A recruitment business that sent out an eye watering 107 million spam emails is now nursing a £130,000 ($161,000) fine from Britain’s data watchdog. London-based

Opinion Most data theft does clear harm to the victim, and often to its customers. But while embarrassing, the cyberattack against MSI in which source

Who, Me? Welcome once more to Who Me? The Register’s confessional column in which readers admit to being the source of SNAFUs. This week meet

In brief Google on Friday released an emergency update for Chrome to address a zero-day security flaw. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-2033, can be exploited

A suspected Nigerian fraudster is scheduled to appear in court Friday for his alleged role in a $6 million plot to scam businesses via email.

Special report United Nations negotiators convened this week in Vienna, Austria, to formulate a draft cybercrime treaty, and civil society groups are worried. “We are

A suspected Nigerian fraudster is scheduled to appear in court Friday for his alleged role in a $6 million plot to scam businesses via email.

Integrating the Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) into Windows and Windows Server that came with updates earlier this week is causing interoperability problems with what’s

To improve security, the cybersecurity industry needs to follow the aviation industry’s shift from a blame culture to a “just” culture, according to ISACA director

Ransomware. Even the name sounds scary.  When you get down to it, ransomware is one of the nastiest attacks a hacker can wage. They target

As Elon Musk tears at Twitter’s credibility by demanding businesses and individuals pay for their blue verification checks, Microsoft is pushing ts own free digital

The much-dreaded writer’s block isn’t the only threat that may derail your progress. Are you doing enough to keep your blog (and your livelihood) safe

The Spectre vulnerability that has haunted hardware and software makers since 2018 continues to defy efforts to bury it. On Thursday, Eduardo (sirdarckcat) Vela Nava,

To improve security, the cybersecurity industry needs to follow the aviation industry’s shift from a blame culture to a “just” culture, according to director of

The FBI has detained a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman suspected of leaking a trove of classified Pentagon documents on Discord. In the past few minutes,

AT&T is “concealing vital cybersecurity reporting” about its FirstNet phone network for first responders and the US military, according to US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR),

It’s important to note that the only time your communications are encrypted is when they’re in transit. They’re otherwise plain as day to see or

AT&T is “concealing vital cybersecurity reporting” about its FirstNet phone network for first responders and the US military, according to US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR),