> TODAY'S SUMMARY (150 articles)
Today’s cybersecurity news highlights significant vulnerabilities and trends. Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday addressed a record 1,411 flaws, including three zero-day vulnerabilities, emphasizing the critical need for timely updates. Ivanti Connect Secure is under scrutiny for zero-day vulnerabilities that allow attackers to gain root access, with the U.S. CISA listing it as a known exploited vulnerability. Meanwhile, small AI models are raising alarms for their potential to self-replicate across IoT devices, posing new security risks. In retail, Ahold Delhaize is investigating a cyberattack that forced the company to disconnect systems, while recent attacks have also disrupted refrigeration systems in French supermarkets, leading to significant food waste. Additionally, vulnerabilities in Docker Hub and GitLab highlight ongoing risks in software supply chains, underscoring the importance of robust security measures across platforms.
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A rising volume of research has suggested of late that internet users make frequent re-use of passwords, as well as using relatively weak passwords that are easy to brute force hack. Now a security researcher claims his research suggests that - irony of ironies - hackers are equally slovenly when it...
As the first arrest allegedly associated with the LulzSec hacktivist group has taken place, Rob Rachwald, director of security with Imperva, has detailed who the group's leaders are.
Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) took Citigroup to task for not informing its credit card holders about the data breach affecting 360,000 North American customers, during a Tuesday hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.
Germany has launched a national cyber defense center in Bonn aimed mainly at protecting critical national infrastructure from cyber attacks.
Kaspersky Lab has announced that a new feature of its security software - File Advisor - will use cloud threat intelligence to verify the safety of Adobe PDF files.
As the first arrest allegedly associated with the LulzSec hacktivist group has taken place, Rob Rachwald, director of security with Imperva has detailed who the group's leaders are.
Over half of IT personnel view everyday threats from malware and spyware as their number one security concern, not headline-grabbing attacks like Stuxnet, Night Dragon, and Operation Aurora, according to a survey by vulnerability management provider eEye Digital Security.
The website of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is reported to have been hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack for most of the last 24 hours.
The rash of apparently successful hacks against major corporates in recent weeks has hit the headlines but, says Rik Ferguson, director of security research with Trend Micro, it does not represent an internet meltdown as some experts are saying.
A growing number of PC users are downloading 'cracked' versions of popular paid-for software but, says Brian Krebs, a leading security researcher, there is a distinct security risk attached to this type of pirated software.
The trend of consumerization facing many enterprise-based IT departments is also being felt in the public sector, even in areas where confidentiality and security are paramount. This was the message imparted by the NSA’s Debora Plunkett during a special session at today’s Gartner Security & Risk...
The Japanese parliament has quietly passed legislation to make the creation or distribution of a virus or similar malware a criminal offense.
A security researcher claims to have discovered a potentially major security loophole in the way Google Android stores WiFi passwords.
Many US small businesses do not regularly review information security processes, conduct security audits, or train employees on information security practices, according to a survey sponsored by document destruction services company Shred-it.
Microsoft is warning users that WebGL graphics technology poses security risks, based on work by Context Information Security and its own security research team.
The LulzSec hacktivist group continued its trail of e-destruction late yesterday, posting a large file of electronic trophies - the email ID/password combos of 62,000 user credentials - the web and linking the list via Twitter.
A group of students at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London are developing designs for safer and more secure ATMs.
A landmark digital and security piracy case in Duisburg, Germany, has resulted in the conviction of two men - aged 18 and 23 - in connection with the trojan-assisted piracy of unpublished songs of Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga and other musicians.
Research just released by memory supplier Crucial claims that, when faced with a sluggish PC, 52% of users run their AV software, whilst 53% start compressing their files.
Reports are coming in that eight laptops - one containing the medical records of 8.63 million patients - went missing three weeks ago from an NHS storeroom at NHS North Central London Health Authority.