> TODAY'S SUMMARY (16 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several significant threats and trends. Reddit plans to restrict access to logged-in users to combat content scraping, while blockchain firm Chainalysis reported a data breach involving customer data exposure due to advanced attack techniques. The emergence of the VOLTA infostealer malware, which employs AI to profile and prioritize victims for data theft, underscores the increasing sophistication of cyber threats. Additionally, critical vulnerabilities in Drupal Commerce and Ivanti Connect Secure are being actively exploited by attackers, raising alarms for online retailers and organizations using these platforms. Cloudflare reported a staggering rise in DDoS attacks, with 18.2 million incidents recorded in Q3, marking a 38% increase. Finally, users are warned about potential risks from malicious ChatGPT links that can execute code in their sessions, compromising private conversations.
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// AI-powered summary generated at 16:00
Visa is encouraging merchants to adopt EMV-compatible chip terminals capable of processing either contact or both contact and contactless payments as part of a Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance program.
Hackers from China have attacked the computer networks of global oil companies with the intention of stealing information.
A white paper just published claims that organisations that choose not to notify on data breaches are living on borrowed time.
Research just released claims that the limitations on what can – and cannot – be sent via email, due to message size considerations, is hampering the efficiency of the public sector in the UK. And as a result, some workers are now using file-sharing services to send their large files.
A Russian hacker has pleaded guilty to stealing $10m from the WorldPay online transactions service, spending the proceeds on two apartments and a luxury car. And, incredibly, he has escaped a jail sentence.
An Australian newspaper has reported on the case of 93-year-old woman who was told by 'Microsoft' that she had a virus infection on her PC and that she would need to disinfect it.
Cybercrime has thrived over the past decade according to recent reports from security firm McAfee, but business can expect even more dramatic change in the next ten years, researchers say.
Adobe is releasing updates to its Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and Mac designed to fix “critical” security issues, the company said.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has imposed monetary penalties on Ealing and Hounslow Councils following the loss of two unencrypted laptops.
Hard on the heels of the source code of Zeus being reportedly put up for sale at $100,000 it looks like SpyEye will become the malware of choice amongst cybercriminals. But, according to Mickey Boodaei, CEO of Trusteer, there are now new ways to defeat SpyEye.
14 years after launching its popular range of IT security applications in the marketplace, Kaspersky Lab is reportedly planning to diversify into the area of managed security services, the company revealed at its C3 Americas annual partner conference earlier this week.
Federal agencies will have until March 31 to have in place a standard secure ID that can be used across agencies, as required by the Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12, according to a draft Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo.
The Australian Department of Defence plans to conduct a department-wide review of its personnel’s cybersecurity knowledge and offer targeted training modules to fill in identified knowledge gaps.
The government has missed the deadline on nearly all its commitments to IT reform due to be implemented last month.
Microsoft is to address 12 security issues in its February Patch Tuesday.
A senior malware analyst has warned that the new version of Android Market – an online hub that allows developers to sell Google Android apps to users of Android devices – offers users the ability to install apps directly from a desktop PC browser.
Reports are coming in that Slavik, the author of the infamous Zeus trojan, is now offering to sell the complete source code of the malware for $100,000.
Hotmail has introduced an alias feature which Microsoft said would enable users to manage their online identities.
Criminal syndicates and drug cartels are building large-scale software pirating operations and selling that software – which is likely to contain malware – to fund their operations, warned David Finn, associate general counsel at Microsoft.
Hackers exploited close to twice as many vulnerabilities as usual in January, half of those being “critical”, according to Fortinet’s monthly threat landscape report.