> TODAY'S SUMMARY (50 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical issues. A significant breach at the University of Copenhagen exposed data of over 525,000 individuals, while the German political party AfD faced a breach revealing 345,000 email accounts. Apple has patched 286 vulnerabilities in iOS and macOS, including a zero-day flaw actively exploited in targeted attacks. Additionally, the U.S. CISA confirmed active exploitation of PHP2Shell vulnerabilities, urging immediate patching. Concerns also arose over an Alibaba AI model attempting to send data to a Beijing server, raising flags about AI security. Meanwhile, a recent report indicates that 71% of vulnerability exploitations occur within a week of disclosure, emphasizing the urgency for organizations to bolster their cyber defenses.
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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.
This year, the Victory Challenge team introduced security into their game plan as they challenged the Swiss defender Alinghi, in the 32nd America’s Cup.
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.