Excel flaw used in cyberattack

NoRelationship phishing attack dances around Microsoft Office 365 email filters

Small changes to relationship files manage to foil scans for malicious links.
Microsoft reveals new APT28 cyber-attacks against European political entities

Microsoft also expands AccountGuard security service for political entities in 12 European countries.
More than 2.5 million Australians have opted out of My Health Record

The figure is almost bang-on with 10 percent expectations the Health Minister has previously expressed.

SK Telecom to launch quantum gateway for self-driving car security

SK Telecom will launch its Quantum Gateway Security solution that it says will prevent hacking of autonomous cars at Mobile World Congress.
POS firm says hackers planted malware on customer networks

Nearly 140 bars, restaurants, and coffee shops all over the US have had POS systems infected with malware.
Congress wants Facebook to explain why closed groups leaked user data

Little-known user data leak uncovered in July 2018 comes back to haunt Facebook.

Malvertising campaign hits US users hard over Presidents' Day weekend

Cyber-security firm Confiant reports as many as 800 million malicious ad impressions recorded over a three-day period.
Why Palo Alto Networks paid $560 million for Demisto: Security operations need to be automated

Demisto orchestrates and automates security response and Palo Alto Networks has an application platform strategy. Combine the two companies and you get more tools to automate security ...
Splunk pulls out of Russia with mysterious statement

Company to honor ongoing contracts, but the long term plan is to stop selling Splunk access to Russian companies.

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