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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 commercialization of cybercrime continues, with Trusteer describing what it calls âFactory Outletsâ for the sale of stolen user credentials.
With âprivacyâ such an emotive and complex issue, Canadian companies should note that an action for tort (civil action) for âintrusion upon seclusionâ has been recognized by the Ontario Appeal Court.
Le symposium S4, qui a eu lieu fin janvier Ă Miami, marque une nouvelle Ă©tape dans lâodyssĂ©e de Charybde Ă Scylla de la cybersĂ©curitĂ© industrielle. Comme aprĂšs la confĂ©rence « Black Hat » de lâĂ©tĂ© 2011, les informations prĂ©sentĂ©es obligent Ă [...] Lire la suite
The hacktivist group Anonymous apparently gained control over the Boston Police Department's community policing website in retaliation for the police crackdown on the Occupy Boston protests.
The volume of cybersecurity job ads declined in the fourth quarter in the US, compared to a four-year high in the third-quarter of 2011, according to a survey by WANTED Analytics.
Two US lawsuits, both involving producers of adult content, raise interesting questions: is the owner of an unsecured WiFi responsible for all downloaded material, and can you copyright pornography?
Spammers are targeting QuickBooks users in a tax-related scam that links to a BlackHole exploit kit.
Australiaâs central bank is seeking help from information security providers to beef up its protection against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
Adobe has announced the release of a beta version of a Protected Mode (sandboxed) Flash Player for Firefox running on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Rootkits are on the rise and traditional security software will not protect you, warns a Symantec white paper.
In response to Androidâs growing reputation of being a âmalware cesspoolâ, Google has unveiled the Bouncer automated application scanning service to root out malware on the Android Market.
The Anonymous hacktivist group was apparently able to listen in on a conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard by hacking into a participantâs email account and obtaining the conference call number and access code, according to security analysts.
Hackers target the most widely used file formats; and there is none more widely used than PDF. A new paper from Adobe discusses the problems and solutions to PDF security.
The total number of patient records compromised in the US increased by 97% in 2011 compared with 2010, according to a report released this week by the Redspin consulting firm.
Academics Benedikt Driessen and Ralf Hund from Ruhr University Bochum have reverse-engineered and cracked the GMR-1 and GMR-2 voice ciphers used by many satellite networks.
Apple has released massive security updates for its Lion and Snow Leopard Mac operating systems, fixing 52 vulnerabilities.
The top G-man is warning Congress that hackers will pose a greater danger to US national security than terrorists in the not-too-distant future.
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has today published its Malware and Cybercrime report â a recommendation to the UK government on how to tackle online threats.
Prison inmates in Maryland had access to social security numbers of patients who received treatment under the stateâs Medicaid program, according to a recent state audit.
The XXX domain suffix was launched last September to provide a voluntary âresponsibleâ home for adult sites; but daily.co.uk has noted that 90% of the UKâs fastest growing companies have not yet protected their brands.