> 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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Interpol chief Ronald Noble has admitted that criminals have stolen his identity by setting up two Facebook accounts in his name.
Europe has proposed a global internet treaty to protect the net from political interference and place into international law its founding principles of open standards, net neutrality, freedom of expression and pluralistic governance.
VMware is expected to acquire Novell's Linux SuSE operating system (OS) unit as part of Novell's reported plans to divest parts of the company.
A group of security gurus representing IBM convened for the sponsor’s keynote at this week’s Forrester Security Forum in Boston. The lively debate included several key topics on the minds of nearly all information security professionals.
Cloud computing is challenging traditional IT security, but could be a key element in enabling a security policy to meet modern threats, says Eric Domage, research manager at IDC EMEA.
Most businesses are failing to take security on smartphones as seriously as they do on laptops, says Howard Clegg, head of solution sales, Vodafone UK.
Today IBM announced an agreement whereby it will purchase privately held OpenPages of Waltham, Mass., in an effort to expand Big Blue’s business analytics offerings.
Google has confirmed that it has dismissed a systems engineer after he accessed private details from the Gmail, Google Voice and IM accounts of four teenagers.
Two fraudsters who ran a lucrative credit card factory from a flat in Haringey in North London, were jailed yesterday after an intensive investigation spanning multiple UK law enforcement agencies.
Security firm IronKey has announced that its Enterprise S200 package of USB flash drives and management software is undergoing certification for government use by the CESG, the UK national technical authority for information assurance.
An RFID tracking program, funded by a federal stimulus grant, has drawn the ire of privacy advocates in California, prompting the EFF and ACLU to call the technology “insecure” and “risky”.
Yesterday’s announcement about a redesigned Twitter detailed the micro-blogging service’s intent to upgrade its user panel to include rich media accompaniment. While the move is a bold step in enhancing the Twitter user experience, one security vendor is warning about its short-term potential for sc...
It seems that hackers sympathetic to the government cause in Malaysia are silencing websites that criticize the government using distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack methodologies.
After an intensive internet campaign over the last nine months, Avast Software is claiming that its free IT security software of the same name has topped the 130 million user mark, an increase of a third since the start of the year.
Reports are coming in that the Iraqi resistance group claiming to be behind the `here you have' malware may be located in Spain, as a video posted on YouTube, from the profile of a 26-year-old apparently living in Spain, is claiming the cyberattack commemorates 9/11.
Adobe has announced it will release security patches for the latest zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in its Reader and Acrobat products.
UK organisations are losing 300 000 hours and £2bn a year through IT downtime, according to a report by CA Technologies.
European organisations are losing more than £500 000 per year because of the poor performance of cloud-based apps.
Money mule soliciting has always been associated with the less tech-savvy amongst the internet user base, mainly on the basis that such programmes prey on the greedy and gullible, but now it seems that soliciting is getting very professional.
Hewlett-Packard is widely reported to be close to buying intrusion detection security software company ArcSight for $1.5bn.