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EU needs more cybersecurity graduates, says ENISA infosec agency – pointing at growing list of master's degree courses
Skills gap needs filling somehow
26 Nov 2021 16:37 | 6
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Security
Government-favoured child safety app warned it could violate the UK's Investigatory Powers Act with message-scanning tech
Redesigned SafeToNet feature highlights tech law mess
26 Nov 2021 12:23 | 63
Legal
Autonomy accounts whistleblowers may testify at founder Mike Lynch's US criminal trial
Recent legal wranglings sliced, diced, and dished up for your reading pleasure
25 Nov 2021 11:28 | 8
Security
UK.gov emits draft IoT and smartphone security law for Parliamentary scrutiny
Mandatory vuln reporting, hefty fines for non-compliance
25 Nov 2021 09:30 | 53
Poll
Crypto for cryptographers! Infosec types revolt against use of ancient abbreviation by Bitcoin and NFT devotees
Complaints abound that yoof use it to mean 'digital currency'
23 Nov 2021 18:45 | 86
Security
Alleged Brit SIM-swapper will kill himself if extradited to US for trial, London court told
'Exceptional' case involves 100 BTC payoff, judge told
23 Nov 2021 16:10 | 71
Security
UK Ministry of Justice secures HVAC systems 'protected' by passwordless Wi-Fi after Register tipoff
There's a default admin password online too
23 Nov 2021 10:15 | 35
Security
Ecommerce platforms (cough, Magento) need patching before Black Friday, warns UK's National Cyber Security Centre
You're your own security team, remember?
22 Nov 2021 17:14 | 2
Security
You wanna use GCHQ offshoot NCSC's threat intel feeds? Why not, say bosses
Annual review boasts of fending off health org attacks
17 Nov 2021 11:15 | 8
Security
Lock up your Office macros: Emotet botnet back from the dead with Trickbot links
Nice to have nearly a year off from that malspam threat, but now it's returned
16 Nov 2021 19:57 | 4
Security
Not only MSPs: All cloudy firms are in line for UK security law crackdown
Now's a good time to read up on Cyber Essentials Plus
16 Nov 2021 15:15 | 15
Security
America, when you're done hitting us with the ban hammer, see these on-prem Zoom vulns, says Positive
Now would be a good idea to check you're up-to-date
15 Nov 2021 20:27 | 10
Edge + IoT
Phone jammers made my model plane smash into parked lorry, fumes hobbyist
Illegal irritant raises its head again after drone investigation
15 Nov 2021 14:02 | 92
Black Hat Europe
ChaosDB: Infosec bods could pull anyone's plaintext Azure Cosmos DB keys at will from Microsoft admin tools
And they had a wildcard cert too. Still feeling secure?
12 Nov 2021 19:19 | 11
Legal
Brit analysts formed pact to crash Autonomy's market valuation, ex-CFO tells US court
Eye-catching claim in an eye-catching case
12 Nov 2021 13:01 | 22
Security
Dutch newspaper accuses US spy agencies of orchestrating 2016 Booking.com breach
Journalists' book claims company was targeted for Middle Eastern data
11 Nov 2021 20:07 | 10
Updated
Palo Alto Networks patches 9.8 severity CVE in popular GlobalProtect product
Arbitrary code execution by unauthenticated attacker? Big oops
11 Nov 2021 16:40 | 7
Security
Stor-a-File hit by ransomware after crooks target SolarWinds Serv-U FTP software
New research says it's Clop's favourite attack method du jour
10 Nov 2021 12:28 | 14
Legal
Google swats away £3bn Safari Workaround ad-tracking cookie lawsuit in Supreme Court victory
Campaigners' case had 'no real prospect of success'
10 Nov 2021 10:52 | 32
Security
Shotgun targeting of malware attacks will be the defining infosec theme of 2022, reckons Sophos
And more badness going for Linux and virtualization, too
09 Nov 2021 19:30 |
Security
Computer misuse crimes in UK surge to high not seen since 2017 even as prosecutions slump 20%
COVID didn't stop crooks, but law enforcement doesn't seem to have realised
08 Nov 2021 07:31 | 9
Security
Reg reader returns Samsung TV after finding giant ads splattered everywhere
Even your telly is now a moneymaking gadget for someone else
05 Nov 2021 20:10 | 203
Security
Reward! Uncle Sam promises $10m for info about DarkSide ransomware gang chiefs
Plus: Interpol boasts of infosec companies' help nabbing Cl0p suspects
05 Nov 2021 14:30 | 1
Security
Labour Party supplier ransomware attack: Who holds ex-members' data and on what legal basis?
'Anon firm lost your data, don't worry' just makes people more fearful
05 Nov 2021 13:00 | 47
Legal
22-year-old Brit accused of Twitter SIM-swap heists charged with $784k cryptocurrency theft
He's in Spain, faces extradition to the US to stand trial
04 Nov 2021 13:30 | 26
Security
BlackMatter ransomware gang says it's disbanding – again – after Ukraine arrests
Just like the last time. Don't get your hopes up
03 Nov 2021 16:15 | 11
Security
UK data spillers fined, but enforcement slows: £5m in ICO penalties not yet paid
Nuisance call companies... and others... are quite the nuisance
03 Nov 2021 13:06 | 9
Security
CyberUp presents four principles to keep security researchers out of jail for good-faith probing
Computer Misuse Act campaign gets down to brass tacks
03 Nov 2021 09:33 | 10
Updated
Trojan Source attack: Code that says one thing to humans tells your compiler something very different, warn academics
Bidirectional character attack – simple and nightmarish
01 Nov 2021 17:18 | 57
Security
Shrootless: Microsoft found a way to evade Apple's SIP macOS filesystem protection
Flaw could have let miscreants slide rootkits onto your iDesktop
29 Oct 2021 18:01 | 23
Security
Data-breached Guntrader website calls in liquidators, is reborn as Guntrader 2 Ltd
Viscount still helms new firm – while since-deleted posts on firm's Facebook page enrage users
29 Oct 2021 15:27 | 56
Security
UK data watchdog calls for end-to-end encryption across video chat apps by default
Then backtracks and tells El Reg: 'It's not a formal opinion'
29 Oct 2021 14:28 | 30
Security
REvil gang member identified living luxury lifestyle in Russia, says German media
Die Zeit: He's got a Beemer, a Bitcoin watch and a swimming pool
28 Oct 2021 17:41 | 21
Legal
Assange psychiatrist misled judge over parentage of his kids, US tells High Court
Didn't make clear he was their dad... Why? In case CIA harmed them, suggests his barrister
28 Oct 2021 14:37 | 159
Security
If your hair isn't already gray, 2022's security threats will get it there, warn infosec duo
Everyone else really is out to get you
28 Oct 2021 07:25 | 19
Legal
Teen bought Google ad for his scam website and made 48 Bitcoins duping UK online shoppers
'If he was an adult he would be going inside' – judge
27 Oct 2021 13:27 | 69
Security
Protonmail celebrates Swiss court victory exempting it from telco data retention laws
Doesn't stop local courts' surveillance orders, though
27 Oct 2021 06:29 | 14
Networks
Cisco to face trial over trade secrets theft, NDA breach claims after losing attempt to swat Leadfactors lawsuit
Startup alleges IP wound up in Switchzilla's Quad product
26 Oct 2021 18:13 | 12
Security
Ransomware criminals have feelings too: BlackMatter abuse caused crims to shut down negotiation portal
Or so says infsec outfit Emsisoft
25 Oct 2021 17:16 | 4
Security
SolarWinds attacker on the move: Russia's Nobelium crew has trebled attacks targeting MSPs, cloud resellers, says Microsoft
Phishing and password spraying on the up
25 Oct 2021 13:16 | 10
Security
Recycled Cobalt Strike key pairs show many crooks are using same cloned installation
Researcher spots RSA tell-tale lurking in plain sight on VirusTotal
22 Oct 2021 16:32 | 7
Networks
Nobody cares about DAB radio – so let's force it onto smart speakers, suggests UK govt review
Britain's anti Amazon and Google war gets a second front
22 Oct 2021 13:49 | 172
Security
We regret to inform you there's an RCE vuln in old version of WinRAR. Yes, the file decompression utility
Update to v6.02 – or don't, but on your head be it
21 Oct 2021 15:25 | 28
Legal
Informatica UKI veep was rightfully sacked over Highways England $5k golf jolly, says tribunal
Underling took customer on bucket list trip - and VP signed it off without checking
21 Oct 2021 10:56 | 30
Security
Research finds consumer-grade IoT devices showing up... on corporate networks
Considering the slack security of such kit, it's a perfect storm
21 Oct 2021 09:27 | 51
Boatnotes II
Ancient with a dash of modern: We joined the Royal Navy to find there's little new in naval navigation
Following the Fleet Navigating Officers' course
20 Oct 2021 08:30 | 54
Security
BlackMatter ransomware gang will target agriculture for its next harvest – Uncle Sam
What was that about hackable tractors?
19 Oct 2021 20:14 | 3
Security
Email phishing crapcannon operators TA505 are back from the dead, researchers warn
And they're packing a new dirty RAT as well
19 Oct 2021 17:15 | 8
Software
EasyJet flight loadsheet snafu caused by software 'code errors' says UK safety agency
System 'operating outside of the original design specification' said AAIB
18 Oct 2021 13:45 | 84
Bootnotes
Missouri governor demands prosecution of reporter for 'decoding HTML source code' and reporting a data breach
Salus populi suprema lex esto ... or perhaps not
15 Oct 2021 19:31 | 105
Legal
Boeing 737 Max chief technical pilot charged with deceiving US aviation regulators over MCAS
He hasn't got $2.5bn to hand to the DoJ, unlike his bosses
15 Oct 2021 16:29 | 149
Networks
German Pirate Party member claims EU plans for a GDPR-compliant Whois v2 will lead to 'doxxing and death lists'
ICANN also dislikes it but web infrastructure firms don't really mind
15 Oct 2021 12:32 | 47
Updated
3D printing site Thingiverse suffers breach of 228,000 email addresses amid sluggish disclosure
So says Have I Been Pwned's maintainer - but site claims breach only impacted 'handful of users'
14 Oct 2021 16:03 | 8
Networks
LAN traffic can be wirelessly sniffed from cables with $30 setup, says researcher
What's a long length of electrical wire? A transmitter, of course
14 Oct 2021 08:30 | 126
Legal
Judge in UK rules Amazon Ring doorbell audio recordings breach data protection laws
Relax, this isn't a binding precedent - but it puts down a marker
13 Oct 2021 20:03 | 37
Security
Ex-camera biz Olympus investigating 'suspicious' network activity again a month after ransomware hit
Plus: Extortionist gang threatens victims who talk to the press
13 Oct 2021 13:53 | 1
Bootnotes
Twitch increases bug bounty payouts after source code leak by... wait, is that it?
Reg reader sighs at 'Orwellian gig economy' sums
12 Oct 2021 17:01 | 33
Security
Apple patches 'actively exploited' iPhone zero-day with iOS 15.0.2 update
Tech breakdown and proof-of-concept code is already out there
12 Oct 2021 16:02 | 16
Security
Schools email marketing company told us to go away when we told them of exposed database creds, say infoseccers
Usernames and passwords could be read (and abused) by anyone in since fixed flaw
12 Oct 2021 09:15 | 64
Security
Russia-based criminals are still the UK's number 1 cyber-foe, NSO Group's wares a 'red flag' says NCSC chief
Chatham House speech targets non-state baddies as well as grey zone and nation states
11 Oct 2021 15:52 | 19
