As ransomware crews increasingly shift beyond just encrypting victims’ files and demanding a payment to unlock them, instead swiping sensitive info straight away, some of

Video, Internet of Things As security challenges loom large on the IoT landscape, how can we effectively counter the risks of integrating our physical and

Column Found a bug? It turns out that reporting it with a story in The Register works remarkably well … mostly. After publication of my

A rapidly-changing infostealer malware known as ViperSoftX has evolved to become more dangerous, according to security researchers at threat detection vendor Trellix. ViperSoftX, first spotted

Cybersecurity experts at universities and Big Tech have disclosed a vulnerability in a common client-server networking protocol that allows snoops to potentially bypass user authentication

Patch Tuesday Clear your Microsoft system administrator’s diary: The bundle of fixes in Redmond’s July Patch Tuesday is a doozy, with at least two bugs

The FBI and cybersecurity agencies in Canada and the Netherlands say they have taken down an almost 1,000-strong Twitter bot farm set up by Russian

Certificate Watch Demonstrating that Microsoft is not alone in its inability to keep track of certificates is UK power market biz Elexon. Elexon is an

Evolve Bank & Trust says the data of more than 7.6 million customers was stolen during the LockBit break-in in late May, per a fresh

Interview When it comes to surveillance malware, sophisticated spyware with complex capabilities tends to hog the limelight – for example NSO Group’s Pegasus, which is

Scams Scammers gonna scam scam scam, so before hunting for your tickets to a Taylor Swift gig or other in-demand events, learn how to stop

Microsoft China will provide staff with Apple devices so they can log on to the software giant’s systems. The Register confirmed this odd state of

Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission has warned that scammers are targeting scam victims with fake offers to help them recover from scams. The Commission (ACCC)

Law enforcement agencies from eight nations, led by Australia, have issued an advisory that details the tradecraft used by China-aligned threat actor APT40 – aka

Another Microsoft certificate has expired, leaving SwiftKey users that are seeking support faced with an alarming certificate error. SwiftKey is a predictive keyboard for Android,

Researchers at Avast have provided decryptors to DoNex ransomware victims on the down-low since March after discovering a flaw in the crims’ cryptography, the company

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The use of selfies to verify identity online is an emerging trend in some parts of the world since the pandemic forced more business to