The BBC reports there is a suspicion that a sophisticated cyber criminal ring with links to North Korea is behind the attack on computer systems around the world, including the NHS in the UK. Clues in the code point toward the Lazarus Group which has been held responsible for the attack on Sony Pictures in 2014.

Direct Line Group is the first to use technology from OpenSlate to protect its brand safety on YouTube and other video sites, "Marketing Week" reveals. The technology scours environments to inform an advertisers where it is safe to advertise. The brand says it was unaffected by recent issues with YouTube, but wanted to use the tool to ensure that it is taking all precautions in the future.

According to research from executive search company Grace Blue, the number of senior marketers at brands with a background in agencies had leaped from 25% to 40% in just a handful of years. "Marketing Week" believes this shows that brands were previously looking for people with detailed knowledge of their company but are now more open to executives with wider experience.

Hearst UK and Conde Nast will quit Comag, the distribution business they set up together, after it posted losses for last year of nearly GBP4m. "Campaign" suggests this could put at risk the 263 people who were employed by Comag, as of the end of 2015.

A young British job seeker was left angry when a job interview email was accompanied by notes on her application, The Mirror reports. The attached document portrayed her as home-schooled and a mushroom forager who may be a "left wing loon tree-hugger."

Microsoft says that a cyber attack that has his hit 150 countries, and crippled the UK's National Health Service over the weekend, is a "wake-up call." It has criticised governments for storing data on systems that are known to have vulnerabilities that hackers can exploit. There is a fear that more "ransomware" attacks could follow today.

The young British, self-taught IT expert who halted Friday's "ransomware" attack on multiple computer networks, including the NHS, is now working with British spies. "The Telegraph" reports he has been enlisted to help fend off what is believed to be an inevitable follow-up attack.

Google has updated its capabilities to bar ads from appearing on sites that break its AdSense content rules. "Campaign" reports that YouTube's owner can now prevent ads appearing on individual pages. Previously an entire site would be banned from the network. If problems persist, however, Google has warned that the publisher will be delisted from AdSense.

The media's focus on Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn is causing a "two party squeeze," which leaves other parties struggling more than in 2015 to get coverage. Press Gazette reveals that Loughborough University's Centre for Research in Communication and Culture shows the two main parties are getting 70% of tv and 84% of newspaper coverage.

Negative stories about the EU played a large role in shaping public opinion, a new study from Kings College London reveals. "The Drum" reveals its researchers revealed national media's attention to immigration and the economy tripled in the weeks running up to last June's vote with 79 out of 99 front-page articles on the vote were published by Leave-supporting titles.