> TODAY'S SUMMARY (119 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical issues and ongoing threats. Siemens has issued 17 advisories for industrial control systems, while Rockwell has patched a vulnerability in their ArmorBlock devices. Microsoft has set a new record by addressing 1,413 vulnerabilities in its latest Patch Tuesday, including zero-days actively exploited. There is an urgent call from U.S. senators for improved federal AI safety and security measures, as AI systems increasingly become targets for exploitation. A recent cyberattack in France compromised IoT-connected fridges, raising alarms about the vulnerabilities of connected devices. Additionally, the U.S. has intensified efforts against North Korean hackers exploiting remote work setups, culminating in arrests tied to laptop farms. Overall, the surge in vulnerabilities and attacks underscores the need for proactive security measures across industries.
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Intel is investigating how a master key for its High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) anti-piracy protocol was published online.
Adobe has issued an emergency update to address a critical security flaw in its software for the second time in two weeks, this time for its Flash Player.
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.