> 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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At Black Hat Las Vegas, 28th July 2010, Microsoft announced that it will extend its Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) to include vulnerability information sharing from Adobe Systems.
A 23-year-old Slovenian man – thought to be the author and creator of the infamous Mariposa (butterfly) botnet – has been arrested by Slovenian police, working in concert with their colleagues from Spain and a team from the FBI.
A 23-year-old Slovenian man – thought to be the author and creator of the infamous Mariposa (butterfly) botnet – has been arrested by Slovenian police, working in concert with their colleagues from Spain and a team from the FBI.
Speaking at a cybersecurity symposium in Washington yesterday, US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke called on commercial, academic and public sector interests to submit their ideas on mitigating cyber threats in the commercial sphere, without stifling innovation in the internet economy.
The increasing automation of online frauds has been extended into the field of fraud effectiveness checks, as virus authors and botmasters are said to be using automated tools to verify the effectiveness of their fraudulent activities.
The increasing automation of online frauds has been extended into the field of fraud effectiveness checks, as virus authors and botmasters are said to be using automated tools to verify the effectiveness of their fraudulent activities.
Research just released claims to show that IT staff are spending their resources on security to ease customer concerns and establish better levels of online trust.
The UK has officially launched its Cyber Security Challenge to find and attract new talent to the IT security industry.
ISACA, the not-for-profit IT security association, has given a qualified 'thumbs up' to suggestions that UK companies should be required to report their all of their data breaches and losses, but it is recommending that reports should be included in company financials, which are issued on a quarterl...
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is to get tougher with public authorities that are slow or unco-operative in responding to Freedom of Information Act requests.
Microsoft produced record fourth quarter sales of $16.04bn, 22% up on the same quarter 2009, as demand for PCs running its new operating system, Windows 7, improved worldwide.
Microsoft produced record fourth quarter sales of $16.04bn (£10.47bn), 22% up on the same quarter 2009, as demand for PCs running its new operating system, Windows 7, improved worldwide.
The July 16 admission by Microsoft about its latest zero-day flaw in which the software giant explained that a vulnerability exists because Windows incorrectly parses shortcuts so that malware can be executed when a shortcut icon is displayed – and not clicked through – has been described as scary b...
According to EASA Software, the humble spreadsheet is responsible for more bad business decisions than humans, with spreadsheets regularly wiping between 15% to 20% from a company's share value, due to the fact that copying spreadsheets – or parts of them – can result in mathematical errors that few...
It has been a busy acquisition season in the security sector thus far, with few companies being more active in this sphere than IBM. Members of the IBM security team spoke with Infosecurity about their views on the future of security and the firm’s strategy going forward.
Earlier this week, Massachusetts-based South Shore Hospital informed patients, employees, and others affiliated with the institution that personal information may have been exposed when it contracted a data management firm to dispose of outdated files. Now comes news that the company South Shore use...
Research carried out by Sophos claims to show that the zero-day flaw identified by a number of security vendors late last week is being exploited by a new variant of the Stuxnet malware.
We are pleased to confirm the details for the last event, that was held on September 21st 2010 and is now available to download. This one-day event brought a series of topical keynote sessions direct to your computer, and gives you the flexibility to learn about the latest information security tren...
Researchers with Sunbelt Software are reporting a rash of bandwagon sites that tap into people's interest in Toy Story 3, the third in the series of popular animation films from Disney-Pixar.
A potential security flaw has been detected by a user of the personal banking website run by Lloyds Banking Group (LBG).