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TeleMessage security SNAFU worsens as 60 government staffers exposed

Infosec In Brief PLUS: Interpol kills more malware; GoDaddy settles in awful infosec case; Giant stolen creds DB exposed

Security26 May 2025 | 11

China approves rules for national ‘online number’ ID scheme

Asia In Brief PLUS: Original emoji retired; Xiaomi's custom silicon; Pakistan dedicates 2,000 MW to AI and crypto

Public Sector26 May 2025 | 18

Cybercrime is 'orders of magnitude' larger than state-backed ops, says ex-White House advisor

INTERVIEW Michael Daniel also thinks Uncle Sam should increase help to orgs hit by ransomware

Cyber-crime24 May 2025 | 26

Ivanti makes dedicated fans of Chinese spies who just can't resist attacking its buggy kit

If it ain't broke?

Datacenter Networking Nexus23 May 2025 | 1

US Navy sailor charged in horrific child sextortion case

Blackmailed teen allegedly scared into carving his handle onto her arm

Cyber-crime23 May 2025 | 21

How lean security teams can build resilient defenses

Improving security on a budget with continuous monitoring

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Feds finger Russian 'behind Qakbot malware' that hit 700K computers

Agents thought they shut this all down in 2023, but the duck quacked again

Cyber-crime22 May 2025 | 2

Chinese snoops tried to break into US city utilities, says Talos

Intrusions began weeks before Trimble patched the Cityworks hole

Cyber-crime22 May 2025 | 6

Irish privacy watchdog OKs Meta to train AI on EU folks' posts

Case in Germany could derail Zuck's plans, noyb tells El Reg fight isn't over

AI + ML22 May 2025 | 25

Russia expected to pass experimental law that tracks foreigners in Moscow via smartphones

4-year trial is second major initiative this year that clamps down on 'illegal immigrants'

Applications22 May 2025 | 56

Signal shuts the blinds on Microsoft Recall with the power of DRM

Chat app blocks Windows' screenshot-happy feature from peeking at private convos

Security22 May 2025 | 63

Scottish council admits ransomware crooks stole school data

Parents and teachers have personal info, ID documents leaked online, but exam season mostly unaffected

Cyber-crime22 May 2025 | 36

US teen to plead guilty to extortion attack against PowerSchool

The 19-year-old and a partner first tried to extort an unnamed telco, but failed

Cyber-crime21 May 2025 | 1

Russia's Fancy Bear swipes a paw at logistics, transport orgs' email servers

Their connection? Aiding Ukraine, duh

Security21 May 2025 | 10

FBI, Microsoft, international cops bust Lumma infostealer service

Credit card theft losses in 2023 alone totaled $36.5M

Cyber-crime21 May 2025 |

Coinbase confirms insiders handed over data of 70K users

Bribed support staff identified, fired

Cyber-crime21 May 2025 | 17

Judge allows Delta's lawsuit against CrowdStrike to proceed with millions in damages on the line

CS remains hopeful damages will be limited to seven figures

Security21 May 2025 | 5

Google carves out cloudy safe spaces for nations nervous about America's reach

From air-gapped bunkers to partner-run platforms, sovereignty is suddenly in vogue

PaaS + IaaS21 May 2025 | 25

Trump announces $175B for Golden Dome defense shield over America

In practice, it'll cost many times that and almost certainly won't work

Security21 May 2025 | 187

M&S warns of £300M dent in profits from cyberattack

Downtime stings retailer, with technical recovery costs coming at a later date

Cyber-crime21 May 2025 | 44

UK 'extremely dependent' on US for space security

After 60 years+ cooperation on space and military ops, worrying 'rhetoric' from Team Trump has Brits examining options

Security21 May 2025 | 108

Scattered Spider snared financial orgs before targeting shops in Britain, America

interview Crew ain't done hopping sectors, Unit 42 threat hunter warns

Cyber-crime21 May 2025 | 4

'Ongoing' Ivanti hijack bug exploitation reaches clouds

Nothing like insecure code in security suites

CSO21 May 2025 | 4

Freshly discovered bug in OpenPGP.js undermines whole point of encrypted comms

Update before that proof-of-concept comes to bite

Patches20 May 2025 | 21

Ransomware attack on food distributor spells more pain for UK supermarkets

Peter Green Chilled supplies all the major UK chains

Cyber-crime20 May 2025 | 64

Virgin Media O2 patches hole that let callers snoop on your coordinates

Researcher finds VoLTE metadata could be used to locate users within 100 meters

Security20 May 2025 | 33

CISA has a new No. 2 ... but still no official top dog

Brain drain, budget cuts, constant cyberthreats - who wouldn't want this job?

Security19 May 2025 | 5

SEC SIM-swapper who Googled 'signs that the FBI is after you' put behind bars

Proving yet again that crims are bad at search hygiene

Cyber-crime19 May 2025 | 29

Millions at risk after attackers steal UK legal aid data dating back 15 years

Cybercriminals lifted info including addresses, ID numbers, and financial records from agency systems

Cyber-crime19 May 2025 | 49

IT chiefs of UK's massive health service urge vendors to make public security pledge

Enormous org has been hit by ransomware again and again, on multiple fronts, over the past year

Cyber-crime19 May 2025 | 27

Eeek! p0wned Alabama hit by unspecified 'cybersecurity event'

Infosec In Brief PLUS: Euro-cops take down investment scammers; Fancy Bear returns to Ukraine; and more

Security19 May 2025 | 8

China launches an AI cloud into orbit. 12 sats for now, 2,800 in coming years

Asia In Brief PLUS: South Korea signs for massive supercomputer; HCL gets into chipmaking; US tariffs slow APAC tech buying; and more

AI + ML19 May 2025 | 14

Ex-NSA bad-guy hunter listened to Scattered Spider's fake help-desk calls: 'Those guys are good'

INTERVIEW Plus, Co-op tells The Reg: 'we took early and decisive action' to block the crooks

CSO18 May 2025 | 66

Boffins devise technique that lets users prove location without giving it away

ZKLP system allows apps to confirm user presence in a region without exposing exactly where

Security17 May 2025 | 59

Fired US govt workers, Uncle Xi wants you! – to apply for this fake consulting gig

Phony LinkedIn recruitment ads? Groundbreaking

Public Sector16 May 2025 | 27

America’s consumer watchdog drops leash on proposed data broker crackdown

Crooks must be licking their lips at the possibilities

Personal Tech16 May 2025 | 10

Defamation case against DEF CON terminated with prejudice

'We hope it makes attendees feel safe reporting violations'

Security16 May 2025 | 4

Broadcom employee data stolen by ransomware crooks following hit on payroll provider

Updated Tech giant was in process of dropping payroll biz as it learned of breach

Cyber-crime16 May 2025 | 1

Good luck to Atos' 7th CEO and its latest biz transformation

We suspect Philippe Salle will need it, not to mention staff and customers

On-Prem16 May 2025 | 16

From hype to harm: 78% of CISOs see AI attacks already

AI attacks are keeping most practitioners up at night, says Darktrace, and with good reason

Scammers are deepfaking voices of senior US government officials, warns FBI

They're smishing, they're vishing

Security16 May 2025 | 19

DoorDash scam used fake drivers, phantom deliveries to bilk $2.59M

Entire process took less than five minutes, prosecutors say

Cyber-crime15 May 2025 | 18

Cyber fiends battering UK retailers now turn to US stores

Interview DragonForce-riding ransomware ring also has 'shiny object syndrome' so will likely move on to another sector soon

Cyber-crime15 May 2025 | 6

Coinbase extorted for $20M. Support staff bribed. Customers scammed. One hell of a SNAFU

Expert tells us: 'It is the most unique breach disclosure I've ever seen'

Cyber-crime15 May 2025 | 14

Socket buys Coana to tell you which security alerts you can ignore

Sometimes, less information is more

Security15 May 2025 |

Snowflake CISO on the power of 'shared destiny' and 'yes and'

interview Lessons learned from last year's security snafu

CSO15 May 2025 | 3

Here's what we know about the DragonForce ransomware that hit Marks & Spencer

Would you believe it, this RaaS cartel says Russia is off limits

Cyber-crime15 May 2025 | 23

Metal maker meltdown: Nucor stops production after cyber-intrusion

Ransomware or critical infra hit? Top US manufacturer maintains steely silence

Cyber-crime14 May 2025 | 13

Why CVSS is failing us and what we can do about it

How Adversarial Exposure Validation is changing the way we approach vulnerability management

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Uncle Sam pulls $2.4B Leidos deal to support CISA after rival alleges foul play

Nightwing claims insider intel helped secure lucrative CISA work but US says decision is unrelated

Public Sector14 May 2025 | 4

Ivanti patches two zero-days under active attack as intel agency warns customers

Vendor says vulns are linked with 2 mystery open source libraries integrated into EPMM product

Patches14 May 2025 | 1

Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb

'Legitimate interest' won't wash, says privacy outfit, as Zuck's org claims activists want to 'delay AI innovation'

AI + ML14 May 2025 | 71

VPN Secure parent company CEO explains why he had to axe thousands of 'lifetime' deals

Admits due diligence fell short - furious users cry ‘gaslighting’

Networks14 May 2025 | 74

Go ahead and ignore Patch Tuesday – it might improve your security

No rush, according to Gartner chap who says: 'Nobody has ever out-patched threat actors at scale'

Patches14 May 2025 | 34

Everyone's deploying AI, but no one's securing it – what could go wrong?

CYBERUK Crickets as senior security folk asked about risks at NCSC conference

CSO14 May 2025 | 22

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TeleMessage security SNAFU worsens as 60 government staffers exposed

China approves rules for national ‘online number’ ID scheme

Cybercrime is 'orders of magnitude' larger than state-backed ops, says ex-White House advisor

Remembering John Young, co-founder of web archive Cryptome

Ransomware scum leaked Nova Scotia Power customers' info

CISA says SaaS providers in firing line after Commvault zero-day Azure attack

Grandpa-conning crook jailed over sugar-coated drug scam

Suspected creeps behind DanaBot malware that hit 300K+ computers revealed

Ivanti makes dedicated fans of Chinese spies who just can't resist attacking its buggy kit

US Navy sailor charged in horrific child sextortion case

How lean security teams can build resilient defenses

Feds finger Russian 'behind Qakbot malware' that hit 700K computers

Chinese snoops tried to break into US city utilities, says Talos

Irish privacy watchdog OKs Meta to train AI on EU folks' posts

Russia expected to pass experimental law that tracks foreigners in Moscow via smartphones

Signal shuts the blinds on Microsoft Recall with the power of DRM

Scottish council admits ransomware crooks stole school data

US teen to plead guilty to extortion attack against PowerSchool

Russia's Fancy Bear swipes a paw at logistics, transport orgs' email servers

FBI, Microsoft, international cops bust Lumma infostealer service

Coinbase confirms insiders handed over data of 70K users

Judge allows Delta's lawsuit against CrowdStrike to proceed with millions in damages on the line

Google carves out cloudy safe spaces for nations nervous about America's reach

Trump announces $175B for Golden Dome defense shield over America

M&S warns of £300M dent in profits from cyberattack

UK 'extremely dependent' on US for space security

Scattered Spider snared financial orgs before targeting shops in Britain, America

'Ongoing' Ivanti hijack bug exploitation reaches clouds

Freshly discovered bug in OpenPGP.js undermines whole point of encrypted comms

Ransomware attack on food distributor spells more pain for UK supermarkets

Virgin Media O2 patches hole that let callers snoop on your coordinates

CISA has a new No. 2 ... but still no official top dog

SEC SIM-swapper who Googled 'signs that the FBI is after you' put behind bars

Millions at risk after attackers steal UK legal aid data dating back 15 years

IT chiefs of UK's massive health service urge vendors to make public security pledge

Eeek! p0wned Alabama hit by unspecified 'cybersecurity event'

China launches an AI cloud into orbit. 12 sats for now, 2,800 in coming years

Ex-NSA bad-guy hunter listened to Scattered Spider's fake help-desk calls: 'Those guys are good'

Boffins devise technique that lets users prove location without giving it away

Fired US govt workers, Uncle Xi wants you! – to apply for this fake consulting gig

America’s consumer watchdog drops leash on proposed data broker crackdown

Defamation case against DEF CON terminated with prejudice

Broadcom employee data stolen by ransomware crooks following hit on payroll provider

Good luck to Atos' 7th CEO and its latest biz transformation

From hype to harm: 78% of CISOs see AI attacks already

Scammers are deepfaking voices of senior US government officials, warns FBI

DoorDash scam used fake drivers, phantom deliveries to bilk $2.59M

Cyber fiends battering UK retailers now turn to US stores

Coinbase extorted for $20M. Support staff bribed. Customers scammed. One hell of a SNAFU

Socket buys Coana to tell you which security alerts you can ignore

Snowflake CISO on the power of 'shared destiny' and 'yes and'

Here's what we know about the DragonForce ransomware that hit Marks & Spencer

Metal maker meltdown: Nucor stops production after cyber-intrusion

Why CVSS is failing us and what we can do about it

Uncle Sam pulls $2.4B Leidos deal to support CISA after rival alleges foul play

Ivanti patches two zero-days under active attack as intel agency warns customers

Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb

VPN Secure parent company CEO explains why he had to axe thousands of 'lifetime' deals

Go ahead and ignore Patch Tuesday – it might improve your security

Everyone's deploying AI, but no one's securing it – what could go wrong?

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