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Today's cybersecurity news highlights several critical threats and trends. Z.ai faced backlash for security flaws in its ZCode coding assistant, prompting the temporary disabling of certain features. In the UK, two individuals were arrested following the disruption of the "EvilTokens" AI chatbot, which facilitated cybercriminals in account compromise for a subscription fee. Researchers revealed that stolen passwords pose significant risks to U.S. water providers, exposing critical infrastructure to potential cyberattacks. Additionally, a wave of AI-driven threats is emerging, with reports indicating that AI is increasingly aiding cybercriminals while defenders struggle to keep pace. Lastly, vulnerabilities in Zyxel switches and recent attacks exploiting deepfake technology underscore the evolving landscape of cybersecurity risks.
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Paying for gas at the pump has become a way of life, but even this innocuous activity can open consumers up to identity theft. Case in point: thirteen defendants are facing a whopping 426-count indictment in Manhattan for stealing more than $2 million by way of skimming devices at gas stations throu...
Coca-cola admitted Friday to the theft of an unspecified number of laptops containing personal information on 74,000 individuals – including, it turns out, variously social security numbers, driving license details, salaries, and ethnicity; but fewer than ten credit card numbers. Data loss preventio...
The FBI announced Friday that it had arrested two operators of a US-based e-mail hacking website, and three customers of foreign e-mail hacking sites. Operators of foreign e-mail hacking sites were arrested by national authorities in Romania, India and China in what is believed to be the first joint...
The hacktivist group known as the Syrian Electronic Army was a particularly active adversary in the second half of 2013, and remains one of the top global threat actors to watch in the coming year as the Syrian conflict drags on – not least because of the group’s ability to morph its techniques to k...
Mobile malware victims may have several reactions upon discovering a smartphone infection, but chuckling is likely not one of them. Nonetheless, a new Android malware threat dubbed "HeHe" has been identified that steals text messages and intercepts and disconnects phone calls.
Energetic Bear is the name given to a hacking group, most likely Russian, that appears to be primarily targeting the western energy sector. Although only one part of a new Global Threat Report for 2013, it is the part attracting most attention and interest: Russia is potentially joining China (and t...
This week, economic and political movers and shakers are set to descend upon Davos, the Swiss ski resort that annually hosts what is arguably one of the most important international confabs in existence: the World Economic Forum. Unfortunately, virtual visitors have more than raclette and high finan...
In a classic 'insider' breach, an employee of the Korea Credit Bureau (KCB) has been arrested for stealing and later selling the personal details of millions of South Koreans to phone marketing companies. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has said that the credit card firms will cover any fina...
In an important ruling, Mr Justice Tugendhat has cleared the way for the group of Brits known as Safari Users Against Google's Secret Tracking to sue Google in the the British courts. Google had argued that the case should be heard in the US. Mr Justice Tugendhat disagrees.
Popular Cisco Wi-Fi routers for small and medium-sized businesses are in the cross-hairs thanks to a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain root-level access to an affected device – and from there intercept information from devices that attach to it.
A false version of the popular Android Minecraft PE app is being sold via Russian app stores for around half the price of the official app. Since third party app stores are not generally as thorough as Google's Play Store at finding and removing bad apps, they have become a popular means for distrib...
Network Time Protocol (NTP) amplification attacks, an emerging form of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) that relies on the use of publicly accessible servers, is starting to make the rounds, US-CERT is warning.
The recent acquisition of Tyrian Partners by Stroz Friedberg aims to strengthen international forensic accounting services offered by the multinational forensic investigations specialist.
Microsoft is extending the holiday period for Sys Admins this month: there are only four bulletins in January's Patch Tuesday; and not a single one marked 'critical'. Two, however, will require a restart, while the other two 'may' require a restart – so there will still be a degree of disruption inv...
A researcher looked at the security of home banking apps, and found shocking results. Forty home banking apps from the top 60 most influential banks in the world were tested and found to have major security weaknesses.
Keywords, passphrases, 25-digit alphanumeric codes, picture recognition, biometrics –authentication is a notoriously difficult thing to effect while thwarting hackers the majority of the time, given the boundaries of human memory and the rampant presence of human error. To that end, a group of resea...
“Guccifer,” a hacker known for lifting high-profile information from A-listers, has managed to nab the script for Downton Abbey’s season finale, while also targeting emails of various other celebrities.
Mobile device management (MDM) systems are gaining rapid adoption among enterprises that wish to better manage the increasing number of smartphones and tablets being used in corporate environments.
Will 2014 see a big uptick in the use of biometric technologies, strong encryption, a rash of new key technologies and more? Some say that the era of having unencrypted data traffic flowing freely inside enterprises will likely soon come to a crashing halt, helped along by the US government, the App...
A deal for two French Falcon Eye spy satellites, where cameras can detect very small objects on the ground, is in jeopardy after the UAE buyers claimed they contain US-made parts that are considered 'security compromising components.'