> TODAY'S SUMMARY (41 articles)
Today's cyber news highlights significant threats, particularly targeting industrial refrigeration systems. The FBI and CISA have issued warnings about attacks that can manipulate temperatures in supermarket refrigeration, posing risks to food safety and supply chains. In the realm of vulnerabilities, a memory safety flaw in CPython could allow AI inference servers to be compromised. Additionally, a critical exploit in OpenSSH may enable unauthorized access to password-disabled accounts on certain Linux systems. Meanwhile, phishing schemes leveraging fake OpenAI events are being reported, aimed at stealing Microsoft and Google accounts. The ongoing escalation of AI-driven attacks is also notable, with incidents targeting fintech firms during off-hours.
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Ex-director of GCHQ discusses the cyber-threat landscape and the challenges to secure it
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Over 20 critical updates to keep sysadmins busy
Latest annual report puts total 2017 losses at $1.4bn
Terbium Labs findings come from analysis of breached dark web data
Conflicting reports find the number of DDoS attacks went both up and down.
A quick review of first-quarter numbers show a shift in the breach landscape.
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab discover new variant of SynAck ransomware.
Force to get serious about hiring tech talent
Latest stats also reveal agency tripled collection of call records
Trove included 145.5m Social Security numbers and nearly 18m driver’s license numbers
Researchers link several spy groups to the Chinese government.
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