Plus: America creates task force to tackle ransomware crims In Brief The Homebrew package manager for macOS and Linux has fixed an issue that could have been exploited by miscreants to run malicious code on people's computers.... [...]
DEF CON hails 'an icon in all the positive ways' Obit Celebrated information security researcher Dan Kaminsky, known not just for his technical ability but also for his compassion and support for those in his industry, has died. He was 42.... [...]
Too bad there's no suggested solution... oh, wait Apple's AirDrop has a couple of potentially annoying privacy weaknesses that Cupertino is so far refusing to address even though a solution has been offered.... [...]
Plus Pwn2Own faces fire and update Chrome immediately In Brief The former systems administrator for the FIN7 card-slurping gang has been sentenced to 10 years in a US prison.... [...]
Very 2021 to have AI bots fight in simulated networks for our entertainment (and science) Microsoft has open-sourced software that pits machine-learning-powered network intruders against automated defenders inside virtual networks.... [...]
Very 2021 to have AI bots fight in simulated networks for our entertainment (and science) Microsoft has open-sourced software that pits machine-learning-powered network intruders against automated defenders inside virtual networks.... [...]
Euro cops take $1.65bn of blow off the streets after poring over messages The Belgian plod says it seized 27.64 tons of cocaine worth €1.4bn (£1.2bn, $1.65bn) from shipments into Antwerp in the past six weeks after defeating the encryption in the Sky ECC …
Plus: Top universities hit by data-stealing extortionists in Brief It was a tsunami of DNS queries that ultimately took out a host of Microsoft services, from Xbox Live to Teams, for some netizens about an hour on April Fools' Day, Redmond has said.... [...]
Plus: Did Google expose a Western hacking op? Who cares? You're safer In brief Apple has issued critical security patches for all supported phones, fondleslabs, and watches after being alerted to multiple possible intrusions by Google.... [...]
Plus: Exchange and SolarWinds autopatch tools and shocking news! In Brief Graham Ivan Clark, part of the crew that hijacked around 130 high-profile Twitter accounts and used them to collect cryptocurrency, has been sentenced to three years in prison for his part in the scam.... [...]
Plus: Verkada flaw finder cuffed and Apple boss may have leaked secrets In brief It's looking like the exploitation of critical Exchange flaws that Microsoft revealed at the start of the month could be much worse than folks first suspected.... [...]
Plus: McAfee's in serious trouble over claimed cryptocurrency scam In brief Another form of malware has been spotted on servers backdoored in the SolarWinds' Orion fiasco.... [...]
Our vulture Iain argues against this week's motion Reader debate Welcome to the latest Register Debate in which writers discuss technology topics, and you – the reader – choose the winning argument. The format is simple: a motion was proposed this week, the argument for the motion was published on Wednesday …
Plus: Critical Cisco flaw, NSA advice, and someone hacked Gab? In Brief The murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, which is said to be have been aided by digital surveillance, was ordered by the head of the Saudi Arabian government, US intelligence has publicly asserted.... [...]
Plus: IBM's lawyers hacked, Kia denies ransomware hit, France declares war on hackers, and more In brief Brave has patched up its privacy-focused web browser after it was spotted leaking its Tor users' dark-web habits.... [...]
Plus: SentinelOne picks up Scalyr, fatal flaws in TCP, and a view on Supermicro In brief Internet Security Research Group nonprofit Let's Encrypt has massively upgraded its certification hardware and software so that it can delete and reissue all its certs in less than 24 hours.... [...]
Plus: British Mensa in data leak blunder, DARPA are Star Wars fans, Sonicwall patch out, and more In brief Email security biz Mimecast not only fell victim to the SolarWinds hackers, leading to its own customers being attacked, it is also trimming its workforce amid healthy profits.... [...]
Plus: Second ransomware operation in the sights of Uncle Sam – and the insurance industry under fire for fueling extortionware rise In brief Cisco's anti-spam service SpamCop failed to renew spamcop.net over weekend, causing it to lapse, which resulted in countless messages being falsely labeled and rejected as spam …
Security eggheads discover their PCs chatting with Kim Jong Un's hackers North Korea's hackers homed in on specific infosec researchers and infected their systems with a backdoor after luring them to a suspicious website, Google revealed on Monday.... [...]
Plus: SonicWall hacked, Qualcomm security wobble, warrantless cellphone monitoring by US snoops revealed In brief One-time ADT security engineer Telesforo Aviles, 35, pleaded guilty to computer fraud in the US after spying on women through their home surveillance cameras.... [...]
Plus: Watch out for NTFS-corrupting folder, Mimecast hack, and more In brief Last week ended with news that the venerable infosec mailing list Bugtraq was being shutdown at the end of the month.... [...]
Plus: Watch out for NTFS-corrupting folder, Mimecast hack, and more In brief Last week ended with news that the venerable infosec mailing list Bugtraq was being shutdown at the end of the month.... [...]
The week's other security news In Brief Embattled and embarrassed network management shop SolarWinds has reportedly hired two of the highest profile security bods in the biz to sort out its woes.... [...]