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WannaCry? You will do BBC “sister” medical drama shows Holby City and the venerable Casualty from which it sprang have announced that they are teaming up for a two-part “cyberattack special”. NHS techies, stop sniggering at the back!… READ MORE HERE…

Execs, experts hope this cooperation continues to hold for the next big bug A panel of eggheads from Intel, the US government, and academia held court this week to figure how they can keep the likes of El Reg from spoiling their next major bug reveal.… READ MORE HERE…

When in America, STFU and get a lawyer. Even if you’re innocent Marcus Hutchins, the Brit white-hat hacker who halted 2017’s WannaCry ransomware outbreak, has failed to stop the American legal system using statements he made while recovering from the effects of holidaying in Las Vegas.… READ MORE HERE…

Get an update, or risk giving a dodgy user or malware an upgrade Canonical has issued an update for Ubuntu to address a security vulnerability that can be exploited by malware and rogue users to gain root access.… READ MORE HERE…

Hapless bank goes into lockdown mode, vanishes from the internet Malta’s Bank of Valetta (BOV) has pulled the plug on its entire internet access, including shutting down cashpoints and branch offices, after detecting a “cyber intrusion” by crims that tried to steal nearly €13m.… READ MORE HERE…

The ‘VF’ now stands for ‘virtually f*cked’ A hacker wiped every server and backup of VFEmail this week in a “catastrophic” attack, according to the webmail service.… READ MORE HERE…

UK’s Huawei handlers are proud of themselves The Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) has a giant banner hanging outside declaring its purpose to the world.… READ MORE HERE…

Handy for smuggling expensive zero-days onto targets and executing them Updated  Security researchers have found that Intel’s Software Guard Extensions (SGX) don’t live up to their name. In fact, we’re told, they can be used to hide pieces of nasty malware that can silently masquerade as normal applications.… READ MORE HERE…

Accused hacker can write Reg headlines. Who knew? Lauri Love will find out whether he is getting his computers back from the National Crime Agency on 19 February, a judge ruled today.… READ MORE HERE…

All your extra bits and bytes of this week’s infosec news in less than 5 minutes Roundup  Here’s a summary of more infosec news beyond what we’ve already reported this week – enjoy.… READ MORE HERE…