> TODAY'S SUMMARY (5 articles)
Today's cyber news highlights significant developments in the ongoing battle against cybercrime and privacy issues. Microsoft has successfully dismantled a large criminal marketplace responsible for distributing over 1 billion phishing messages, showcasing the escalating threat of phishing-as-a-service. Meanwhile, Flock's CEO continues to advocate for surveillance technology despite mounting public concern over privacy implications, emphasizing its potential crime-fighting advantages. In product updates, Sophos has enhanced its ITDR capabilities to improve identity protection in an AI-driven landscape, focusing on Microsoft integration and quicker response times. These trends underline the dual challenges of combating cyber threats while navigating privacy and ethical considerations in technology deployment.
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New browser already targeted in a busy month for IT staff
DDoS increasingly used to distract IT teams ahead of data theft
Une vulnérabilité a été découverte dans Apple Mac OS X. Elle permet à un attaquant de provoquer une élévation de privilèges.
Hackers could exploit deserialization vulnerability to steal sensitive data
The campaigns target US government agencies and private sector organizations across multiple sectors.
At REcon 2015, I demonstrated a new hardware side channel which targets co-located virtual machines in the cloud. This attack exploits the CPU’s pipeline as opposed to cache tiers which are often used in side channel attacks. When designing or looking for hardware based side channels – specifically...
Darkhotel is the latest APT group to make use of the zero-days and exploit tools leaked in the Hacking Team breach.
YouTube hosts thousands of videos, which offer: tutorials on how to use RATs; the faces and IP addresses of victims; and links to download RATs they can use to slave devices.
The Cyber Grand Challenge qualifying event was held on June 3rd, at exactly noon Eastern time. At that instant, our Cyber Reasoning System (CRS) was given 131 purposely built insecure programs. During the following 24 hour period, our CRS was able to identify vulnerabilities in 65 of those programs...
SEC filing claims ‘employee impersonation’ was to blame
Hackers could take control of all connected devices on the network, including door locks, motion sensors, HVAC and smart light bulbs/switches.
Never let a good incident go to waste. Today, we’re using the OPM incident as an excuse to share with you our top recommendations for shoring up the security of your Google Apps for Work account. More than 5 million companies rely on Google Apps to run their critical business functions, like email,...
Researchers could remotely turn the car on and off remotely, hit the brakes if the car is moving under 5 MPH, and shift it into neutral.
The Money Shop lost two servers full of customer data
Context researchers claim config error is to blame
Exploit kits integrated Hacking Team zero-days into their digital weapons in half the usual time.
Various brands of smartwatches present differing risks for data loss.
The buy will help Accenture beef up its security consulting business.
Terracotta is being used as a launch platform for APT actors, including the well-known Shell_Crew/DeepPanda group.
Thunderstrike 2 is a proof-of-concept firmware worm that’s the first to attack Macs.