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Security SOS Week: Social engineering, malvertising, a hacker’s toolkit, and more

Next week, five of Sophos’s top security gurus will step up to the microphone to share their expertise with you, free of charge, in our Security SOS Week.
Naked Security – Sophos

$500 zero-day ransomware attack takes council offline for nearly a week – ZDNet


ZDNet

$ 500 zero-day ransomware attack takes council offline for nearly a week
ZDNet
The attack represents the largest of its kind against Lincolnshire Council, which claims it has been the victim of zero-day malware, an attack previously unknown to security experts. Once the malware was discovered, the council closed down its entire
Lincolnshire County Council hit by £1m malware demandBBC News
Lincolnshire council IT ransomware flingers asked for … £350The Register
Lincolnshire IT systems back onstreamUKAuthority.com (press release) (blog)
IT PRO –Government Computing Network –Digital By Default News
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Monday review – the hot 29 stories of the week

From the sysadmin held at gunpoint, to the banana authentication system for accessing Wi-Fi – get all the stories from the last seven days in our Monday review.
Naked Security – Sophos

Geek-Themed Meme of the Week: Dear Apple

Network World Paul McNamara