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Today's cybersecurity news highlights several significant threats and trends. The FBI has issued warnings about ongoing FortiBleed attacks, where attackers can lock organizations out of their own Fortinet firewalls, indicating a serious vulnerability for admins. In AI developments, Anthropic's new model is reportedly better at identifying vulnerabilities, while a Chinese hacker successfully utilized AI tools to breach South Korean banks. Additionally, there has been a rise in sophisticated phishing kits that include advanced session management features, targeting banking and government sectors across multiple regions. A critical vulnerability in Atlassian products is currently being exploited, and a recent ransomware recovery scheme has revealed fraudulent practices, underscoring the ongoing challenges in cybersecurity integrity.
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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.