Software maker Kodex said its domain registrar fell for a fraudulent legal order A software platform used by law enforcement agencies and major tech companies to manage subpoenas and data requests went dark this week after attackers socially engineered AWS…
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Clop-linked crims shake down Oracle execs with data theft claims
Extortion emails name-drop Big Red’s E-Business Suite, though Google and Mandiant yet to find proof of any breach Criminals with potential links to the notorious Clop ransomware mob are bombarding Oracle execs with extortion emails, claiming to have stolen sensitive…
EU funds are flowing into spyware companies, and politicians are demanding answers
Experts say Commission is ‘fanning the flames’ of the continent’s own Watergate An arsenal of angry European Parliament members (MEPs) is demanding answers from senior commissioners about why EU subsidies are ending up in the pockets of spyware companies.… This…
Cybercrims claim raid on 28,000 Red Hat repos, say they have sensitive customer files
570GB of data claimed to be stolen by the Crimson Collective A hacking crew claims to have broken into Red Hat’s private GitHub repositories, exfiltrating some 570GB of compressed data, including sensitive documents belonging to customers. … This article has been…
AI agent hypefest crashing up against cautious leaders, Gartner finds
Only 15% considering deployments and just 7% say it’ll replace humans in next four years Enterprises aren’t keen on letting autonomous agents take the wheel amid fears over trust and security as research once again shows that AI hype is…
‘Delightful’ root-access bug in Red Hat OpenShift AI allows full cluster takeover
Who wouldn’t want root access on cluster master nodes? A 9.9 out of 10 severity bug in Red Hat’s OpenShift AI service could allow a remote attacker with minimal authentication to steal data, disrupt services, and fully hijack the platform.……
Air Force admits SharePoint privacy issue as reports trickle out of possible breach
Uncle Sam can’t quit Redmond Exclusive The US Air Force confirmed it’s investigating a “privacy-related issue” amid reports of a Microsoft SharePoint-related breach and subsequent service-wide shutdown, rendering mission files and other critical tools potentially unavailable to service members.… This…
US Air Force investigates ‘privacy-related issue’ amid rumored SharePoint shutdown
Uncle Sam can’t quit Redmond Exclusive The US Air Force confirmed it’s investigating a “privacy-related issue” amid reports of a Microsoft SharePoint-related breach and subsequent service-wide shutdown, rendering mission files and other critical tools potentially unavailable to service members.… This…
3.7M breach notification letters set to flood North America’s mailboxes
Allianz Life and WestJet lead the way, along with a niche software shop A trio of companies disclosed data breaches this week affecting approximately 3.7 million customers and employees across North America.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
Autonomous AI adoption stalls amid trust and governance crisis
Only 15% considering deployments and just 7% say it’ll replace humans in next four years Enterprises aren’t keen on letting autonomous agents take the wheel amid fears over trust and security as research once again shows that AI hype is…
Imgur yanks Brit access to memes as parent company faces fine
ICO investigation into platform’s lack of age assurance continues The UK’s data watchdog has described Imgur’s move to block UK users as “a commercial decision” after signaling plans to fine parent company MediaLab.… This article has been indexed from The…
Explain digital ID or watch it fizzle out, UK PM Starmer told
Politico avoids the topic at Labour conference speech, homes in on AI instead UK prime minister Keir Starmer avoided mentioning the mandatory digital ID scheme in his keynote speech to the Labour Party conference amid calls for him to put…
Schools are swotting up on security yet still flunk recovery when cyberattacks strike
Coursework ‘gone forever’ as 10% report critical damage Schools and colleges hit by cyberattacks are taking longer to restore their networks — and the consequences are severe, with students’ coursework being permanently lost in some cases.… This article has been…
Beijing-backed burglars master .NET to target government web servers
‘Phantom Taurus’ created custom malware to hunt secrets across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East Threat-hunters at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have decided a gang they spotted two years ago is backed by China, after seeing it sling a…
Fake North Korean IT workers sneaking into healthcare, finance, and AI
It’s not just big tech anymore The North Korean IT worker threat extends well beyond tech companies, with fraudsters interviewing at a “surprising” number of healthcare orgs, according to Okta Threat Intelligence.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
Tile trackers are a stalker’s dream, say Georgia Tech researchers
Plaintext transmissions, fixed MAC addresses, rotating ‘unique’ IDs, and more, make abuse easy Tile Bluetooth trackers leak identifying data in plain text, giving stalkers an easy way to track victims despite Life360’s security promises, a group of Georgia Tech researchers…
Google bolts AI into Drive to catch ransomware, but crooks not shaking yet
Stopping the spread isn’t the same as stopping attacks, period Google on Tuesday rolled out a new AI tool in Drive for desktop that it says will pause syncing to limit ransomware damage, but it won’t stop attacks outright.… This…
Warnings about Cisco vulns under active exploit are falling on deaf ears
50,000 firewall devices still exposed Nearly 50,000 Cisco ASA/FTD instances vulnerable to two bugs that are actively being exploited by “advanced” attackers remain exposed to the internet, according to Shadowserver data.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
TMI: How cloud collaboration suites drive oversharing and unmanaged access
Sharing links take seconds to create, but can last for years Partner Content Seamless collaboration through cloud platforms like Microsoft 365 has radically reshaped the modern workplace. In the span of an hour, you could go from uploading budget proposals…
Britain’s policing minister punts facial recog nationwide
Met’s Croydon cameras hailed as a triumph, guidance to be published later this year The government is to encourage police forces across England and Wales to adopt live facial recognition (LFR) technology, with a minister praising its use by the…