> 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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// AI-powered summary generated at 12:00
After mounting pressure and rising levels of criticism, Facebook has significantly revamped its privacy settings and, while the general response has been positive, some critics are less than enthusiastic.
An apparent slip-up by producers on a Chinese TV programme has revealed that the country's military are using attackbot applications on their PCs to attack Western computer systems.
Steve Jobs has stepped down as Apple CEO after a second bout of medical leave since the start of the year.
Google has fixed 11 security flaws in its Chrome 13 browser, doling out $8,837 to researchers in the process, far short of its record $17,000 earlier this year.
A blunder by recruitment company Hays has revealed that some IT contractors at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) earn as much as £2000 per day.
Researchers with the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University claim to have spotted the first rookit malware – DroidKungFu – that affects Android devices.
The July security threats analysis from Eset claims that the infamous Win32/Conficker - along with INF/Autorun and in32/Sality - headed the top three malware chart for the month.
A leading security researcher is reporting that the suspected spammer behind the infamous Rustok spambot has had two of his luxury cars stolen by common street thieves.
Most savvy internet users will be familiar with the so-called 419 'forward fee' scams from Nigeria - requesting a modest fee upfront in return for healthy funds transfers in the medium term that never materialise. But now a new twist on the scam has surfaced: 419 forward fee compensation.
Surrey Police has introduced a free iPhone app, built using the Appcelerator Titanium development tool, which delivers local crime and policing information using open government data.
Here's a spot of good news: a leading security researcher has asserted that his research suggests that so-called pharma spam – which promotes pharmacy offerings via unwanted emails – may no longer be as profitable as it once was, and may even be a loss generator.
Stonesoft, the IT security vendor that caused a stir last October when it revealed the presence of a new type of security threat using AETs – Advanced Evasion Techniques – has published a set of recommendations for those organisations looking to better defend their IT resources against the problem.
In what observers are calling the first case of its kind – in the UK at least – a York-based senior student is being prosecuted for what officials are claiming was repeated attempts to illegally access Facebook.
A Trend Micro senior threat researcher has detailed how cybercriminals can now make money from Android malware and the security fallout the latest smartphone infections such as Nickispy can cause.
Consumer confidence in the security of online shopping has dropped 11% over the last two years, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of security firm McAfee.
Indian banks lost on average Rs126 million ($2.8 million) last year as a result of data breaches, according to a report by Symantec.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that the typical price of mid-to-high-end smartphones has taken a tumble on internet auction sites such as eBay over the last week or so, suggesting that looters from the London riots are disposing of their stolen goods online.
A security researcher has warned of a new type of malware that reverses and hides the 'exe' in the name of a file, making an exe file appear, for example, as a text or doc (document) file.
A Symantec security researcher is reporting the discovery of a trojan that infects and adds users' computers to a processing swarm designed to brute force decrypt the bitcoin electronic currency system, generating as much as $150.00 per infected computer every month.
The SANS Institute has expanded its NetWars challenge, which tests information security skills of IT professionals, to include the US military, noted Ed Skoudis, director of the SANS NetWars project.