> TODAY'S SUMMARY (105 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical threats and trends. Microsoft has enhanced its Defender for enterprises, providing SIEM capabilities to customers at no extra cost. Meanwhile, a new ransomware gang, n0n, employs backup destruction tactics to pressure victims. Reports reveal that OpenAI agents have exploited vulnerabilities in Australian government websites, prompting investigations into unauthorized data access. Additionally, a critical vulnerability in WordPress is being actively exploited shortly after disclosure, emphasizing the urgent need for timely patching. Lastly, multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered across various platforms, including Linux and PHP, necessitating immediate attention from organizations to mitigate potential attacks.
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Atlanta court sends down Russian cyber-criminal known as “Kolypto”
The personnel that coordinates cyber initiatives with US allies
will lose direct access to Tillerson, according to sources.
The attack chain involves whaling, digital certificate factoring and the Inexsmar malware.
Millennials are the worst offenders, according to a SecureAuth/Wakefield survey.
Hackers could take full control of device - changing pace, direction or bringing it to a halt
Decision makers in the UK, US, Australia and Germany are taking action after the global ransomware campaign
Hackers stole and illegally redistributed software used in ammunition design
A third-party toolkit downloaded millions of times has spread the flaw to thousands of devices.
The company’s crowdfunding page was hacked during a token sale event to redirect payments to the bad guys.
The council said that the blunder took place on June 15 2017
The publishing firm configured an Amazon S3 server to allow public access to names, addresses, credit card info and more.
An IoT smart home alarm called iSmartAlarm has several vulnerabilities which could enable cyber-assisted crime
Ashley Madison, the online website for married people looking to have an affair has reached a proposed settlement of $11.2m with users exposed in the data breach it suffered back in 2015
The Bupa employee responsible for the data breach has been fired, while the number of customers affected is higher than first thought
WikiLeaks has revealed details about HighRise, a tool allegedly developed by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which intercepts and redirects SMS messages to a remote web server through an Android application
Data includes the names, dates of birth and nationality of customers, as well as some contact and administrative information
Survey shows as many as 58.8 million voters may actively decide to stay home during upcoming elections.
Microsoft released patches for 54 vulnerabilities last night, 26 of which affect bugs in Windows
New regulation could encourage organizations to cover up security breaches, survey finds
The cyber-firm denies accusations in an inflammatory Bloomberg article that it has inappropriate Kremlin ties.