> TODAY'S SUMMARY (108 articles)
Today's cybersecurity news highlights several critical incidents and trends. A global outage of Microsoft 365 services, affecting Outlook and Teams, is raising concerns about potential exploitation by cybercriminals during the disruption. In data breach news, Uber confirmed the theft of thousands of drivers' licenses due to a security incident at a cloud service provider, while TSMC reported a data breach linked to a cloud vendor, emphasizing the risks associated with third-party services. Additionally, the FBI has attributed over $400 million in cryptocurrency theft to North Korean hackers using deepfake video calls. On the malware front, the international law enforcement operation "Endgame" successfully disrupted Gootloader and CastleRAT infrastructures, while new vulnerabilities in Check Point gateways have been exploited for destructive attacks. Phishing attacks are surging, particularly in Europe, with notable increases in detection rates.
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// AI-powered summary generated at 16:00
The Open Digital Policy Organization reports that the Norwegian Data Inspectorate has effectively declared use of Google Apps in Norway to be illegal.
Two New York power companies, which have 1.8 million customers, have disclosed that customers' personal information, including social security numbers, dates of birth, and financial account data, may have been compromised by third-party unauthorized access.
The MegaUpload take-down is one of the hottest stories on the net, involving the FBI, illegal file-sharing, hackers’ revenge, the specter of SOPA and more. But don’t be too curious...
CyberSource, a payment management company working in e-commerce and providing a fraud management system to e-commerce merchants, has published its latest report: UK Online Fraud Report 2012.
Facebook scammers are offering a “free” $500 Amazon.com gift card as part of a premium rate mobile phone service and affiliate marketing site scheme.
Last September, Microsoft and Kaspersky Labs took down the Kelihos botnet. While Kaspersky now has control of the botnet, in a court filing in Virginia, Microsoft yesterday named Andrey Sabelnikov as the owner and operator of Kelihos.
The US National Security Agency (NSA) has released a secure version of Google’s Android platform, dubbed secure enhanced (SE) Android, which is based on an application-level permissions model.
Andrew Crossley was the solicitor behind the ACS:Law scandal. His firm sent out some 20,000 speculative letters to ‘illegal file sharers’ demanding payment of £500 in reparation to his rightsholder clients (in this case MediaCAT, which represented the individual copyright owners).
Recent months have seen the arrival of a new type of ransomware based on a legal threat from supposed law enforcement agencies.
A secret file said to contain security plans for the London Olympics was apparently left on a London train by a policeman.
This is the conclusion of a joint study by Opus and ValidSoft, a company that specializes in telecommunications-based authentication and transaction verification for financial services and government organizations.
The breach of the database containing details of 24 million customers of Amazon-owned online shoe retailer Zappos has once again raised fears over the security of e-commerce.
It is ten years since Bill Gates distributed his internal ‘Trustworthy computing’ memo to Microsoft staff: “We must lead the industry to a whole new level of Trustworthiness in computing.” Has Microsoft delivered?
The move to high-speed 4G mobile networks poses challenges for carriers and vendors to deploy security products that can handle those high speeds and data volumes, a challenge that the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) recently put to the test.
Zappos, an online shoe and clothing retailer, is warning 24 million customers that a security breach has exposed their personal information, including partial credit card data.
Key to a compelling and instructive detective story is the sort of security failing usually exploited by the cybercriminals, but in this instance harnessed by Sophos.
Insurance fraud is growing. It costs the insurance company and increases insurance premiums. AXA believes that data analytics may provide the solution.
SophosLabs has recently discovered a phishing scam targeting ANZ Bank customers using a Google Docs survey form.
More evidence of malware from China attacking the US Department of Defense has been discovered by AlienVault.
The number of bootkits targeting the Microsoft Windows 64-bit platform increased rapidly last year, a trend that is likely to continue this year, according to David Harley, senior research fellow at ESET UK.