Google bellows bug news after Microsoft sails past fix deadline
Mess in Windows graphics library can give bad hombres access to memory
OSes20 Feb 2017 | 37
Honeypots: Free psy-ops weapons that can protect your network before defences fail
Feature You catch more crooks with honey than vinegar
Security08 Feb 2017 | 18
Darkode VXer handed three years' probation
Former FireEye intern has since seen light and is very, very, sorry for Android exploit
Security07 Feb 2017 |
Hello? Police? My darknet drug market was just hacked by criminals
That headline will never happen, so one darkmart just started a bug bounty program
Security06 Feb 2017 | 12
Slammer worm slithers back online to attack ancient SQL servers
If you get taken down by this 13-year-old malware, you probably deserve it
Security05 Feb 2017 | 11
Popular hacker warkit Metasploit now hacks hardware and cars
Coming soon: Cracking IoT kit and industrial control systems
Security03 Feb 2017 | 3
Particle accelerator hacked: Boffins' hashed passwords beamed up
UPDATE The Australian Synchrotron warns it's been wormholed, but not dangerously
Security03 Feb 2017 | 17
Bring out your dead! Firm wants to pay big bucks for old bugs
Security outfit Zimperium wants to sell info on vintage Android and iOS exploits
Security02 Feb 2017 | 5
WordPress fixed god-mode zero day without disclosing the problem
CMS sultan decided you'd be happier not knowing you were ever in danger
Security02 Feb 2017 | 25
Cerber tops Windows 10 ransomware charts
Crims aimed for a Christmas Number One and scored
Security01 Feb 2017 | 5
Dark web hubs paying workers to leak corporate secrets
Then they resell that info to dodgy share traders
Security01 Feb 2017 | 10
Apple kills activation lock check, possible dirty stolen device hack
Video Hardware hack steals serial numbers from legitimate users
Security31 Jan 2017 | 10
Infosec industry to drive machine learning spend surge says analyst
Amid the AI hype is a real chance to spot more anomalous behaviour, faster
Security31 Jan 2017 | 2
You're taking the p... Linux encryption app Cryptkeeper has universal password: 'p'
Give 'p's a chance... no?
Security31 Jan 2017 | 44
Marketing company leaks 17,000 recorded phone calls, many with credit card numbers
Firm that leaked 13M records shames firm that leaked 400k
Security30 Jan 2017 | 8
NASA brews better test to find ET in cosmic cocktails
Take an alien liquid, stir, add lasers, then wait to see what rises to the top
Science27 Jan 2017 | 8
Bookish hacker finds holes in Amazon, Apple, Google epub services
50 shades of spankworthy security
Security27 Jan 2017 | 7
Uber pays hacker US$9,000 for partner firm's bug
Ransomware protection service opened Lockheed Martin, Adobe data to attackers
Security27 Jan 2017 | 8
Former Mozilla dev joins chorus roasting antivirus, says 'It's poison!'
Kill your antivirus, maybe keep Windows Defender
Security27 Jan 2017 | 122
Boffins break Samsung Galaxies with one SMS carrying WAP crap
S4 and S5
Security25 Jan 2017 | 21
Firefox bares teeth, attacks sites that collect personal data
If it wants a password and doesn't use HTTPS, Mozilla will breathe fire
Security25 Jan 2017 | 19
Human bot hybrid finds LinkedIn email, phone number-filching holes
Automated hacking weapon with human smarts does the business
Security25 Jan 2017 | 1
Microsoft fixes remote desktop app Mac hole
Full read/write access was there for the taking
Security24 Jan 2017 | 2
VXers gift their mates an Android bank-raiding app's source code
It needs admin privileges, but we know there's a pool of stupid out there waiting to be p0wned
Security24 Jan 2017 | 2
Protected US military server poked via army recruitment website
SNAFU reported via bug bounty program
Security23 Jan 2017 | 5
It's 2017 and 200,000 services still have unpatched Heartbleeds
What does it take to get people patching? Not Reg readers, obviously. Other, silly people
Security23 Jan 2017 | 7
Satan enters roll-your-own ransomware game
Code named for Prince of Darkness offers commissions for spreading evil
Security23 Jan 2017 |
Mozilla wants infosec activism to be the next green movement
Chief Mozillan calls for grass roots movement akin to 1960s' environmental awakenings
Security23 Jan 2017 | 26
Unbreakable Locky ransomware is on the march again
Necurs botnet wakes up and starts fresh malware-cano
Security20 Jan 2017 | 13
Viral Chinese selfie app Meitu phones home with personal data
PIC Reg man submits self to invasive sparkly-unicorn androgyny transformation
Applications20 Jan 2017 | 10
Operator of DDoS protection service named as Mirai author
Krebs says he's fingered author of epic IoT web assault code
Security20 Jan 2017 | 16
Chrome dev explains how modern browsers make secure UI just about impossible
The 'LINE OF DEATH' between safe content and untrustworthy stuff is receding every year
OSes19 Jan 2017 | 38
Hacker cracks Facebook with remote code execution bug
ImageMagick exploit earns chap US$40k bug bounty
Security18 Jan 2017 | 13
Kill it with fire: US-CERT urges admins to firewall off Windows SMB
Shadow Brokers may have loosed a zero-day so you're better safe than sorry
Security18 Jan 2017 | 23
Stanford boffins find 'correlation between caffeine consumption and longevity'
Make a cup of tea - or a mocha - before you read this if you want a long and happy life
Science17 Jan 2017 | 63
Dodgy Dutch developer built backdoors into thousands of sites
Update Then hoovered out users' personal data, stole identities galore and spent up big
Security17 Jan 2017 | 45
911 app is a joke, says security researcher Randy Westergren
'Panic Button' could be pressed by miscreants, repeatedly
Security17 Jan 2017 |
Dovecot mailserver graded 'nearly impenetrable'
Security audit of popular-with-service-providers package produces surprised smiles
Security17 Jan 2017 | 23
Windows 10 Anniversary Update crushed exploits without need of patches
Microsoft security boffins throw fresh CVEs at unpatched OS, emerge smiling
Security16 Jan 2017 | 44
McDonald's forget hash, browns off security experts
Golden Arches website's security doesn't pass the sensible surfing taste test
Software16 Jan 2017 | 21
Brilliant phishing attack probes sent mail, sends fake attachments
UPDATE Strategy_Doc.PDF from the next cubicle is actually a portal to p0wnage
Security16 Jan 2017 | 41
Just give up: 123456 is still the world's most popular password
Data diggers' dumpster dive demonstrates dumb and dumberer defences
Security16 Jan 2017 | 121
MongoDB hackers now sacking ElasticSearch
Open season on open services
Security13 Jan 2017 | 5
Trump's cyber-guru Giuliani runs ancient 'easily hackable website'
Stunned security experts tear strips off president-elect pick hours after announcement
Security13 Jan 2017 | 150
Peace-sign selfie fools menaced by fingerprint-harvesting tech
Cute photo? Your biometrics just got raided, boffins warn
Security12 Jan 2017 | 42
Crims shut off Ukraine power in wide-ranging anniversary hacks
Phishing, denial of service, and remote exploitation part of hacking banquet
Security12 Jan 2017 | 14
Sundown exploit kit weaves Edge hack hole
Thankfully most users are patched
Security11 Jan 2017 | 2
Like stealing data from a kid: LA school pays web scum US$28,000 ransom
No chance of data retrieval, experts say
Security10 Jan 2017 | 38
Autocomplete a novel phishing hole for Chrome, Safari crims
Hidden forms capture LastPass autofill
Security10 Jan 2017 | 18
Two years on, thousands of unpatched Magento shops still being carded
German infosec agency: 'Patch! Patch! PAAAATTCCCCHHHH!
Security10 Jan 2017 | 3
Google caps punch-yourself-in-the-face malicious charger hack
Another reason to avoid those DEF CON charging stations.
Security09 Jan 2017 | 27
MongoDB ransom attacks soar, body count hits 27,000 in hours
Aussie comms watchdog reporting exposed databases.
Security09 Jan 2017 | 27
Insane blackhats behind world's most expensive ransomware 'forget' to backup crypto keys
Only Linux victims can decrypt warped $247,000 BlackEnergy module - and then only maybe
Security06 Jan 2017 | 31
Netgear unveils world's easiest bug bounty
Router baron makes break from SOHOpeless device cesspit sporting chained multikill bonus
Security06 Jan 2017 | 11
Fatal genetic conditions could return in some 'three-parent' babies
Better mother matching needed
Science05 Jan 2017 | 35
Hacker: Lol, I pwned FBI.gov! Web devs: Nuh-uh, no you didn't
Updated Publishing system makers say it's a hoax
Security05 Jan 2017 | 8
Ransomware scum: 'I believe I'm a good fit. See attachments'
HR staffers, crap corporate spam filters, in VXer sights
Security05 Jan 2017 | 38
Hackers could turn your smart meter into a bomb and blow your family to smithereens – new claim
And before that, pwn your IoT gadgets via power supply gear
Security04 Jan 2017 | 155
Speeding jet of Siberian liquid hot Magma getting speedier, satellites find
Swarm gazers find faster flows in the outer core
Science04 Jan 2017 | 34
Web-exposed MongoDB installs wiped by bitcoin ransoming script scum
Patch or perish
Security04 Jan 2017 | 12
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