> TODAY'S SUMMARY (21 articles)
Today's cyber news highlights several significant threats and trends. Microsoft 365 is experiencing a widespread outage affecting services like Outlook and Teams, causing operational disruptions. In vulnerability news, the PHP2Shell exploit was leveraged in attacks against Check Point Gateways, while a new zero-day vulnerability in N-central named 4EverAble2Shell was exploited shortly after its proof of concept was published. Additionally, North Korean hackers have reportedly stole over $400 million in cryptocurrency through sophisticated social engineering tactics involving fake video calls. The FBI has seized $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency linked to these North Korean operations. On the patching front, Ubuntu has released updates to address various vulnerabilities, including server impersonation and server-side request forgery.
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UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has repeated his view that self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon should be tried in the UK, but said the government lacked the power to reverse some of the legal decisions that had led to McKinnon's possible extradition to the US.
Adobe, maker of Photoshop, has issued a patch for vulnerabilities affecting earlier versions of the popular image editing software.
Orange, which is rapidly extending its operations beyond its cellular origins and onto the regular internet, has developed a universal login technology designed to allow almost any website to allow a login using their Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo ID/password credentials.
Veteran IT security vendor McAfee has announced plans to acquire privately-held Trust Digital, a mobile management and security software specialist. Terms of the deal have not been revealed.
In what can best be described as an embarrassing situation, IBM apparently distributed USB sticks infected with malware at last week’s Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) conference.
The price of online cybercrime has reduced so that criminals can rent bots by the hour. VeriSign's iDefense research operation says the cost is just $8.94 an hour.
Eset has announced the acquisition of Comdom Software, a fellow Slovakian software company noted for its anti-spam technology - financial details of the transaction have not been revealed.
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The GSM Association's security group (GSMA-SG) has announced it is working with the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) to host a three-day event in Barcelona in the second week of June. The three-day event seeks to allow members to discuss and share information on internet bots, spam and mal...
Gridsure, a UK-based firm that has developed a pictorial alternative to PIN and passphrase authentication systems, has signed a key banking deal in France.
Texas-based PlainsCapital Bank has reached a settlement agreement with one of its former customers, Hillary Machinery, which had more than $800 000 stolen from its corporate account by cyber criminals.
Oracle has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire database security firm Secerno.
Two pilot programs from Microsoft have been established in an effort to share pre-update information and aid in protecting critical infrastructure.
Security software group Symantec is to acquire VeriSign's identity and authentication business in a $1.28bn (ÂŁ89.1m) cash deal.
Fake anti-virus applications have been around for a few years now, but there are signs that hackers are deploying the scareware apps more and more and, according to Rik Ferguson, Trend Micro's solutions architect, the economics of fear are what drives this type of malware
Microsoft has issued a security advisory for a canonical display driver (cdd.dll) vulnerability affecting Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
A former night-shift security guard pleaded guilty to two counts of transmitting malicious code for his role in hacking into computers at a Dallas area medical facility.
Microsoft is to pay $200m in settlement of a patent infringement case brought by VirnetX.
PandaLabs has warned internet users to be aware of a new type of phishing attack, following its investigation of a clone of the Navy Federal company's website, which is being used by criminals to harvest user credentials.
Around 30 000 new malicious and potentially undesirable programmes appear every day, according to security researchers at Kaspersky Lab.