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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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Plusnet, the Sheffield-based ISP, has announced it is migrating its several million customers from their existing IronPort based anti-spam / anti-virus email security platform and over to a new solution provided by Cloudmark.
Almost half of organizations said their IT staffs are not ready to adopt the cloud, with data security cited as a top concern, according to survey sponsored by Symantec.
Hard on the heels of reports that data on Betfair's 3m-plus customer base had been hacked by cybercriminals in the Far East, reports are now saying that the the betting exchange's security chief has left the company.
The interconnected nature of the global internet was highlighted earlier this week when a DDoS attack on a Californian company also downed Vodafone New Zealand's international web access.
It it with deep regret that Infosecurity has to report that Eugene Schultz – arguably one of the founding figures of the IT security industry – passed away on Sunday after a short illness.
Another primarily SIEM firm is about to fall off the radar, as McAfee announced plans to purchase security information and event management (SIEM) provider NitroSecurity.
Academic tenure discourages educational investment in cybersecurity innovation, Paul Barford, a computer sciences professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as the chief scientist at cloud security specialist Qualys, told the Security Innovation Network (SINET) summit at the Massachus...
Today IBM made two announcements regarding its security business: the planned purchase of Q1 Labs and its intent to establish the IBM Security Systems division.
The East Surrey Hospital has admitted it lost the details of around 800 patients on unencrypted memory stick in September of last year. The revelation was made in the Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust's annual report.
According to security researcher Brian Krebs, phishers and cybercriminals have been casting an unusually wide net of late, sending out huge volumes of fraudulent email designed to spread password-stealing banking trojans. And, he reports, judging from the number of victims that have reportedly costl...
General Motors’ OnStar navigation and emergency services provider has reversed itself and decided not to continue to collect data from vehicles of former OnStar subscribers.
Cloud security specialist Qualys is supporting two Convergence notaries, based on an approach developed by security researcher Moxie Marlinspike, as an alternative to SSLs and certificate authorities (CAs).
The US Departments of Homeland Security and Commerce are seeking public comments on a proposed voluntary program under which Internet service providers (ISPs) would notify users when their computers have been infected by botnet malware.
Medical records of 4.9 million US military personnel and their families have been compromised as a result of a theft of backup tapes from an SAIC contractor’s car in San Antonio, Texas.
The war of words between the US and Iranian governments took a dark turn last week when an Iranian army chief – apparently responding to comments from US military chiefs' previous threats of an internet war – said that Iran will respond to any form of online aggression in a reciprocal manner.
A Trend Micro fraud analyst claims to have spotted rogue versions of Opera Mini, a Java (jar) mobile phone browser that can be downloaded and used on a wide number of mobile phones.
Betfair has apparently admitted that data on more than three million of its customers – including 2.9 user names and almost 90,000 bank account details – was hacked by cybercriminals, possibly from Cambodia.
High-level turnover at the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) cybersecurity office may be a factor in the reorganization of the National Protection and Programs Directorate, which oversees the office.
Red Lambda has taken the wraps off an automatic data mining application that analyzes data on the organization's IT resources and archives – as well as on the internet – and presents the information in a drill-down dashboard format to the user.
The Information Security Forum (ISF) has published a major update on its Standard of Good Practice for IT security professionals, which is billed as the industry’s most business-focused, all-in-one guide to information security assurance.