on-GDPR

The UK has attributed to Russia the NotPetya malware that caused significant disruption globally, based on an assessment by the NCSC

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252435114/UK-Foreign-Office-minister-condemns-Russia-for-NotPetya-attacks

IT services firm Atos is investigating a potential security breach in response to reports that employee credentials were found in malware used to target the Winter Olympics

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252435131/Atos-investigates-breach-linked-to-Winter-Olympics-cyber-attack

The discovery of an exploit of a zero-day vulnerability in the Telegram messaging app demonstrates that not all “secure” apps are automatically safe

Incidents of malware being used to illegally mine cryptocurrency are being investigated by technical experts at the NCSC.

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/ncsc-statement-malware-being-used-illegally-mine-cryptocurrency

Lock down your Wi-Fi network and find devices that are stealing your bandwidth – and, potentially, your data

http://www.itpro.co.uk/network-security/30466/secure-your-wi-fi-against-hackers-in-10-steps

The Europe, Middle East and Africa region accounts for more than half the world’s distributed denial of service attacks, a report from F5 Labs reveals

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252434746/Europe-in-the-firing-line-of-evolving-DDoS-attacks

Cyber risk management practices are not keeping up with rising cyber security concerns among senior executives around the world, a study shows

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252435189/Few-organisations-managing-cyber-risk-survey-shows

Information security chiefs in the financial sector say cyber security awareness needs to be a top priority

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252434929/Cyber-security-awareness-top-priority-in-financial-sector