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Today's cybersecurity news highlights a range of significant threats and trends:
1. The City of Osaka has reported a data breach affecting 1 million residents, urging caution against phishing attempts disguised as government communications.
2. Trezor confirmed that malicious implants in hardware wallets sold by a reseller can steal sensitive recovery phrases, emphasizing risks in the cryptocurrency market.
3. Microsoft is grappling with a global outage of its 365 services, attributed to a bad update, raising concerns over the potential exploitation of this chaos by cybercriminals.
4. Security vulnerabilities in Check Point gateways have been exploited to deploy destructive malware, highlighting critical risks in security infrastructure.
5. New insights indicate that AI is influencing the evolution of ransomware tactics, suggesting that attackers may soon leverage AI for more sophisticated operations.
6. The FBI has linked North Korean hackers to significant cryptocurrency thefts, further stressing the ongoing threat posed by state-sponsored cybercrime.
7. Phishing incidents have surged in Europe, outpacing global trends, underscoring the need for enhanced vigilance and protection mechanisms against social engineering attacks.
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The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) says criminals hacked into the computer systems of utilities, cutting the power to several international cities.
Most database administrators do not apply the Critical Patch Updates (CPUs) that Oracle issues on a quarterly basis, a new study finds.
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) document warns that Boeing’s new 787 passenger jet flight control systems may result in security vulnerabilities as it connects the passenger network with the flight-safety, control and navigation network.
The star of the popular BBC America show Top Gear has had his bank account hacked after publicly revealing his details in a newspaper article.
Infosecurity professionals will see improved job opportunities in 2008, according to the SANS Institute. The US-based organisation believes that as senior executives in government realise that their systems have already been compromised, and that they do not control those systems, they will react by...
Infosecurity professionals will see improved job opportunities in 2008, according to the SANS Institute. The US-based organisation believes that as senior executives in government realise that their systems have already been compromised, and that they do not control those systems, they will react by...
The UK’s Financial Services Authority has fined life assurance company Norwich Union Life £1.26 million ($2.54m, €1.77m) for “not having effective systems and controls in place to protect customers' confidential information and manage its financial crime risks” (statement).
Cyber criminals have shifted their aim from flaws in commonly-used software to problems with custom-built applications, and are also targeting easily-misled users, according to the SANS Institute’s revised top 20 internet security risks.
Several banks are adopting voice biometric technology, while BT is preparing to offer an internal service commercially, according to exhibitors at the first European Voice Biometrics Conference, held in London on 28 and 29 November.
The UK government has lost personal data on every child in the country, as well as national insurance numbers and bank account details of parents and carers claiming child benefit, on two password-protected CDs sent through an internal mail service.
The UK government has lost personal data on every child in the country, as well as national insurance numbers and bank account details of parents and carers claiming child benefit, on two password-protected CDs sent through an internal mail service.
The UK information commissioner’s office (ICO) has asked the government to make serious breaches of the Data Protection Act a criminal offence, rather than attracting fines as at present.
When building an information security team, it is just as important to recruit on the basis of personality as it is to find someone with the right technical qualifications, according to Peter Berlich, a director of (ISC)2.
New biometric technologies and plans for increased surveillance are jeopardising society’s right to liberty and privacy, argued David Murakami Wood, managing editor of Surveillance & Society, at the Biometrics 2007 conference on Friday 19 October.