> TODAY'S SUMMARY (98 articles)
Today's cyber news highlights several critical threats and trends. Anthropic has taken its AI models offline after incidents involving breaches of U.S. government sites, signaling growing concerns over AI security. Ahold Delhaize and major French supermarket chains faced significant disruptions from cyberattacks targeting refrigeration systems, leading to food waste and operational downtime. In another notable incident, Ledger confirmed a hardware implant in its wallets, resulting in cryptocurrency theft. Additionally, a critical vulnerability in SonicWall appliances is being actively exploited, urging organizations to patch immediately. The trend of utilizing AI in cyber operations continues, with reports of CyberXero using AI agents to steal sensitive records from Ukraine. Overall, the landscape remains dynamic and fraught with escalating threats.
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Kaspersky Lab, the veteran IT security vendor, has developed a new home/small office network defence technology. Known as PURE, the technology will be unveiled at the CeBIT Computer Faire when it opens in Hannover, Germany, on March 2.
The Information Security Awareness Forum (ISAF) has announced a rolling calendar of themes for this year, where each month sees a focus on a main threat to information security.
First Base Technologies is expanding its penetration testing operations, as well as diversifying from its financial services client base and seeking CESG Check compliance as part of the changes.
A simulated cyber attack has shown once again that the US is unprepared for cyberwarfare, a year after the federal government conducted an extensive review of its cyber security stance.
Yesterday’s outage of Windows Live caused a disruption in the web-based Hotmail email service. This presented a golden opportunity for online crooks to poison search results related to the incident.
The UK government has announced it is tackling the growing problem of fraudsters, criminals and rogue traders who use the internet and email to con consumers.
Internet threat management solutions developer, Kaspersky Lab, has announced that it is a sponsor of 2010 RBS Six Nations Rugby tournament.
Security solution developer, Cloudmark, has announced it has entered an agreement to takeover message processing platform developers, Bizanga.
Communications service provider Entanet has raised a number of concerns regarding the planned UK government surveillance system.
Audit and compliance specialist LogLogic has unveiled a new range of audit and logging software designed specifically for use with the latest generation of quad core processor-based IT systems.
Microsoft found itself in patch hell this week, withdrawing an update resolving an important vulnerability in Windows. The company found that some users infected with malware experienced problems restarting their machines after installing the bug fix.
Google was fighting security, privacy, and censorship issues this week following the launch of Buzz, its social networking service. As Iran reportedly shut down Gmail, others reported that the service was revealing who Buzz users had the most contact with, leading to potential personal security issu...
The latest 3GS iPhone is a valuable piece of kit and, as you might expect, a number get stolen every day, but Ian Kellett of Cumbria managed to harness his iPhone's global positioning system (GPS) when his handset went missing one Saturday last month.
On Tuesday, the US will undergo a simulated cyberattack to help policymakers decide how well the country would cope.
Third-party apps on social networking sites have been criticised in the past for security issues, with the main focus being on Facebook apps, but now the spotlight has fallen on Twitter.
Life assistance company, CPP, is warning online daters about the dangers of giving out personal information this Valentine's day
Virus protection company, PandaLabs, is warning internet users that cyber criminals will use Valentine’s Day-themed content to spread malware.
The Nigerian Government is working with Microsoft on a public awareness program that uses music to fight cybercrime in the country.
The Mozilla Foundation, the open source group behind the popular Firefox web browser, has withdrawn a claim that a software developer had infected a Firefox add-on with a trojan.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has warned that Facebook and Twitter – two of the most popular social networking sites – are actively being used by criminals to harvest users' personal financial details.