Too many staff have privileged work accounts for no good reason, reckon IT bods
Ever seen a Trello board you thought you shouldn't? If you're in UK or US, you're not alone
28 Sep 2020 |
Gareth is based in the UK, and covers information security, court cases, and more for The Register.
Spain's highway agency is monitoring speeding hotspots using bulk phone location data
Local reports suggest individuals can't be identified... yet
25 Sep 2020 | 62
We need to talk about criminal hackers using Cobalt Strike, says Cisco Talos
Pentesting tool showing up in the hands of baddies, warns threat intel biz
24 Sep 2020 | 4
Wondering how to tell the world you've been hacked? Here's a handy guide from infosec academics
Pair of England's unis figure out better way of admitting terrible thing
24 Sep 2020 | 10
Ethernet failure on Swiss business jet prompted emergency descent, say aviation safety bods
Solution? A software update, natch
24 Sep 2020 | 89
Remember Entatech? UK liquidators are still trying to seize founder Jason Tsai's assets
High Court hears of offshore assets, tax fraud, and freezing orders
24 Sep 2020 | 11
Doppelpaymer ransomware crew fingered for attack on German hospital that caused death of a patient
Same mob promised not to target healthcare facilities
23 Sep 2020 | 5
Proposed US fix for Boeing 737 Max software woes does not address Ethiopian crash scenario, UK pilot union warns
MCAS saga still hasn't ended as reps warn of trim wheel problem
23 Sep 2020 | 171
It's been a vintage year for bug bounty hunters, says HackerOne as it boasts of $40m+ passing through its treasure chests
Big money, says CEO, but what would it cost not to find and fix these vulns?
22 Sep 2020 | 2
Before you buy that managed Netgear switch, be aware you may need to create a cloud account to use its full UI
You will be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, and numbered
21 Sep 2020 | 46
Future airliners will run on hydrogen, vows Airbus as it teases world-plus-dog with concept designs
Comes not long after firm ditched hybrid-electric propulsion demonstrator
21 Sep 2020 | 214
MP promises to grill UK.gov over revelations that Uber handed '2,000 pieces' of user data to London cops a year
Where are the search warrants for this? asks ex-Brexit Secretary
21 Sep 2020 | 35
Your anti-phishing test emails may be too easy to spot. NIST has a training tool for that
Phish Scale hopes to make life easier for blue teams gazing at click rates
18 Sep 2020 | 21
Bad news for 'cool dads' trying to bond with their teens: China-owned TikTok and WeChat face US download ban by Sunday
Unless the Orange One steps in to save the day. Fancy that!
18 Sep 2020 | 41
Did this airliner land in the North Sea? No. So what happened? El Reg probes flight tracker site oddity
All is well. Unless you trust everything you see on the internet
18 Sep 2020 | 61
Iran's RampantKitten spy crew were snooping on expats and dissidents for six years
So says Check Point, piecing together Telegram-busting malware clues
18 Sep 2020 | 5
GCHQ agency 'strongly urges' Brit universities, colleges to protect themselves after spike in ransomware infections
Never mind real-world viruses, get your networks into lockdown ASAP
17 Sep 2020 | 19
Financial Reporting Council slaps Autonomy auditor Deloitte with £15m fine over audit 'misconduct'
Two audits also hit with combined £750k of personal fines by accountacy regulator
17 Sep 2020 | 27
You have to be very on-trend as a cybercrook – hence why coronavirus-themed phishing is this year's must-have look
F-Secure gives its take on the first half of 2020 in internet scumminess
17 Sep 2020 | 6
Where China leads, Iran follows: US warns of 'contract' hackers exploiting Citrix, Pulse Secure and F5 VPNs
Please just patch your infrastructure, begs US-CISA
16 Sep 2020 | 5
We want weaponised urban drones flying through your house, says UK defence ministry as it waves a fistful of banknotes
£150k up for grabs if you can help create the dystopian future of warfare
16 Sep 2020 | 61
The Battle of Britain couldn't have been won without UK's homegrown tech innovations
CommentRadars, aeroplanes, radio: Don't forget the boffins on this 80th anniversary
16 Sep 2020 | 162
£2.5bn sueball claims Google slurps kids' YouTube browsing habits then sells them on
Video platform is not for under-13s, insists spokesman
15 Sep 2020 | 14
Take your pick: 'Hack-proof' blockchain-powered padlock defeated by Bluetooth replay attack or 1kg lump hammer
You can do it the easy way or the easier way
14 Sep 2020 | 148
