CyberBattleSim: Microsoft's open-source Holodeck in which autonomous attackers, defenders battle it out
Very 2021 to have AI bots fight in simulated networks for our entertainment (and science)
09 Apr 2021 |
Iain is The Register's US news editor, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also covers computer security, and other topics.
Belgian police seize 28 tons of cocaine after 'cracking' Sky ECC's chat app encryption
Euro cops take $1.65bn of blow off the streets after poring over messages
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Remember AMD, Xilinx were merging? Shareholders give thumbs up to $35bn deal
Let's see what the regulators say
08 Apr 2021 | 3
'Anomalous surge in DNS queries' knocked Microsoft's cloud off the web last week
in Brief Plus: Top universities hit by data-stealing extortionists
06 Apr 2021 | 5
Patch alert for Apple fans: Cybercrooks have already been exploiting this flaw in iPhones, iPads, and watches
In brief Plus: Did Google expose a Western spying op? Who cares? You're safer
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Teenage Twitter hijacker gets three years in the clink over celeb Bitcoin scamming
In Brief Plus: Exchange and SolarWinds autopatch tools and shocking news!
22 Mar 2021 | 10
Exchange flaws could be much worse than thought: Six hacking groups suspected of using the zero days pre-patch
In brief Plus: Verkada flaw finder cuffed and Apple boss may have leaked secrets
15 Mar 2021 | 11
SolarWinds just keeps getting worse: New strain of backdoor malware found in probe
In brief Plus: McAfee's in serious trouble over claimed cryptocurrency scam
08 Mar 2021 | 23
Mobile spyware fan Saudi Crown Prince accused by US intel of Khashoggi death
In Brief Plus: Critical Cisco flaw, NSA advice, and someone hacked Gab?
01 Mar 2021 | 21
Brave browser leaks visited Tor .onion addresses in DNS traffic, fix released after bug hunter raises alarm
In brief Plus: IBM's lawyers hacked, Kia denies ransomware hit, France declares war on hackers, and more
22 Feb 2021 | 12
Citibank accidentally wired $500m back to lenders in user-interface super-gaffe – and judge says it can't be undone
Press space or click mouse to continue ...wait, not yet, doh!
19 Feb 2021 | 138
Big Tech workers prefer 3 days at home, 2 in the office. We ask Reg readers: What's your home-office balance?
Poll Little love for a return to the five-days-on-campus week, Blind survey shows
19 Feb 2021 | 96
Let's Encrypt completes huge upgrade, can now rip and replace 200 million security certs in 'worst case scenario'
In brief Plus: SentinelOne picks up Scalyr, fatal flaws in TCP, and a view on Supermicro
15 Feb 2021 | 22
Hacked by SolarWinds backdoor masterminds, Mimecast now lays off staff after profit surge
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07 Feb 2021 | 15
Countless emails wrongly blocked as spam after Cisco's SpamCop failed to renew domain name at the weekend
In brief Plus: Second ransomware operation in the sights of Uncle Sam – and the insurance industry under fire for fueling extortionware rise
01 Feb 2021 | 7
North Korea infected infosec bods with backdoors via dodgy blog pages, Visual Studio files – Google
Security eggheads discover their PCs chatting with Kim Jong Un's hackers
26 Jan 2021 | 19
ADT techie admits he peeked into women's home security cams thousands of times to watch them undress, have sex
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23 Jan 2021 | 64
Judge denies Parler an injunction to force AWS to host the antisocial network for internet outcasts
Deplatformed again, huh? Maybe take the hint
21 Jan 2021 | 147
Hallowed Bugtraq infosec list killed then resurrected over the weekend: We heard your feedback, says Accenture
In brief Plus: Watch out for NTFS-corrupting folder, Mimecast hack, and more
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SolarWinds takes a leaf out of Zoom's book, hires A-Team of Stamos and Krebs to sort out its security woes
In Brief The week's other security news
11 Jan 2021 | 9
French integrator-cum-outsourcing biz Atos confirms bid for DXC Technology
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SolarWinds releases known attack timeline, new data suggests hackers may have done a dummy run last year
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21 Dec 2020 | 20
You can be my wingbot any time – US military successfully runs AI system on spy plane
Plus: Video of drone swarm formation flying through a forest
20 Dec 2020 | 27
Microsoft is designing its own Arm-based data-center server, PC chips – report
WinTel alliance weakens further
18 Dec 2020 | 40
