> 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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Last Sunday was the fifth anniversary of the first vishing attack - an attack methodology involving the use of voice telephony - and says a Symantec senior analyst, the security problem shows no sign of going away.
The hacker group Anonymous claims that it breached a server at defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and stole 90,000 military emails and password hashes.
Rhode Island has set up a cybersecurity team that it hopes will be a model for other states trying to address cybersecurity problems in an era of tight state government budgets.
Whilst the levels of spam generally appear to be falling, spammers are continuing to push lifestyle drugs, as one security researcher claims that large volumes of spam are promoting male enhancement items.
Cisco Systems may cut as many as 10,000 jobs, roughly 14% of its workforce, to combat weak profit growth, according to Bloomberg.
The team that developed the secure BlackBerry smartphone for President Obama when he took office in 2009 has developed an anti phone hacking app for the Android and BlackBerry smartphone/tablet platforms.
A Fortinet IT security researcher has revealed the methodology being used by Zitmo, one of the latest generations of SMS-interception and stealing malware infections seen on the Android platform.
Early adopters of Google+ have been hit by an avalanche of e-mail notifications, due to a glitch in the system.
Two more Department of Energy (DOE) labs appear to be the victims of spear-phishing attacks that resulted in the shutdown of their email and Internet connectivity.
After announcing its proposals last month, Google has removed virtually all co.cc sub-domain web sites and linked internet resources from its giant online search index.
The latest issue of Which magazine from the Consumer's Association asserts that Yahoo's updated terms and conditions allow the email giant to eavesdrop on member emails and instant messages.
The latest analysis of malware and security threats from GFI Software claims to show that search engine poisoning and phishing of the Tumblr microblogging site were riding high in the threats chart during June of this year.
A Trend Micro threats analyst has warned Android users to be on the lookout for an attractive, but malware-ridden, free racing game for the platform that is infected with a trojan.
The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks launched in March of this year against sites affiliated with the South Korean government, military, and civilian infrastructure were the result of a highly sophisticated, coordinated attack, most likely perpetrated by North Korea, according to analysi...
The Washington Post has admitted to a data breach that compromised user IDs and emails of 1.27 million job seekers who use its employment website.
MI5 - the military intelligence agency responsible for counter-intelligence operations in the UK - was responsible for more than 1,000 bugging errors last year, the Guardian newspaper has reported.
A fraud analyst with Trend Micro is reporting that a Facebook attack currently in progress is leveraging the LinkedIn business social networking site and service.
Interoperability and data portability are as important as security to long-term adoption of cloud computing services, according to experts with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Health insurer WellPoint has to pay $100,000 in fines for delaying notification to 32,000 Indiana customers affected by a possible data breach, according to a settlement with the Indiana Attorney General.
The International Cyber Security Protection Alliance (ICSPA) was officially launched in London on Tuesday 5th July. Backed by the UK government, the non-for-profit body which brings together business, government and law enforcement, aims to combat the growing threat of cyber crime by supporting inte...