China last week reorganized its military to create an Information Support Force aimed at ensuring it can fight and win networked wars. President Xi Jinping

Infosec In Brief In a cautionary tale that no one is immune from attack, the security org MITRE has admitted that it got pwned. The

Sacramento International Airport (SMF) suffered hours of flight delays yesterday after what appears to be an intentional cutting of an AT&T internet cable serving the

Is it real? Is it fake?  Deepfake technology has certainly made everything far more complicated online. How do you know for sure what’s real? Can

Apple has removed four apps from its China-regional app store, including Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads, after it was ordered to do so by Beijing for

The World-Check database used by businesses to verify the trustworthiness of users has fallen into the hands of cybercriminals. The Register was contacted by a

Bavarian state police have arrested two German-Russian citizens on suspicion of being Russian spies and planning to bomb industrial and military facilities that participate in

Black Hat Asia Speaking at the Black Hat Asia conference on Thursday, a Korean researcher revealed how the discovery of a phishing operation led to

Octapharma Plasma has blamed IT “network issues” for the ongoing closure of its 150-plus centers across the US. It’s feared a ransomware infection may be

Crooks are exploiting month-old OpenMetadata vulnerabilities in Kubernetes environments to mine cryptocurrency using victims’ resources, according to Microsoft. OpenMetadata is a suite of open-source software

A draft law to restrict the US government’s ability to procure data on citizens through data brokers will progress to the Senate after being passed

Speaking at Black Hat Asia on Thursday, a Korean researcher revealed how the discovery of one phishing website led to uncovering an operation whose activities

Ransomware strikes at yet another US healthcare organization led to the theft of sensitive data belonging to just shy of 185,000 people. Michigan-based Cherry Health

The EU’s Data Protection Board (EDPB) has told large online platforms they should not offer users a binary choice between paying for a service and

Feature Cops have brought down a dark-web souk that provided cyber criminals with convincing copies of trusted brands’ websites for use in phishing campaigns. The

Scams What are some of the most common giveaway signs that the person behind the screen or on the other end of the line isn’t

Cisco has developed a product called Hypershield that it thinks represents a new way to do network security. The core element of Cisco’s plan is

One of the biggest challenges Singapore faces is the potential for a split between tech stacks developed and used by China and the West, according