07 Jan

ESA calls cops as crims lift off 500 GB of files, say security black hole still open

exclusive The European Space Agency on Wednesday confirmed yet another massive security breach, and told The Register that the data thieves responsible will be subject

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07 Jan

Stalkerware slinger pleads guilty for selling snooper software to suspicious spouses

The US government has secured a guilty plea from a stalkerware maker in federal court, marking just the second time in more than a decade

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07 Jan

Microsoft scraps Exchange Online spam clamp after customers cry foul

Microsoft has backed away from planned changes to Exchange Online after customers objected to limits designed to curb outbound email abuse. In its cancellation announcement,

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07 Jan

Ministry of Justice splurged £50M on security – still missed Legal Aid Agency cyberattack

The UK’s Ministry of Justice spent £50 million ($67 million) on cybersecurity improvements at the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) before the high-profile cyberattack it disclosed

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07 Jan

Jaguar Land Rover wholesale volumes plummet 43% in cyberattack aftermath

Brit luxury automaker Jaguar Land Rover has reported devastating preliminary Q3 results that lay bare the cascading consequences of a crippling cyberattack, revealing wholesale volumes

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07 Jan

HSBC app takes a dim view of sideloaded Bitwarden installations

Some HSBC mobile banking customers in the UK report being locked out of the bank’s app after installing the Bitwarden password manager via an open

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07 Jan

HackerOne ‘ghosted’ me for months over $8,500 bug bounty, says researcher

Last fall, Jakub Ciolek reported two denial-of-service bugs in Argo CD, a popular Kubernetes controller, via HackerOne’s Internet Bug Bounty (IBB) program. Both were assigned

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06 Jan

Brightspeed investigates breach as crims post stolen data for sale

Internet service provider Brightspeed confirmed that it’s investigating criminals’ claims that they stole more than a million customers’ records and have listed them for sale

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06 Jan

Fake Windows BSODs check in at Europe’s hotels to con staff into running malware

Russia-linked hackers are sneaking malware into European hotels and other hospitality outfits by tricking staff into installing it themselves through fake Windows Blue Screen of

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06 Jan

Crypto wallet shop Ledger confirms customer data lifted in Global-e snafu

Blockchain security biz Ledger says customer information was accessed in a breach at its ecommerce payment partner Global-e, and is warning that other brands using

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06 Jan

UK injects just £210M into cyber plan to stop Whitehall getting pwnd

The UK today launches its Government Cyber Action Plan, committing £210 million ($282 million) to strengthen defenses across digital public services and hold itself to

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06 Jan

Students bag extended Christmas break after cyber hit on school IT

Students at a school in Warwickshire, England, have scored an extended Christmas break after a cyberattack crippled its IT systems, forcing classrooms to close and

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06 Jan

One criminal, 50 hacked organizations, and all because MFA wasn’t turned on

If you don’t say “yes way” to MFA, the consequences can be disastrous. Sensitive data belonging to about 50 global enterprises is listed for sale

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05 Jan

Congrats, cybercrims: You just fell into a honeypot

Resecurity offered its “congratulations” to the Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters cybercrime crew for falling into its threat intel team’s honeypot – resulting in a subpoena being

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05 Jan

Playing Koi: Palo Alto isn’t saying if it will buy security start-up

Palo Alto Networks is on shopping spree. The company is reportedly considering a $400 million purchase of Israeli cybersecurity start up Koi, which raised $48

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05 Jan

Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching

Important news for Gmail power users: Google is dropping the feature whereby Gmail can collect mail from other email accounts over POP3. The company hasn’t

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05 Jan

New Zealand orders review into ManageMyHealth cyberattack

New Zealand health minister Simeon Brown has ordered a review into the cyberattack at ManageMyHealth, which threatens the data of hundreds of thousands of Kiwis.

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04 Jan

Trump admin sends heart emoji to commercial spyware makers with lifted Predator sanctions

infosec in brief The Trump administration has cleared a trio of individuals sanctioned by the Biden administration for involvement with the Intellexa spyware consortium behind

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