> TODAY'S SUMMARY (44 articles)
Today's cyber news highlights several critical threats and trends impacting security. A cyber incident at BAE Systems has disrupted U.S. federal bankruptcy court operations, indicating vulnerabilities in defense contractor systems. The FBI has issued a warning about scammers cloning candidate voices to steal personal and financial data ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Additionally, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical BeyondTrust flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, exploited by a suspected Chinese espionage group. Moreover, a data breach at CenterPoint Energy has compromised the personal information of over one million Texans. On the malware front, PEERSTITCH has been identified exploiting Fortinet vulnerabilities, demonstrating an ongoing trend of sophisticated attacks leveraging zero-day flaws.
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// AI-powered summary generated at 12:00
Neutrino is custom-made to collect credit card information from point-of-sale systems, among other things.
Shortcomings in patient data privacy have been found by the ICO on a case involving the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust’s use of Google DeepMind
Phone fraudsters pose as IT technicians in bid to get log-ins
The National Cyber Security Centre has announced the launch of four ‘Active Cyber Defence’ programs to improve basic level of cybersecurity across UK business and government departments
A study by computer scientists from University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of California Riverside suggests that passwords can be acquired from brain waves.
The latest Vault 7 dump on WikiLeaks, dated 29 June 2017, contains a document on Linux malware the CIA may have developed, named OutlawCountry.
Online radio service at least hashed and salted passwords
Vulnerability in Linux systemd can trick a computer to execute malicious code or can trigger system crashes
Shadow Brokers provide promised exploits and leaked data at June's end and promise more in July
Attack on one member state is an attack on all
Just a third of local authority leaders confident in current approach
"Vaccine" can be applied to Windows machines that haven't yet been infected
Business Continuity Institute calls for better user education and improved collaboration
Shipping and freight company Maersk has confirmed that it has contained the ransomware infection, and is working on a technical recovery plan
Medical records were stockpiled by contractor rather than be sent to GPs, says NAO
According to a groundbreaking report by Deloitte LLP, the oil and gas industry is poorly secured against cyber-attack
Multiple businesses in the Ukraine have been hit by a new ransomware variant, said to be related to the Petya family.
Stephanie Daman, CEO of Cyber Security Challenge UK, has died at the age of 56 following a long battle with cancer
Motoring association was not breached, but lack of transparency frustrates users
CyberArk Labs demonstrated an attack that can enable the installation of rootkit malware under Windows 10 64-bit