Rackspace literally decimates workforce: One in ten staffers let go this week
Updated 85% of those jobs will be rehired, just in cheaper countries
23 Jul 2021 | 24
Iain is The Register's US news editor, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also covers computer security, and other topics.
Cloudstar – IT provider for real estate, finance, insurance worlds – downed by ransomware
In Brief Plus: Telegram security probed, CISA boss confirmed, and more
19 Jul 2021 | 5
Microsoft, Google, Citizen Lab blow lid off zero-day bug-exploiting spyware sold to governments
Analysis 100+ dissidents, politicians, journos targeted by Israeli espionage toolkit
16 Jul 2021 | 61
SonicWall suggests people unplug their end-of-life gateways under 'active attack' by ransomware crims
Redeploy in circular filing cabinet if you cannot patch
15 Jul 2021 | 16
So nice of China to put all of its network zero-day vulns in one giant database no one will think to break into
We sum up Middle Kingdom's massive crackdown on bug reports
15 Jul 2021 | 29
What follows Patch Tuesday? Exploit Wednesday. Grab this bumper batch of security updates from Microsoft
Four flaws already being abused in the wild to compromise victims
14 Jul 2021 | 16
REvil ransomware gang's websites vanish soon after Kaseya fiasco, Uncle Sam threatens retaliation
Has the US just had enough, or is it just a strategic retreat?
13 Jul 2021 | 25
Twitter U-turns after conferring society's highest honor – a blue check mark – on very obvious bot accounts
Inside job? Human error? Social network says it made a mistake
13 Jul 2021 | 15
With a straight face, Putin agrees to do something about ransomware coming out of Russia, apparently
In brief Plus: Beware bogus crypto-mining phone apps, and more
12 Jul 2021 | 39
SolarWinds issues software update – one it wrote for a change – to patch hole exploited in the wild
'Single threat actor' already abusing RCE flaw, Microsoft reports
12 Jul 2021 | 9
Three-dozen US states plus DC sue Google over Play Store's revenue cut, payment system, and more
Chocolate Factory rolls its eyes at 'meritless' antitrust lawsuit
08 Jul 2021 | 12
Biden to sign exec order calling for right-to-repair rules for farmers, maybe rest of us
I've got a brand new combine harvester an' I'll give you the firmware update key
07 Jul 2021 | 19
IT management biz Kaseya's VSA abused to infect businesses with ransomware
In brief Plus: Cops seize 3D printers 'used to print guns', and more bits and bytes
03 Jul 2021 | 34
SolarWinds backdoor gang pwns Microsoft support agent to turn sights on customers
In brief Plus: Amazon gobbles Wickr, automakers cough to privacy blunders, and more
26 Jun 2021 | 4
John McAfee dead: Antivirus tycoon killed himself in prison after court OK'd extradition, says lawyer
British-American infosec renegade faced trial in America for tax evasion
23 Jun 2021 | 172
Dozens of Iranian media websites devoured by the Great Satan, apparently
Updated Anonymous US intelligence sources: Yes, we did it
22 Jun 2021 | 57
Ex-NSA bigwig Chris Inglis appointed America's national cyber director by Senate
In brief Plus: Impact of ransomware payments, CVS database not secured
21 Jun 2021 | 5
GPRS-era mobile data encryption algorithm GEA/1 was 'weak by design', still lingers in today's phones
Just in case you travel back in time to 1998
17 Jun 2021 | 22
When security gets physical: Mossad boss hints at less-than-subtle Stuxnet followup
In brief Plus: Alleged Trickbot developer cuffed by US agents
15 Jun 2021 | 11
It's safe to leave your bunker: Blame that Chinese nuclear plant alarm on fuel rod faults
Analysis Meltdown over a non-meltdown
15 Jun 2021 | 24
Y'all ready to get back to the office this October, Facebook tells staff in the US
Sure, you can apply to work from home in the middle of nowhere, just don't expect Silicon Valley pay
10 Jun 2021 | 15
Ohio Attorney General asks courts to declare Google a public utility
Yup, just a Republican wanting a private business to be subjected to more government regulation
09 Jun 2021 | 15
Extra urgency in June's Patch Tuesday: Microsoft warns six more bugs are being exploited
Patch Tuesday Adobe, Intel, SAP, Android emit vulnerability fixes, too
09 Jun 2021 | 1
FBI paid renegade developer $180k for backdoored AN0M chat app that brought down drug underworld
From hidden master keys to pineapples stuffed with Bolivian marching powder — this story has it all
08 Jun 2021 | 133
