Cloud brute-force attack cracks Google users' phone numbers in minutes Chocolate Factory fixes issue, pays only $5K Security10 Jun 2025 | 7
M&S online ordering system operational 46 days after cyber shutdown A milestone in cyberattack recovery – but deliveries will take a while and normal service not yet back Cyber-crime10 Jun 2025 | 18
Peep show: 40K IoT cameras worldwide stream secrets to anyone with a browser Majority of exposures located in the US, including datacenters, healthcare facilities, factories, and more Research10 Jun 2025 | 59
Apple tries to contain itself with lightweight Linux VMs for macOS Swift-based containerization framework aims to improve performance and security Virtualization10 Jun 2025 | 22
Let them eat junk food: Major organic supplier to Whole Foods, Walmart, hit by cyberattack United Natural Foods shut down some of its systems on June 5 after spotting network intruders Cyber-crime09 Jun 2025 | 5
Blocking stolen phones from the cloud can be done, should be done, won't be done Opinion Big tech can't be bothered to fight crime. It can barely be bothered even to say so Personal Tech09 Jun 2025 | 118
Chinese spy crew appears to be preparing for conflict by backdooring 75+ critical orgs SentinelOne discovered the campaign when they tried to hit the security vendor's own servers Research09 Jun 2025 | 17
Are technologists a threat to doing business securely? Why an obsession with technology prevents us from reducing human-initiated cybersecurity breaches Partner content
China's asteroid-and-comet hunter probe unfurls a 'solar wing' Asia in brief Plus: Hitachi turns graybeards into AI agents, Tiananmen anniversary censorship, AWS in Taiwan, and more! Science09 Jun 2025 | 4
US infrastructure could crumble under cyberattack, ex-NSA advisor warns Infosec in Brief PLUS: Doxxers jailed; Botnets bounce back; CISA questioned over app-vetting program closure; And more Security08 Jun 2025 | 7
Enterprises are getting stuck in AI pilot hell, say Chatterbox Labs execs Interview Security, not model performance, is what's stalling adoption AI + ML08 Jun 2025 | 31
ChatGPT used for evil: Fake IT worker resumes, misinfo, and cyber-op assist OpenAI boots accounts linked to 10 malicious campaigns Research06 Jun 2025 | 23
Fresh strain of pro-Russian wiper flushes Ukrainian critical infrastructure Destructive malware has been a hallmark of Putin's multi-modal war Security06 Jun 2025 | 9
Uncle Sam moves to seize $7.7M laundered by North Korean IT worker ring The cash has been frozen for more than two years Security06 Jun 2025 | 3
Your ransomware nightmare just came true – now what? Feature Don't negotiate unless you must, and if so, drag it out as long as you can CSO06 Jun 2025 | 40
Uncle Sam puts $10M bounty on RedLine dev and Russia-backed cronies Any info on Maxim Rudometov and his associates? There's $$$ in it for you Cyber-crime05 Jun 2025 | 3
AT&T not sure if new customer data dump is déjà vu Re-selling info from an earlier breach? Probably. But which one? Cyber-crime05 Jun 2025 | 1
Cellebrite buys Corellium to help cops bust phone encryption Trump-pardoned hacker Chris Wade will join the company as CTO Security05 Jun 2025 | 8
Trump’s cyber czar pick grilled over CISA cuts: ‘If we have a cyber 9/11, you’re the guy’ Plus: Plankey's confirmation process 'temporarily delayed' Security05 Jun 2025 | 7
BidenCash busted as Feds nuke stolen credit card bazaar Dark web crime platform raked in $17M+ over three years of operation Cyber-crime05 Jun 2025 | 3
More than a hundred backdoored malware repos traced to single GitHub user Someone went to great lengths to prey on the next generation of cybercrooks Cyber-crime05 Jun 2025 | 12
HMRC: Crooks broke into 100k accounts, stole £43M from British taxpayer in late 2024 It’s definitely not a cyberattack though! Really! Public Sector05 Jun 2025 | 29
AI kept 15-year-old zombie vuln alive, but its time is drawing near Researchers have come up with a fix for a path traversal bug first spotted in 2010 Research05 Jun 2025 | 27
China accuses Taiwan of running five feeble APT gangs, with US help The authors who claimed America hacked itself to discredit Beijing are back with another report Security05 Jun 2025 | 11
IBM Cloud login breaks for second time this week and Big Blue isn't saying why To make matters worse, IBM's security software has a critical vuln caused by an exposed password Off-Prem05 Jun 2025 | 8
Play ransomware crims exploit SimpleHelp flaw in double-extortion schemes Recompiled binaries and phone threats used to boost the pressure Cyber-crime04 Jun 2025 | 1
Ukraine strikes Russian bomber-maker with hack attack Drones are not enough Security04 Jun 2025 | 278
Ransomware scum leak patient data after disrupting chemo treatments at Kettering Literally adding insult to injury Cyber-crime04 Jun 2025 | 11
Fake IT support calls hit 20 orgs, end in stolen Salesforce data and extortion, Google warns Victims include hospitality, retail and education sectors Cyber-crime04 Jun 2025 | 24
Crims stole 40,000 people's data from our network, admits publisher Lee Enterprises Did somebody say ransomware? Not the newspaper group, not even to deny it Cyber-crime04 Jun 2025 | 2
UK CyberEM Command to spearhead new era of armed conflict Government details latest initiative following announcement last week Security04 Jun 2025 | 17
Ukraine war spurred infosec vet Mikko Hyppönen to pivot to drones Interview Why? There's a war in Europe, Finland has a belligerent neighbor, and cyber is a settled field Security04 Jun 2025 | 51
‘Deliberate attack’ deletes shopping app’s AWS and GitHub resources CEO of India's KiranaPro, which brings convenience stores online, vows to name the perp Cyber-crime04 Jun 2025 | 22
Meta pauses mobile port tracking tech on Android after researchers cry foul Zuckercorp and Yandex used localhost loophole to tie browser data to app users, say boffins Research03 Jun 2025 | 54
You say Cozy Bear, I say Midnight Blizzard, Voodoo Bear, APT29 … Opinion Microsoft, CrowdStrike, and pals promise clarity on cybercrew naming, deliver alias salad instead Cyber-crime03 Jun 2025 | 14
Google quietly pushes emergency fix for Chrome 0-day as exploit runs wild TAG team spotted the V8 bug first, so you can bet nation-states weren’t far behind Patches03 Jun 2025 | 6
X's new 'encrypted' XChat feature seems no more secure than the failure that came before it Musk's 'Bitcoin-style encryption' claim has experts scratching their heads Security03 Jun 2025 | 89
Crooks fleece The North Face accounts with recycled logins Outdoorsy brand blames credential stuffing Cyber-crime03 Jun 2025 | 7
Microsoft patches the patch that put Windows 11 in a coma Out-of-band is becoming the norm rather than the exception OSes03 Jun 2025 | 13
Illicit crypto-miners pouncing on lazy DevOps configs that leave clouds vulnerable To stop the JINX-0132 gang behind these attacks, pay attention to HashiCorp, Docker, and Gitea security settings Security03 Jun 2025 | 6
Bling slinger Cartier tells customers to be wary of phishing attacks after intrusion Nothing terribly valuable taken in data heist, though privacy a little tarnished Cyber-crime03 Jun 2025 | 6
Ukrainians smuggle drones hidden in cabins on trucks to strike Russian airfields A real-world Trojan Horse attack Security02 Jun 2025 | 351
US community bank says thieves drained customer data through third party hole Disclosure at MainStreet Bancshares comes as American finance orgs beg for looser reporting requirements Cyber-crime02 Jun 2025 | 13
Lumma infostealer takedown may have inflicted only a flesh wound as crew keeps pinching and selling data Infosec In Brief PLUS: Ransomware gang using tech support scam; Czechia accuses China of infrastructure attack; And more! Security02 Jun 2025 | 3
Mysterious leaker GangExposed outs Conti kingpins in massive ransomware data dump exclusive 'It's a high-stakes intelligence war,' analyst explains Cyber-crime31 May 2025 | 30
ConnectWise customers get mysterious warning about 'sophisticated' nation-state hack Pen tester on ScreenConnect bug: This one ‘terrifies’ me Cyber-crime30 May 2025 | 5
Feds arrest DoD techie, claim he dumped top secret files in park for foreign spies to find 28-year-old alleged to have made multiple drops to folks who turned out to be undercover FBI agents Security30 May 2025 | 38
US medical org pays $50M+ to settle case after crims raided data and threatened to swat cancer patients Cash splashed on damages, infrastructure improvements, and fraud monitoring Cyber-crime30 May 2025 | 2
Meta – yep, Facebook Meta – is now a defense contractor Giving people the power to build community and bring the world closer together so we can shoot them Public Sector30 May 2025 | 24
Crims defeat human intelligence with fake AI installers they poison with ransomware Take care when downloading AI freebies, researcher tells The Register Cyber-crime30 May 2025 | 7
Data watchdog put cops on naughty step for lost CCTV footage Greater Manchester Police reprimanded over hours of video that went AWOL Storage30 May 2025 | 21
The UK wants you to sign up for £1B cyber defense force War in Ukraine causes major rethink in policy and spending Security30 May 2025 | 54
Infosecurity Europe 2025 drives cybersecurity priorities amid growing global risks 30-year anniversary event adds classes and sessions to address new risks Partner content
Security outfit SentinelOne's services back online after lengthy outage Probably not a cyber-incident, but definitely not a good look Security30 May 2025 | 2
Feds gut host behind pig butchering scams that bilked $200M from Americans Philippines company allegedly run by Chinese national has form running scams Security30 May 2025 | 14
Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday update fails on some Windows 11 VMs 'The operating system couldn't be loaded' is never a great message Patches29 May 2025 | 17
Why is China deep in US networks? 'They're preparing for war,' HR McMaster tells lawmakers House Homeland Security Committee takes a field trip to Silicon Valley Cyber-crime29 May 2025 | 43
8,000+ Asus routers popped in 'advanced' mystery botnet plot No formal attribution made but two separate probes hint at the same suspect Research29 May 2025 | 10
Billions of cookies up for grabs as experts warn over session security Law enforcement crackdowns are gathering pace but online marketplaces still teeming with valuable tokens Security29 May 2025 | 22
European Commission: Make Europe Great Again... for startups Sick of paying the US tech tax and relinquishing talent to other continents, politicians finally wake up CxO29 May 2025 | 31