> 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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It seems that Twitter is at last taking account security seriously, after apparently pro-actively shutting down rapper Lil' Wayne's microblogging account after it was hacked for a second time.
A laptop at the Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) was hacked, exposing personal and financial records of active-duty military personnel and others, the credit union disclosed.
Former UK Information Commissioner Richard Thomas is calling for a comprehensive consultation on the modernisation of European data protection laws.
The seventh annual UK online fraud report from CyberSource shows that the majority of online retailers expect to see a steady increase in their revenues, but do not plan on increasing their security spend to help prevent fraud.
ANI newswire says that documents revealed in an Australian court have revealed how WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange created an application that allowed him to access around 11 000 computers belonging to Northern Telecom in Canada.
Reports are coming in that users of Maestro cards registered with Belgian banks and financial institutions are being locked down from making non-EU transactions owing to fraud issues.
Anti-virus specialist ESET is reporting that TeamViewer v5.0 is being hijacked to gain remote access to users computers without their permission.
Very few single cyber-related events have the capacity to cause global shock, according to a study on cyber security published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
SecureState said it discovered an exploit for a vulnerability in Novell's SiteScape Enterprise Forum web application that could enable a hacker to access an organization's internal networks.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is warning banks about phishing emails being sent out informing recipients that the FDIC’s deposit insurance for their accounts had been suspended because of Patriot Act violations.
Mobile and smartphone security is likely to be one of the hottest topics at Infosecurity Europe 2011 in London from 19 to 21 April, says Bloor Research.
Research just published shows that schools and homes are the top two places where laptops go missing most often.
Sophisticated scams developed by cyber-criminals to target smartphones and social networks means businesses must increase awareness of internet scams, according to security firm, Knowthenet.org.uk.
There is no reason to believe the passport details of UK 2006 FIFA World Cup ticket holders are at risk, according to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
An international treaty to regulate cybersecurity around the globe may not be achievable; rather, the best approach might be a series of voluntary private sector initiatives, according a report by the EastWest Institute think tank.
Shorter data retention periods are likely to be introduced in an updated version of the EU Data Retention Directive.
US-based VASCO Data Security will pay $12 million from its own cash reserves to acquire privately-held DigiNotar of Beverwijk, the Netherlands.
Oracle is facing a $100m lawsuit after security software firm 2FA accused Oracle's subsidiary Passlogix of stealing source code for authentication and credential management.
Research in Motion (RIM) has agreed to restrict access to pornographic sites via its BlackBerry smartphone devices in Indonesia after pressure from Indonesian authorities.
To help fill the cybersecurity workforce gap in the US government, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is contributing $1.25 million over four years to fund students studying cybersecurity at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).