> 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
Researchers Zach Lanier and Ben Nell were able to hack into the Bridge connection between the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and a BlackBerry handset, a connection that allows the user to access corporate email, calendars, and other data on the tablet.
A survey by Freeform Dynamics shows that more than half of small and a fifth of medium sized businesses in Europe lack a formal disaster recovery plan.
Reported fraud in the UK during 2011 increased by 50% to stand at more than £2bn. Both the number and average value of reported cases also rose.
The world is entering a “new and terribly dangerous era” in which cyberwar and information proliferation are converging to threaten critical infrastructure and personal privacy, warns Roger Thompson, chief emerging threat researcher at ICSA Labs.
Security firm Symantec has uncovered two pieces of Android malware, one spoofing a handful of popular games and another exploiting users' concerns about Carrier IQ software.
Tim Berners-Lee, father of the worldwide web, has supported a group putting pressure on the US government over the proposed PIPA Act, which aims to impose restrictions and censorship on the internet.
The US government has expelled Venezuelan diplomat Livia Acosta Noguera for allegedly assisting the Iranian government in a plot to launch cyber attacks against US nuclear power plants.
Typosquatting has led to a spam site becoming one of the highest ranking sites on the internet, according to Alexa.
“I would not be surprised to see the demise of email by the end of this decade.” This surprising but potentially realistic statement was made by Graeme Codrington, a futurist at the TomorrowToday consultancy.
Attacks against endpoints are costing the average organization around $470,000 annually, according to a survey sponsored by Symantec.
Opposition to SOPA and PIPA (the anti online piracy acts) continues to grow. Net Coalition reports on Al Gore’s reservations, while also threatening its own internet blackout.
Pastebin.com, a favorite venue for hacktivists, was shut down twice this week by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Google has fixed three high-risk vulnerabilities in the latest version of its Chrome browser.
The Vietnamese Communication Security Agency has fined three individuals for stealing personal information on millions of people and selling it online, the first time fines have been issued for such activity in the country.
Ramnit is not a new worm, as it was first reported back in April 2010. Last summer it evolved into financial malware. Now its developers are specifically targeting Facebook users.
BAE Systems Detica has become a strategic partner of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre. This is a special relationship reserved for organizations that have provided a real contribution toward CEOP’s role in protecting children online. Other strategic partners are Microsoft,...
Nearly three-quarters of Americans have never installed data protection applications or security software on their smartphones to protect against data loss or malware, according to a survey sponsored by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and McAfee.
Anonymous is entering the US legislative fray by targeting Sony over its support of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) being considered by the US House.
The Peace Officers of California (POC) group is demanding a legislative investigation into the handling of an Anonymous hack of the California State Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) website.
The lilupophilupop.com SQL injection attacks, first analyzed by the SANS Internet Storm Center in early December, have topped one million infected pages.