Dots have been joined, but hard evidence is not apparent Former US president Donald Trump's re-election campaign has claimed it's been the victim of a cyber attack.... [...]

Also: British nuke subs get code from Russia; and BlackSuit begs for $500M Infosec in brief The United Nations often reaches consensus rather than complete agreement, but last week a proposal from Russia to cut down on cyber crime was unanimously approved.... [...]

Is that a lot? Depends on the context. GHz, no. Voltage, yes Intel has divulged more details on its Raptor Lake family of 13th and 14th Gen Core processor failures and the 0x129 microcode that's supposed to prevent further damage from occurring.... [...]

Explore the latest trends in cybersecurity with expert insight from Cloudflare Webinar As cyber threats grow more sophisticated, staying informed is crucial for IT professionals.... [...]

Political officials, advisors targeted in cyber attacks as fake news sites deliver lefty zingers Microsoft says Iran's efforts to influence the November US presidential election have gathered pace recently and there are signs that point toward its intent to incite violence against key figures.... [...]

Can't reach someone's private server on localhost from outside? No problem A years-old security oversight has been addressed in basically all web browsers – Chromium-based browsers, including Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome, WebKit browsers like Apple's Safari, and Mozilla's Firefox.... [...]

Multiple critical flaws found and they won't be fixed A boffin from British defence contractor BAE has found three critical flaws in Cisco's Small Business SPA300 and SPA500 IP phones – and another couple of nasties – none of which will be fixed or mitigated.... [...]

Airline unimpressed with 'unhelpful and untimely' phone call from CEO, Falcon maker says claims untrue Delta Air Lines has come out swinging at CrowdStrike in a letter accusing the security giant of trying to "shift the blame" for the IT meltdown caused by its software – and that CrowdStrike CEO …

American and Brit firms thought they were employing a Westerner, but not so, it's alleged The FBI today arrested a Tennessee man suspected of running a "laptop farm" that got North Koreans, posing as Westerners, IT jobs at American and British companies.... [...]

Hundreds of thousands of users potentially vulnerable Password manager 1Password is warning that all Mac users running versions before 8.10.36 are vulnerable to a bug that allows attackers to steal vault items.... [...]

Election tech is fine – it's all those idiots buying into the propaganda that's worrying Jen Easterly Black Hat US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) director Jen Easterly and her counterparts from the UK and EU want the world to know that, when it comes to securing elections, they've …

Just snapping the webcam shutter closed won't keep a user safe online New research shows that while many Brits will snap shut a laptop camera in the name of privacy, a worrying amount will just as happily shovel all manner of personal information into an online game in order …

Sectigo bosses claim it's only a matter of time before Microsoft and Apple drop Big E from their root stores too After falling down in the estimations of major browser makers Google and Mozilla, Entrust faces a lengthy fight on its hands to regain industry trust and once more …

Why run your own evil infrastructure when Big Tech offers robust tools hosted at trusted URLs? Black Hat State-sponsored cyber spies and criminals are increasingly using legitimate cloud services to attack their victims, according to Symantec's threat hunters who have spotted three such operations over recent months, plus new …

Good luck, crackers: It's an isolated processor and storage enclave, and top dollar only comes from a remote attack Samsung has dangled its first $1 million bug bounty for anyone who successfully compromises Knox Vault – the isolated subsystem the Korean giant bakes into its smartphones to store info like …

Let's get physical, physical... I don't wanna hear your MMU talk Black Hat Computer security researchers at the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Germany have found serious security flaws in some of Alibaba subsidiary T-Head Semiconductor's RISC-V processors.... [...]

Palo Alto Networks reveals how AI can be harnessed to strengthen cyber security defenses David Gordon Sponsored Post Hackers and cyber criminals are busy finding new ways of using AI to launch attacks on businesses and organizations often unprepared to deal with the speed, scale and sophistication of the …

A simple HTML change and the warning is gone! Researchers say cybercriminals can have fun bypassing one of Microsoft's anti-phishing measures in Outlook with some simple CSS tweaks.... [...]

Timor-Leste is a known cybercrime hotspot Two days is all it took for Interpol to recover more than $40 million worth of stolen funds in a recent business email compromise (BEC) heist, the international cop shop said this week.... [...]

Went at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified Acronis, the Swiss disaster recovery turned cybersecurity firm and catch-all for managed service providers, has been majority acquired by Europe’s largest private equity firm, EQT.... [...]

Nearly 83,000 people had their data stolen amid chaos that struck NHS healthcare The UK's data protection watchdog says it plans to fine a managed software provider to the NHS £6.09 million ($7.7 million) for failings that led to a 2022 ransomware attack.... [...]

Fake Angry IP Scanner will make you furious - or maybe remind you of how the Hive gang went about its banal business The latest malware from upstart criminal gang Hunters International appears to be targeting network admins, using malicious code disguised as the popular networking tool Angry IP Scanner …

Trying to cancel a citizen's registration would be caught by humans no matter what the page said, officials say The US state of Georgia has a website for cancelling voter registration, and it's had a bumpy start.... [...]

SatNad himself offered CrowdStrike recovery help, Redmond says, before suggesting airline's IT is in a mess Microsoft has labelled Delta Air Lines' accusations it's partly to blame for the outages caused by CrowdStrike’s buggy software "false" and "misleading" – and insulted the state of the carrier’s IT infrastructure …

And reveals the small mistake that bricked 8.5 million Windows boxes CrowdStrike has hired two outside security firms to review the Falcon sensor code that sparked a global IT outage last month – but it may not have an awful lot to find, because CrowdStrike has identified the simple …