> TODAY'S SUMMARY (8 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape sees several critical threats emerging. Northstar Security has launched with $7 million in funding to enhance vulnerability mapping and risk remediation using AI. A significant exploit involving a CVSS score of 10.0 was discovered in Canonical's LXD and MicroCloud, allowing attackers to impersonate trusted clients without a private key. In the crypto space, hackers hijacked a script on Polymarket, stealing approximately $2.7 million from traders. Additionally, the FBI has linked North Korea's TraderTraitor group to the record $6.43 billion theft from Binance. Meanwhile, a sophisticated malware known as NetamLoader is targeting government Windows 10 systems in Asia, raising alarms about its operational capabilities.
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The US Department of Homeland (DHS) has strengthened the sharing of federal classified information with state, local, tribal, and private sector partners.
China is suspected of being behind social engineering attacks using a bogus Facebook account of the NATO commander to steal secrets from colleagues, friends, and family.
Le symposium S4, qui a eu lieu fin janvier à Miami, marque une nouvelle étape dans l’odyssée de Charybde à Scylla de la cybersécurité industrielle. Comme après la conférence « Black Hat » de l’été 2011, les informations présentées obligent à [...] Lire la suite
Recent reports on the return of the Kelihos demonstrate the difficulty in keeping a good bot down.
US telecom executives came out strongly against government regulation of cybersecurity in the private sector during a House hearing this week.
A team from the French security firm Vupen has cracked a second browser during the Pwn2Own hacking contest at CanSecWest – Internet Explorer 9 – after compromising Chrome on the first day of the competition.
The Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) Foundation has recognized two ISACA information security certifications as part of its IT skills framework.
Canada’s McGill University has shut down a website that published confidential data on school donors, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and the amount they donated.
GFI Software’s report for February highlights two main issues: the incidence of rogue anti-virus is continuing to increase; and the Kelihos botnet ‘taken down’ last year is resurgent.
Anonymous has vowed to do a hack every Friday, calling it the #FFF campaign. Today AntiSec defaced the New York Ironworks, a police equipment supplier that describes itself as ‘NYC's finest police equipment & tactical op’s gear store.’
Kaspersky Lab researcher Igor Soumenkov is asking for help in identifying a mystery code in the Duqu virus, the follow-on to Stuxnet uncovered last year.
The Obama administration on Wednesday simulated a cyber attack on the New York City power grid during a summer heat wave in an effort to convince US senators to pass comprehensive cybersecurity legislation.
Becrypt’s DISK Protect full-disk encryption product is the first commercial product to be granted CPA certification. By encrypting local authority laptops, it may help prevent the continuous leakage of personal data.
Trustwave, a Chicago-based security company with offices around the world, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire M86 Security, which is based in Irvine California and has international headquarters in London and R&D in California, Israel and New Zealand.
Only 34% of companies are strongly confident about quantifying the potential financial impact of a data breach, according to a report by security firm McAfee.
Nearly all of the successful phishing attacks against US banks exploit compromised infrastructure, according to data compiled by email security firm Agari.
While the UK is becoming increasingly better connected, trust in those connections is declining.
A new botnet is nearing completion and is being offered for sale on the hacking underground at $8000.
The ongoing cyberwar between India and Bangladesh has escalated with Teamgreyhat, in support of “our Indian brothers”, moving from commercial to economic targets.
Greg Schaffer is leaving his post as head of the US Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, marking the sixth high-ranking cyber official to leave the agency since June 2011.