> 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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Websense Security Labs has found a spam operation targeting players of the old game favourite, Monopoly, via social networking methods.
Printer company Canon has unveiled a printer that can automatically protect the data in copied documents. The Canon ImageRunner Advance printer, targeted at medium to large enterprises, features Scan Lock, a system which superimposes a watermark on copied documents, coded as a series of microdots.
After beta testing the service amongst a select number of its users since the start of the year, Paypal has rolled out a text message security check system for its electronic cash and payment service.
Interpol, the international police agency, has announced that the EDAPS consortium has been chosen to design and produce the secure electronic passport.
Two experiments conducted at MIT are raising questions about the level of privacy among those who use modern tools such as mobile phones and social networks - and suggesting that there is even less of it than most of us already thought.
Yahoo has warned users of its Yahoo Mail service about a two-year-old security flaw that appears to allow hackers to gain access to their accounts via a back door.
Talk, Tools, Techniques, Trials, and Traps - get the lowdown on the week's security news in our weekly brief.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has lost the personal information of more than 2 000 people in the past year, according to the department's annual financial accounts published last week.
US government officials are reported to be watching India with interest, where the government has taken the major national security step of recommending a ban on international internet telephony until a system to trace the calls is in place.
Eight months into its first year, the Obama administration could still try harder when it comes to electronic privacy and digital rights, according to a report card issued by an advocacy group.
An informative webinar - in which BigFix, Trend Micro and one of their joint customers in the healthcare sector looked at some of the problems in the mobile workforce and allied IT security sectors - was a great success this Thursday.
Microsoft is releasing new tools to expose security vulnerabilities in new and updated software.
The Websense Security Labs report on the state of internet security for the first half of 2009, has found that the number of malicious websites has increased 233% over the last six months, and 671% over the last year.
Breaches, threats, protections and security directions - we summarise what's been happening in the world of information security over the past week.
Andy Gooday, founder of MrBrandAcademy.com, a job seeker training company, says that three percent of job seekers are at risk of ID theft because of the data they include in their CVs. To help job hunters with their data security, Gooday has teamed up with Phil Butler, the well-known cybercrime expe...
RideMatch.info, a website used by several California-based companies and transportation boards to match commuters on similar routes, has been found to be potentially vulnerable to massive SQL injections that could result in the disclosure of users' personal data.
Apple has come in for criticism on user forums for a new anti-fraud and anti-phishing warning system seen in its Safari Mobile web browser for the iPhone. Forum users report that the feature - seen in v3.1 of the iPhone's operating system - is less than consistent.
Gemalto, the French digital security firm, has acquired Trusted Logic, a provider of security software for mobile devices.
Fran Howarth, a principal analyst with Quocirca, the business and IT analysis research firm, has penned a report on strong authentication.
Research just released by Computerlinks, a UK distributor of IT security and internet technology products, shows that a sizeable number of businesses are failing to protect their most sensitive data.