> TODAY'S SUMMARY (103 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical threats and trends. A US government IT worker pleaded guilty to leaking Top Secret files, underscoring insider threats. A phishing campaign leveraging Google Calendar invites has emerged, successfully bypassing multi-factor authentication (MFA). Additionally, Russian hackers, linked to APT29, are exploiting n-day vulnerabilities in iOS and Android devices through compromised websites. There are warnings about unpatched vulnerabilities in SonicWall's end-of-life software, and a significant cyberattack has disrupted the French blood service's temperature controls. Finally, a major security flaw in WordPress has been actively exploited, prompting alerts from CISA. Organizations should prioritize patching vulnerabilities and enhancing employee training to mitigate risks.
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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.