FYI: There's another BlackCat ransomware variant on the prowl Bad kitty, no catnip for you Cyber-crime18 Aug 2023 |
Add 'writing malware' to the list of things generative AI is not very good at doing Analysis But it may help with fuzzing Cyber-crime18 Aug 2023 | 2
Don't just patch your Citrix gear, check for intrusion: Two bugs exploited in wild Updated About 2,000 NetScaler installations feared compromised as CISA raises alarm over ShareFile Patches17 Aug 2023 | 3
Man arrested in Northern Ireland police data leak as more incidents come to light Plus laptop and radio with yet more officers details reportedly nicked from car Security17 Aug 2023 | 41
Japan's digital minister surrenders salary to say sorry for data leaks The My Number card mess remains unsolved as trust in e-government remains muted Security17 Aug 2023 | 15
Vietnam admits it has just ten percent of the infosec pros it needs Which is a problem, because local orgs are leaking data and shadowy traders are cashing in Security17 Aug 2023 | 4
Discord.io pulls the cord after crooks steal 760K users' info Cleanup will involve 'complete rewrite of our website's code' Cyber-crime16 Aug 2023 | 7
Clorox cleans up IT security breach that soaked its biz ops Plus: Medical records for 4M people within reach of Clop gang after IBM MOVEit deployment hit Cyber-crime15 Aug 2023 | 1
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You're not seeing double – yet another UK copshop is confessing to a data leak Norfolk and Suffolk constabularies admit to accidentally including raw crime data in FoI responses Security15 Aug 2023 | 59
Tech CEO admits role in tricking Qualcomm into $150M takeover Abreezio? Maybe not, but it was a plea deal Security15 Aug 2023 | 3
Florida Man and associates indicted for conspiracy to steal data, software Voting machines and their info allegedly accessed without authorization by keen golfer's gofers Cyber-crime15 Aug 2023 | 306
Chinese media teases imminent exposé of seismic US spying scheme Again labels America a hacker empire over alleged backdoors found in earthquake monitoring kit Security15 Aug 2023 | 37
Sextortion suspects on trial after teen victim dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Trio alleged to have blackmailed over 100 targets after threats of intimate image release Cyber-crime14 Aug 2023 | 19
Beware cool-looking beta crypto-apps. They may be money-stealing fakes Try out a hot new thing before official launch? Something smells phishy Cyber-crime14 Aug 2023 | 7
Ford SYNC 3 infotainment vulnerable to drive-by Wi-Fi hijacking Don't panic, says automaker, but if you do, just turn off wireless for now Security14 Aug 2023 | 13
Cumbrian Police accidentally publish all officers' details online Names, job titles and salaries included in unwitting leak Security14 Aug 2023 | 87
Hacktivists attack Japanese government over Fukushima wastewater release Claiming affiliation with Anonymous, e-hippies want more debate over radioactive flows Security14 Aug 2023 | 38
US government to investigate China's Microsoft email breach Infosec in brief PLUS: Phishing campaign targets the C-suite; Cybercrime arrests in EU and Africa; and more Security14 Aug 2023 | 1
Google Chrome to shield encryption keys from promised quantum computers QC crypto-cracking coming in 5, 10, maybe 50 years, so act … now? Security12 Aug 2023 | 21
FTX crypto-clown Sam Bankman-Fried couldn't even do house arrest. Now he's in jail Feds argue leaks to press amount to witness tampering Cyber-crime11 Aug 2023 | 36
Microsoft: Codesys PLC bugs could be exploited to 'shut down power plants' What are these gadgets running, Windows? Ka-boom-tsch Research11 Aug 2023 | 10
Maker of Chrome extension with 300,000+ users tells of constant pressure to sell out Interview Anyone with sizable audience in this surveillance economy is invited to stuff their add-ons with tracking and ads Security11 Aug 2023 | 25
Electoral Commission had internet-facing server with unpatched vuln ProxyNotShell vulnerability could be how UK body got pwned, suggests infosec expert Cyber-crime11 Aug 2023 | 23
Magento shopping cart attack targets critical vulnerability revealed in early 2022 Really? You didn't bother to patch a 9.8 severity critical flaw? Patches11 Aug 2023 | 7
US Cyber Command boss says China's spooky cyber skills still behind Paul Nakasone rates the Middle Kingdom a 'pacing challenge' Security11 Aug 2023 | 9
There's a good chance your VPN is vulnerable to privacy-menacing TunnelCrack attack Especially on Apple gear, uni team says Research10 Aug 2023 | 25
Get your staff's consent before you monitor them, tech inquiry warns Plus: British government's push to reform data protection is working against the cause Security10 Aug 2023 | 56
Nearly every AMD CPU since 2017 vulnerable to Inception data-leak attacks It's like a nesting doll of security flaws Patches09 Aug 2023 | 32
Rapid7 prepares to toss 18% of workforce to cut costs Operating expenses almost as high as actual turnover in latest quarterly numbers Security09 Aug 2023 | 5
Northern Ireland police may have endangered its own officers by posting details online in error At least it was a blunder and not a hostile attack, unlike what happened to another UK public body this week Security09 Aug 2023 | 31
INTERPOL shutters '16shop' phishing-as-a-service outfit Alleged administrator cuffed in Indonesia, associate arrested in Japan, accused of selling fake Amazons for $60 Security09 Aug 2023 |
Microsoft, Intel lead this month's security fix emissions Patch Tuesday Downfall processor leaks, Teams holes, VPN clients at risk, and more Patches08 Aug 2023 | 8
Cyber-extortionists pillage Colorado education dept Hey, breacher, leave those kids alone Cyber-crime08 Aug 2023 | 7
UK voter data within reach of miscreants who hacked Electoral Commission 'It doesn't help if the organization responsible for the integrity of elections' gets pwned Cyber-crime08 Aug 2023 | 116
China – which surveils everyone everywhere – floats facial recognition rules Regulator says with a straight face that it should not be allowed to analyze ethnicity Security08 Aug 2023 | 12
North Korean hackers had access to Russian missile maker for months, say researchers Kim Jong Un's cyber-goons aren't above attacking the regime's few friends Security08 Aug 2023 | 21
Stalkerware slinger LetMeSpy shuts down for good after database robbery If you can't trust a spyware developer with your info, who can you trust? Research07 Aug 2023 | 4
Microsoft hits back at Tenable criticism of its infosec practices 'Not all fixes are equal,' argues Redmond, and this one for the Power Platform didn't need to be rushed Security07 Aug 2023 | 5
Five Eyes nations detail dirty dozen most exploited vulnerabilities Infosec in brief PLUS: FBI admits buying NSO spyware; "IT" company busted for drugs 'n guns biz; this week's critical vulns Security07 Aug 2023 | 6
Two US Navy sailors charged with giving Chinese spies secret military info 'Quite obviously f**king espionage,' one suspect allegedly blabbed Cyber-crime04 Aug 2023 | 53
Alarm raised over Mozilla VPN: Wonky authorization check lets users cause havoc Updated SUSE security engineer goes public on unfixed client hole after disclosure drama Security04 Aug 2023 | 36
Couple admit they laundered $4B in stolen Bitcoins after Bitfinex super-heist A man, a plan, and Razzlekhan fought the law – and the law won Cyber-crime04 Aug 2023 | 36
Russia's Cozy Bear is back and hitting Microsoft Teams to phish top targets Plus: Tenable CEO blasts Redmond's bug disclosure habits CSO03 Aug 2023 | 8
Old-school hacktivism is back because it never went away Mysterious Team Bangladesh has carried out 846 attacks since June 2022, mostly DDoS Research03 Aug 2023 | 7
Brit healthcare body rapped for WhatsApp chat sharing patient data Time for a proper secure clinical image transfer system, perhaps? Security03 Aug 2023 | 69
Prepare for plenty more pain from Ivanti's MDM flaws, warn cyber agencies Invaders already spent four or more months frolicking inside Norwegian government servers Patches03 Aug 2023 | 7
Australian Senate committee recommends bans on Chinese social media apps WeChat accused of 'contempt for Parliament' as transparency rules floated for platforms Security02 Aug 2023 | 14
Socket moves beyond JavaScript and Python and gets into Go Interview CEO, fresh with funds, lays out the dependency dilemma Security02 Aug 2023 | 6
Bad news: Another data-leaking CPU flaw. Good news: It's utterly impractical Collide+Power vulnerability leaks secrets bit by bit - but could take months or years to learn a useful secret Research01 Aug 2023 | 4
Mattress maker Tempur Sealy says it isolated tech system to contain cyber burglary Sleeping giant says no sign yet personal info was stolen Cyber-crime01 Aug 2023 | 9
US military battling cyber threats from within and without As if attacks from China weren't enough, one of the Air Force's own has reportedly gone rogue Security01 Aug 2023 | 9
China bans export of drones some countries have already banned anyway Some say retaliation for sanctions, but Beijing says it just wants world peace Security01 Aug 2023 | 19
White House: Losing Section 702 spy powers would be among 'worst intelligence failures of our time' As expert panel suggests some tweaks to boost public's confidence in FISA Security31 Jul 2023 | 25
Hikvision, Nvidia named in contract for 'Uyghur detection' Updated GPU giant says you can't stop secondary sales, surveillance gear maker maintains innocence Security31 Jul 2023 | 8
What would sustainable security even look like? Opinion Clue: Nothing like what’s on offer today CSO31 Jul 2023 | 40
US senator victim-blames Microsoft for Chinese hack Infosec in brief ALSO: China says US hacked it right back, BreachForums users have been pwned, and this week's critical vulns Security31 Jul 2023 | 10
Florida man accused of hoarding America's secrets faces fresh charges Mar-a-Lago IT director told 'the boss wanted the server deleted' CSO29 Jul 2023 | 147
Millions of people's data stolen because web devs forget to check access perms IDORs of the storm CSO29 Jul 2023 | 40
FBI boss: Congress must renew Section 702 spy powers – that's how we get nearly all our cyber intel Also: China's 'got a bigger hacking program than that of every major nation combined' Cyber-crime28 Jul 2023 | 26