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Today's cybersecurity news highlights significant threats and vulnerabilities. Alpine Linux faced an attempted remote code execution (RCE) attack, prompting a rebuild of its GitLab server. Android devices are under threat from a new "SMS of Death" vulnerability, where a hidden SMS can crash call services, including emergency calls. A critical CVSS 10.0 flaw in Canonical's LXD and MicroCloud allows attackers to impersonate trusted clients without private keys. Additionally, hackers stole around $2.7 million from Polymarket traders through a hijacked script. The FBI has linked North Korean group TraderTraitor to the record $6.43 billion Binance crypto heist, underscoring ongoing concerns around state-sponsored cybercrime.
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A group of Iranian students are saying that they stole personal information on researchers at the US space agency.
Boston Childrenâs Hospital admitted this week that 2,159 patients may have had their personal information compromised as the result of a lost laptop.
A surprising 60% of US and Canadian marketing executives are unaware that Canada has an anti-spam law that contains fines of up to $10 million per offense and applies to any firm that sends communications to or from Canada.
The US Senate's Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee is warning that an Al Qaeda video calling for the âcovert Mujahidinâ to commit âelectronic jihadâ against the US demonstrates the urgency of enacting cybersecurity legislation.
The hacker group UGNazi was able to infiltrate the billing system database of WHMCS, a billing and customer support provider, and steal 500,000 client records, including credit card details.
Monday Mail Mayhem was this week launched by Anonymous starting with the Pirate Bay dump of a 1.7GB database stolen from the Department of Justice, and the release of the traditional Anonymous video announcement.
Blizzard Entertainmentâs newly launched Diablo III video game was hacked within a few days of its launch, and servers in Europe were taken offline for four hours on Sunday.
A bomb threat halted construction of the National Security Agency's top-secret cybersecurity intelligence center being built at Camp Williams, Utah.
Sensitive information about British Army snipers was found in the trunk of a used car, according to press reports.
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) handled 13,301 cybersecurity incidents in 2011, up from 10,315 incidents in 2010 and 8,266 incidents in 2009.
While the UK awaits details on how the proposed Communications Bill will force service providers to monitor internet and phone metadata, Swedenâs TeliaSonera shows how it could be done by selling black boxes to authoritarian states.
Symantec researchers recently discovered several dummy sites being used to peddle the Android.Opfake malware, which is being disguised as games such as Temple Run and Cut the Rope.
China mobile phone maker ZTE admitted that one of its mobile phone models sold in the US contains a backdoor that could enable someone to take control of the device.
We have known for many years that the EU is not happy with the UKâs implementation of the Data Protection Directive â what we havenât known is why. This may now change thanks to the persistence of Amberhawk Training Ltd.
This week both the The Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks have been âtaken downâ by sustained DDoS attacks: TPB for over 24 hours, and Wikileaks for 72. What isnât known is who is behind the attacks.
BYOD isnât simply a security issue â itâs a job issue. Sales of multi-function smartphones and tablets are reducing demand for traditional PCs; and this is hitting Hewlett Packard.
A UK council is objecting to a 70,000-pound fine levied by the Information Commissionerâs Office (ICO) for losing sensitive data as the result of a theft at an employeeâs home.
US high-tech firms have teamed with German research institute Fraunhofer FOKUS to open a cybersecurity research center in Berlin.
Government databases are full of highly prized and highly sensitive personal information. The upcoming Communications Bill will generate one of the very largest databases. The government says it will not include personal information.
Mobile Spy is covert spyware designed to allow parents to monitor their childrenâs smartphones, employers to catch time-wasters, and partners to detect cheating spouses. But vulnerabilities mean the covertly spied-upon can become the covert spy.