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Us? Pwn SolarWinds? With our reputation? Russian spy chief makes laughable denial of supply chain attack

Hint: He doesn't care if you personally think it's rubbish, and here's why

18 May 17:42 | 2

Business-intelligence-company-turned-Bitcoin-addict MicroStrategy grabs another $10m crypto-coin fix

Who's recommending investment? The man who already has a $1bn stake

The UK loves cybersecurity so much, it's going to regulate managed service providers' infosec practices in law

And you're invited to speak your brains on Computer Misuse Act changes

18 May 15:03 | 7

1Password unsheathes Rusty key, hopes to unlock Linux Desktop world

Tries to tempt penguins with Ring Crypto

18 May 13:30 | 9

Latest phones are great at thwarting Wi-Fi tracking. Other devices, not so much – study

Boffins find increasing MAC address randomization protection with mobiles

18 May 07:29 | 9

Eufycam Wi-Fi security cameras streamed video feeds from other people's homes

Plus: Biden's order on security, US govt acquiring data on citizens, and more

17 May 19:58 | 5

Axa insurance offshoots pwned as Ireland reveals second ransomware hit

Dept of Health unsuccessfully targeted in same attack against hospitals

17 May 15:37 | 12

We'd love to report on the outcome of the CREST exam cheatsheet probe, but UK infosec body won't publish it

Why? It might reveal whistleblowers' names...

17 May 10:47 | 22

Mammoth grab of GP patient data in the UK set to benefit private-sector market access as rules remain unchanged

No policy shakeup to deal with snatch of info from primary physicians

17 May 09:18 | 36

Apple sent my data to the FBI, says boss of controversial research paper trove Sci-Hub

Former Sun boss Scott McNealy offers interesting response

17 May 07:57 | 72

Singapore bolsters Bluetooth contact-tracing as new COVID wave sends students and workers home again

TraceTogether app becomes primary tracking tool and compulsory in many settings

China signals dissatisfaction with gig economy impact on ride-share drivers

Also puts brakes on data collection by carmakers

17 May 01:00 | 13

Free SANS Cyber Security Summits: Sign up now, learn online, keep your network safe

Sometimes you need to lift yourself out of the cybersec trenches and look up to the summit

Tor users, beware: 'Scheme flooding' technique may be used to deanonymize you

By probing for installed apps with custom URL schemes, it's possible to build a 32-bit unique fingerprint

14 May 13:32 | 34

Hospitals cancel outpatient appointments as Irish health service struck by ransomware

Russia-based criminals pick soft target in hope of easy gains

14 May 11:45 | 28

NHS-backed org reacted to GitHub leak disclosure with legal threats and police call, complains IT pro

Retention of now-deleted security breach evidence sparks spat

14 May 10:02 | 101

Cloudflare launches campaign to ‘end the madness’ of CAPTCHAs

Testing dongle-driven ‘Cryptographic Attestation of Personhood’ and WebAuthn as alternative

14 May 03:29 | 106

Ransomware victim Colonial Pipeline paid $5m to get oil pumping again, restored from backups anyway – report

Anonymous sources get into war-by-media counterbriefing

13 May 17:44 | 76

Colonial Pipeline was looking to hire cybersecurity manager before ransomware attack shut down operations

Good luck to whoever got that gig

13 May 12:35 | 26

Oops, says Manchester City Council after thousands of number plates exposed in parking ticket spreadsheet

They are personal data, you know. Wait – you did know that, right?

13 May 10:01 | 82

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Apple sent my data to the FBI, says boss of controversial research paper trove Sci-Hub

Former Sun boss Scott McNealy offers interesting response

The future is now, old man: Let the young guns show how to properly cock things up

We'd love to report on the outcome of the CREST exam cheatsheet probe, but UK infosec body won't publish it

Why? It might reveal whistleblowers' names...

Apple announces lossless HD audio at no extra cost, then Amazon Music does too. The ball is now in Spotify's court

You can't hear the difference anyway

Mammoth grab of GP patient data in the UK set to benefit private-sector market access as rules remain unchanged

No policy shakeup to deal with snatch of info from primary physicians

Microsoft sheds some light on perplexing Outlook blank email incident: Word was to blame

Office 365 users learn that Microsoft can make or break their productivity every 4 hours

Oracle sues Envisage claiming unauthorized database use amid licensing crackdown

Fiscal year end forecast: Cloudy with a chance of litigation

Space is hard: Rocket Lab's 20th Electron launch fails

Firm working with FAA to 'investigate the anomaly' after second stage sputters

China signals dissatisfaction with gig economy impact on ride-share drivers

Also puts brakes on data collection by carmakers

When the chips are down, Intel's biggest gamble isn't what to do – it's whom to do it with

Trade you architecture and production tricks for lithography and yield plans?

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When it comes to cybersecurity, there's always time for summer school or winter training

Get ready for SANS Institute's biggest ever Asia-Pacific training event

Apple's Find My network can be abused to leak secrets to the outside world via passing devices

You gotta work hard for those three-bytes-a-second transfers, though

12 May 20:28 | 13

Happy to pay out to ransomware masterminds? Yup, we thought so

Join us online and learn about modern extortionware and how to frustrate it

Britain to spend £22m influencing Indo-Pacific nations' cybersecurity policies against 'authoritarian regimes'

So says Foreign Secretary in lacklustre speech to NCSC faithful

12 May 12:15 | 26

Blessed are the cryptographers, labelling them criminal enablers is just foolish

Preserving privacy is hard. I know because when I tried, I quickly learned not to play with weapons

12 May 07:31 | 168

Beijing twirls ban-hammer at 84 more apps it says need to stop slurping excess data

Online lending apps and more given fifteen days to ‘rectify’ behaviour

12 May 05:19 | 7

South Korea orders urgent review of energy infrastructure cybersecurity

No prizes for guessing why, as Colonial Pipeline outage stretches patience and looks like lasting a week

12 May 03:38 | 11

Tech industry quietly patches FragAttacks Wi-Fi flaws that leak data, weaken security

Dozen design, implementation blunders date back 24 years

12 May 00:58 | 4

SolarWinds CEO describes overhauled Orion build system after that 'very small, unique' security breach

'This can happen to anybody. There's always learning in any crisis. And we were no exception'

11 May 19:59 | 14

Microsoft emits more fixes for Exchange Server plus patches for remote-code exec holes in HTTP stack, Visual Studio

Plus: Grab your updates for Adobe, SAP, Android, Intel

11 May 19:08 | 14

UK's Computer Misuse Act to be reviewed, says Home Secretary as she condemns ransomware payoffs

Priti Patel doesn't say a word about encryption, though

11 May 16:00 | 20

NHS App gets go-ahead for vaccine passport use despite protest from privacy groups

Big Brother Watch warns app contains too much sensitive medical information

11 May 15:15 | 51

App Tracking: Apps plead for users to press allow, but 85% of Apple iOS consumers are not opting in

The data is in: most users do not opt in to third-party tracking

11 May 13:45 | 44

Compsci boffin publishes proof-of-concept code for 54-year-old zero-day in Universal Turing Machine

Patch your devi... oh, hang on a sec

11 May 09:15 | 57

Train operator phlunks phishing test by teasing employees with non-existent COVID bonus

Someone at West Midlands Trains approved nasty cybersecurity drill

11 May 07:58 | 153

Tencent research team scores free powerups for electric cars with Raspberry Pi-powered X-in-the-middle attack

Another auto-exploit saw rPi push Telegram messages over CAN bus to brick a car

11 May 04:04 | 8

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