President ordered officials to ramp up vetting 'to the maximum degree' The US government's Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is considering monitoring not just the social media posts of non-citizens coming into the country, but also all those already in America going through an immigration or citizenship process.... [...]
Akira really wasn't horsing around with this one Toronto Zoo's final update on its January 2024 cyberattack arrived this week, revealing that visitor data going back to 2000 had been compromised.... [...]
Attacks strike, facilities go bust, patients die. But it's preventable It will cost upward of $75 million to address the cybersecurity needs of rural US hospitals, Microsoft reckons, as mounting closures threaten the lives of Americans.... [...]
Complaint alleges 13 funding proposals foundered amid battle for control Eric Gan is no longer CEO of AI security biz Cybereason after what appears to have been a protracted and unpleasant fight with investors, including the SoftBank Vision Fund and Liberty Strategic Capital.... [...]
Xi's freelance infosec warriors apparently paid up to $75K to crack a single American inbox US government agencies announced Wednesday criminal charges against alleged members of China's Silk Typhoon gang, plus internet domain seizures linked to a long-term Chinese espionage campaign that saw Beijing hire miscreants to compromise US …
Would 'destroy a pipeline of top talent essential for hunting' Chinese spies in US networks, Congress told Video Looming staffing cuts to America's security and intelligence agencies, if carried out, would "have a devastating effect on cybersecurity and our national security," former NSA bigwig Rob Joyce has told House …
They're good at zero-day exploits, too Updated Silk Typhoon, the Chinese government crew believed to be behind the December US Treasury intrusions, has been abusing stolen API keys and cloud credentials in ongoing attacks targeting IT companies and state and local government agencies since late 2024, according to Microsoft …
A first-of-its-kind legal challenge set to be heard this month, per reports Updated Apple has reportedly filed a legal complaint with the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) contesting the British government's order that it must forcibly break the encryption of iCloud data.... [...]
English football club offers apologies after fans' card details stolen from online retail store English football club Leeds United says cyber criminals targeted its retail website during a five-day assault in February and stole the card details of "a small number of customers."... [...]
'No regrets' crew continues extorting victims, leaking highly sensitive data Qilin – the "no regrets" ransomware crew wreaking havoc on the global healthcare industry – just claimed responsibility for fresh attacks on a cancer treatment clinic in Japan and a women's healthcare facility in the US.... [...]
List of attacks by 'No regrets' crew leaking highly sensitive data continues to grow Qilin – the "no regrets" ransomware crew wreaking havoc on the global healthcare industry – just claimed responsibility for fresh attacks on a cancer treatment clinic in Japan and a women's healthcare facility in the US.... [...]
Stop cyberattacks before they happen with preventative endpoint security Sponsored Post Every organization is vulnerable to cyber threats, and endpoint devices are a common target for cyber criminals.... [...]
Hunters International ready to off-shore 1.4 TB of info allegedly swiped from Indian giant A subsidiary of Indian multinational Tata has allegedly fallen victim to the notorious ransomware gang Hunters International.... [...]
The heap overflow zero-day in the memory unsafe code by Miss Creant Broadcom today pushed out patches for three VMware hypervisor-hijacking bugs, including one rated critical, that have already been found and exploited by criminals.... [...]
No warning, no opt-out, and critic claims... no consent Research from a leading academic shows Android users have advertising cookies and other gizmos working to build profiles on them even before they open their first app.... [...]
Says the biz trying to sell us stuff to catch that, admittedly High-profile deepfake scams that were reported here at The Register and elsewhere last year may just be the tip of the iceberg. Attacks relying on spoofed faces in online meetings surged by 300 percent in 2024, it …
Enhancing API security for financial institutions Partner Content Open banking has revolutionized financial services, empowering consumers to share their financial data with third-party providers, including fintech innovators.... [...]
Mixed messages from Pentagon, CISA as Trump gets pally with Putin and Kremlin strikes US critical networks Comment America's cybersecurity chiefs in recent days have been sending mixed messages about the threat posed by Russia in the digital world.... [...]
Ghost positions, HR AI no help – biz should talk to infosec staff and create 'realistic' job outline, say experts Analysis It's a familiar refrain in the security industry that there is a massive skills gap in the sector. And while it's true there are specific shortages in certain areas …
Some may have second thoughts about going all-in with an American vendor, no matter where their data is stored Microsoft has completed its EU data boundary, however, analysts and some regional cloud players are voicing concerns over dependencies on a US entity, even with the guarantees in place.... [...]
Officials vow to uncover who was behind it The Polish Space Agency (POLSA) is currently dealing with a "cybersecurity incident," it confirmed via its X account on Sunday.... [...]
ICO looking at what data is used to serve up recommendations The UK's data protection watchdog has launched three investigations into certain social media platforms following concerns about the protection of privacy among teenage users.... [...]
Cut off one head and 100 grow back? Decapitation may not be the way to go Opinion With Apple pulling the plug on at-rest end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for UK users, and Signal threatening to pull out of Sweden if that government demands E2EE backdoors, it's looking bleak.... [...]
PLUS: Phishing suspects used fishing gear as alibi; Apple's 'Find My' can track PCs and Androids; and more Infosec In Brief US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly ordered US Cyber Command to pause offensive operations against Russia – as the USA’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has …
Bjarne Stroustrup says standards committee needs to show it can respond to memory safety push Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of C++, has issued a call for the C++ community to defend the programming language, which has been shunned by cybersecurity agencies and technical experts in recent years for its memory …