Palo Alto Researchers informed the mining operation impacted more than 30 million people, globally.   Cyber Attackers used malware for Mining Monero using VBS file and various URL Shortening methods to install and run the high-performance XMRig.  The campaign affected mostly over Southeast Asia, South America and Northern Africa. Read article here

So, the GDPR deadline is approaching before that every organization that is offering good & services to the EU citizens must have to comply with it.

Non compliance may cost organizations severe penalties of €20 million or 4% of their global turn over(whichever higher).

GDPRâ€s scope and requirements are deep and complex, so prepare for it now to help ensure compliance. The regulation requires a programmatic approach to data protection – like “SOX for privacy” “ISO27001 or PCI-DSS for security” – so youâ€ll need a defensible program for compliance and to prove youâ€re acting appropriately.

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) replaces the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and was designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all EU citizens data privacy and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy.

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Stacey A. Wright is the Security Operations Center (SOC) Intel Program Manager at the Center for Internet Security (CIS) where she runs the day-to-day operations of cyber intelligence analysis program within the Integrated Intelligence Center (IIC) and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC).

During 2018 , cybercrime and threats will be more confusing than ever. The dramatically increasing size and number of cyber attacks can become overwhelming for anybody, specifically for non experts.

Fortunately, if you’re a non-IT staffer, executive or leader interested in understanding more about the challenges of Cybercrime, but aren’t sure where to start, we have just here a special interview with Stacey A. Wright , who  is the Security Operations Center (SOC) Intel Program Manager at the Center for Internet Security (CIS) where she runs the day-to-day operations of cyber intelligence analysis program within the Integrated Intelligence Center (IIC) and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS–ISAC). Read article here

FILE PHOTO – Foreign Ministers of Mercosur, Argentina’s Jorge Faurie, Paraguay’s Eladio Loizaga, Brazil’s Aloysio Nunes Ferreira and Uruguay’s Rodolfo Nin Novoa, and Sao Paulo’s mayor Joao Doria attend a media conference after their South American trade bloc Mercosur meeting in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 5, 2017. Photo credit to REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker REUTERS

South American trade bloc Mercosur rejects the use of force in Venezuela, a statement sent by Argentina’s foreign ministry said on Saturday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened military intervention. Read article here

“I don’t believe they have the capability to do so yet, and besides, why would they want to commit suicide by attacking a remote target like Guam?” he said. “The real threat is stumbling into an inadvertent nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula by misunderstanding or miscalculation. Inflammatory rhetoric on both sides will make that more likely. It’s time to tone down the rhetoric.”

Hecker said North Korea does not have a sophisticated nuclear weapon like those of the U.S., Russia, Britain, China or France, the major nuclear superpowers.

“The shorter-range missile that can reach South Korea and Japan can accommodate larger nuclear warhead payloads,” he said. “Making the warhead sufficiently small, light and robust to survive an ICBM delivery is extremely challenging and still beyond North Korea’s reach.”

The way to avert a war with North Korea is to have a conversation, and that’s not happening, Hecker said.

“Unfortunately, there seems to be no serious dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang, only threats,” he said. Read article here

Uruguayan Chancellor Rodolfo Nin Novoa

Mercosur (South American Trade Association) suspended Venezuela indefinitely on Saturday,  for failing to uphold democratic norms amid an intensifying crackdown of Maduro´s regime on dissent in the South American country.

Mercosur previously suspended Venezuela last December, for failing to uphold regulatory commitments President Maduro made when it joined the group in 2012.

The suspension will have little practical effect, with no economic sanctions or changes to trade or migration, and the bloc said it would try to limit any possible impact on Venezuelans to avoid exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in the country.

Uruguayan Foreign Relations Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa said that everything possible was done to try a channel of dialogue in Venezuela, but finally they had no choice but to vote in favor of applying the Democratic Clause provided in the Ushuaia Protocol.

“It is a vote in favor of the Venezuelan people so that the people can enjoy freedom, rights and democracy,” said Uruguayan Chancellor Rodolfo Nin Novoa.

Brazilian Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes, for instance, said Venezuelans remain welcome in Brazil. Venezuelans routinely cross into the continent’s largest nation in search of food and other basic supplies amid shortages back home.

Instead, Nunes said the move would have a “political effect.”

The new suspension will also make it harder for Venezuela to return to good standing since it can be lifted only when the bloc is satisfied that democratic order has been restored.

Meeting in Sao Paulo, Mercosur foreign ministers said the move was meant to send a message to their South American neighbor, which is in the throes of a deepening political and economic crisis.

“Today in Venezuela there is no democracy,” Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie told reporters after meeting with his counterparts from Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. “Essentially what Mercosur is saying is: Without democracy, no, you cannot be a part of Mercosur.”

The suspension was widely expected, and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro criticized the decision even before it became fact.

International mediation can help, as was seen earlier this month when opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was transferred from prison to house arrest after former Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero played a constructive role. But the mediators must be nonpartisan, which rules out the OAS so long as it is dominated by the Trump administration.

There is a real risk Venezuela’s current strife could escalate into civil war. Read article here

Following the relatively recent deaths of Walter Scott, Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, and Eric Garner, community relations are of particularly great concern right now for both law enforcement professionals and communities throughout the country.

To that end, police forces around the country have engaged in new tactics. However, communities are writing the rulebook now, too. Here are just a few examples involving both. Read article here