> TODAY'S SUMMARY (15 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical threats and trends. Barracuda has addressed two severe vulnerabilities in their ESG and other products that could allow remote root access if exploited together. Meanwhile, CISA has confirmed active exploitation of a WordPress Core flaw during software upgrades, urging immediate attention. Mozilla is delaying Firefox patches to prevent AI from exploiting a known vulnerability. In the IoT space, 1.3 million Android TV boxes have been compromised by their manufacturer to function as residential proxies through a botnet. Additionally, an authentication flaw in Node-RED is being exploited in the wild, underscoring the importance of timely patching. Lastly, AI-generated malware continues to evolve, raising concerns about its potential impact.
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Biometrics has changed in several significant ways over the last decade, according to a prominent expert in the field.
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.