I'm a security expert, and I almost fell for a North Korea-style deepfake job applicant …Twice
Remote position, webcam not working, then glitchy AI face ... Red alert!
CSO11 Feb 2025 | 82
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Apple warns 'extremely sophisticated attack' may be targeting iThings
Cupertino mostly uses bland language when talking security, so this sounds nasty
Security11 Feb 2025 | 23
All your 8Base are belong to us: Ransomware crew busted in global sting
updated Dark web site seized, four cuffed in Thailand
Cyber-crime10 Feb 2025 | 3
US news org still struggling to print papers a week after 'cybersecurity event'
Publications across 25 states either producing smaller issues or very delayed ones
Cyber-crime10 Feb 2025 | 9
UK armed forces fast-tracking cyber warriors to defend digital front lines
High starting salaries promised after public sector infosec pay criticized
Security10 Feb 2025 | 29
Judge says US Treasury ‘more vulnerable to hacking’ since Trump let the DOGE out
Order requires destruction of departmental data accessed by Musky men
Public Sector10 Feb 2025 | 56
India's banking on the bank.in domain cleaning up its financial services sector
With over 2,000 banks in operation, a domain only they can use has potential to make life harder for fraudsters
Security10 Feb 2025 | 16
DeepSeek's iOS app is a security nightmare, and that's before you consider its TikTok links
Infosec In Brief PLUS: Spanish cops think they've bagged NATO hacker; HPE warns staff of data breach; Lazy Facebook phishing, and more!
Security10 Feb 2025 | 23
Huawei revenue growing fast, suggesting China's scoffing at sanctions
Asia In Brief PLUS: Japan shifts to pre-emptive cyber-defense; Thailand cuts cords connecting scam camps; China to launch 'moon hopper' in 2026; and more!
Security09 Feb 2025 | 11
UK Home Office silent on alleged Apple backdoor order
Blighty’s latest stab at encryption? A secret order to pry open iCloud, sources claim
Security07 Feb 2025 | 159
UK industry leaders unleash hurricane-grade scale for cyberattacks
Freshly minted organization aims to take the guesswork out of incident severity for insurers and policy holders
Cyber-crime07 Feb 2025 | 7
Apple missed screenshot-snooping malware in code that made it into the App Store, Kaspersky claims
OCR plugin great for extracting crypto-wallet secrets from galleries
Cyber-crime07 Feb 2025 | 7
If Ransomware Inc was a company, its 2024 results would be a horror show
35% drop in payments across the year as your backups got better and law enforcement made a difference
CSO07 Feb 2025 | 2
Coordinates of millions of smartphones feared stolen, sparking yet another lawsuit against data broker
Fourth time’s the harm?
Personal Tech06 Feb 2025 | 6
Federal judge tightens DOGE leash over critical Treasury payment system access
Final update Lawsuit: 'Scale of intrusion into individuals' privacy is massive and unprecedented'
Public Sector06 Feb 2025 | 28
Dems want answers on national security risks posed by hiring freeze, DOGE probes
Updated Are cybersecurity roles included? Are Elon's enforcers vetted? Inquiring minds want to know
Security06 Feb 2025 | 35
Democrats demand to know WTF is up with that DOGE server on OPM's network
Are you trying to make this easy for China and Russia?
Public Sector06 Feb 2025 | 153
Robocallers who phoned the FCC pretending to be from the FCC land telco in trouble
Don't laugh: The $4.5m fine proposed for carrier Telnyx shows how the Trump administration will run its comms regulator
Networks06 Feb 2025 | 30
Mixing Rust and C in Linux likened to cancer by kernel maintainer
Updated Some worry multiple languages will make it harder to maintain this open source uber-project, others disagree
Software05 Feb 2025 | 127
DOGE latest: Citrix supremo has 'read-only' access to US Treasury payment system
CEO of Cloud Software a 'special government employee' probing for Team Elon
Public Sector05 Feb 2025 | 26
Netgear fixes critical bugs as Five Eyes warn about break-ins at the edge
International security squads all focus on stopping baddies busting in through routers, IoT kit etc
Edge + IoT05 Feb 2025 | 4
US cranks up espionage charges against ex-Googler accused of trade secrets heist
Mountain View clocked onto the scheme with days to spare
AI + ML05 Feb 2025 | 15
Google: How to make any AMD Zen CPU always generate 4 as a random number
Malicious microcode vulnerability discovered, fixes rolling out for Epycs at least
Patches04 Feb 2025 | 75
Poisoned Go programming language package lay undetected for 3 years
Updated Researcher says ecosystem's auto-caching is a net positive but presents exploitable quirks
Security04 Feb 2025 | 9
Grubhub serves up security incident with a side of needing to change your password
Contact info and partial payment details may be compromised
Cyber-crime04 Feb 2025 |
US accuses Canadian math prodigy of $65M crypto scheme
Suspect, still at large, said to back concept that 'code is law'
Legal04 Feb 2025 | 24
Cyberattack on NHS causes hospitals to miss cancer care targets
Healthcare chiefs say impact will persist for months
Cyber-crime04 Feb 2025 | 12
Abandoned AWS S3 buckets can be reused in supply-chain attacks that would make SolarWinds look 'insignificant'
When cloud customers don't clean up after themselves, part 97
CSO04 Feb 2025 | 33
UK govt must learn fast and let failing projects die young
Tackle longstanding issues around productivity, cyber resilience and public sector culture, advises spending watchdog
Public Sector04 Feb 2025 | 11
Google patches odd Android kernel security bug amid signs of targeted exploitation
Also, Netgear fixes critical router, access point vulnerabilities
Patches04 Feb 2025 | 5
Why digital resilience is critical to banks
Going beyond the traditional “Prevent, Detect, and Respond” framework and taking a proactive approach
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TSA’s airport facial-recog tech faces audit probe
Senators ask, Homeland Security watchdog answers: Is it worth the money?
Security03 Feb 2025 | 22
2 officers bailed as anti-corruption unit probes data payouts to N Irish cops
Investigating compensation to police whose sensitive info was leaked in 2023
Security03 Feb 2025 | 19
Privacy Commissioner warns the ‘John Smiths’ of the world can acquire ‘digital doppelgangers’
Australian government staff mixed medical info for folk who share names and birthdays
Public Sector03 Feb 2025 | 44
Medical monitoring machines spotted stealing patient data, users warned to pull the plug ASAP
Infosec in brief PLUS: MGM settles breach suits; AWS doesn't trust you with security defaults; A new .NET backdoor; and more
Security03 Feb 2025 | 9
What does it mean to build in security from the ground up?
Systems Approach As if secure design is the only bullet point in a list of software engineering best practices
CSO02 Feb 2025 | 12
Gilmore Girls fans nabbed as Eurocops dismantle two major cybercrime forums
Nulled and Cracked had a Lorelai-cal rise - until Operation Talent stepped in
Security02 Feb 2025 | 2
The Big Short on Cybersecurity
How to communicate risk to executives
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Another banner year for ransomware gangs despite takedowns by the cops
And it doesn't take a crystal ball to predict the future
Cyber-crime31 Jan 2025 | 6
Google to Iran: Yes, we see you using Gemini for phishing and scripting. We're onto you
And you, China, Russia, North Korea ... Guardrails block malware generation
Security31 Jan 2025 | 13
VMware plugs steal-my-credentials holes in Cloud Foundation
Consider patching soon because cybercrooks love to hit vulnerable tools from Broadcom's virtualization giant
Patches30 Jan 2025 |
Trump admin's purge of US cyber advisory boards was 'foolish,' says ex-Navy admiral
interview ‘No one was kicked off the NTSB in the middle of investigating a crash’
Security30 Jan 2025 | 116
Ransomware attack at New York blood services provider – donors turned away during shortage crisis
400 hospitals and med centers across 15 states rely on its products
Cyber-crime30 Jan 2025 | 13
Canvassing apps used by UK political parties riddled with privacy, security issues
Neither Labour, Conservatives, nor the Lib Dems offered a retort to rights org's report
Research30 Jan 2025 | 21
WFH with privacy? 85% of Brit bosses snoop on staff
Employers remain blissfully unaware/wilfully ignorant of the impact of surveillance on staff
Security30 Jan 2025 | 80
Wacom says crooks probably swiped customer credit cards from its online checkout
Digital canvas slinger indicates dot-com was skimmed for over a month
Cyber-crime30 Jan 2025 | 3
Guess who left a database wide open, exposing chat logs, API keys, and more? Yup, DeepSeek
Oh someone's in DeepShi...
CSO30 Jan 2025 | 71
North Koreans clone open source projects to plant backdoors, steal credentials
Stealing crypto is so 2024. Supply-chain attacks leading to data exfil pays off better?
Devops29 Jan 2025 | 2
Why is my Mitel phone DDoSing strangers? Oh, it was roped into a new Mirai botnet
And now you won't stop calling me, I'm kinda busy
CSO29 Jan 2025 | 4
'Bro delete the chat': Feel the panic shortly before cops bust major online fraud ring
Mastermind begs colluders to bury evidence later used to imprison him
Cyber-crime29 Jan 2025 | 21
Spending watchdog blasts UK govt over sloth-like progress to shore up IT defenses
Think government cybersecurity is bad? Guess again. It’s alarmingly so
Public Sector29 Jan 2025 | 13
The curious story of Uncle Sam's HR dept, a hastily set up email server, and fears of another cyber disaster
Lawsuit challenges effort to create federal-wide centralized inbox expected to be used for mass firings
CSO29 Jan 2025 | 57
SLAP, Apple, and FLOP: Safari, Chrome at risk of data theft on iPhone, Mac, iPad Silicon
It's another cousin of Spectre, here to read your email, browsing history, and more
Research29 Jan 2025 | 15
Baguette bandits strike again with ransomware and a side of mockery
Big-game hunting to the extreme
Cyber-crime28 Jan 2025 | 6
Protecting AWS environments from cyberthreats
The shared responsibility model: why securing AWS workloads is essential
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Security pros more confident about fending off ransomware, despite being battered by attacks
Data leak, shmata leak. It will all work out, right?
Cyber-crime28 Jan 2025 | 5
Apple plugs security hole in its iThings that's already been exploited in iOS
Cupertino kicks off the year with a zero-day
Patches28 Jan 2025 | 15
US freezes foreign aid, halting cybersecurity defense and policy funds for allies
Updated Uncle Sam will 'no longer blindly dole out money,' State Dept says
Public Sector27 Jan 2025 | 86
DeepSeek limits new accounts amid cyberattack
Updated Chinese AI startup grapples with consequences of sudden popularity
Cyber-crime27 Jan 2025 | 43
Google takes action after coder reports 'most sophisticated attack I've ever seen'
Latest trope is tricky enough to fool even the technical crowd… almost
Cyber-crime27 Jan 2025 | 32
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