Microsoft Defender 'finally' stops flagging Tor Browser as malware Just because you're paranoid… Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2023 |
Japan drives for infosec self-sufficiency – at least in one layer of deep defenses CYNEX Alliance brings industry, government, and academia together to share info and devise tools Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2023 |
Watermarking AI images to fight misinfo and deepfakes may be pretty pointless Exclusive Basically, it's 'not going to work' AI + ML02 Oct 2023 | 9
Feds hopelessly behind the times on ransomware trends in alert to industry Better late than never, we guess Cybersecurity Month02 Oct 2023 | 4
AWS stirs the MadPot – busting bot baddies and eastern espionage Interview Security exec Mark Ryland spills the tea on hush-hush threat intel tool Cyber-crime02 Oct 2023 | 4
PhD student guilty of 3D-printing 'kamikaze' drone for Islamic State terrorists 'Research purposes' excuse didn't fly Cyber-crime29 Sep 2023 | 47
Chinese snoops stole 60K State Department emails in that Microsoft email heist No classified systems involved apparently, but internal diplomatic notes, travel details, staff SSNs, etc CSO28 Sep 2023 | 3
China's national security minister rates fake news among most pressing cyber threats He's also worried about alliances that freeze out Chinese tech Security28 Sep 2023 | 7
Volkswagen stuck in neutral after 'IT disruption' Updated Factories and offices are going nowhere, fast On-Prem28 Sep 2023 | 30
Routers have been rooted by Chinese spies, US and Japan warn BlackTech crew looking to steal sensitive data traffic Software27 Sep 2023 | 8
Cryptocoin Ponzi scheme AirBit Club co-founder jailed 12 years behind bars, and ordered to forfeit $65m in illicit proceeds Legal27 Sep 2023 | 12
Twitter, aka X, tops charts for misinformation, EU official says In measure of fakery, Musk's social media biz has highest noise-to-signal ratio Off-Prem26 Sep 2023 | 96
ROBOT crypto attack on RSA is back as Marvin arrives More precise timing tests find many implementations vulnerable Research26 Sep 2023 | 9
Ukraine accuses Russian spies of hunting for war-crime info on its servers Russian have shifted tactics in the first half of 2023, with mixed results Cybersecurity Month26 Sep 2023 | 20
Mixin suspends deposits and withdrawals after $200m cryptocurrency heist Cloud provider blamed for loss of 20% of exchange's capital Cybersecurity Month25 Sep 2023 | 36
If you're cautious about using ML and bots at work, that's not a bad idea DataGrail Summit Alex Stamos: 'We don't really know what's gonna go wrong with AI yet' AI + ML22 Sep 2023 | 33
US govt IT help desk techie 'leaked top secrets' to foreign nation National defense files can earn you $55K … and espionage charges Cybersecurity Month21 Sep 2023 | 15
TransUnion reckons big dump of stolen customer data came from someone else Updated Prolific info-thief strikes again Cyber-crime21 Sep 2023 | 6
India's biggest tech centers named as cyber crime hotspots Global tech companies' Bharat offices attract the wrong sort of interest Security21 Sep 2023 | 2
Feds raise alarm over Snatch ransomware as extortion crew brags of Veterans Affairs hit Invasion of the data snatchers Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 3
Signal adopts new alphabet jumble to protect chats from quantum computers X3DH readied for retirement as PQXDH is rolled out Security20 Sep 2023 | 18
International Criminal Court hit in cyber-attack amid Russia war crimes probe Right as judges issued warrants against Putin Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 19
Singapore may split liability for phishing losses between banks and victims Won't someone please think of the banks? Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 14
Marvell disputes claim Cavium backdoored chips for Uncle Sam Allegations date back a decade to leaked Snowden docs Research19 Sep 2023 | 8
Russian allegedly smuggled US weapons electronics to Moscow Feds claim sniper scope displays sold in sanctions-busting move Cyber-crime19 Sep 2023 | 23
Australia to build six 'cyber shields' to defend its shores Local corporate regulator warns boards that cyber is totally a directorial duty Security19 Sep 2023 | 26
Thousands of Juniper Junos firewalls still open to hijacks, exploit code available to all Unauthenticated and remote code execution possible without dropping a file on disk Security18 Sep 2023 | 6
Former CIO accuses Penn State of faking cybersecurity compliance Now-NASA boffin not impressed Security18 Sep 2023 | 4
Microsoft worker accidentally exposes 38TB of sensitive data in GitHub blunder Included secrets, private keys, passwords, 30,000+ internal Teams messages Security18 Sep 2023 | 20
Gandalf chatbot security game counters privacy fireballs You shall not pass judgement, Lakera AI insists, because exposed player info was harmless AI + ML17 Sep 2023 |
Probe reveals previously secret Israeli spyware that infects targets via ads Oh s#!t, Sherlock Research16 Sep 2023 | 73
Scattered Spider traps 100+ victims in its web as it moves into ransomware Mandiant warns casino raiders are doubling down on 'monetization strategies' Cyber-crime15 Sep 2023 | 7
US-Canada water org confirms 'cybersecurity incident' after ransomware crew threatens leak NoEscape promises 'colossal wave of problems' if IJC doesn't pay up Cyber-crime15 Sep 2023 | 5
Caesars says cyber-crooks stole customer data as MGM casino outage drags on Updated Zero-days are so 2022. Why not just social engineer the help desk? Cyber-crime14 Sep 2023 | 7
Rollbar might be good at tracking bugs, uninvited guests not so much Company noticed data warehouse break-in via compromised account a month later Cyber-crime14 Sep 2023 | 2
Here's why cloud credentials are the hottest item on criminal marketplaces And they cost less than a box of donuts Cloud Infrastructure Week14 Sep 2023 | 5
Watchdog urges change of HART: Late, expensive US biometric ID under fire Homeland Security told to mind costs, fix up privacy controls Security13 Sep 2023 | 3
Uncle Sam warns deepfakes are coming for your brand and bank account No, your CEO is not on Teams asking you to transfer money Security13 Sep 2023 | 9
Cloud infrastructure security is having an identity crisis. Can CIEM help? Who's that poking around in your infrastructure? Roles, permissions, policies, and more Cloud Infrastructure Week13 Sep 2023 |
Used cars? Try used car accounts: 15,000 up for grabs online at just $2 a pop Cut and shut is so last century, now it's copy and clone Research13 Sep 2023 | 9
How to snoop on passwords with this one weird trick (involving public Wi-Fi signals) Fun technique – but how practical is it? Research13 Sep 2023 | 20
Grab those updates: Microsoft flings out fixes for already-exploited bugs Patch Tuesday Plus: Adobe and Android also tackle abused-in-the-wild flaws Patches12 Sep 2023 | 2
Save the Children hit by ransomware, 7TB stolen Updated A new low, even for these lowlifes Cyber-crime11 Sep 2023 | 11
MGM Resorts shuts down website, computer systems after 'cybersecurity incident' Ransomware? Some would be willing to bet on that Cyber-crime11 Sep 2023 | 4
Huge DDoS attack against US financial institution thwarted Akamai reckons traffic flood peaked at 55.1 million packets per second Cyber-crime11 Sep 2023 | 1
Ransomware fiends pounce on Cisco VPN brute-force zero-day flaw No patch yet – but you've got strong creds and MFA enabled anyway, yeah? Networks08 Sep 2023 | 6
Microsoft, recently busted by Beijing, thinks it's across China's ever-changing cyber-offensive Sometimes using AI to make hilariously wrong images that still drive social media engagement Security08 Sep 2023 | 13
US, UK sanction more Russians linked to Trickbot Top admin, HR managers, devs go on transatlantic deny-list Cyber-crime07 Sep 2023 | 4
Lawsuit claims Tesla corp data security is far less advanced than its cars Sueball alleges company at fault after employee info leaked, including Musk's Security07 Sep 2023 | 7
UK admits 'spy clause' can't be used for scanning encrypted chat – it's not 'feasible' Comment But don't celebrate yet ... it has simply kicked the online safety can down the road, Westminster style Security07 Sep 2023 | 95
China reportedly bans iPhones from more government offices Analysis So what? Smartphones are routinely restricted in, or excluded from, sensitive locations Security07 Sep 2023 | 19
Microsoft: China stole secret key that unlocked US govt email from crash debug dump Mistakes were made, lessons learned, stuff now fixed, says Windows maker Research06 Sep 2023 | 54
Guy who ran Bitcoins4Less tells Feds he had less than zero laundering protections What? Yogurt Monster isn't really a legitimate customer's name?! Cyber-crime06 Sep 2023 | 14
Meatbag mishaps more menacing than malware? CISOs think so Company boards, on the other hand, aren't letting cybersecurity disturb their sleep as much Research06 Sep 2023 | 6
Newport Wafer Fab blames UK government over 100 redundancies plan Forced sale of Britian's biggest semiconductor component maker creating uncertainty over its future Systems06 Sep 2023 | 15
You patched yet? Years-old Microsoft security holes still hot targets for cyber-crooks We're number one! We're number one! We're... Patches05 Sep 2023 | 15
Freecycle gives users the gift of a security breach notice Updated Change your passwords. And maybe give the recycling a miss this time Cyber-crime05 Sep 2023 | 22
Attackers accessed UK military data through high-security fencing firm's Windows 7 rig Irony, not barbed wire, cuts the deepest Cyber-crime04 Sep 2023 | 70
Northern Irish cops release 2 men after Terrorism Act arrests linked to data breach Came in wake of the force publishing their own people's data in botched FoI Security04 Sep 2023 | 27
The world seems so loopy. But at least someone's written a memory-safe sudo in Rust Turns out we can have nice things? Software02 Sep 2023 | 141
Cops drill into chat apps, sink plot to smuggle tonnes of coke into Europe Video Big blow to blighters' blow-by-the-boatload blueprint Cyber-crime02 Sep 2023 | 31
More Okta customers trapped in Scattered Spider's web Oktapus phishing campaign criminals are back in action Cyber-crime01 Sep 2023 |