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Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical threats and trends. ASOS has confirmed a data breach linked to unauthorized notifications sent through a third-party communication platform. Hackers compromised three country-code domain registries, obtaining HTTPS certificates for Google domains, which poses a significant risk for impersonation attacks. The emergence of AI-powered phishing tools, such as BlueKit, facilitates quick creation of convincing phishing pages, increasing the threat of account hijacking. Ongoing vulnerabilities in various platforms, including a critical flaw in Atlassian products and a significant number of patched issues in Chrome and Android, underscore the need for timely updates. Additionally, a notable ransomware attack on Advantest exposed personal information, further emphasizing the escalating risks to sensitive data.
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Eighty per cent of infected websites have been compromised by a third-party hacker, according to the latest threat statistics from Sophos.
Lloyds TSB has purchased pattern-recognition software from US vendor Actimize for detecting employee fraud within its retail banking operation. Use of such software is already common in financial services for spotting fraud in external transactions, such as credit card spending.
One gang is responsible for more than half of all attempted phishing for the likes of online banking log-in details, and has found ways to extend the lives of its web-sites, according to researchers at Cambridge University.