18 Mar

UK wants dirt on data brokers before criminals get there first

The UK government is inviting experts to provide insights about the data brokerage industry and the potential risks it poses to national security as it

Author rabih
18 Mar

Operation AkaiRyū: MirrorFace invites Europe to Expo 2025 and revives ANEL backdoor

In August 2024, ESET researchers detected cyberespionage activity carried out by the China-aligned MirrorFace advanced persistent threat (APT) group against a Central European diplomatic institute

Author rabih
18 Mar

Extortion crew threatened to inform Edward Snowden (?!) if victim didn’t pay up

Dark web analysts at infosec software vendor Fortra have discovered an extortion crew named Ox Thief that threatened to contact Edward Snowden if a victim

Author rabih
18 Mar

‘Dead simple’ hijacking hole in Apache Tomcat ‘now actively exploited in the wild’

A trivial flaw in Apache Tomcat that allows remote code execution and access to sensitive files is said to be under attack in the wild

Author rabih
17 Mar

Court filing: DOGE aide broke Treasury policy by emailing unencrypted database

A now-former DOGE aide violated US Treasury policy by emailing an unencrypted database containing people’s private information to two Trump administration officials, according to a

Author rabih
17 Mar

Amazon to kill off local Alexa processing, all voice requests shipped to the cloud

Come March 28, those who opted to have their voice commands for Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa processed locally on their Echo devices will lose that

Author rabih
17 Mar

Amazon boots local Alexa processing: All your voice requests shipped to the cloud

Come March 28, those who opted to have their voice commands for Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa processed locally on their Echo devices will lose that

Author rabih
17 Mar

GitHub supply chain attack spills secrets from 23,000 projects

It’s not such a happy Monday for defenders wiping the sleep from their eyes only to deal with the latest supply chain attack. StepSecurity disclosed

Author rabih
17 Mar

UK government to open £16B IT services competition after 6-month delay

UK government is set to crack open the pork barrel for up to £16 billion in contracts for a range of IT services. The buying

Author rabih
17 Mar

AI’s biggest surprises of 2024 | Unlocked 403 cybersecurity podcast (S2E1)

Here’s what’s been hot on the AI scene over the past 12 months, how it’s changing the face of warfare, and how you can fight

Author rabih
17 Mar

Microsoft wouldn’t look at a bug report without a video. Researcher maliciously complied

A vulnerability analyst and prominent member of the infosec industry has blasted Microsoft for refusing to look at a bug report unless he submitted a

Author rabih
16 Mar

FCC stands up Council on National Security to fight China in ways that CISA used to

Infosec In Brief United States Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr has unveiled plans to form a Council on National Security that will combat foreign

Author rabih
14 Mar

Apple’s alleged UK encryption battle sparks political and privacy backlash

US politicians and privacy campaigners are calling for the private hearing between Apple and the UK government regarding its alleged encryption-busting order to be aired

Author rabih
14 Mar

New kids on the ransomware block channel Lockbit to raid Fortinet firewalls

Researchers are tracking a newly discovered ransomware group with suspected links to LockBit after a series of intrusions were reported starting in January. Forescout said

Author rabih
14 Mar

When IT meets OT: Cybersecurity for the physical world

Critical Infrastructure While relatively rare, real-world incidents impacting operational technology highlight that organizations in critical infrastructure can’t afford to dismiss the OT threat Phil Muncaster

Author rabih
14 Mar

Google says it’s rolling out fix for stricken Chromecasts

Google has told The Register it’s beginning to roll out a fix for Chromecast devices that were crippled by an expired security certificate authority. We’re

Author rabih
13 Mar

Dems ask federal agencies for reassurance DOGE isn’t feeding data into AI willy-nilly

House Democrats have sent letters to 24 federal agencies asking for assurances that Elon Musk’s DOGE team is not feeding sensitive government data into “unapproved

Author rabih
13 Mar

Google says it’s rolling out a fix for stricken Chromecasts

Google has told The Register it’s beginning to roll out a fix for Chromecast devices that were bricked due to an expired security certificate authority.

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