> TODAY'S SUMMARY (157 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical threats and trends. A supply-chain attack involving AWS integrations has been uncovered, where attackers backdoored trusted connections to steal sensitive data from multiple customers. France has attributed significant cyberattacks on industrial refrigeration systems to Iranian state-sponsored hackers, resulting in operational disruptions and potential fire hazards. Additionally, a vulnerability in SonicWall's SSL VPN has been exploited, enabling attackers to bypass multi-factor authentication, raising concerns over corporate security. Meanwhile, hackers are actively exploiting the "SSHole" vulnerability in OpenSSH to breach Linux systems. Organizations are urged to strengthen their defenses amid these escalating threats, particularly as attacks targeting industrial controls and supply chains increase.
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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.