> 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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The Czech Republic has banned Google from extending its use of the Street View mapping service due to privacy concerns.
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UK-based BAE Systems received a $40 million order to provide certification and accreditation services, as well as information security risk assessments, for FBI computer networks.
Apple is to acquire Swedish face recognition software firm Polar Rose for an undisclosed amount.
Apple is to acquire Swedish face recognition software firm Polar Rose for an undisclosed amount.
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Microsoft has issued a security advisory confirming exploits of an unpatched vulnerability that affects web applications built on ASP.NET.
Intel is investigating how a master key for its High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) anti-piracy protocol was published online.
Microsoft has issued a security advisory confirming exploits of an unpatched vulnerability that affects web applications built on ASP.NET.
Data security and compliance specialist ArcSight has taken the wraps off a slew of product updates - Enterprise Security Manager 5.0, Identityview 2.0 and Logger 5.0 - with the offer of a $49.00 version of Logger, its universal log management software.
Intel is investigating how a master key for its High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) anti-piracy protocol was published online.