23 Sep

UK chancellor Putin the blame on Russia for cyber chaos, but evidence says otherwise

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves is blaming Moscow for Britain’s latest cyber woes, an attribution that seems about as solid as wet cardboard given the trail

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23 Sep

EV charging biz zaps customers with data leak scare

An electric vehicle charging point provider is telling users that their data may be compromised, following a recent security “incident” at a service provider. Germany-based

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22 Sep

Cops cuff another teen over alleged Scattered Spider attack that broke Vegas casinos

A teen surrendered to Las Vegas police and was booked on suspicion of breaking into multiple Las Vegas casino networks in 2023, as part of

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22 Sep

EU’s cyber agency blames ransomware as Euro airport check-in chaos continues

The EU’s cybersecurity agency today confirmed that ransonmware is the cause of continued disruption blighting major airports across Europe. Aside from the disturbance at various

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22 Sep

Car giant Stellantis says customer data nicked after partner vendor pwned

Car giant Stellantis is admitting that attackers targeted one of its third-party partners, spilling its own customers’ details in the process. The automaker – which

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22 Sep

Watch out for SVG files booby-trapped with malware

What you see is not always what you get as cybercriminals increasingly weaponize SVG files as delivery vectors for stealthy malware Camilo Gutiérrez Amaya 22

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22 Sep

Alleged Scattered Spider teen cuffed after extortion Bitcoin used to buy games, meals

Thalha Jubair, one of the two UK teens arrested on Tuesday and accused of being members of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime gang, allegedly played

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22 Sep

FOMO? Brit banking biz rolls out AI tools, talks up security

Lloyds Banking Group is leaning into 21st century tech – yet trying to do so in a way that the data of its 28 million

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22 Sep

Trump says Michael Dell is part of the team buying TikTok, with Larry Ellison and maybe some Murdochs

Dell CEO Michael Dell is part of the consortium that intends to acquire TikTok’s US operations, according to US president Donald Trump. Speaking to Fox

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22 Sep

Tech troubles create aviation chaos on both sides of the Atlantic

Technology problems hit the commercial aviation industry hard over the weekend, leading to hundreds of cancelled flights and myriad delays on both sides of the

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22 Sep

Ransomware attack linked to museum break-in and theft of golden exhibits

Infosec in brief Online criminals prefer to deal in digital assets, but a side effect of a ransomware attack has seen a French museum robbed

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19 Sep

ChatGPT joins human league, now solves CAPTCHAs for the right prompt

ChatGPT can be tricked via cleverly worded prompts to violate its own policies and solve CAPTCHA puzzles, potentially making this human-proving security mechanism obsolete, researchers

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19 Sep

Ivanti EPMM holes let miscreants plant shady listeners, CISA says

An unknown attacker has abused a couple of flaws in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) and deployed two sets of malware against an unnamed organization,

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19 Sep

Ding ding: Fortra rings the perfect-10 bell over latest GoAnywhere MFT bug

Budding ransomware crooks have another shot at exploiting Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT product now that a new 10/10 severity vulnerability needs patching. The vendor issued an

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19 Sep

Scattered Spider teen cuffed after buying games and meals with extortion bitcoin

Thalha Jubair, one of the two UK teens arrested on Tuesday and accused of being members of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime gang, allegedly played

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19 Sep

One token to pwn them all: Entra ID bug could have granted access to every tenant

A security researcher claims to have found a flaw that could have handed him the keys to almost every Entra ID tenant worldwide. Dirk-jan Mollema

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19 Sep

OpenAI plugs ShadowLeak bug in ChatGPT that let miscreants raid inboxes

ChatGPT’s research assistant sprung a leak – since patched – that let attackers steal Gmail secrets with just a single carefully crafted email. Deep Research,

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19 Sep

Charities warn Ofcom too soft on Online Safety Act violators

As UK ministers continue to quiz stakeholders over the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act, one charity chief raised concerns over the robustness of Ofcom’s

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