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Today's cybersecurity landscape reveals several critical threats and vulnerabilities. Over 600,000 WordPress sites are at risk due to a newly discovered SQL injection vulnerability in the Backuply plugin. Additionally, a serious flaw in Cisco's Secure Email Gateway is actively being exploited, allowing attackers to gain root access and execute commands. The UK Legal Aid Agency hack has expanded in scope, with records dating back to 1978 compromised. New malware, including the Android RAT "Hirudo," is stealing banking credentials by replacing legitimate apps. Meanwhile, sophisticated spyware distribution methods via targeted ads raise concerns about zero-click exploits. Organizations are urged to patch vulnerabilities promptly as the cyber threat landscape evolves rapidly.
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Eighty per cent of infected websites have been compromised by a third-party hacker, according to the latest threat statistics from Sophos.
Lloyds TSB has purchased pattern-recognition software from US vendor Actimize for detecting employee fraud within its retail banking operation. Use of such software is already common in financial services for spotting fraud in external transactions, such as credit card spending.
One gang is responsible for more than half of all attempted phishing for the likes of online banking log-in details, and has found ways to extend the lives of its web-sites, according to researchers at Cambridge University.