Google halts purge of legacy ad blockers and other Chrome Extensions, again Manifest V2 will die another day Personal Tech01 Apr 2023 |
British govt tech supplier Capita crippled by 'IT issue' Earning that nickname all over again Off-Prem31 Mar 2023 | 4
NYPD blues: Cops ignored 93 percent of surveillance law rules Who watches the watchmen? The Office of the Inspector General Security31 Mar 2023 |
Psst! Infosec bigwigs: Wanna be head of security at HM Treasury for £50k? Juicy private sector job vs … money off a season travel ticket Security31 Mar 2023 | 53
Pro-Russia cyber gang Winter Vivern puts US, Euro lawmakers in line of fire Winter is coming for NATO countries Security31 Mar 2023 | 9
Leaked IT contractor files detail Kremlin's stockpile of cyber-weapons Snowden-esque 'Vulkan' dossier links Moscow firm to FSB, GRU, SRV Research31 Mar 2023 | 24
Azure blunder left Bing results editable, MS 365 accounts potentially exposed 'BingBang' boo-boo affected other internal Microsoft apps, too Security30 Mar 2023 | 10
Cloud Security Alliance VP: Database security boils down to these three things Interview Here's how not to end up in their next report as a cautionary tale Spotlight on Databases30 Mar 2023 |
Malware disguised as Tor browser steals $400k in cryptocash Beware of third party downloads Security30 Mar 2023 |
China urges Apple to improve security and privacy It's a juicy market that welcomes foreign investment, National development boss reminds Tim Cook Security29 Mar 2023 | 6
US cyber spymaster calls TikTok China's 'Trojan horse' It's not a smoking gun, it's 'a loaded gun' suggests NSA's Rob Joyce Personal Tech29 Mar 2023 | 30
AWS security exec: You don't want to win this database popularity contest Interview Data guarding requires better 'education, better technology, and better automation' Spotlight on Databases28 Mar 2023 | 7
President Biden kind of mostly bans commercial spyware from US govt Executive order has loopholes for Uncle Sam's snoop tools and American-made code Cyber-crime28 Mar 2023 | 15
Lawyers cough up $200k after health data stolen in Microsoft Exchange pillaging In addition to $100k given to LockBit Security27 Mar 2023 | 8
Gone in 120 seconds: Tesla Model 3 child's play for hackers In brief Plus OIG finds Uncle Sam fibbed over Login.gov Research27 Mar 2023 | 36
When it comes to database security it's down to people, not tech fixes, to save the day Interview Get your staff and processes lined up and ready to go Spotlight on Databases27 Mar 2023 | 5
France bans all recreational apps – including TikTok – from government devices Meanwhile the US contemplates drastic action Personal Tech27 Mar 2023 | 42
French parliament says oui to AI surveillance for 2024 Paris Olympics Liberté, égalité, reconnaissance faciale for all Security24 Mar 2023 | 46
Uncle Sam reveals it sent cyber-soldiers to Albania to hunt for Iranian threats 'Hunt forward' teams of this sort aid with defense and learn how attackers like Tehran operate Security24 Mar 2023 | 8
Critical infrastructure gear is full of flaws, but hey, at least it's certified Security researchers find bugs, big and small, in every industrial box probed CSO23 Mar 2023 | 20
OpenAI CEO 'feels awful' after ChatGPT leaks conversations, payment info Updated Delayed mea culpa isn't a good look for a biz with 'open' in the name AI + ML23 Mar 2023 | 31
Bogus ChatGPT extension steals Facebook cookies All aboard the chatbot hype train! Next stop: Fraud Cyber-crime23 Mar 2023 | 9
South Korea fines McDonald's for data leak from raw SMB share British American Tobacco, Samsung, also burgered up their infosec Security23 Mar 2023 | 2
Cisco kindly reveals proof of concept attacks for flaws in rival Netgear's kit Maybe this is deserved given the problem's in a hidden telnet service Research22 Mar 2023 | 24
Microsoft freaks out users with Windows 11 warning: 'LSA protection is off' Alerts telling folks their 'device may be vulnerable' triggered by KB5007651 OSes22 Mar 2023 | 50
Unknown actors deploy malware to steal data in occupied regions of Ukraine If this is Kyiv's work, Russia can Crimea river Security22 Mar 2023 | 25
India's absurd infosec reporting rules get just 15 followers CERT-In was told its six-hour notification requirement was a bad idea – now it knows just how bad Security22 Mar 2023 | 3
Xi, Putin declare intent to rule the world of AI, infosec 'Technological sovereignty is the key to sustainability' states Russian despot Security22 Mar 2023 | 23
BreachForums shuts down ... but the RaidForums cybercrime universe will likely spawn a trilogy Admins decide reviving crime-mart is dangerous, hint at new chapter Cyber-crime22 Mar 2023 | 2
No reliable way to detect AI-generated text, boffins sigh This article was not written by a computer, not that you could tell for sure either way AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 59
You just gonna take that AWS? Let Microsoft school your users on cloud security? And Google Cloud is next CSO21 Mar 2023 | 3
Ex-Meta security staffer accuses Greece of spying on her phone Beware of Greeks bearing GIFs Security21 Mar 2023 | 26
Putin to staffers: Throw out your iPhones, or 'give it to the kids' April Fools should use Russian or Chinese tech instead, Kremlin advises Security21 Mar 2023 | 38
Google suspends top Chinese shopping app Pinduoduo Alleges it’s infected with malware – but not the version in its own digital tat bazaar Security21 Mar 2023 | 4
Australian FinTech takes itself offline to deal with cyber incident that caused data leak Latitude blames a 'major vendor' for its woes. Is that a vendor? A cloud? Whoever they are, they're in trouble Cyber-crime21 Mar 2023 | 4
Ferrari in a spin as crims steal a car-load of customer data Speeds away from the very suggestion it would ever pay a ransom Cyber-crime21 Mar 2023 | 8
You've been pwned, how much will each stolen customer SSN cost you? How about $7.5k? At the very least, with other costs on top Cyber-crime18 Mar 2023 | 16
Google: Turn off Wi-Fi calling, VoLTE to protect your Android from Samsung hijack bugs Four flaws open mobiles, cars to remote-control at baseband level with just a phone number Patches17 Mar 2023 | 39
Eufy security cams 'ignore cloud opt-out, store unique IDs' of anyone who walks by Gadget maker accused of 'corporate voyeurism' by gathering up footage against your wishes Security17 Mar 2023 | 59
Here's how Chinese cyber spies exploited a critical Fortinet bug Looks to be the same baddies attacking VMware hypervisors last year Security17 Mar 2023 | 6
The npm registry's safe word is Socket Exclusive GitHub's JavaScript failings are someone else's opportunity Devops16 Mar 2023 | 8
Google taps Fastly to make cookie-free adtech FLEDGE fly Online ad colossus hopes it can still make money when users want privacy Personal Tech16 Mar 2023 | 31
Microsoft pauses delayed partner ecosystem security update to count its money Active Directory privilege de-escalation will run for nine days in May before taking June off Channel16 Mar 2023 | 2
Cancer patient sues hospital after ransomware gang leaks her nude medical photos Victim offered two years of credit monitoring after highly sensitive records dumped online Security15 Mar 2023 | 36
SVB collapse's mix of money, urgency and uncertainty makes it irresistible to scammers Phishing, dodgy domain names, and sophisticated attacks already deployed Security15 Mar 2023 | 1
Microsoft: Patch this severe Outlook bug that Russian miscreants exploited Patch Tuesday Plus: Fixes for SAP, Adobe. Android, Chrome Patches14 Mar 2023 | 37
Microsoft squashes Windows bug exploited to inflict ransomware misery Not-so-smart SmartScreen flagged up by Googlers Patches14 Mar 2023 | 5
UK refreshes national security plan to stop more of China's secret-stealing cyber-tricks A threat that needs two orgs to tackle it: the 'Integrated Security Fund' and the 'National Protective Security Authority' CSO14 Mar 2023 | 39
Meta winds down NFTs but will continue token efforts 'We're looking closely at what we prioritize to increase our focus' – which increasingly means staving off TikTok Software14 Mar 2023 | 14
LockBit brags: We'll leak thousands of SpaceX blueprints stolen from supplier And also, Ring hit with ransomware, too? No, says Amazon Cyber-crime13 Mar 2023 | 19
Pentagon whistleblower Ellsberg given months to live Comment The man leaking vital data before it was fashionable Bootnotes13 Mar 2023 | 16
What happens if you 'cover up' a ransomware infection? For Blackbaud, a $3m charge File under cost of doing business CSO10 Mar 2023 | 9
FBI and international cops catch a NetWire RAT Malware-seekers were diverted to the Feds, severing a Croatian connection Cyber-crime10 Mar 2023 | 4
GitHub rolls out mandatory 2FA for loads of devs next week Engineers who contribute to public projects told to enroll Software09 Mar 2023 | 11
AT&T blames marketing bods for exposing 9M accounts Says it was old and boring data, so that's OK, then ... Security09 Mar 2023 | 8
Suspected Chinese cyber spies target unpatched SonicWall devices They've been lurking in networks since at least 2021 Security09 Mar 2023 | 2
Microsoft's scythe hovers over RPS for Exchange Online Remote PowerShell Protocol users must shift into PowerShell v3 module Software08 Mar 2023 |
Acer confirms server intrusion after miscreant offers 160GB cache of stolen files Customer info safe, or so we're told Cyber-crime08 Mar 2023 | 4
German 5G network ban said to loom for Huawei and ZTE Playing catch-up with Western allies, federal government to initiate rip 'n replace for mobile operators Networks07 Mar 2023 | 36
Pro-Putin scammers trick politicians and celebrities into low-tech hoax video calls Who needs deepfakes when you've got makeup and 'element of surprise'? Security07 Mar 2023 | 13
DoppelPaymer ransomware suspects cuffed, alleged ringleaders escape Millions extorted from victims, one attack left hospital patient dead Cyber-crime06 Mar 2023 | 4