The NHS security culture problem is a crisis years in the making Analysis Insiders say board members must be held accountable and drive positive change from the top down CSO10 Mar 2025 | 29
Strap in, get ready for more Rust drivers in Linux kernel Likening memory safety bugs to smallpox may not soothe sensitive C coders OSes10 Mar 2025 | 70
Developer sabotaged ex-employer with kill switch activated when he was let go IsDavisLuEnabledInActiveDirectory? Not any more. IsDavisLuGuilty? Yes. IsDavisLuFacingJail? Also yes Bootnotes08 Mar 2025 | 79
Feds name and charge alleged Silk Typhoon spies behind years of China-on-US attacks Xi's freelance infosec warriors apparently paid up to $75K to crack a single American inbox Cyber-crime06 Mar 2025 | 4
Ex-NSA grandee says Trump's staff cuts will 'devastate' America's national security Video Would 'destroy a pipeline of top talent essential for hunting' Chinese spies in US networks, Congress told Public Sector05 Mar 2025 | 57
China's Silk Typhoon, tied to US Treasury break-in, now hammers IT and govt targets Updated They're good at zero-day exploits, too Public Sector05 Mar 2025 | 17
VMware splats guest-to-hypervisor escape bugs already exploited in wild The heap overflow zero-day in the memory unsafe code by Miss Creant Virtualization04 Mar 2025 | 8
It's bad enough we have to turn on cams for meetings, now the person staring at you may be an AI deepfake Says the biz trying to sell us stuff to catch that, admittedly AI + ML04 Mar 2025 | 18
So … Russia no longer a cyber threat to America? Comment Mixed messages from Pentagon, CISA as Trump gets pally with Putin and Kremlin strikes US critical networks Public Sector04 Mar 2025 | 218
Cybersecurity not the hiring-'em-like-hotcakes role it once was Analysis Ghost positions, HR AI no help – biz should talk to infosec staff and create 'realistic' job outline, say experts CSO03 Mar 2025 | 15
C++ creator calls for help to defend programming language from 'serious attacks' Bjarne Stroustrup wants standards body to respond to memory-safety push as Rust monsters lurk at the door Software02 Mar 2025 | 213
Incoming deputy boss of Homeland Security says America's top cyber-agency needs to be reined in Plus: New figurehead of DOGE emerges and they aren't called Elon Public Sector26 Feb 2025 | 37
Drug-screening biz DISA took a year to disclose security breach affecting millions If there's something nasty on your employment record, extortion scum could come calling Cyber-crime26 Feb 2025 | 5
Xi know what you did last summer: China was all up in Republicans' email, says book Of course, Microsoft is in the mix, isn't it Cyber-crime25 Feb 2025 | 29
How nice that state-of-the-art LLMs reveal their reasoning ... for miscreants to exploit Analysis Blueprints shared for jail-breaking models that expose their chain-of-thought process AI + ML25 Feb 2025 | 30
Google binning SMS MFA at last and replacing it with QR codes Everyone knew texted OTPs were a dud back in 2016 CSO25 Feb 2025 | 105
Linux royalty backs adoption of Rust for kernel code, says its rise is inevitable Final update Nobody wants memory bugs. Penguinistas continue debate on how to squish 'em OSes21 Feb 2025 | 178
Trump’s DoD CISO pick previously faced security clearance suspension Hey, at least Katie Arrington brings a solid resume Public Sector19 Feb 2025 | 13
Time to make C the COBOL of this century Opinion Lions juggling chainsaws are fun to watch, but you wouldn't want them trimming your trees CSO18 Feb 2025 | 222
If you dread a Microsoft Teams invite, just wait until it turns out to be a Russian phish Roses aren't cheap, violets are dear, now all your access token are belong to Vladimir CSO15 Feb 2025 | 27
SonicWall firewalls now under attack: Patch ASAP or risk intrusion via your SSL VPN updated Roses are red, violets are blue, CVE-2024-53704 is sweet for a ransomware crew Networks14 Feb 2025 | 9
More victims of China's Salt Typhoon crew emerge: Telcos just now hit via Cisco bugs Networks in US and beyond compromised by Beijing's super-snoops pulling off priv-esc attacks Networks13 Feb 2025 | 5
Mysterious Palo Alto firewall reboots? You're not alone Limited-edition hotfix to get wider release before end of month Networks13 Feb 2025 | 6
Feds want devs to stop coding 'unforgivable' buffer overflow vulnerabilities FBI, CISA harrumph at Microsoft and VMware in call for coders to quit baking avoidable defects into stuff CSO13 Feb 2025 | 75
Sophos sheds 6% of staff after swallowing Secureworks De-dupes some roles, hints others aren't needed as the infosec scene shifts CSO13 Feb 2025 | 7
Trump’s cyber chief pick has little experience in The Cyber GOP lawyer Sean Cairncross will be learning on the fly, as we also say hi to new intelligence boss Tulsi Gabbard Public Sector12 Feb 2025 | 54
Probe finds US Coast Guard has left maritime cybersecurity adrift Numerous systemic vulnerabilities could scuttle $5.4T industry Public Sector11 Feb 2025 | 13
Yup, AMD's Elba and Giglio definitely sound like they work corporate security Which is why Cisco is adding these Pensando DPUs to more switches Networks11 Feb 2025 | 3
I'm a security expert, and I almost fell for a North Korea-style deepfake job applicant …Twice Remote position, webcam not working, then glitchy AI face ... Red alert! CSO11 Feb 2025 | 82
If Ransomware Inc was a company, its 2024 results would be a horror show 35% drop in payments across the year as your backups got better and law enforcement made a difference CSO07 Feb 2025 | 2
Federal judge tightens DOGE leash over critical Treasury payment system access Final update Lawsuit: 'Scale of intrusion into individuals' privacy is massive and unprecedented' Public Sector06 Feb 2025 | 28
Democrats demand to know WTF is up with that DOGE server on OPM's network Updated Are you trying to make this easy for China and Russia? Public Sector06 Feb 2025 | 153
Mixing Rust and C in Linux likened to cancer by kernel maintainer Updated Some worry multiple languages will make it harder to maintain this open source uber-project, others disagree Software05 Feb 2025 | 127
Abandoned AWS S3 buckets can be reused in supply-chain attacks that would make SolarWinds look 'insignificant' When cloud customers don't clean up after themselves, part 97 CSO04 Feb 2025 | 33
What does it mean to build in security from the ground up? Systems Approach As if secure design is the only bullet point in a list of software engineering best practices CSO02 Feb 2025 | 12
Another banner year for ransomware gangs despite takedowns by the cops And it doesn't take a crystal ball to predict the future Cyber-crime31 Jan 2025 | 6
Guess who left a database wide open, exposing chat logs, API keys, and more? Yup, DeepSeek Oh someone's in DeepShi... CSO30 Jan 2025 | 71
North Koreans clone open source projects to plant backdoors, steal credentials Stealing crypto is so 2024. Supply-chain attacks leading to data exfil pays off better? Devops29 Jan 2025 | 2
Why is my Mitel phone DDoSing strangers? Oh, it was roped into a new Mirai botnet And now you won't stop calling me, I'm kinda busy CSO29 Jan 2025 | 4
Spending watchdog blasts UK govt over sloth-like progress to shore up IT defenses Think government cybersecurity is bad? Guess again. It’s alarmingly so Public Sector29 Jan 2025 | 13
The curious story of Uncle Sam's HR dept, a hastily set up email server, and fears of another cyber disaster Lawsuit challenges effort to create federal-wide centralized inbox expected to be used for mass firings CSO29 Jan 2025 | 57
US freezes foreign aid, halting cybersecurity defense and policy funds for allies Updated Uncle Sam will 'no longer blindly dole out money,' State Dept says Public Sector27 Jan 2025 | 86
Someone is slipping a hidden backdoor into Juniper routers across the globe, activated by a magic packet Who could be so interested in chips, manufacturing, and more, in the US, UK, Europe, Russia... Networks25 Jan 2025 | 78
Who is DDoSing you? Rivals, probably, or cheesed-off users Plus: 'Largest-ever' duff traffic tsunami clocks in at 5.6 Tbps Networks23 Jan 2025 | 7
Infosec was literally the last item in Trump's policy plan, yet major changes are likely on his watch Feature Everyone agrees defense matters. How to do it is up for debate CSO22 Jan 2025 | 20
Ransomware scum make it personal for Reg readers by impersonating tech support That invitation to a Teams call on which IT promises to mop up a spamstorm may not be what it seems CSO22 Jan 2025 | 18
Sage Copilot grounded briefly to fix AI misbehavior 'Minor issue' with showing accounting customers 'unrelated business information' required repairs AI + ML20 Jan 2025 | 23
OpenAI's ChatGPT crawler can be tricked into DDoSing sites, answering your queries The S in LLM stands for Security AI + ML19 Jan 2025 | 31
FCC to telcos: By law you must secure your networks from foreign spies. Get on it Plus: Uncle Sam is cross with this one Chinese biz over Salt Typhoon mega-snooping CSO17 Jan 2025 | 29
Biden signs sweeping cybersecurity order, just in time for Trump to gut it Analysis Ransomware, AI, secure software, digital IDs – there's something for everyone in the presidential directive Public Sector17 Jan 2025 | 40
Just as your LLM once again goes off the rails, Cisco, Nvidia are at the door smiling Some of you have apparently already botched chatbots or allowed ‘shadow AI’ to creep in Nvidia GTC17 Jan 2025 | 11
GoDaddy slapped with wet lettuce for years of lax security and 'several major breaches' Watchdog alleged it had no SIEM or MFA, orders rapid adoption of basic infosec tools CSO15 Jan 2025 | 13
China's Salt Typhoon spies spotted on US govt networks before telcos, CISA boss says We are only seeing 'the tip of the iceberg,' Easterly warns Security15 Jan 2025 | 11
Miscreants 'mass exploited' Fortinet firewalls, 'highly probable' zero-day used Updated Ransomware 'not off the table,' Arctic Wolf threat hunter tells El Reg Networks14 Jan 2025 | 26
Database tables of student, teacher info stolen from PowerSchool in cyberattack Class act: Cloud biz only serves 60M-plus folks globally, no biggie Cyber-crime09 Jan 2025 | 23
I tried hard, but didn't fix all of cybersecurity, admits outgoing US National Cyber Director In colossal surprise, ONCD boss Harry Coker says more work is needed CSO08 Jan 2025 | 12
Chinese cyber-spies reportedly targeted sanctions intel in US Treasury raid OFAC, Office of the Treasury Secretary feared hit in data-snarfing swoop CSO02 Jan 2025 | 3
Trump administration wants to go on cyber offensive against China The US has never attacked Chinese critical infrastructure before, right? Cyber-crime16 Dec 2024 | 25
China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House No word yet on who was snooped on. Any bets? CSO09 Dec 2024 | 24
OpenWrt orders router firmware updates after supply chain attack scare A couple of bugs lead to a potentially bad time CSO09 Dec 2024 | 6