> TODAY'S SUMMARY (48 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights significant threats and trends. OVHcloud has reported that attackers compromised its CLI tool on GitHub, distributing backdoored versions to steal developer secrets. Meanwhile, Ahold Delhaize confirmed a cyberattack disrupting services across the U.S. and Europe. The Russian-linked APT28 group targeted defense contractors in a campaign exploiting vulnerabilities in their networks. On the AI front, Microsoft is implementing dynamic permissions and risk scoring to treat AI agents as insider threats, enhancing security measures. Additionally, a Netflix phishing scam on TikTok is endangering user data. Organizations are encouraged to exercise their GDPR rights against data brokers and remain vigilant against evolving threats.
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Users of IT security products should see no gaps in service resulting from floods in Britain, despite the location of several vendors in some of the worst-affected towns.
Google is buying its way into the infosecurity market, through purchasing security service provider Postini for $625 million (ÂŁ310m, EUR458m) in cash, it said on 9 July.
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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.