> TODAY'S SUMMARY (5 articles)
Today's cyber news highlights significant developments in the ongoing battle against cybercrime and privacy issues. Microsoft has successfully dismantled a large criminal marketplace responsible for distributing over 1 billion phishing messages, showcasing the escalating threat of phishing-as-a-service. Meanwhile, Flock's CEO continues to advocate for surveillance technology despite mounting public concern over privacy implications, emphasizing its potential crime-fighting advantages. In product updates, Sophos has enhanced its ITDR capabilities to improve identity protection in an AI-driven landscape, focusing on Microsoft integration and quicker response times. These trends underline the dual challenges of combating cyber threats while navigating privacy and ethical considerations in technology deployment.
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// AI-powered summary generated at 04:00
Apple has released security updates to its Safari web browser as well as its Leopard and Snow Leopard operating systems.
In response to theDepartment of Justice (DoJ) and Microsoft, Google said that the General Services Administration (GSA) had determined that Google Apps for Government was certified under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), a claim that GSA appears to back.
An elementary security error involving the use of black text on a black background with redacted security documents published on the web effectively made the IT prowess of the Ministry of Defence, and other government departments, a laughing stock over the weekend.
Trusteer, the in-browser security specialist, recently conducted a honeypot social engineering test on 100 users of LinkedIn, with 68% of users potentially infecting themselves.
Organizations are wasting money beefing up security at the perimeter when they should be focusing on securing access within the network, said Adam Bosnian, executive vice president Americas and corporate development at Cyber-Ark Software
Cybercriminals know the value of data better than the organizations they are targeting, according to a security strategist who studies hacker behavior.
Cybercriminals know the value of data better than the organisations they are targeting, according to a security strategist who studies hacker behaviour.
Information security firm McAfee and industrial giant Siemens are teaming to improve security against malware, such as Stuxnet, that targets industrial control systems running critical infrastructure protection.
The inaugural World Cyber Security Technology Research Summit was held at Queen's Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) in Belfast in March. Of all the delegates that Infosecurity had the pleasure of speaking with, William Barker, chief cyber security advisor NIST, has arguably the most...
A new app for Google Android and jailbroken iPhones allows users to make calls with their own choice of caller ID. Known as SpoofPro, the app routes calls via the company’s servers in the US, allowing any caller ID to be generated.
The Department of Justice (DoJ) and the FBI announced this week the shutdown of the Coreflood botnet that infected more than 2 million computers worldwide with keylogging malware designed to steal financial information from victims.
At the World Cyber Research Summit in Belfast on March 16th, Infosecurity’s Eleanor Dallaway had the opportunity to interview John Bumgarner of the US Cyber Consequences Unit.
Research just released claims that in order to increase security on an organisation's network, managers should remove admin level rights for end users.
A group of "expatriate executives and engineers" have quietly wrested control of Libyan's cellular network in the rebel-held areas of the country, allowing officials with the transitional government in the East to communicate wirelessly with each other once again.
Close to half of IT professionals surveyed by smart device security firm Mocana said that they did not believe their organizations could adequately manage the security risks posed by smart devices.
The US military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced it is researching into the area of full disk encryption (FDE) on Google Android and Apple iPhone handsets.
The US Department of Justice said in court documents that the Google Apps for Government cloud-based IT suite was not certified under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), despite claims by Google that it was.
Sony Computer Entertainment America has settled its PS3-related legal spat with the infamous code cracker George Hotz. Also known as Geohot, Hotz is well known for being the first person to jailbreak the Apple iPhone in his mid-teens.
Barracuda Networks has become the latest IT security vendor to be hit by an SQL injection attack, but the company has moved swiftly to mitigate the fallout from the attack, as well as confirming that all active passwords for applications remain secure.
It looks like cybercriminals have moved their ATM skimming game to its logical conclusion and developed wireless plus miniaturised cash machine add-ons that are indistinguishable from the real thing.