> TODAY'S SUMMARY (54 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several key threats and trends. Apple has introduced Secure Exclaves to enhance the protection of camera and microphone data while processing. Google released a second Chrome update this week to patch vulnerabilities that could enable code execution by attackers. Phishing attacks in Europe are surging at a rate significantly higher than the global average, increasing by 4.5 times year-over-year. Law enforcement agencies arrested 354 individuals in a major crackdown on dark web criminal activities, while operations targeting malicious infrastructures like Gootloader and CastleRAT have disrupted significant cybercrime networks. Additionally, critical vulnerabilities in systems like Check Point and Citrix have been exploited, emphasizing the ongoing risk of zero-day flaws. The recent worldwide outage of Microsoft 365 has raised alarms about potential exploitation by cybercriminals during this disruption.
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As part of an ongoing series of reports into the TDSS botnet, security researcher Brian Krebs has revealed some interesting information on the Russian who “has close ties” to the botnet's operation.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has identified improving cybersecurity of US critical infrastructure and online privacy as priorities for the fall.
Panda Security says it has spotted a new type of ransomware that tells users that their copy of Windows is pirated, and asks for a hefty fee to 'licence' the computer concerned.
No, you're not alone in seeing more than a few smutty and pharma-promoting spam messages in your mailbox this week. Peter Cochrane. BT's former chief technology officer and head of research is getting them too – and he's less than amused.
Cyber attacks from nation-states can be divided into three categories – political activism and espionage, industrial espionage, and cyberwarfare – observed Kurt Bertone, vice president and security strategist at Fidelis Security Systems.
The botnet problem is getting worse, says Arbor Networks and, perhaps more interestingly, many of the botnet-based DDoS attacks that the internet security analysis firm says it is seeing, are politically motivated.
Fear causes a lot of problems in the corporate environment and it seems that fear of data breaches – which are being reported constantly in the media – is causing many company IT managers to go into data clampdown mode, if the conclusions of the latest Clearswift report are to be believed.
Sony has appointed its first chief information security officer.
The virus WildList - an open source list of viruses and associated malware that have been reported as seen in the wild and therefore posing a real threat to what internet users face - is being extended.
The Dutch government has announced it is investigating whether Iran may have been involved in hacking state websites after DigiNotar digital certificates were stolen.
The Department of Homeland Security is warning computers users to be cautious about phishing scams and cyberattacks related to Hurricane Irene and the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
CESG - the National Technical Authority for Information Assurance – has unveiled a certification scheme for professionals in the field.
A new VOIP trojan – TrojansVOIP – is reportedly doing the rounds and allowing cybercriminals to take control of corporate internet telephony systems to make free premium rate and international calls.
Trusteer has secured a headline deal with First Data, under which its Rapport and Pinpoint online banking protection will be offered as part of the First Data solutions offered to the firm's clients.
In its Q2 analysis of DDoS attacks, Kaspersky Lab reports that the old principle of most attacks being driven by financially-motived hackers has gone by the board, with politically-motivated attacks from Anonymous and LulzSec changing the DDoS playing field.
The Information Commissioner's Office has slammed the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration for twice mishandling sensitive personal information.
Two more people have been arrested in the UK as part the on-going transatlantic crackdown on hacktivist group Anonymous and offshoot Lulz Security (LulzSec).
The bar has been lowered when it comes to organizations doing their own malware analysis in-house. That was the sentiment of one forensic analyst from Norman, the Norway-based provider of anti-malware technologies.
Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks is suing the Guardian over allegations that the newspaper published a password to files which led to the identity of top secret sources being revealed.
A Trend Micro senior says that agentless security is rapidly becoming a key option when defending virtual and private cloud environments.