> TODAY'S SUMMARY (88 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical threats and vulnerabilities. Ivanti has issued an urgent patch for a zero-day vulnerability in its Connect Secure remote access gateway that is actively being exploited. Additionally, Docker disclosed a severe flaw in Docker Hub that allowed attackers to impersonate users and tamper with container images. GitLab patched a maximum-severity vulnerability allowing unauthenticated code execution on its servers. Multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel were also reported, posing risks for local attackers to compromise systems. In broader trends, North Korean hackers are reportedly targeting Ukrainian experts for intelligence, while small AI models are raising concerns about potential self-replication across IoT devices. Finally, a significant cyberattack on French supermarkets caused widespread food spoilage by hijacking refrigeration systems.
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A Websense associate security researcher claims to have detected a black hat SEO attack on a web domain that belongs to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
US government networks received an average of 15,000 cyber attacks per day last year, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official.
Honda Canada said that a data breach exposed personal information of 283,000 customers.
With all the hype in the media these days surrounding the concept of cyber war, Infosecurity has put together a panel of experts to discuss this topic and more during our upcoming Global Virtual Conference.
Kaspersky Lab has issued a warning about a multi-purpose rootkit that targets 32- and 64-bit Windows users, one variant of which attempts to download and install fake antivirus software.
Reports are coming in that another Comodo digital certificate partner has suffered an SQL injection attack, reportedly allowing customer data to be viewed by the hackers.
Google's Chrome operating system (OS) is not as secure at it might look at first glance, says Rik Ferguson, director of security research at Trend Micro.
The US Secret Service estimates that a data breach at Bank of America in California and other western states cost the bank at least $10 million.
A vulnerability in the Hotmail site has enabled hackers to steal an unknown number of messages from users' accounts, according to security firm Trend Micro
There have been several reports of iPhones being successfully tracked down by owners using the handset's on-phone GPS facility and suitable software, but now a cautionary tale comes from New Jersey, in which an apparently irate owner attacked the person he thought had stolen his phone - and was arre...
The latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report from Symantec has warned internet users to beware the increasing problem of fake URL shortening services, especially against the backdrop of Twitter's popularity and the fact that the microblogging service limits messages to 140 characters or so.
Three New England states – Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island – have teamed to develop a coordinated government-industry plan for responding to network interruptions caused by cyberattacks or natural disasters.
A South American researcher with Kaspersky Lab claims to have spotted a Java-driven injection technology that generates a fake Virustotal website for the unsuspecting.
Attacks of the W32.Qakbot worm, which was responsible for a data breach at a Massachusetts labor agency, are on the rise after the author "seeded" newer variants, according to analysis by Symantec.
The last 12 months have seen the volume of 64-bit Win7-equipped machines being sold rising steadily and it seems that cybercriminals have woken up to the trend, developing 64-bit malware.
Hell hath no fury like an upset cracker, it seems, as the tidal wave of apparent supporters of George Hotz appear to be targeting Sony in an unprecedented hackathon.
Reports are coming in that the BlackHole exploit kit, a pivotal piece of malware in the same league as Zeus, has joined the infamous malware in being offered for free on darkware forums.
It appears that, despite President Obama recently going on national TV in the US to tell everyone that Osama bin Laden is dead, Facebook users are being lured to a credential-stealing set of web pages by a tweet referencing a 'CNN report' that the head of al Qaeda is still alive.
Sony’s So-net Entertainment admitted that its customer rewards site was hacked and that customers’ email accounts were compromised and redeemable gift points stolen.
The vulnerability identified by NSS Labs researchers in Siemens’ programmable logic controllers (PLCs) is only a part of larger security issues, according to NSS Labs president Rick Moy.