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This week's cybersecurity update highlights the increasing relevance of AI-generated code, which poses new risks of vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers. The economic implications of cybersecurity measures are also a focus, particularly in sectors like solar energy, which are becoming attractive targets for cyber threats. Additionally, there is a growing emphasis on the importance of real-time alerts and protections against rogue JavaScript to prevent breaches. Organizations are urged to adopt proactive measures to safeguard their systems as cyber threats continue to evolve. Stay vigilant against emerging trends and invest in robust security solutions to mitigate these risks.
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CyberSource, a payment management company working in e-commerce and providing a fraud management system to e-commerce merchants, has published its latest report: UK Online Fraud Report 2012.
Facebook scammers are offering a “free” $500 Amazon.com gift card as part of a premium rate mobile phone service and affiliate marketing site scheme.
Last September, Microsoft and Kaspersky Labs took down the Kelihos botnet. While Kaspersky now has control of the botnet, in a court filing in Virginia, Microsoft yesterday named Andrey Sabelnikov as the owner and operator of Kelihos.
The US National Security Agency (NSA) has released a secure version of Google’s Android platform, dubbed secure enhanced (SE) Android, which is based on an application-level permissions model.
Andrew Crossley was the solicitor behind the ACS:Law scandal. His firm sent out some 20,000 speculative letters to ‘illegal file sharers’ demanding payment of £500 in reparation to his rightsholder clients (in this case MediaCAT, which represented the individual copyright owners).
Recent months have seen the arrival of a new type of ransomware based on a legal threat from supposed law enforcement agencies.
A secret file said to contain security plans for the London Olympics was apparently left on a London train by a policeman.
This is the conclusion of a joint study by Opus and ValidSoft, a company that specializes in telecommunications-based authentication and transaction verification for financial services and government organizations.
The breach of the database containing details of 24 million customers of Amazon-owned online shoe retailer Zappos has once again raised fears over the security of e-commerce.
It is ten years since Bill Gates distributed his internal ‘Trustworthy computing’ memo to Microsoft staff: “We must lead the industry to a whole new level of Trustworthiness in computing.” Has Microsoft delivered?
The move to high-speed 4G mobile networks poses challenges for carriers and vendors to deploy security products that can handle those high speeds and data volumes, a challenge that the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) recently put to the test.
Zappos, an online shoe and clothing retailer, is warning 24 million customers that a security breach has exposed their personal information, including partial credit card data.
Key to a compelling and instructive detective story is the sort of security failing usually exploited by the cybercriminals, but in this instance harnessed by Sophos.
Insurance fraud is growing. It costs the insurance company and increases insurance premiums. AXA believes that data analytics may provide the solution.
SophosLabs has recently discovered a phishing scam targeting ANZ Bank customers using a Google Docs survey form.
More evidence of malware from China attacking the US Department of Defense has been discovered by AlienVault.
The number of bootkits targeting the Microsoft Windows 64-bit platform increased rapidly last year, a trend that is likely to continue this year, according to David Harley, senior research fellow at ESET UK.
Researchers Zach Lanier and Ben Nell were able to hack into the Bridge connection between the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and a BlackBerry handset, a connection that allows the user to access corporate email, calendars, and other data on the tablet.
A survey by Freeform Dynamics shows that more than half of small and a fifth of medium sized businesses in Europe lack a formal disaster recovery plan.
Reported fraud in the UK during 2011 increased by 50% to stand at more than £2bn. Both the number and average value of reported cases also rose.