Miscreants fling booby-trapped Office files at victims, no patch yet, says Microsoft
ActiveX and MSHTML, the gift that keeps on giving ... to intruders
07 Sep 2021 | 31
Iain is The Register's US news editor, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also covers computer security, and other topics.
Branson (in a) pickle: FAA grounds Virgin Galactic flights after billionaire's space trip veered off course
Biz defends 'safe and successful' ride
03 Sep 2021 | 46
Can we talk about Kevin McCarthy promising revenge if Big Tech aids probe into January insurrection?
'A Republican majority will not forget'
02 Sep 2021 | 128
Google delays back-to-office recall until at least 2022
Chocolate Factory says never-ending pandemic threw spanner in October plan
31 Aug 2021 | 6
US officials, experts fear China ransacked Exchange servers for data to train AI systems
In brief Plus: T-Mobile US apologizes, security holes found in medical pumps, and more
31 Aug 2021 | 6
Good news: Japanese boffins 3D print what looks like marbled Wagyu beef. Bad news: It's tiny and inedible
Still, that'll be 100 quid, please
27 Aug 2021 | 43
Smoking smartphone sparks emergency evacuation of Alaska Airlines jet, two taken to hospital
In battery containment bags we trust
24 Aug 2021 | 36
Samsung: We will remotely brick smart TVs looted from our warehouse
Terminally dumb tellies now ... if they switch on the Wi-Fi
24 Aug 2021 | 180
Cop drone crashes into flight instructor's airplane
The plod needs a lesson in keeping air traffic controllers in the loop, it seems
23 Aug 2021 | 28
Poly Network says it's got pretty much all of that $610m in stolen crypto-coins back
'I'm quitting the show' says mystery thief
23 Aug 2021 | 19
Razer ponders how to fix installer that grants admin powers if you plug in a mouse
In brief Plus: Cloudflare tackles huge DDoS attack, Apple and CSAM, and more
23 Aug 2021 | 36
CES to require proof-of-vaccination at 2022 tech mega-conference
Because what happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas
18 Aug 2021 | 2
T-Mobile US probes claims of 100m stolen customer records up for sale on dark web
In brief Confirms unauthorized access to 'some T-Mobile data.' Plus: Signal expands auto-deleting messages, SIM-swap thief pleads guilty, and more
16 Aug 2021 | 7
Starliner takes off ... back to the factory and not space
This isn't Boeing very well, is it?
13 Aug 2021 | 49
Facebook now says it won't recall staff to its offices until 2022 due to delta variant
It's the Social distancing Network™
13 Aug 2021 | 8
Black Hat security conference returns to Las Vegas – complete with hacks to quiet the hotel guest from hell
In Brief And a very scary story of a job that went from white hat to murky shades of gray in the United Arab Emirates
09 Aug 2021 | 8
Microsoft to require proof of vaccination from on-site staff, pushes back full reopening
Unless your doctor or god says you can't have the jab
04 Aug 2021 | 169
Google says Pixel 6, 6 Pro coming this year with custom AI acceleration
For now, tedious Apple-grade teasing
02 Aug 2021 | 15
DEF CON offers beginner-level Spot the Fed this year: He'll be on stage giving a keynote
In brief Plus: Microsoft responds to another NTLM relay attack technique, and more
26 Jul 2021 | 5
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 | 52
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
