US and UK govts warn: Russia scanning for your unpatched vulnerabilities
in brief Also, phishing's easier over the phone, and your F5 cookies might be unencrypted, and more
Security12 Oct 2024 |
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INC ransomware rebrands to Lynx – same code, new name, still up to no good
Researchers point to evidence that scumbags visited the strategy boutique
Cybersecurity Month11 Oct 2024 | 1
US lawmakers seek answers on alleged Salt Typhoon breach of telecom giants
Cyberspies abusing a backdoor? Groundbreaking
Cyber-crime11 Oct 2024 | 2
RAC duo busted for stealing and selling crash victims' data
Roadside assistance biz praised for deploying security monitoring software and reporting workers to cops
Security11 Oct 2024 | 15
Keir Starmer hands ex-Darktrace boss investment minister gig
What's harder? Convincing people to invest in a beleaguered security business or a tiny island everybody hates?
Public Sector11 Oct 2024 | 40
FBI created a cryptocurrency so it could watch it being abused
It worked – alleged pump and dump schemers arrested in UK, US and Portugal this week
Cybersecurity Month11 Oct 2024 | 23
Healthcare attacks spread beyond US – just ask India's Star Health
Acknowledges bulk customer data leak weeks after Telegram channels dangled it online
Cyber-crime11 Oct 2024 | 1
Crooks stole personal info of 77k Fidelity Investments customers
But hey, no worries, the firm claims no evidence of data misuse
Cyber-crime10 Oct 2024 | 2
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Fore-get about privacy, golf tech biz leaves 32M data records on the fairway
Researcher spots 110 TB of sensitive info sitting in unprotected database
Cybersecurity Month10 Oct 2024 | 23
CISA adds fresh Ivanti vuln, critical Fortinet bug to hall of shame
Usual three-week window to address significant risks to federal agencies applies
Cybersecurity Month10 Oct 2024 |
Mozilla patches critical Firefox vuln that attackers are already exploiting
Firefixed: It's maintenance time for low-complexity, high-impact security flaw
Cybersecurity Month10 Oct 2024 | 21
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Dutch cops reveal takedown of 'world's largest dark web market'
Two arrested after allegedly trying to make off with their ill-gotten gains
Cybersecurity Month10 Oct 2024 | 15
Internet Archive user info stolen in cyberattack, succumbs to DDoS
31M folks' usernames, email addresses, salted-encrypted passwords now out there
Cybersecurity Month10 Oct 2024 | 22
Moscow-adjacent GoldenJackal gang strikes air-gapped systems with custom malware
USB sticks help, but it's unclear how tools that suck malware from them are delivered
Cybersecurity Month09 Oct 2024 | 21
Smart TVs are spying on everyone
Regulators know this is a nightmare and have done little to stop it. Privacy advocacy group wants that to change
Cybersecurity Month09 Oct 2024 | 112
Marriott settles for a piddly $52M after series of breaches affecting millions
Intruders stayed for free on the network between 2014 and 2020
Cyber-crime09 Oct 2024 | 9
National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admits 'hundreds of millions' potentially affected
One-man-band faces a mountain of lawsuits but has few assets
Cyber-crime09 Oct 2024 | 63
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Apple macOS 15 Sequoia is officially UNIX. If anyone cares...
Explainer But what does that mean?
Mozilla patches critical Firefox vuln that attackers are already exploiting
Firefixed: It's maintenance time for low-complexity, high-impact security flaw
Techie took five minutes to fix problem Adobe and Microsoft couldn't solve in two weeks
On Call This is why every admin loves to hate Windows
FBI created a cryptocurrency so it could watch it being abused
It worked – alleged pump and dump schemers arrested in UK, US and Portugal this week
Microsoft admits Outlook crashes, says impact 'mitigated'
Users just need to 'refresh/restart' their sessions
Arrow Lake splashdown: Intel pins hopes on replacement for Raptors
New silicon, new architecture, and loads of new motherboards rise to support it, but will power be anchored down?
AMD pumps Epyc core count to 192, clocks up to 5 GHz with Turin debut
Just not on the same chip, of course
The .io domain isn't going anywhere anytime soon amid treaty
UK-Mauritius handshake holds but Chagos Islands shift could eventually phase out the ccTLD
Dutch cops reveal takedown of 'world's largest dark web market'
Two arrested after allegedly trying to make off with their ill-gotten gains
Version 7.6 – the 'OpenBSD of Theseus' – released
Ideal for black-clad ultra-minimalist types. You probably wouldn't like it
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Microsoft cleans up hot mess of Patch Tuesday preview
Go forth and install your important security fixes
Cybersecurity Month09 Oct 2024 | 5
Ransomware gang Trinity joins pile of scumbags targeting healthcare
As if hospitals and clinics didn't have enough to worry about
Cybersecurity Month09 Oct 2024 | 6
Microsoft issues 117 patches – some for flaws already under attack
Patch Tuesday Plus: SAP re-patches a failed patch for critical-rated flaw
Cybersecurity Month08 Oct 2024 | 5
Qualcomm urges device makers to push patches after 'targeted' exploitation
Given Amnesty's involvement, it's a safe bet spyware is in play
Patches08 Oct 2024 |
Using iPhone Mirroring at work? You might have just overshared to your boss
What does IT glimpse but a dating app on your wee little screen
Software08 Oct 2024 | 26
Happy birthday, Putin – you've been pwned
Pro-Ukraine hackers claim credit for Russian state broadcasting shutdown
Security08 Oct 2024 | 74
Google brings better bricking to Androids, to curtail crims
Improved security features teased in May now appearing around the world
Cybersecurity Month08 Oct 2024 | 23
Feds reach for sliver of crypto-cash nicked by North Korea's notorious Lazarus Group
A couple million will do for a start … but Kim's crews are suspected of stealing much more
Cybersecurity Month08 Oct 2024 | 2
American Water rinsed in cyber attack, turns off app
Updated It's still safe to drink, top provider tells us
Cybersecurity Month07 Oct 2024 | 12
Cops love facial recognition, and withholding info on its use from the courts
Withholding exculpatory evidence from suspects isn't a great look when the tech is already questionable
Security07 Oct 2024 | 21
Chinese cyberspies reportedly breached Verizon, AT&T, Lumen
Salt Typhoon may have accessed court-ordered wiretaps and US internet traffic
Security07 Oct 2024 | 6
Embattled users worn down by privacy options? Let them eat code
Opinion Struggle ye not with cookies, lest ye become a cookie monster
Security07 Oct 2024 | 66
Ryanair faces GDPR turbulence over customer ID checks
Irish data watchdog opens probe after 'numerous complaints'
Security05 Oct 2024 | 69
UK's Sellafield nuke waste processing plant fined £333K for infosec blunders
Radioactive hazards and cyber failings ... what could possibly go wrong?
Cybersecurity Month05 Oct 2024 | 21
About a quarter million Comcast subscribers had their data stolen from debt collector
Cable giant says ransomware involved, FBCS keeps schtum
Cybersecurity Month04 Oct 2024 | 6
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Harvard duo hacks Meta Ray-Bans to dox strangers on sight in seconds
'You can build this in a few days – even as a very naïve developer'
Cybersecurity Month04 Oct 2024 | 113
Big brands among thousands infected by payment-card-stealing CosmicSting crooks
Updated Gangs hit 5% of all Adobe Commerce, Magento-powered stores, Sansec says
Cybersecurity Month04 Oct 2024 | 6
Average North American CISO pay now $565K, mainly thanks to one weird trick
Best way to boost your package is to leave, or pretend to
Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2024 | 12
Two British-Nigerian men sentenced over multimillion-dollar business email scam
Fraudsters targeted local government, colleges, and construction firms in Texas and North Carolina
Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2024 | 13
Ransomware crew infects 100+ orgs monthly with new MedusaLocker variant
Exclusive Crooks 'like a sysadmin, with a malicious slant'
Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2024 | 3
Brits hate how big tech handles their data, but can't be bothered to do much about it
Managing the endless stream of cookie banners leaves little energy for anything else
Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2024 | 37
700K+ DrayTek routers are sitting ducks on the internet, open to remote hijacking
With 14 serious security flaws found, what a gift for spies and crooks
Cybersecurity Month02 Oct 2024 | 21
Two simple give-me-control security bugs found in Optigo network switches used in critical manufacturing
Poor use of PHP include() strikes again
Cybersecurity Month02 Oct 2024 | 4
NIST's security flaw database still backlogged with 17K+ unprocessed bugs. Not great
Logjam 'hurting infosec processes world over' one expert tells us as US body blows its own Sept deadline
Cybersecurity Month02 Oct 2024 | 8
'Patch yesterday': Zimbra mail servers under siege through RCE vuln
Attacks began the day after public disclosure
Cybersecurity Month02 Oct 2024 | 5
The fix for BGP's weaknesses has big, scary, issues of its own, boffins find
Bother, given the White House has bet big on RPKI – just like we all rely on immature internet infrastructure that usually works
Security02 Oct 2024 | 9
Euro cops arrest 4 including suspected LockBit dev chilling on holiday
And what looks like proof stolen data was never deleted even after ransom paid
Cybersecurity Month01 Oct 2024 | 15
Evil Corp's deep ties with Russia and NATO member attacks exposed
Ransomware criminals believed to have taken orders from intel services
Cyber-crime01 Oct 2024 | 8
NCA unmasks man it suspects is both 'Evil Corp kingpin' and LockBit affiliate
Aleksandr Ryzhenkov alleged to have extorted around $100M from victims, built 60 LockBit attacks
Cybersecurity Month01 Oct 2024 |
Australian e-tailer digiDirect customers' info allegedly stolen and dumped online
Full names, contact details, and company info – all the fixings for a phishing holiday
Cybersecurity Month01 Oct 2024 |
Rackspace internal monitoring web servers hit by zero-day
Exclusive Intruders accessed machines via tool bundled with ScienceLogic, 'limited' info taken, customers told not to worry
Cybersecurity Month30 Sep 2024 | 10
Ransomware forces hospital to turn away ambulances
Only level-one trauma unit in 400 miles crippled
Cybersecurity Month30 Sep 2024 | 19
T-Mobile US to cough up $31.5M after that long string of security SNAFUs
At least seven intrusions in five years? Yeah, those promises of improvement more than 'long overdue'
CSO30 Sep 2024 | 4
If you're holding important data, Iran is probably trying spearphish it
It's election year for more than 50 countries and the Islamic Republic threatens a bunch of them
Cyber-crime30 Sep 2024 | 6
Remote ID verification tech is often biased, bungling, and no good on its own
Only 2 out of 5 tested products were equitable across demographics
Public Sector30 Sep 2024 | 10
Cloud threats have execs the most freaked out because they're not prepared
Ransomware? More like 'we don't care' for everyone but CISOs
Research30 Sep 2024 | 3
AI code helpers just can't stop inventing package names
LLMs are helpful, but don't use them for anything important
AI + ML30 Sep 2024 | 64
Forget the Kia Boyz: Crooks could hijack your car with just a smartphone
Infosec In Brief Plus: UK man charged with compromising firms for stock secrets; ransomware actor foils self; and more
Security30 Sep 2024 | 17
Binance claims it helped to bust Chinese crypto scam app in India
ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: SpaceX plans Vietnam investment; Yahoo! Japan content moderation secrets; LG offloads Chinese display factory; and more
Cyber-crime30 Sep 2024 | 5
Red team hacker on how she 'breaks into buildings and pretends to be the bad guy'
Interview Alethe Denis exposes tricks that made you fall for that return-to-office survey
Cybersecurity Month29 Sep 2024 | 67
Feds charge 3 Iranians with 'hack-and-leak' of Trump 2024 campaign
Snoops allegedly camped out in inboxes well into September
Cyber-crime27 Sep 2024 | 12
Recall the Recall recall? Microsoft thinks it can make that Windows feature palatable
AI screengrab service to be opt-in, features encryption, biometrics, enclaves, more
OSes27 Sep 2024 | 119
Ransomware gang using stolen Microsoft Entra ID creds to bust into the cloud
Defenders beware: Data theft, extortion, and backdoors on Storm-0501's agenda
Research27 Sep 2024 | 6
Patch now: Critical Nvidia bug allows container escape, complete host takeover
33% of cloud environments using the toolkit impacted, we're told
Patches26 Sep 2024 | 16
HPE patches three critical security holes in Aruba PAPI
More 9.8 bugs? Ay, papi!
Patches26 Sep 2024 | 1
That doomsday critical Linux bug: It's CUPS. May lead to remote hijacking of devices
Final update No patches yet, can be mitigated, requires user interaction
Security26 Sep 2024 | 103
Victims lose $70K to one single wallet-draining app on Google's Play Store
Attackers got 10K people to download 'trusted' web3 brand cheat before Mountain View intervened
Cyber-crime26 Sep 2024 | 22
Public Wi-Fi operator investigating cyberattack at UK's busiest train stations
Updated See it, say it… not sorted just yet as network access remains offline
Cyber-crime26 Sep 2024 | 62
UK government's bank data sharing plan slammed as 'financial snoopers' charter'
Access to account info needed to tackle benefit fraud, latest bill claims
Security26 Sep 2024 | 143
WordPress.org denies service to WP Engine, potentially putting sites at risk
Updated That escalated quickly
Software26 Sep 2024 | 58
China's Salt Typhoon cyber spies are deep inside US ISPs
Updated Expecting a longer storm season this year?
Networks25 Sep 2024 | 4
RansomHub genius tries to put the squeeze on Delaware Libraries
Extorting underfunded public services for $1M isn't a good look
Cyber-crime25 Sep 2024 | 5
China claims Taiwan, not civilians, behind web vandalism
Taipei laughs it off – and so does Beijing, which says political slurs hit sites nobody reads anyway
Cyber-crime25 Sep 2024 | 2
CrowdStrike apologizes to Congress for 'perfect storm' that caused global IT outage
Argues worse could happen if it loses kernel access
Security25 Sep 2024 | 29
Who’s watching you the closest online? Google, duh
Four Chocolate Factory trackers cracked the Top 25 in all regions
Security24 Sep 2024 | 16
Russia's digital warfare on Ukraine shows no signs of slowing: Malware hits surge
Severe incidents may be down, but Putin had to throw one in for good measure
Cyber-crime24 Sep 2024 | 9
10 nasty software bugs put thousands of fuel storage tanks at risk of cyberattacks
Thousands of devices remain vulnerable, US most exposed to the threat
Security24 Sep 2024 | 18
How to spot a North Korean agent before they get comfy inside payroll
Mandiant publishes cheat sheet for weeding out fraudulent IT staff
Cyber-crime24 Sep 2024 | 19
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Some US Kaspersky customers find their security software replaced by 'UltraAV'
Back story to replacement for banned security app isn't enormously reassuring
Security24 Sep 2024 | 38
Telegram will now hand over IP addresses, phone numbers of suspects to cops
Maybe a spell in a French cell changed Durov's mind
Personal Tech23 Sep 2024 | 36
'Cybersecurity issue' takes MoneyGram offline for three days – and counting
Still no ‘R’ word, but smells like ransomware from here
Cyber-crime23 Sep 2024 | 6
Necro malware continues to haunt side-loaders of dodgy Android mods
Updated 11M devices exposed to trojan, Kaspersky says
Cyber-crime23 Sep 2024 | 2
US proposes ban on Chinese, Russian connected car tech over security fears
No room for your spy mobiles on our streets
Software23 Sep 2024 | 28
So how's Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative going?
34,000 engineers pledged to the cause, but no word on exec pay
Security23 Sep 2024 | 6
UPS supplier's password policy flip-flops from unlimited, to 32, then 64 characters
That 'third party' person sure is responsible for a lot of IT blunders, eh?
Security23 Sep 2024 | 38
Move over, Cobalt Strike. Splinter’s the new post-exploit menace in town
No malware crew linked to this latest red-teaming tool yet
Research23 Sep 2024 |
Apple's latest macOS release is breaking security software, network connections
Infosec In Brief PLUS: Payer of $75M ransom reportedly identified; Craigslist founder becomes security philanthropist, and more
Security23 Sep 2024 | 22
US indicts two over socially engineered $230M+ crypto heist
Just one victim milked of nearly a quarter of a billion bucks
Cyber-crime20 Sep 2024 | 26
Ivanti patches exploited admin command execution flaw
Fears over chained attacks affecting EOL product
Patches20 Sep 2024 | 8
Cybercrooks strut away with haute couture Harvey Nichols data
Nothing high-end about the sparsely detailed, poorly publicized breach
Cyber-crime20 Sep 2024 | 10
CISA boss: Makers of insecure software must stop enabling today's cyber villains
Write better code, urges Jen Easterly. And while you're at it, give crime gangs horrible names like 'Evil Ferret'
Software20 Sep 2024 | 93
Valencia Ransomware explodes on the scene, claims California city, fashion giant, more as victims
Boasts 'appear to be credible' experts tell El Reg
Cyber-crime19 Sep 2024 | 7
No way? Big Tech's 'lucrative surveillance' of everyone is terrible for privacy, freedom
Says Lina Khan in latest push to rein in Meta, Google, Amazon and pals
Personal Tech19 Sep 2024 | 26
Iran's cyber-goons emailed stolen Trump info to Team Biden – which ignored them
To be fair, Joe was probably taking a nap
Cyber-crime19 Sep 2024 | 50
1 in 10 orgs dumping their security vendors after CrowdStrike outage
Many left reeling from July's IT meltdown, but not to worry, it was all unavoidable
Security19 Sep 2024 | 8
Thousands of orgs at risk of knowledge base data leaks via ServiceNow misconfigurations
Updated Better check your widgets, people
Research19 Sep 2024 | 7
UK activists targeted with Pegasus spyware ask police to charge NSO Group
4 file complaint with London's Met, alleging malware maker helped autocratic states violate their privacy
Security19 Sep 2024 | 13
Tor insists its network is safe after German cops convict CSAM dark-web admin
Outdated software blamed for cracks in the armor
Cyber-crime19 Sep 2024 | 25
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