Class act: Biz only serves 60M people across America, no biggie A leading education software maker has admitted its IT environment was compromised in a cyberattack, with students and teachers’ personal data – including some Social Security Numbers and medical…
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I tried hard, but didn’t fix cybersecurity, admits outgoing US National Cyber Director
In colossal surprise, ONCD boss Harry Coker says more work is needed The outgoing leader of the USA’s Office of the National Cyber Director has a clear message for whoever President-elect Trump picks to be his successor: there’s a lot…
Mitel 0-day, 5-year-old Oracle RCE bug under active exploit
3 CVEs added to CISA’s catalog Cybercriminals are actively exploiting two vulnerabilities in Mitel MiCollab, including a zero-day flaw – and a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server that has been abused for at least five years.……
Mitel 0-day, 5-year-old Oracle RCE bugs under active exploit
3 CVEs added to CISA’s catalog Cybercriminals are actively exploiting two vulnerabilities in Mitel MiCollab, including a zero-day flaw, alongside a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server that has been exploited for at least five years.… This…
DNA sequencers found running ancient BIOS, posing risk to clinical research
Devices on six-year-old firmware vulnerable to takeover and destruction Argentine cybersecurity shop Eclypsium claims security issues affecting leading DNA sequencing devices could lead to disruptions in crucial clinical research.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read…
UN’s aviation agency confirms attack on recruitment database
Various data points compromised but no risk to flight security The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United Nations’ aviation agency, has confirmed to The Register that a cyber crim did indeed steal 42,000 records from its recruitment database.… This…
Crims backdoored the backdoors they supplied to other miscreants. Then the domains lapsed
Here’s what $20 gets you these days More than 4,000 unique backdoors are using expired domains and/or abandoned infrastructure, and many of these expose government and academia-owned hosts – thus setting these hosts up for hijacking by criminals who likely…
Akamai to quit its CDN in China, seemingly not due to trouble from Beijing
Security and cloud compute have so much more upside than the boring business of shifting bits Akamai has decided to end its content delivery network services in China, but not because it’s finding it hard to do business in the…
FCC boss urges speedy spectrum auction to fund ‘Rip’n’Replace’ of Chinese kit
Telcos would effectively fund grants paid to protect national security The outgoing boss of the FCC, Jessica Rosenworcel, has called on her colleagues to “quickly” adopt rules allowing the US regulator to stage a radio spectrum auction, the proceeds of…
Turbulence at UN aviation agency as probe into potential data theft begins
Crime forum-dweller claims to have leaked 42,000 documents packed with personal info The United Nations’ aviation agency is investigating “a potential information security incident” after a cybercriminal claimed they had laid hands on 42,000 of the branch’s documents.… This article…
DEF CON’s hacker-in-chief faces fortune in medical bills after paralyzing neck injury
Marc Rogers is ‘lucky to be alive’ Marc Rogers, DEF CON’s head of security, faces tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills following an accident that left him with a broken neck and temporary quadriplegia.… This article has been…
US adds web and gaming giant Tencent to list of Chinese military companies
This could be the start of a saga to rival TikTok’s troubles, and embroil Tesla and Microsoft The US Department of Defense has added Chinese messaging and gaming Tencent to its list of “Chinese military company”, a designation that won’t…
Charter, Consolidated, Windstream reportedly join China’s Salt Typhoon victim list
Slow drip of compromised telecom networks continues The list of telecommunications victims in the Salt Typhoon cyberattack continues to grow as a new report names Charter Communications, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream among those breached by Chinese government snoops.… This article…
FireScam infostealer poses as Telegram Premium app to surveil Android devices
Once installed, it helps itself to your data like it’s a free buffet Android malware dubbed FireScam tricks people into thinking they are downloading a Telegram Premium application that stealthily monitors victims’ notifications, text messages, and app activity, while stealing…
MediaTek rings in the new year with a parade of chipset vulns
Manufacturers should have had ample time to apply the fixes MediaTek kicked off the first full working week of the new year by disclosing a bevy of security vulnerabilities, including a critical remote code execution bug affecting 51 chipsets.… This…
After China’s Salt Typhoon, the reconstruction starts now
If 40 years of faulty building gets blown down, don’t rebuild with the rubble Opinion When a typhoon devastates a land, it takes a while to understand the scale of the destruction. Disaster relief kicks in, communications rebuilt, and news…
Taiwan reportedly claims China-linked ship damaged one of its submarine cables
More evidence of Beijing’s liking for grey zone warfare, or a murky claim with odd African entanglements? Taiwanese authorities have asserted that a China-linked ship entered its waters and damaged a submarine cable.… This article has been indexed from The…
Telemetry data from 800K VW Group EVs exposed online
PLUS: DoJ bans data sale to enemy nations; Do Kwon extradited to US; Tenable CEO passes away; and more Infosec in Brief Welcome to 2025: hopefully you enjoyed a pleasant holiday season and returned to the security operations center without…
Encryption backdoor debate ‘done and dusted,’ former White House tech advisor says
When the FBI urges E2EE, you know it’s serious business interview In the wake of the Salt Typhoon hacks, which lawmakers and privacy advocates alike have called the worst telecoms breach in America’s history, the US government agencies have reversed…
Atos denies Space Bears’ ransomware claims – with a ‘but’
Points finger at third-party infrastructure being breached French tech giant Atos today denied that Space Bears criminals breached its systems – but noted that third-party infrastructure was compromised by the ransomware crew, and that files accessed by the crooks included…