- Local news
- Data breach hits major South African insurance player [Duncan McLeod, NewsCentral Media]
- Ransomware (still)
- What’s Your Plan if Ransomware Hits? [Joan Goodchild, Sophos / IDG Communications]
- Why ransomware is such a risk to the education sector [Henry Hughes, JISC / Tes Global]
- REvil ransomware’s new Linux encryptor targets ESXi virtual machines [Lawrence Abrams, Bleeping Computer]
- Get ‘em patches / workarounds
- Windows Admins Scrambling to Contain ‘PrintNightmare’ Flaw Exposure [Ryan Naraine, Wired Business Media]
- A Well-Meaning Feature Leaves Millions of Dell PCs Vulnerable [Lily Hay Newman, WIRED / Condé Nast]
- ‘Sophisticated threat actor’ targeting Zyxel firewalls and VPNs, vendor warns [Jessica Haworth, The Daily Swig]
- Malware
- A Fly on ShellBot’s Wall: The Risk of Publicly Available Cryptocurrency Miners [Golo Mühr, Limor Kessem, Security Intelligence]
- Hackers Tricked Microsoft Into Certifying Malware That Could Spy on Users [Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, Motherboard / VICE]
- Other news
- Cyber Insurance and the Cyber Security Challenge [Jamie MacColl, Dr Jason R. C. Nurse and James Sullivan, RUSI]
- Common Facebook scams and how to avoid them [Amer Owaida, ESET]
- Yes, We Want Cryptographic Protection for Email [Neal, Sequoia PGP / pEp]
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