Newcastle University, neighbouring Northumbria hit by ransomware attacks
Doppelpaymer gang publishes Geordie institution's stolen files online
08 Sep 2020 | 11
Security
China proposes ‘Global Initiative on Data Security’ forbidding stuff it and Huawei are accused of doing already
State-sponsored infrastructure hacking, backdoors-by-fiat and even lock-in all out of bounds in draft code
08 Sep 2020 | 43
Darknet market's peacemaker sentenced to 11 years in prison
In BriefSealed with an XSS: Flaw in Go lang library could cause app issues
07 Sep 2020 | 7
What price security? Well, for the US ban on Huawei/ZTE kit it's around $1.8bn, and you're going to pay most of it
Ripping and replacing Chinese-made gear won't be cheap
04 Sep 2020 | 38
Old and busted: Targeting servers and web bugs. New hotness: Pwning devs with targeted poisoned stacks
'Most developers are highly intelligent, but also highly stupid'
04 Sep 2020 | 28
Facebook to blab bugs it finds if it thinks code owners aren’t fixing fast enough
And reveals half a dozen WhatsApp bugs into the bargain
04 Sep 2020 | 5
Surprise! Voting app maker roasted by computer boffins for poor security now begs US courts to limit flaw finding
We should be able to outlaw unauthorized inquiry, Voatz argues
04 Sep 2020 | 52
When classes are online, how do you get out of school? Florida teen cuffed, charged after crashing cyber-lessons
Eight DDoS attacks targeted networks, virtual classrooms, say officials
04 Sep 2020 | 28
Sigh. Another day, another reason for WordPress users to get patching: Hackers abuse bug in popular plugin
Sites with WP File Manager should update ASAP – exploits in the wild
03 Sep 2020 |
Snowden was right: US court deems NSA bulk phone-call snooping illegal, possibly unconstitutional, and probably pointless anyway
Privacy campaigners cheer ruling 7 years in the making
03 Sep 2020 | 44
Homeland Security demands a 911 for reporting security holes in federal networks: 'Vulns in internet systems cause real-world impacts'
Great – and who will be the first responders?
03 Sep 2020 | 10
Things are getting back to normal: Chinese hackers revert to bugging Tibetans after brief Euro campaign
APT phishing crew had COVID-themed fling with the west during height of pandemic, claim researchers
02 Sep 2020 | 5
Samsung supremo Lee Jae-yong indicted for fraud over role in 2015 merger deal that made him heir apparent
Transaction 'disturbed the order of the capital market', claim Seoul prosecutors
01 Sep 2020 | 2
Someone's getting a free trip to the US – well, not quite free. Brit bloke extradited to face $2m+ cyber-scam charges
That's certainly one way to get around COVID-19 travel restrictions
01 Sep 2020 | 53
Critical vuln that lets miscreants hijack computers via Slack? *Sucks in air* We'll give you $1,750 for it
Chat app chaps, Electron security, Microsoft Teams under fire
31 Aug 2020 | 20
Microsoft reprieves SHA-1 deprecation in Edge 85 security baseline
Wait! What? Aaah ... legacy systems strike again, but won't get another bite
31 Aug 2020 | 12
Before you head off for the weekend, you have patched your Pulse Secure VPNs, right? Wouldn't want you to be pwned via a phishing link
Perl clutching time again
28 Aug 2020 | 3
Southern Water customers could view others' personal data by tweaking URL parameters
A quick lesson in how not to deploy Sharepoint as a 'my account' file retrieval system
28 Aug 2020 | 37
BeagleBoyz: 2020's hottest country-rap band, or N. Korea hackers stealing millions. Only one way to find out...
...read the article, of course
28 Aug 2020 | 6
'My wife tried to order some clothes tonight. When she logged in, she was in someone else's account ... Now someone's charged her card'
UpdatedRegister readers tell of the moment online fashion souk started leaking strangers' details at random
27 Aug 2020 | 64
DDoS downs New Zealand stock exchange for third consecutive day
So much for NZ as the last refuge of civilisation
27 Aug 2020 | 12
Forget your space-age IT security systems. It might just take a $1m bribe and a willing employee to be pwned
UpdatedElon Musk suggests Tesla targeted by Russian charged with trying to bung staffer cash to infect own bosses' network during DDoS distraction
26 Aug 2020 | 51
Here's a neat exploit to trick someone into inadvertently emailing their files to you from their Mac, iPhone via Safari
Speaking purely hypothetically, of course
26 Aug 2020 | 8
Researchers shine light on hackers-for-hire op that hit estate agent with malicious plugin for Autodesk 3ds Max
Attackers aimed to steal pics, vids, and compressed files
26 Aug 2020 | 2
US election 2020: The disinfo operations have evolved, but so have state governments
Officials are better prepared for meddling – so attackers have had to rely on mental games
26 Aug 2020 | 52
Impersonating users of 'protest' app Bridgefy was as simple as sniffing Bluetooth handshakes for identifiers
University of London researchers poked around in 'secure' messaging platform, but didn't like what they found
25 Aug 2020 | 17
Be very afraid! British Army might scrap battle tanks for keyboard warriors – report
Before you go all Colonel Blimp, remember it's budget-setting season
25 Aug 2020 | 93
North Korean hackers pwned cryptocurrency sysadmin with GDPR-themed LinkedIn lure, says F-Secure
Click here to enable your rights... ha, GOTCHA!
25 Aug 2020 | 11
The Viking Snowden: Denmark spy chief 'relieved of duty' after whistleblower reveals illegal snooping on citizens
Whereas in America spy chiefs retire on full pensions, hit the chat show circuit
25 Aug 2020 | 46
Canadian shipping company Canpar gets an unwanted delivery – ransomware
In briefMeanwhile, Gmail finally deals with a 'confused mailman' problem
24 Aug 2020 | 7
Bletchley Park Trust can’t crack COVID-caused revenue slump without losing staff
Plans 35 job losses and even a reduction in IT spend
24 Aug 2020 | 32
Utes gotta be kidding me... University of Utah handed $457K to ransomware creeps
'After careful consideration' uni decided to pay up using its insurance policy
21 Aug 2020 | 20
CREST exam cheat-sheet scandal: New temp chairman at UK infosec body as lawyers and ex-copper get involved
Plus: Sources showed us some of what was in that Dropbox leak
21 Aug 2020 | 26
Shared memory vulnerability in IBM's Db2 database could let nefarious insiders wreak havoc – so get patching
Lack of protections around trace facility gives local users read and write access
21 Aug 2020 | 8
Physical locks are less hackable than digital locks, right? Maybe not: Boffins break in with a microphone
On the other hand, security of cloud-controlled locks 'quite horrifying' say 'cyber-physical' engineers
21 Aug 2020 | 112
Ex-Uber chief security officer charged, accused of covering up theft of personal info from databases by hackers
Say it ain't Joe?
20 Aug 2020 | 10
