> TODAY'S SUMMARY (16 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights significant threats, notably the FBI's attribution of the record $6.3 billion Binance crypto heist to North Korean hackers, known as TraderTraitor. This breach underscores the ongoing risk posed by state-sponsored cybercriminals in the cryptocurrency sector. Additionally, a new vulnerability in Android, dubbed "SMS of Death," allows attackers to crash call services through a hidden message, posing a severe risk to users. In other news, hackers exploited a critical flaw in Canonical's LXD, enabling unauthorized logins as trusted clients. Furthermore, malicious code on Polymarket's website led to the theft of approximately $2.7 million from traders, showcasing vulnerabilities in online platforms. Lastly, a sophisticated malware campaign targeting government systems in Asia has been identified, underscoring the evolving nature of cyber threats.
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// AI-powered summary generated at 20:00
Professor Ross Anderson at Cambridge University's Computer Laboratory has a long-standing interest in bank systems and bank cards, repeatedly showing they are not as secure as claimed.
Pretty much any connected device poses a security threat to business and home IT networks – even that brand-new scanner/printer workhorse in the corner. HP has launched a new program that offers secure authentication for all online printers, as well as a management suite for identifying vulnerabilit...
Online ordering may have revolutionized food delivery for couch potatoes everywhere, but for pizza lovers in India the convenience has turned into a bad breadstick all around.
With the Middle East becoming a hotbed for cyber terrorism and hacktivists, the Dubai government has taken another step toward developing an integrated strategy for information security in the emirate.
The Joint Committee on the UK government’s Draft Communications Data Bill has published the written evidence submitted to its public consultation on what has generally become known as the government’s proposed snooper’s charter.
Twitter must hand over the subpoenaed tweets of OWS protestor Malcolm Harris by Friday or face a monetary penalty for contempt, declared Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Matthew Sciarrino.
Be careful, Harry Potter fans: Emma Watson has supplanted Heidi Klum as McAfee's 2012 most dangerous celebrity to search for online. It will take more than a magic wand to avoid threats: Watson searches yield a nearly a one-in-eight chance of landing on a malicious site.
Just as security experts feared, the highly anticipated multiplayer video game known as Guild Wars 2 has found itself the target of hackers, who have already compromised 11,000 accounts in the name of gold-selling.
Joining the fight for online security, internet behemoth Google has acquired tiny security firm VirusTotal.
Hollywood studios rejoice: Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg has been finally extradited to Sweden to begin a one-year jail sentence for copyright infringement, stemming from media piracy charges. He was also charged upon landing with a new rap: hacking into Swedish tax authority data.
“#tangodown http://www.godaddy.com/ by @AnonymousOwn3r” tweeted the hacker known as Anonymous Own3r yesterday. And sure enough, the company that describes itself as a “Worldwide hosting provider and the Web's largest domain registrar” was having problems.
The war of disinformation surrounding the Syrian unrest and other political hot potatoes is continuing, with the Al-Jazeera news service falling victim in the latest attack.
Passwords and access tokens, we are frequently told, are not enough. They can be broken, stolen or bypassed. DARPA is seeking a new approach – rather than authentication solely on access, it is looking for ways to maintain continuous biometric user authentication.
The Botnet Bandit, as he’s known, has been brought to justice after infecting thousands of computers and using them for profit. Joshua Schichtel has been sentenced in federal court in the District of Columbia to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
An unidentified hacking group claims to have hacked PricewaterhouseCoopers's Franklin, Tenn., office to obtain access to Mitt Romney’s tax returns. It’s now attempting to hold the information for ransom, asking for $1 million, deliverable via Bitcoin, the encrypted digital currency.
The cloud is still just a nascent service environment for the US federal government, for which meeting security compliance requirements is the top concern. Meanwhile, mobile security is the most dynamic area for the government.
From the producers of BEAST, Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong, comes a brand-new production: CRIME. CRIME will get its first showing at the Ekoparty security conference in Buenos Aires later this month.
The Elderwood project is the name given by Symantec to attacks emanating from the same group implicated in the Aurora hack and Hydraq trojan used against Google two years ago. This group has never ceased being active.
Enterprise mobility software vendor Good Technology is looking to bolster security for the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend with the acquisition of mobile security firm Copiun.
Arrrrrgh: Cambodia is finding itself under attack from hacktivists protesting the arrest of one of the founders of The Pirate Bay file-sharing website. Cambodian authorities apprehended Gottfrid Svartholm Warg last week.