21 Oct

The billionaire behind Trump’s ‘unhackable’ phone is on a mission to fight Tesla’s FSD

Interview This month, presidential hopeful Donald Trump got a tool in his arsenal, some allegedly “unhackable” communications kit, and The Register has talked to the

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21 Oct

macOS HM Surf vuln might already be under exploit by major malware family

In revealing details about a vulnerability that threatens the privacy of Apple fans, Microsoft urges all macOS users to update their systems. The bug, tracked

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21 Oct

Google Voice scams: What are they and how do I avoid them?

Scams Watch out for schemes where fraudsters trick people into sharing verification codes so they can gain access to their phone numbers Phil Muncaster 21

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21 Oct

Tesla, Intel, deny they’re the foreign company China just accused of making maps that threaten national security

Tesla has denied it was involved in illegal-map making activities in China after Beijing asserted an unnamed foreign firm working on a smart car project

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21 Oct

Internet Archive exposed again – this time through Zendesk

Despite the Internet Archive’s assurances it’s back on its feet after a recent infosec incident, the org still appears to be in trouble after parties

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20 Oct

Open source LLM tool primed to sniff out Python zero-days

Researchers with Seattle-based Protect AI plan to release a free, open source tool that can find zero-day vulnerabilities in Python codebases with the help of

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18 Oct

Jetpack fixes 8-year-old flaw affecting millions of WordPress sites

in brief A critical security update for the near-ubiquitous WordPress plugin Jetpack was released last week. Site administrators should ensure the latest version is installed

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18 Oct

Alleged Bitcoin crook faces 5 years after SEC’s X account pwned

An Alabama man faces five years in prison for allegedly attempting to manipulate the price of Bitcoin by pwning the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s

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18 Oct

Intel hits back at China’s accusations it bakes in NSA backdoors

Intel has responded to Chinese claims that its chips include security backdoors at the direction of America’s NSA. The accusations were made earlier this week

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18 Oct

Threat actors exploiting zero-days faster than ever – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video The average time it takes attackers to weaponize a vulnerability, either before or after a patch is released, shrank from 63 days in 2018-2019

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18 Oct

ESET denies it was compromised as Israeli orgs targeted with ‘ESET-branded’ wipers

ESET denies being compromised after an infosec researcher highlighted a wiper campaign that appeared to victims as if it was launched using the Slovak security

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18 Oct

Critical default credential in Kubernetes Image Builder allows SSH root access

A critical bug in Kubernetes Image Builder could allow unauthorized SSH access to virtual machines (VMs) thanks to default credentials being included during the image

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18 Oct

Intel lightly hits back at China’s accusations it bakes in NSA backdoors

Intel has responded to Chinese claims that its chips include security backdoors at the direction of America’s NSA. The accusations were made earlier this week

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18 Oct

Intel robustly refutes China’s accusations it bakes in NSA backdoors

Intel has roundly rebutted Chinese accusations that its chips include security backdoors at the direction of the US National Security Agency (NSA). The accusations were

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18 Oct

Biz hired, and fired, a fake North Korean IT worker – then the ransom demands began

It’s a pattern cropping up more and more frequently: a company fills an IT contractor post, not realizing it’s mistakenly hired a North Korean operative.

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18 Oct

Uncle Sam puts $10M bounty on Russian troll farm Rybar

The US has placed a $10 million bounty on Russian media network Rybar and a number of its key staffers following alleged attempts to sway

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17 Oct

Troubled US insurance giant hit by extortion after data leak

US insurance provider Globe Life, already grappling with legal troubles, now faces a fresh headache: an extortion attempt involving stolen customer data. In a report

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17 Oct

Brazilian police claim they’ve cuffed serial cybercrook behind FBI and Airbus attacks

Brazilian police are being cagey with the details about the arrest of a person suspected to be responsible for various high-profile data thefts. The policia

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