> TODAY'S SUMMARY (8 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape sees several critical threats emerging. Northstar Security has launched with $7 million in funding to enhance vulnerability mapping and risk remediation using AI. A significant exploit involving a CVSS score of 10.0 was discovered in Canonical's LXD and MicroCloud, allowing attackers to impersonate trusted clients without a private key. In the crypto space, hackers hijacked a script on Polymarket, stealing approximately $2.7 million from traders. Additionally, the FBI has linked North Korea's TraderTraitor group to the record $6.43 billion theft from Binance. Meanwhile, a sophisticated malware known as NetamLoader is targeting government Windows 10 systems in Asia, raising alarms about its operational capabilities.
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The leaking of sensitive information through the email system was ranked far ahead of the threat from external hackers, according to a new study.c
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) warned the nationâs largest public power company is vulnerable to computer hackers and terrorists ready to disrupt Americaâs power grid.
The government faces sceptisicm after revealing plans to implement a huge database storing citizensâ phone and web records.
A computer security consultancy has set up a social network for hackers, called House of Hackers.
The FBI have revealed that the US government has purchased counterfeit networking equipment that could jeopardize the security of its military and other government systems.
Two influential US senators are demanding more information about the so-far, ultra-secret Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), which is being put in place to protect the nationâs infrastructure against cyber terrorists and criminals.
The Jericho Forum has unveiled a new security framework for interactive business Internet users.
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A security lapse on Facebook has made large libraries of private photographs, including one of Paris Hilton, available for all users to access. Exploiting a recent upgrade to the networking siteâs privacy settings, a Canadian hacker was able to view pictures that were intended as private.
US lawmakers are asking why a stolen laptop, which had medical test results for 2,500 patients in a National Institute of Health study, was not encrypted.
The US National Security Agency (NSA) and Sun Microsystems have agreed to jointly work within the OpenSolaris community to develop new security mechanisms for the operating system.
Fourteen airports in the US, Canada and Asia, are using open or poorly secured wireless networks, according to a study by Gartner Mobile and wireless provider AirTight Networks.
Despite some progress, many US federal agencies continue to experience significant information security control deficiencies, according to a new report.
Police are investigating a possible Home Office security breach after the discovery of an encrypted laptop containing a scrambled disc with the words âHome Office, highly confidentialâ written on it. The laptop was found in a computer shop near Bolton, after a customer had taken it in for repair. Th...