> 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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Google's contracts with large Chinese advertising resellers will end on 27 October, the company has announced.
A recent attack by the Zeus trojan virus used an email and a legitimate Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website to trick users into providing sensitive tax information to cybercriminals.
Cyber attacks on UK government and business computers and networks pose a top threat to the United Kingdom, according to the new National Security Strategy.
Symantec’s ‘State of Spam and Phishing’ report this month has highlighted an overall decrease in spam, but an increase in phishing attacks.
In a disturbing echo of Google's mapping of home Wi-Fi networks as part of its Streetview project, an ethical hacker has found nearly half of home Wi-Fi networks can be hacked in less than five seconds, according to a study.
UK-based NCC Group, provider of risk management solutions, has acquired iSEC Partners for $22.8m in cash.
Microsoft has activated an optional feature that provides download protection for beta users of the Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser.
McAfee has unveiled its Security Connected initiative that will enable organizations to integrate various information security technologies both within the organization and with partners, developers, and customers.
Microsoft has activated an optional feature that provides download protection for beta users of the Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser.
Data breaches are 50% less likely at businesses that comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), a study has revealed.
Cybercriminals are relying more on cloud computing models to carry out cyber attacks, according to a new report by CA Technologies.
Firefox users are vulnerable to malware that clandestinely stores login credentials in the password memory of the browser, even if the user does not employ the password save function.
Data protection and other regulations are a good thing because without them organizations would do nothing, says internet security expert Ira Winkler.
Data protection and other regulations are a good thing because without them organisations would do nothing, says US-based internet security expert Ira Winkler.
According to KPMG’s ‘Data Loss Barometer’, hacking has affected 250 million people in the last three years. The accounting firm has released its ‘Top 10 tips’ to avoid data loss and the associated damage that this can cause.
At the RSA Security conference, 13th October 2010, attendees at the London security conference were treated to a detailed presentation on the subject of the current state of cybersecurity in the EMEA region from Dr Larry Ponemon of the Ponemon Institute.
As larger organizations tighten up their information security environment, mid-sized companies around the world have seen a jump in cyber attacks, according to a McAfee survey of 1100 IT administrators.
Investing money in re-architecting our networks and systems is the most effective way to defend against cyberwar, said Richard A. Clarke, chairman, Good Harbor Consulting, in his keynote today at RSA Europe.
Security suppliers can help improve overall internet security by embedding technologies in consumer-facing services, says RSA president Art Coviello.
Security suppliers can help improve overall internet security by embedding technologies in consumer-facing services, says RSA president Art Coviello.