> 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 world of biometric iris recognition without having to place your eye into a reader has been introduced at London Gatwick Airport, with border officials using Human Recognition Systems' Mflow track to read travelers' irises at a distance.
Hacker forums provide a sense of community for the hackers, as well as a source of intelligence for information security professionals, according to a new report by data security firm Imperva.
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued guidance to organizations on how to monitor the security of their information systems, which include computer networks, devices, and software.
One of the most popular add-ons for Mozilla Firefox, and one that stops a lot of scripted malware from 'doing things' on your computer, has been ported to the Google Android and Maemo smartphone/tablet computing platforms.
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against e-commerce sites last 40% longer than average DDoS attacks, according to VeriSign research.
A class action lawsuit was filed last week in US federal court seeking a total of $4.9 billion for the data breach involving patients treated through the Department of Defense’s TRICARE healthcare system.
At the same time that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was preparing corporate guidelines for cybersecurity risk disclosure, the securities market watchdog was informing its employees that their personal brokerage account information may have been compromised by a contractor.
The YouTube channel of Sesame Street – the puppet comedy series that launched the career of Jim Henson and his muppets, as well as amusing millions of kids over the years – was hit by a porn hacking attack on Sunday.
A leading US academic will shortly publish a paper highlighting potential security problems with the WebView platform, the coding system used to create many of the most popular Google Android apps.
Infosecurity got a chance to sit down with John Colley, managing director EMEA for (ISC)², at last week's RSA Europe, and we learned that one of his current aims is to encourage new members – who do not currently satisfy the membership criteria – to sign up for associate membership of the security a...
The indictments of 111 people in New York for operating a massive credit card fraud ring is just the “tip of the iceberg” when it comes to credit card fraud, judged Paul Rodgers, chairman of UK payment card industry group Vendorcom.
Commtouch is reporting that a new DLL hijacking technique has been spotted being used by cybercriminals in the wild, even though the use of DLL loading has been falling by the wayside in recent times.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has failed to notify close to 32,000 people that their social security numbers were mistakenly disclosed on the SSA’s death master file, a public database that provides information on deceased US citizens as a death verification tool.
According to Ira Winkler, president and acting CEO of the Internet Security Advisory Group, social engineering – as a means of hacking people – is actually a far wider term than many people are aware of.
Hard on the heels of last week's arrest of more than 100 people suspected of being part of a $13 million card crime ring, a leading security researcher has analysed the shady shipping centres that take a pivotal role in these types of frauds.
The FBI has arrested a Florida man in an email hacking probe, codenamed "Operation Hackerazzi", that involved disclosure of personal information and photos of Hollywood celebrities, including Mila Kunis, Christina Aguilera, and Scarlett Johansson.
The ingenuity of cybercriminals has reached a new level, with a leading IT security researcher reporting on the re-tasking of a mini-MP3 player as the mainstay of an ATM skimmer.
It appears that hackers are taking advantage of the interest in Netflix – the California-based IP streaming firm that offers services on specific smartphones in North and South America – by releasing a general Android edition of the software that runs – or so it claims – on any Android-powered smart...
Continuing our own brand of a ‘commitment to excellence’, Infosecurity writers took home two awards at this year’s BT Information Security Journalism Awards in London.
A leading IT security researcher claims that hackers are now electronically breaking into US car dealerships – not to steal cars, but the IDs and other credentials of car purchasers, most of whom buy on finance.