> TODAY'S SUMMARY (33 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape reveals significant threats and trends as follows:
1. A former employee was sentenced to 32 months in prison for holding his employer's network hostage using scheduled tasks, demanding 20 bitcoins.
2. Research indicates that billion-dollar companies are twice as likely to leave critical vulnerabilities unpatched due to operational pressures.
3. Major updates from Microsoft addressed a record 1,413 vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited zero-day flaw in Windows.
4. Citrix, Fortinet, and Ivanti issued patches for 29 vulnerabilities, some allowing critical security breaches.
5. Ransomware attacks are becoming increasingly personal, with 37% involving psychological or physical threats against victims.
6. Google has increased its Chrome bug bounty program's payouts, reflecting a growing emphasis on securing web browsers against exploitation.
These trends highlight ongoing challenges in vulnerability management and the evolving tactics of cybercriminals.
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// AI-powered summary generated at 08:00
Apple has advised users of all its mobile devices that run on iOS to avoid opening PDFs until a fix is released for a newly discovered flaw.
Apple has advised users of all its mobile devices that run on iOS to avoid opening PDFs until a fix is released for a newly discovered flaw.
From their Silicon Valley office, David Perry, global education director of Trend Micro, told Infosecurity that it’s no longer sufficient to detect code, but instead, it’s more productive to detect the source of the code.
Microsoft plans to release an emergency security update for Windows today to patch a recently reported vulnerability in the way the operating system creates desktop shortcuts.
Research just released claims to show that a growing number of small to mid-sized businesses are starting to embrace the benefits of cloud computing technology, with 14% having adopted the platform by the end of June of this year.
Today sees anti-spam specialist Cloudmark launching its free standalone spam filter – Cloudmark DesktopOne. The software, which has been on beta test since April of this year, is unusual in its ability to filter webmail services, as well as POP3 and IMAP email.
The world’s largest dedicated IT security firm became just a little bit bigger today, as McAfee announced plans to purchase tenCube, the privately owned provider of the WaveSecure mobile security service.
In his keynote at Black Hat, 29th July 2010, retired General Michael Hayden, who served as director of the CIA and deputy director of National Intelligence, says cyber warfare was inevitable considering the internet has not been built with defense in mind.
Rather than consulting a crystal ball, the Information Security Forum (ISF) looked to experts in the field – including those from its member organizations – to develop a set of security risk predictions for 2012 and beyond.
Jailbreaking Apple iPhones to bypass code aimed at limiting the applications and carriers owners can use is unlikely to violate EU copyright laws.
Qualys has taken the wraps off BlindElephant, an application security utility that analyses web applications running on company systems and is billed as allowing security professionals and systems administrators to identify everything running on their servers, including any web applications users ma...
A privacy storm is brewing following the collation and publication on filesharing services of the details of around 100 million Facebook users by a security researcher.
At Black Hat Las Vegas, 28th July 2010, Microsoft announced that it will extend its Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) to include vulnerability information sharing from Adobe Systems.
A 23-year-old Slovenian man – thought to be the author and creator of the infamous Mariposa (butterfly) botnet – has been arrested by Slovenian police, working in concert with their colleagues from Spain and a team from the FBI.
A 23-year-old Slovenian man – thought to be the author and creator of the infamous Mariposa (butterfly) botnet – has been arrested by Slovenian police, working in concert with their colleagues from Spain and a team from the FBI.
Speaking at a cybersecurity symposium in Washington yesterday, US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke called on commercial, academic and public sector interests to submit their ideas on mitigating cyber threats in the commercial sphere, without stifling innovation in the internet economy.
The increasing automation of online frauds has been extended into the field of fraud effectiveness checks, as virus authors and botmasters are said to be using automated tools to verify the effectiveness of their fraudulent activities.
The increasing automation of online frauds has been extended into the field of fraud effectiveness checks, as virus authors and botmasters are said to be using automated tools to verify the effectiveness of their fraudulent activities.
Research just released claims to show that IT staff are spending their resources on security to ease customer concerns and establish better levels of online trust.
The UK has officially launched its Cyber Security Challenge to find and attract new talent to the IT security industry.