No more illicit gains, for a while at least The FBI, in combination with police around the world, have taken control of the website and Telegram channel of ransomware brokerage site BreachForums.... [...]
More government data allegedly stolen by prolific criminals An extortionist claims to have stolen files from the US Army Aviation and Missile Command in August 2023, and now claims they are selling access to a $75 billion aerospace and defense company.... [...]
Developing an effective strategy is a continuous process which requires recurring evaluation and refinement Partner Content A cyber defense strategy outlines policies, procedures, and technologies to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber attacks. This helps avoid financial loss, reputational damage, and legal repercussions.... [...]
Plus: Google Chrome, Apple bugs also exploited in the wild Happy May Patch Tuesday. We've got a lot of vendors joining this month's patchapalooza, which includes a handful of bugs that have been exploited — either in the wild or at Pwn2Own — and now fixed by Microsoft, Apple, Google and …
Agency is on the lookout for a Prince among men The US Federal Communications Commission has named its first robocall gang, dubbing the crew "Royal Tiger," and detailed its operations in an attempt to encourage international action against the scammers.... [...]
Guidebook aims to undermine the criminal business model The latest effort to reduce the number of ransom payments sent to cybercriminals in the UK involves the country's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) locking arms with insurance associations.... [...]
Drama between two of the leading secure messaging services Telegram CEO Pavel Durov issued a scathing criticism of Signal, alleging the messaging service is not secure and has ties to US intelligence agencies.... [...]
After years of people being victimized, it's about time Google and Apple are rolling out an anti-stalking feature for Android 6.0+ and iOS 17.5 that will issue an alert if some scumbag is using a gadget like an AirTag or similar to clandestinely track the user.... [...]
How to empower CISOs and mitigate cyber security risks in a rapidly evolving threat landscape Sponsored Post Defending against the cyber threats of today isn't dissimilar to protecting a medieval castle from attack a thousand years ago.... [...]
When PoC code is released within a day of disclosure, it's only a matter of time before attacks kick off The UK's NHS is warning of the possibility that vulnerabilities in Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) software are being actively exploited.... [...]
Going once, going twice, going offline Christie's website remains offline as of Monday after a "technology security issue" shut it down Thursday night – just days before the venerable auction house planned to flog $840 million of art.... [...]
Emergency ambulances diverted while techies restore systems US information security agencies have published advisories on how to detect and thwart the Black Basta ransomware gang – after the crew claimed responsibility for the recent attack on US healthcare provider Ascension.... [...]
Hint: It's the 'the largest' maker of a key computer component RSAC An unnamed tech business hired IBM's X-Force penetration-testing team to break into its network to test its security. With the help of AI automation, Big Blue said it was able to do so within hours.... [...]
Intelligence-sharing platform remains down for maintenance Europol is investigating a cybercriminal's claims that they stole confidential data from a number of the agency's sources.... [...]
The Register’s Tim Philips gets down and dirty on cyber security in this interview with Rubrik CISO Richard Cassidy Sponsored Post There were hard words about the state of Britain's cyber security in parliament recently, but it's not just the country's critical national infrastructure which may be underprepared …
But breaking E2EE and blanket bans aren't thinking at all Opinion If your cranky uncle was this fixated about anything, you'd always be somewhere else at Christmas. Yet here we are again. Europol has been sounding off at Meta for harming children. Not for the way it's actually harming …
Cloudflare’s Everywhere Security platform offers unified protection for on and off-premise applications Sponsored Post Organizations across the Asia Pacific need to urgently ramp up their IT security infrastructures in response to a significantly increasing level of cyber threats, security experts have warned.... [...]
Plus: Google patches another Chrome security hole, and more Infosec in brief Encrypted email service Proton Mail is in hot water again from some quarters, and for the same thing that earned it flack before: Handing user data over to law enforcement.... [...]
Plus: Google patches another Chrome security hole, and more Infosec in brief Encrypted email service Proton Mail is in hot water again from some quarters, and for the same thing that earned it flack before: Handing user data over to law enforcement.... [...]
As gang tactics get nastier while attacks hit all-time highs Interview Ransomware hit an all-time high last year, with more than 60 criminal gangs listing at least 4,500 victims – and these infections don't show any signs of slowing.... [...]
Claroty CEO Yaniv Vardi tells us what's needed to defend vital networks Interview Take a glance at the cybersecurity headlines of late, and you'll see a familiar phrase that keeps cropping up: Critical infrastructure.... [...]
But China's the most technologically advanced Interview China remains the biggest cyber threat to the US government, America's critical infrastructure, and its private-sector networks, the nation's intelligence community has assessed.... [...]
Not a lotto luck for these powerball hunters More than half a million gamblers with a penchant for powerballs will be receiving some fairly unwelcome news very soon, if not already, as cybercriminals have made off with their personal data.... [...]
Major intrusions by both China and Russia leave a lot to be answered for The US government wants to make Microsoft's vice chair and president, Brad Smith, the latest tech figurehead to field questions from a House committee on its recent cybersecurity failings.... [...]
Cameras tested are specced for Baidu's Apollo Six boffins mostly hailing from Singapore-based universities say they can prove it's possible to interfere with autonomous vehicles by exploiting the machines' reliance on camera-based computer vision and cause them to not recognize road signs.... [...]