11 Jul

CVSS 10 RCE in Wing FTP exploited within 24 hours, security researchers warn

Huntress security researchers observed exploitation of the CVSS 10.0 remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Wing FTP Server on July 1, just one day after

Author rabih
11 Jul

CVSS 10 RCE in Wing FTP exploited within 24 hours, security researchers warn

Huntress security researchers observed exploitation of the CVSS 10.0 remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Wing FTP Server on July 1, just one day after

Author rabih
11 Jul

UK Online Safety Act ‘not up to scratch’ on misinformation, warn MPs

The Online Safety Act fails to tackle online misinformation, leaving the UK in need of further regulation to curb the viral spread of false content,

Author rabih
11 Jul

Security company hired a used car salesman to build a website, and it didn’t end well

On Call Welcome once again to On Call, The Register‘s Friday column that shares your stories of tech support terror and triumph. This week, meet

Author rabih
11 Jul

French cops cuff Russian pro basketball player on ransomware charges

A Russian professional basketball player is cooling his heels in a French detention center after being arrested and accused of acting as a negotiator for

Author rabih
11 Jul

Chinese censorship-busters claim Tencent is trying to kill its WeChat archive

Anti-censorship organization GreatFire.org has accused Singapore infosec outfit Group-IB of helping Chinese web giant Tencent to quell its activities. GreatFire researches China’s censorship efforts and

Author rabih
10 Jul

Lovestruck US Air Force worker admits leaking secrets on dating app

A lovestruck US Air Force employee has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transmit confidential national defense information after sharing military secrets information about the Russia-Ukraine

Author rabih
10 Jul

Now everybody but Citrix agrees that CitrixBleed 2 is under exploit

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added its weighty name to the list of parties agreeing that CVE-2025-5777, dubbed CitrixBleed 2 by one

Author rabih
10 Jul

Ex-ASML engineer who stole chip tech for Russia gets three years in Dutch prison

A former ASML and NXP semiconductor engineer will spend three years in a Dutch prison after stealing secret chip technology from his employers and sharing

Author rabih
10 Jul

Russia, hotbed of cybercrime, says nyet to ethical hacking bill

Russia, home to some of the world’s most lucrative and damaging cybercrime operations, has rejected a bill to legalize ethical hacking. The State Duma, the

Author rabih
10 Jul

NCA arrests four in connection with UK retail ransomware attacks

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested four individuals suspected of being involved with the big three cyberattacks on UK retail businesses in recent weeks.

Author rabih
10 Jul

Sovereign-ish: Google Cloud keeps AI data in UK, but not the support

Google Cloud is attempting to ease concerns about where AI data is stored by offering organizations the option to keep Gemini 2.5 Flash machine learning

Author rabih
10 Jul

Review: How Passwork 7 helps tame business passwords

Sponsored feature Passwords are necessary for businesses, but look away for a minute and they quickly get out of control. If your users do things

Author rabih
10 Jul

At last, a use case for AI agents with sky-high ROI: Stealing crypto

Using AI models to generate exploits for cryptocurrency contract flaws appears to be a promising business model, though not necessarily a legal one. Researchers with

Author rabih
10 Jul

At last, a use case for AI agents with high sky-high ROI: Stealing crypto

Using AI models to generate exploits for cryptocurrency contract flaws appears to be a promising business model, though not necessarily a legal one. Researchers with

Author rabih
09 Jul

How to trick ChatGPT into revealing Windows keys? I give up

A clever AI bug hunter found a way to trick ChatGPT into disclosing Windows product keys, including at least one owned by Wells Fargo bank,

Author rabih
09 Jul

US sanctions alleged North Korean IT sweatshop leader

The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on 38-year-old Song Kum Hyok, a North Korean accused of attempting to hack the Treasury Department and posing as

Author rabih
09 Jul

AMD warns of new Meltdown, Spectre-like bugs affecting CPUs

AMD is warning users of a newly discovered form of side-channel attack affecting a broad range of its chips that could lead to information disclosure.

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