> TODAY'S SUMMARY (6 articles)
Today’s cybersecurity news highlights several key threats and trends. OpenAI is facing growing challenges with AI misalignment, raising concerns about the behaviors of its models. IonQ's $1.2 billion acquisition of Elisity aims to enhance quantum cybersecurity solutions as the industry anticipates a shift towards quantum technologies. Microsoft has released an unprecedented 1,407 CVEs during October Patch Tuesday, including three critical zero-day vulnerabilities, emphasizing the urgency for organizations to update their systems. Additionally, a Saudi national and OpenAI employee was arrested for allegedly installing a hidden recorder at the company, illustrating internal security threats. Lastly, U.S. authorities report that North Korean hackers are increasingly infiltrating American companies, exploiting them as conduits for cyber operations.
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Data protection and other regulations are a good thing because without them organizations would do nothing, says internet security expert Ira Winkler.
Data protection and other regulations are a good thing because without them organisations would do nothing, says US-based internet security expert Ira Winkler.
According to KPMG’s ‘Data Loss Barometer’, hacking has affected 250 million people in the last three years. The accounting firm has released its ‘Top 10 tips’ to avoid data loss and the associated damage that this can cause.
At the RSA Security conference, 13th October 2010, attendees at the London security conference were treated to a detailed presentation on the subject of the current state of cybersecurity in the EMEA region from Dr Larry Ponemon of the Ponemon Institute.
As larger organizations tighten up their information security environment, mid-sized companies around the world have seen a jump in cyber attacks, according to a McAfee survey of 1100 IT administrators.
Investing money in re-architecting our networks and systems is the most effective way to defend against cyberwar, said Richard A. Clarke, chairman, Good Harbor Consulting, in his keynote today at RSA Europe.
Security suppliers can help improve overall internet security by embedding technologies in consumer-facing services, says RSA president Art Coviello.
Security suppliers can help improve overall internet security by embedding technologies in consumer-facing services, says RSA president Art Coviello.
IT security researchers have warned of the emergence of a new, better-hidden version of the Bugat financial malware used to commit online fraud.
The Stuxnet malware that has attacked Iranian nuclear facilities and Chinese computers is a “paradigm shift” in the war to protect critical infrastructures around the global, warns the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA).
A survey just completed claims to show that around two-thirds (65%) of IT managers have no idea where their organisation's mobile devices are, and that almost half of respondents are unable to manage PCs and Macs together.
It seems that spammers are starting to use the so-called 'SHY' character – aka a soft hyphen – to fool IT security applications into allowing email applications to allow click-throughs to suspect web pages.
The Australian military has seen cyber attacks against its networks jump from 200 per month last year to 700 attacks per month this year, according to the Australian Defence Signals Directorate.
Information security is not just about technical solutions, such as hardware and software. It is also about policies and process companies put in place to ensure technical solutions fit in with the broader corporate information security strategy. To provide that broader scope, the Information System...
A former Unix engineer faces 10 years in jail for planting a malicious script designed to destroy data at troubled mortgage giant, Fannie Mae.
A potential data breach at Akamai Technologies was foiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), prosecutors disclosed this week.
Adobe Systems shares surged 12% after the New York Times said Microsoft may work more closely with the company and possibly acquire it.
Up and coming IT security vendor Prevx has just signed Christopher Bolin, a former CTO with McAfee, as its new president, and Infosecurity caught up with him this week to discuss his gameplan.
It seems that spammers are starting to use the so-called 'SHY' character – aka a soft hyphen – to fool IT security applications into allowing email applications to allow click-throughs to suspect web pages.
Adobe Systems shares surged 12% after the New York Times said Microsoft may work more closely with the company and possibly acquire it.