Questions raised as one of the world's largest PC makers joins America's critical defense team Opinion Lenovo's participation in a cybersecurity initiative has reopened old questions over the company's China origins, especially in light of the growing mistrust between Washington and Beijing over technology.... [...]

With numerous US government agency customers, any leak could be serious Updated Internal documents stolen from Leidos Holdings, an IT services provider contracted with the Department of Defense and other US government agencies, have been leaked on the dark web.... [...]

Academic-industry project takes next step as key promoter chip designer licks its wounds A group of technology organizations has formed the CHERI Alliance CIC (Community Interest Company) to promote industry adoption of the security technology focused on memory access.... [...]

Big data + security division could be owed by the government and its people The French government has confirmed an offer of €700 million ($748 million) for key assets of ailing IT services giant Atos, following the company’s acceptance of a restructuring deal earlier this week.... [...]

Finance minister says government has interests in IT giant's 'sovereign activities' The French government has tabled an offer to buy key assets of ailing IT giant Atos after the company late last week almost doubled its estimate of the cash it will need to stay afloat in the near …

Sadly no push to end stupid TikTok dances, but ByteDance would have year to offload app stateside Fresh US legislation to force the sale of TikTok locally was passed in Washington over the weekend after an earlier version stalled in the Senate.... [...]

Fears of low-cost invasion and data spies spark call for ban Electric vehicles may become a new front in America's tech war with China after a US senator called for Washington DC to block Chinese-made EVs to protect domestic industries and national security.... [...]

Affected federal agencies must comb through mails, reset API keys and passwords The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns that Russian spies who gained access to Microsoft's email system were able to steal sensitive data, including authentication details and that immediate remedial action is required by affected …

Device Bound Session Credentials said to render cookie theft useless Google reckons that cookie theft is a problem for users, and is seeking to address it with a mechanism to tie authentication data to a specific device, rendering any stolen cookies useless.... [...]

Redmond says it does what it's told, but still thinks users are better off Microsoft is the subject of growing criticism in the US over allegations that its Bing search engine censors results for users in China that relate to sensitive subjects the state wants blocked.... [...]

Beijing accuses US of breaking into Huawei servers in 2009 The ongoing face-off between Washington and Beijing over technology and security issues has taken a new twist, with China accusing the US of hacking into the servers of Huawei in 2009 and conducting other cyber-attacks to steal critical data …

Update now: Millions of users potentially impacted, plus uncounted warez folks Users of the popular WinRAR compression and archiving tool should update now to avoid a vulnerability that allows code to be run when a user opens a RAR file.... [...]

Plus laptop and radio with yet more officers details reportedly nicked from car A man was arrested in Northern Ireland for suspected Collection of Terrorist Information following an incident where police mistakenly leaked details that identified 10,000 serving officers, but he has now been released on bail.... [...]

Abreezio? Maybe not, but it was a plea deal The former chief executive of a company that was sold to Qualcomm for more than $150 million has pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering relating to a $1.5 million transaction involving proceeds from the deal.... [...]

Names, job titles and salaries included in unwitting leak Cumbria Constabulary inadvertently published the names and salaries of all its officers and staff online earlier this year, making it the second UK force in a fortnight to admit disclosing personal information about its employees.... [...]

ProxyNotShell vulnerability could be how UK body got pwned, suggests infosec expert The hacking of the UK’s Electoral Commission was potentially facilitated by the exploitation of a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange, according to a security expert.... [...]

At least it was a blunder and not a hostile attack, unlike what happened to another UK public body this week A spreadsheet containing details of serving Northern Ireland police officers was mistakenly posted online yesterday, potentially endangering the safety of officers, given the volatile politics of the region …

'It doesn't help if the organization responsible for the integrity of elections' gets pwned The IT infrastructure of the UK's Electoral Commission was broken into by miscreants, who will have had access to names and addresses of voters, as well as the election oversight body's email and unspecified other …

Fined $4m for Who-Me-esque mess, for which it blames unnamed archiving vendor's retention settings JP Morgan has been fined $4 million by America's securities watchdog, the SEC, for deleting millions of email records dating from 2018 relating to its Chase Bank subsidiary.... [...]

Country to have two networks as first buildout falls behind schedule Malaysia could be putting itself on a collision course with the EU and US as the country looks set to allow Chinese suppliers including Huawei a chance to play a part in its planned 5G network rollout.... [...]

Thinks info from internal systems 'obtained' by miscreant, unsure of nature or scope data Western Digital is today dealing with a "network security incident" after detecting a break-in into its internal systems by an unauthorized third party.... [...]

Juicy private sector job vs... money off a season travel ticket Given the importance of the Treasury department's function to Britain, Reg readers might expect the Head of Cyber Security vacancy currently being advertised would come with a salary that reflects its criticality.... [...]

Plus bugs squashed in Server Platform Services and more Intel's Software Guard Extensions (SGX) are under the spotlight again after the chipmaker disclosed several newly discovered vulnerabilities affecting the tech, and recommended users update their firmware.... [...]

Heavily hyped tech bound for some sort of milestone by decade end Research conducted by Fujitsu suggests there is no need to panic about quantum computers being able to decode encrypted data – this is unlikely to happen in the near future, it claims.... [...]

Up 188% on 2020 but could be because financial institutions were encouraged to report incidents Banks in the US paid out nearly $1.2 billion in 2021 as a result of ransomware attacks, a marked rise over the year before though it may simply be due to more financial …