> 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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// AI-powered summary generated at 16:00
Research published today claims to show that 39% of mobile phone owners in the UK would not spot their handset missing within an hour.
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) – the equivalent of the UK's MI5 operation – is investigating a major hack of the government's email systems down under.
It looks as though Microsoft is quietly tracking down the cybercriminals behind the infamous Rustock spam botnet, following the software giant's court-approved seizure of several command-and-control servers.
Scammers are increasingly using current events, such as the Japan earthquake and tsunami, to trick people into donating money to bogus organizations or clicking on bogus news reports that contain embedded malware.
American Express has neatly leapfrogged Visa's P2P micropayment gameplan by announcing plans to launch its own service, months ahead of Visa, and offering the service on the web, as well as on Apple iPhone, Android and BlackBerry handsets.
How robust is an Apple iPhone? Very, judging from a report from US Air Force combat controller Ron Walker, whose iPhone fell out of his jumpsuit pocket – from 1,000 feet in the air.
Around 970 visitors to Maine state parks, between March 21 and Dec. 22, 2010, may have had their credit card numbers exposed as the result of a malware attack against the online state-park pass system, the Maine Conservation Department announced.
Last night was Census 2011 night and all UK householders are now requested by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) to fill in the required forms under threat of a possible fine. But questions have been raised about the security of the census data, which is being processed at sites in Manchester a...
In-browser web security specialist Trusteer has warned internet users about the apparently new problem of targeted malware attacks, where criminals use business social networking sites to identify their victim, specifically infecting the target's computer and then heisting their user credentials fro...
Automation, interoperability, and authentication are the three security building blocks to create more secure and resilient networks, according to a recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) white paper.
Despite the software already being developed for the Android and BlackBerry app stores, Apple has apparently rejected a radiation monitoring application for the iPhone.
This week's widely reported compromise of a batch of Comodo digital certificates, which resulted in hackers being able to fake trusted sites from the likes of Google and Yahoo, has been blamed on Iranian hackers with possible government assistance.
A number of TripAdvisor members may receive spam after hackers stole email details from the travel website.
Play.com’s chief executive has responded to reports about customer data being compromised via a third-party email marketing service.
Jesse William McGraw, also known as ‘Ghost Exodus’, has been sentenced to 110 months in a federal lock-up this week after pleading guilty to hacking the computer system of a Dallas-area medical complex.
Technology is starting to beat the theft of computing devices. Earlier this week we reported on the successful retrieval of a stolen iPad by an Israeli owner using the MobileMe location service, and now a tech-savvy teenager in the US has traced his Apple laptop after the thief posted pictures and v...
NetQin, a new Chinese mobile security firm, has been accused by several sources of installing viruses on users' mobiles when they execute the company's anti-malware software.
It appears that, within hours of the death of film star Dame Elizabeth Taylor being announced yesterday, cybercriminals were tapping in interest in her life - and death - by launching social engineering frauds on Twitter.
You're probably familiar with the 3-D Secure system of card security for online transactions - aka Verified by Visa (for Visa) and SecureCode (for MasterCard) - but now a security researcher is reporting that cybercriminals may have found a way around the online transaction security.
A full 63% of US schools have suffered at least two information security breaches in the last year, according to a survey by Panda Security.