Fast-evolving Prilex POS malware can block contactless payments ... forcing users to insert their cards into less-secure PIN systems Research03 Feb 2023 | 16
Malvertising attacks are distributing .NET malware loaders The campaign illustrates another option for miscreants who had relied on Microsoft macros Research02 Feb 2023 | 7
Microsoft closes another door to attackers by blocking Excel XLL files from the internet More of them used by baddies since Redmond blocked VBA macros Research25 Jan 2023 | 6
Microsoft took its macros and went home, so miscreants turned to Windows LNK files Adapt or die Research23 Jan 2023 | 6
How to track equipped cars via exploitable e-ink platemaker Miscreants could have tracked, modified, deleted digital plates Research10 Jan 2023 | 90
Dridex malware pops back up and turns its attention to macOS Malware testers spot attempt to attack Macs. But (try not to weep for the bad guys) there are still compatibility issues with MS exe files Research06 Jan 2023 | 6
Legit Android apps poisoned by sticky 'Zombinder' malware Sure, go ahead and load APKs instead of using an app store. You won't enjoy the results Research09 Dec 2022 | 25
Meta links US military to fake social media influence campaigns Didn't say they were good, though – covert ops apparently got 'little to no engagement' from targets Research24 Nov 2022 | 20
Still using a discontinued Boa web server? Microsoft warns of supply chain attacks Flaws in the open-source tool exploited – and India's power grid was a target Research23 Nov 2022 | 10
WASP malware stings Python developers Info-stealing trojan hides in malicious PyPI packages on GitHub Research16 Nov 2022 | 9
Robin Banks crooks back at the table with fresh phish from Russia Phishing-as-a-service group's toolset now includes ways to get around MFA Research08 Nov 2022 | 1
All the US midterm-related lies to expect when you're electing Don't like the results? The election must have been rigged Research07 Nov 2022 | 149
Oh, look: More malware in the Google Play store in brief Also, US media hit with JavaScript supply chain attack, while half of govt employees use out-of-date mobile OSes Research07 Nov 2022 | 25
Double-check demand payment emails from law firms: Convincing fakes surface Crimson Kingsnake impersonates legit attorneys, fakes email threads from your colleagues in far-reaching BEC campaign Research04 Nov 2022 | 15
Ordinary web access request or command to malware? Cranefly group unleashes nasty little technique using Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) logs Research31 Oct 2022 | 4
This Windows worm evolved into slinging ransomware. Here's how to detect it Raspberry Robin hits 1,000 orgs in just one month Research28 Oct 2022 | 12
Purpleurchin cryptocurrency miners spotted scouring free GitHub, Heroku accounts This is why we can't have nice things Research27 Oct 2022 | 14
DHL named most-spoofed brand in phishing With Microsoft and LinkedIn close on shipping giant's heels Research24 Oct 2022 | 4
Good news, URSNIF no longer a banking trojan. Bad news, it's now a backdoor And one designed to slip ransomware and data-stealing code onto infected machines Research21 Oct 2022 | 1
Tear in Microsoft Azure Service Fabric can give attackers full admin privileges Orca Security disclosed the bug, and older versions remain vulnerable Research19 Oct 2022 |
Phishing works so well crims won't bother with deepfakes, says Sophos chap People reveal passwords if you ask nicely, so AI panic is overblown Research17 Oct 2022 | 15
Criminal multitool LilithBot arrives on malware-as-a-service scene Bespoke botnet up for grabs from outfit praised for, er, customer service Research10 Oct 2022 | 1
Loads of PostgreSQL systems are sitting on the internet without SSL encryption They probably shouldn't be connected in the first place, says database expert Research07 Oct 2022 | 20
Steganography alert: Backdoor spyware stashed in Microsoft logo Now that's sticker shock Research02 Oct 2022 | 27
Microsoft warns of North Korean crew posing as LinkedIn recruiters State-sponsored ZINC allegedly passes on malware-laden open source apps Research30 Sep 2022 | 10
How CIA betrayed informants with shoddy front websites built for covert comms Top tip, don't give your secret login box the HTML form type 'password' Research29 Sep 2022 | 37
Pentagon is far too tight with its security bug bounties But overpriced, useless fighter jets? That's something we can get behind Research29 Sep 2022 | 16
Matrix chat encryption sunk by five now-patched holes You take the green pill, you'll spend six hours in a 'don't roll your own crypto' debate Research28 Sep 2022 | 8
The web's cruising at 13 million new and nefarious domain names a month Or so Akamai is dying to tell us Research28 Sep 2022 | 10
Want to sneak a RAT into Windows? Buy Quantum Builder on the dark web Beware what could be hiding in those LNK shortcuts Research28 Sep 2022 | 4
China's infosec researchers obeyed Beijing and stopped reporting vulns ... or did they? Report finds increase in anonymous vuln reports Research27 Sep 2022 | 4
Can reflections in eyeglasses actually leak info from Zoom calls? Here's a study into it About time someone shone some light onto this Security17 Sep 2022 | 68
Mandiant links APT42 to Iranian 'terrorist org' 'It's hard to imagine a more dangerous scenario,' Mandiant Intel VP told The Reg Research07 Sep 2022 | 27
Oh no, that James Webb Space Telescope snap might actually contain malware Is nothing sacred? Research01 Sep 2022 | 25
Find a security hole in Google's open source and you could bag a $31,337 reward Will it be enough to prevent the next software supply-chain attack? Research30 Aug 2022 | 5
Twitter, Meta kill hundreds of pro-Western troll accounts It turns out online chicanery aiming to destabilize foreign nations is a two-way street Research25 Aug 2022 | 38
Microsoft finds critical hole in operating system that for once isn't Windows Oh wow, get a load of Google using strcpy() all wrong – strcpy! Haha, you'll never ever catch us doing that Research23 Aug 2022 | 65
Two years on, Apple iOS VPNs still leak IP addresses Privacy, it's a useful marketing term. *Offer does not apply in China Research19 Aug 2022 | 18
Software developer cracks Hyundai car security with Google search Top tip: Your RSA private key should not be copied from a public code tutorial Research17 Aug 2022 | 81
Mozilla finds 18 of 25 popular reproductive health apps share your data Scary in post-Roe America, and Poland, and far too many other places Research17 Aug 2022 | 44
Oh Deere: Farm hardware jailbroken to run Doom Corn-y demo heralded as right-to-repair win Research16 Aug 2022 | 51
Student crashes Cloudflare beta party, redirects email, bags a bug bounty Simple to exploit, enough to pocket $3,000 Research04 Aug 2022 | 8
Post-quantum crypto cracked in an hour with one core of an ancient Xeon NIST's nifty new algorithm looks like it's in trouble Research03 Aug 2022 | 83
Miscreants aim to cause Discord discord with malicious npm packages LofyLife campaign comes amid GitHub security lockdown Research02 Aug 2022 | 2
Vietnamese attacker circumvents Facebook security with ‘DUCKTAIL’ malware Session cookies and 2FA subversion allow takeover of biz and ad accounts, lead to unauthorized ad buys Research27 Jul 2022 | 8
Node.js prototype pollution is bad for your app environment Boffins find common code constructs that may be exploitable to achieve remote code execution Research25 Jul 2022 | 5
US Cyber Command spots another 20 malware strains targeting Ukraine Plus Mandiant, Cisco Talos uncover digital espionage Research21 Jul 2022 | 1
Boffins release tool to decrypt Intel microcode. Have at it, x86 giant says Peek behind the curtain to see SGX implemented, Spectre mitigated, and more Research20 Jul 2022 | 18
Botnet malware disguises itself as password cracker for industrial controllers Can't get into that machine? No problem, just trust this completely sketchy looking tool Research18 Jul 2022 | 8
SCOTUS judges 'doxxed' after overturning Roe v Wade Physical and IP addresses as well as credit card info revealed in privacy breach Research13 Jul 2022 | 137
Older AMD, Intel chips vulnerable to data-leaking 'Retbleed' Spectre variant Speculative execution side-channels continue to haunt silicon world Research12 Jul 2022 | 8
How data on a billion people may have leaked from a Chinese police dashboard Record-breaking dump thanks to password-less Kibana endpoint? Research10 Jul 2022 | 24
Someone may be prepping an NPM crypto-mining spree 1,300 packages from 1,000 automated user accounts set the stage for something big Research07 Jul 2022 | 8
Hive ransomware gang rapidly evolves with complex encryption, Rust code RaaS malware devs have been busy bees Research06 Jul 2022 | 3
Near-undetectable malware linked to Russia's Cozy Bear The fun folk who attacked Solar Winds using a poisoned CV and tools from the murky world of commercial hackware Research06 Jul 2022 | 64
Actual quantum computers don't exist yet. The cryptography to defeat them may already be here NIST pushes ahead with CRYSTALS-KYBER, CRYSTALS-Dilithium, FALCON, SPHINCS+ algorithms Research05 Jul 2022 | 42
Pentagon: We'll pay you if you can find a way to hack us DoD puts money behind bug bounty program after reward-free pilot Research05 Jul 2022 | 18
What to do about inherent security flaws in critical infrastructure? Industrial systems' security got 99 problems and CVEs are one. Or more Research03 Jul 2022 | 46
We're now truly in the era of ransomware as pure extortion without the encryption Feature Why screw around with cryptography and keys when just stealing the info is good enough Research25 Jun 2022 | 22
Google: How we tackled this iPhone, Android spyware Watching people's every move and collecting their info – not on our watch, says web ads giant Research24 Jun 2022 | 25