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Today’s cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical threats. Researchers from Param have identified a vulnerability in ChatGPT where a malicious share link can execute code in a user's session, potentially exposing private chats. Meanwhile, Cloudflare reported a staggering 18.2 million network-layer DDoS attacks in Q3, an increase of 38%, averaging over 8,200 attacks per hour. Additionally, Microsoft has issued warnings regarding a malicious extension mimicking Claude Code, which establishes a persistent SSH backdoor for attackers. Organizations need to be vigilant in improving their defenses against these escalating threats.
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// AI-powered summary generated at 08:00
Twitter's outages at the start of the week could be repeated in the next few weeks due to technical problems and increased traffic during the FIFA World Cup, the site has warned.
Massachusetts-based managed file transfer (MFT) provider Ipswitch has acquired MessageWay Solutions in a bid to expand its offerings into high-value, sensitive file transfer services.
A recent report from the Social Security Administration’s Inspector General reveals that beneficiaries’ personal has been put at risk through its new flexible workplace policy. The IG asserted that lax adherence to the agency’s employee compliance standards is to blame.
Tuesday was, of course, pre-order day for iPhone 4 in the US and many other parts of the world, when anxious would-be buyers could order their new iPhone handset for fulfillment later this month. But reports are emerging that the sheer volume of orders may have caused AT&T's ordering servers to...
Voice Commerce, the biometrics company headed up by serial entrepreneur Nick Ogden, has taken the wraps off what it claims is the industry's first voice biometrics-driven e-commerce platform.
The checks are in the mail – that is, if you are a Medicare recipient. Rebates to help ease the costs of the so-called Medicare Part D “donut hole” have begun mailing out says the Department of Health and Human Services, and the agency is warning attorneys general throughout the country about the da...
The Conficker worm continues to be a threat and businesses need to be aware of two vulnerabilities it may have introduced to their IT systems, says an industry group set up to combat the malware.
Westminster City Council has developed a Children's Hub that replaces a lot of what the cancelled child database Contactpoint would have done.
Last week's high-profile zero-day Microsoft Windows XP flaw – which was apparently publicised by a Google security engineer – has been analysed by Sophos senior technology consultant, who questions whether Google's engineer has acted responsibly in the affair.
Some rather amusing news comes our way today courtesy of Symantec, and it does not bode well for the creative prowess of spammers. It appears that one of May’s hottest spam trends was blank email subject lines according to the company’s latest “State of Spam & Phishing” report.
If you're a World Cup fan, then you had better be ultra-careful on which links you click through to, as it seems that cybercrminals are ramping up their malware and infected emails to tap into fan's interest in the World Cup.
Irish businesses which lose the personal data of more than 100 people will soon be required to report the data security breach to their country's data commissioner.
India is appointing auditors to check that all telecoms equipment imported from China is free of software designed to monitor data transmissions.
Reports from Japan are coming in that Olympus has been shipping one of its digital cameras – the Stylus Tough 6010 – with a virus infection on the unit's internal memory card.
UK Apple users will be able to purchase the iPhone 4 from O2 from 24 June. The latest Apple smartphone offers multi-tasking and is claimed to be the thinnest smartphone in the world, with the highest resolution display ever built into a phone.
India is appointing auditors to check that all telecoms equipment imported from China is free of software designed to monitor data transmissions.
Reports from Japan are coming in that Olympus has been shipping one of its digital cameras - the Stylus Tough 6010 - with a virus infection on the unit's internal memory card.
Research just published claims that one in 10 IT professionals have admitted to cheating on their IT audits, whilst a third of respondents also confessed to only auditing their firewall systems once every five years.
The latest monthly statistics on security threats from Sunbelt Software claim there has been a significant increase in Trojan activity, as well as malware designed to channel fake anti-virus products onto a user's machine.
Wolfgang Kandek, the chief technology officer of Qualys, has warned Windows XP users that Microsoft's technical support for service pack 2 (SP2) of the popular operating system will cease on July 13. As a result of this, he advises users to install XP SP3 or upgrade to Windows 7.