> TODAY'S SUMMARY (67 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical threats and trends. Attackers are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS, leading to root access and prompting emergency patches from CISA. Ransomware tactics are evolving, as criminals increasingly target employees' families and leverage AI for more sophisticated attacks. The FTC has accused a firm of preying on sextortion victims, while Microsoft has disrupted a massive phishing network responsible for over a billion scam messages. Additionally, vulnerabilities in widely used tools like Cisco's email gateway and LiteLLM pose significant risks, underscoring the importance of timely patching and vigilance in threat detection.
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A healthy portion of IT staff say they're dissatisfied with their security approach because it slows down their system.
Malware with a never-ending propagation loop uses thirst for porn to spread SMS stealers and fake installers.
Developers have access to tools like AddressSanitizer and Valgrind that will tell them when the code that they’re running accesses uninitialized memory, leaks memory, or uses memory after it’s been freed. Despite the availability of these excellent tools, memory bugs still persist, still get shipped...
The ransomware has a nifty new feature: RSA 4096 for encrypting data, so it's impossible to recover.
Following the FBI’s warning of cyber hacks on connected and driverless cars, Raj Samani of Intel Security has urged UK government and defense to address the problem
Earlier today, a federal judge ordered Apple to comply with the FBI’s request for technical assistance in the recovery of the San Bernadino gunmen’s iPhone 5C. Since then, many have argued whether these requests from the FBI are technically feasible given the support for strong encryption on iOS dev...
The US Department of Defence and Israeli Ministry of Defence have entered an agreement to increase cyber-defence cooperation between the nations.
E-commerce fraud also spikes over the period as criminals target CNP transactions
Law enforcers should be forced to request warrant to use phone surveillance tech
Lieberman Software poll says IT pros have had enough of static credentials
It exploits Apple’s DRM, tricking iOS devices into believing that a malicious app was purchased by victim, allowing its installation.
US law still seen as inadequate to protect EU citizens’ liberties
Pennsylvania man phished iCloud and Gmail log-ins
Information Security Forum maintains government intervention one of three trends to affect quality of information over next two years.
A March 3 phishing attack targeted 2015 payroll data, containing names, addresses, social security numbers, and salary info.
A new rash of malicious ads on top publishing and media sites surreptitiously inflict ransomware on unsuspecting site visitors.
Huge uptick in Angler activity linked to malicious ads
Proofpoint spots new campaigns aimed at US, Middle East and Europe
Only 35% of boardroom executives believe their board has a high level of personal expertise in cybersecurity.
Palo Alto Networks warns users to disable macros