> TODAY'S SUMMARY (44 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape reveals significant threats impacting various sectors. A cyberattack targeting refrigeration systems in France has spoiled food across hundreds of supermarkets due to unpatched firmware vulnerabilities. Retail giant Ahold Delhaize has taken its systems offline following a cyber incident, indicating ongoing risks in the retail sector. GitLab has patched a critical vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated remote code execution, emphasizing the importance of timely updates. Additionally, a data breach in Denmark linked to weak passwords has compromised 8.8 million accounts. Emerging malware, such as XWorm RAT, is evolving to offer enhanced surveillance capabilities, posing new risks for user privacy. Lastly, low-cost Android phones are being shipped with pre-installed malware, raising concerns about supply chain security.
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Just over three quarters of the UK population have sold on old mobile phones, but only 31% wiped all personal information before selling, a survey has revealed.
The Australian Crime Commission (ACC), a government security agency, is reporting on a new fraud trend that the country's national criminal intelligence agency calls 'virtual crime'.
Panda Security's research arm, Panda Labs, claims that 34% of all malware ever created was coded/created during 2010.
Federal workers were sent fake White House Christmas e-cards containing Zeus malware designed to gain access to computer systems and steal sensitive documents.
Joona Airamo, the CISO at Stonesoft, a Scandinavian IT security vendor, is predicting that the coming year will see a malware infection that targets the Apple operating system.
Virgin Media says that its research suggests that consumer gadgets topped the Christmas stocking gift list with millions shifting from the shelves before the VAT increase.
American Honda Motor Co. is warning around 2.2 million customers that an email database containing personal information was hacked, according to reports.
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has offered lawful interception in its security architecture through cloud computing from Indian operators, according to the India Times.
A US security researcher has revealed a number of new security flaws in the Adobe PDF file format. The flaws, says Julia Wolf, a researcher with California's FireEye, have been around for some time, but have not been reported on.
Cybersecurity has become a “fundamental weakness” in Australia’s national security, and the threat is not well understood by political leaders and the public, according to a report by a leading Australian think tank.
The Geinimi trojan is attacking Android smartphones and stealing personal data from them, according to mobile security firm Lookout.
A row that has been brewing between the payment card 'establishment' and researchers with Cambridge University, who have previously claimed that the Chip & PIN security system seen in UK bank payment cards is flawed, has spilled out into the open.
Websense has posted a detailed analysis of the Phoenix Exploit kit, which is used by hackers to seed and infect users' PCs across the internet, and then monitor the results for data harvesting.
Computer technician Leon Walker faces five years in jail for hacking into his wife’s email account to confirm suspicions that she was having an affair with her ex-husband.
Mozilla, the developer of the Firefox browser, admitted that it accidentally posted sensitive information about the users of its addons.mozilla.org site to a public web server.
Because of a major increase in cyber attacks this year, the German government plans to set up a national cyber defense center in 2011.
British defense firm BAE Systems has agreed to acquire ETI A/S, a Danish cybersecurity firm, for approximately $212 million.
Incoming Speaker of the House, Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), has tapped Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) to lead a cybersecurity initiative in the next Congress.
A number of VA facilities have violated the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prohibition on using online tools to share patients’ information among facilities.
Although military-grade encrypted VOIP software for the iPhone has been around for while, the highly specialised software has been quite expensive, typically running into three figures. Now a Florida-based firm has released a 256-bit encrypt VOIP app for the iPhone costing just $4.99.