> TODAY'S SUMMARY (68 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical threats and developments. The new Hirudo Android malware is particularly concerning, as it replaces legitimate banking apps to steal credentials while evading security measures. Additionally, Microsoft's October Patch Tuesday saw a record 1,413 vulnerabilities addressed, including a zero-day actively exploited in the wild. Researchers also demonstrated the potential dangers of AI, with one team creating a full-chain Chrome exploit in just six days using public AI models. Meanwhile, fake "Meta Careers" pages are being used to phish Facebook and Google logins, emphasizing the ongoing risk of credential theft. Lastly, a crackdown on North Korean IT farms highlights the geopolitical dimensions of cyber threats.
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// AI-powered summary generated at 12:01
Plymouth City Council has been fined £8000 for allowing unauthorised firms to remove and sell unwanted computers from its waste plants.
The European Union has reached an agreement with the US to continue sharing European bank data to help fight terrorism, after initially rejecting a proposal to extend information sharing because of privacy concerns.
Security compliance and governance specialist Datanomic claims that the rise of mobile money services amongst cellcos in emerging markets is increasing the risk that the carriers are inadvertently getting involved in the darker side of commerce.
Intel's Anti-Theft (AT) technology – which allows companies to give a remote command to a laptop PC to disable access to the computer's operating system or, where appropriate, disable the encryption key system – is reportedly being tested by a number of companies around the world.
Absolute Software, the company behind the Computrace BIOS-based laptop tracking and remote disabling technology, has warned holidaymakers of the increased risks of home theft in the UK this summer.
A survey of what are called 'alleged security conscious professionals' claims that more than half of them are moving company data around on unencrypted USB drives.
The US has published a strategy aimed at improving the security of online transactions.
A Minnesota man was indicted yesterday for an incident where he allegedly hacked into a neighbor’s WiFi network and sent threatening emails to the vice president, governor of Minnesota, and a US senator.
The iPhone's new operating system – iOS 4 – has been hacked by at least one expert, and other websites report that the OS will be cracked by them by the weekend.
European Union data protection rules need re-working to better meet the needs of internet users and give them greater control over personal data, says Viviane Reding, the EU Justice Commissioner.
Concern about the security of public internet access is still preventing many businesses giving mobile access to company data, says secure connection software supplier NCP.
The iPhone's new operating system – iOS 4 – has been hacked by at least one expert, and other websites report that the o.s. will be cracked by them by the weekend.
Students and faculty at Florida International University are being sent notification letters regarding the potential compromise of personal data stored in a university database.
RSA, the security division of EMC, and endpoint security firm Lumension have announced a partnership aimed at helping organizations better protect and share sensitive information.
Apple announced yesterday that it sold its 3 millionth iPad this past Monday, as strong international and domestic demand for the tablet device continues unabated.
A gang of UK chip and pin fraudsters have been jailed for a nationwide scam that netted £725,000 in nine months.
Business IT planners, especially in the security arena, have been holding their collective breath for several weeks, but yesterday's Budget may have proven to be an anti-climax, if only for the fact it skirted around issues that affect company capex plans.
Whether it’s during the Super Bowl or World Cup, recent surveys show that IT department staff would stay on the job in the event of a crisis, at least hypothetically speaking.
Reports are coming in of a systematic hack of Twitter accounts – apparently owned by Israeli internet users – by Turkish hackers.
Every IT project in central government is being reviewed and contracts renegotiated in an attempt to make the £95m savings announced by the government last month.