> TODAY'S SUMMARY (55 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights significant threats and vulnerabilities that organizations must address. Forescout warns that inadequate network segmentation is enlarging attack surfaces, making businesses more vulnerable. A critical vulnerability in ZyXEL switches has been exploited by Chinese hackers, leading to the exfiltration of sensitive data from nearly 1,000 devices globally. Additionally, a newly discovered flaw in the Linux kernel allows unauthorized access to host memory from guest virtual machines, raising concerns for cloud environments. Meanwhile, a malicious NPM package, disguised as a legitimate software, has garnered millions of downloads, highlighting the persistent threat of supply chain attacks. Lastly, CISOs are urged to update incident response playbooks in light of emerging AI-driven threats, including sophisticated deepfakes and autonomous malware.
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A fingerprint recognition system failed to prevent black-listed fans from entering football grounds and was easily fooled by simple spoofing techniques, according to a trial by Dutch research organisation TNO.
Finding the right balance between internet security and privacy is becoming increasingly hard when addressing cyber terrorism, experts at last week’s annual ISSE conference argued.
Biometrics has changed in several significant ways over the last decade, according to a prominent expert in the field.
Users of IT security products should see no gaps in service resulting from floods in Britain, despite the location of several vendors in some of the worst-affected towns.
Google is buying its way into the infosecurity market, through purchasing security service provider Postini for $625 million (£310m, EUR458m) in cash, it said on 9 July.
This year, the Victory Challenge team introduced security into their game plan as they challenged the Swiss defender Alinghi, in the 32nd America’s Cup.
Eighty per cent of infected websites have been compromised by a third-party hacker, according to the latest threat statistics from Sophos.
Lloyds TSB has purchased pattern-recognition software from US vendor Actimize for detecting employee fraud within its retail banking operation. Use of such software is already common in financial services for spotting fraud in external transactions, such as credit card spending.
One gang is responsible for more than half of all attempted phishing for the likes of online banking log-in details, and has found ways to extend the lives of its web-sites, according to researchers at Cambridge University.