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Google’s plan to drop third-party cookies in Chrome crumbles
Ad giant promises will offer to protect privacy, as critics say surveillance continues Google no longer intends to drop support for third-party cookies, the online identifiers used by the ad industry to track people and target them with ads based…
Global cops power down world’s ‘most prolific’ DDoS dealership
One arrest was made weeks ago but no word on the suspect’s identity yet A DDoS-for-hire site described by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) as the world’s most prolific operator in the field is out-of-action following a law enforcement…
LA County Superior Court closes doors to reboot justice after ransomware attack
Some rest for the wicked? Los Angeles County Superior Court, the largest trial court in America, closed all 36 of its courthouses today following an “unprecedented” ransomware attack on Friday.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
Cybercrooks crafting solo careers in wake of ransomware takedowns
More baddies go it alone as trust in big gangs withers, claims Europol A fresh report from Europol suggests that the recent disruption of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups is fragmenting the threat landscape, making it more difficult to track.… This article…
Oracle coughs up $115M to make privacy case go away
Big Red agrees not to capture personal details after two-year class action Oracle has agreed to cough up $115 million to settle a two-year class action lawsuit that alleged misuse of user data.… This article has been indexed from The…
EU gave CrowdStrike the keys to the Windows kernel, claims Microsoft
Was a 2009 directive on interoperability to blame? Did the EU force Microsoft to let third parties like CrowdStrike run riot in the Windows kernel as a result of a 2009 undertaking? This is the implication being peddled by the…
Two Russians sanctioned over cyberattacks on US critical infrastructure
Supposed hacktivist efforts previously linked to the Kremlin’s GRU Flying under the radar on Clownstrike day last week, two members of the Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR) hacktivist crew are the latest additions to the US sanctions list.… This…
Cellebrite got into Trump shooter’s Samsung device in just 40 minutes
Also: Second-string Russian hackers sanctioned; Senators demand answers from Snowflake, and more Infosec in brief Unable to access the Samsung smartphone of the deceased Trump shooter for clues, the FBI turned to a familiar – if controversial – source to…
CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor also linked to Linux kernel panics and crashes
Rapid restore tool being tested as Microsoft estimates 8.5 million machines went down CrowdStrike’s now-infamous Falcon Sensor software, which last week led to widespread outages of Windows-powered computers, has also caused crashes of Linux machines.… This article has been indexed…
UK cops arrest teen suspect in MGM Resorts cyberattack probe
17-year-old cuffed as FBI says it will ‘relentlessly pursue’ miscreants around the globe Cops in the UK have arrested a suspected member of the notorious Scattered Spider crime gang, which is accused of crippling MGM Resorts in Las Vegas with…
UK cops arrest teen suspect in MGM cyberattack probe
17-year-old cuffed as FBI says it will ‘relentlessly pursue’ miscreants around the globe Cops in the UK have arrested a suspected member of the notorious Scattered Spider crime gang, which is accused of crippling MGM Resorts in Las Vegas with…
CrowdStrike file update bricks Windows machines around the world
Falcon Sensor putting hosts into deathloop – but there’s a workaround Updated An update to a product from infosec vendor CrowdStrike is bricking computers running Windows globally.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original…
CrowdStrike Windows patchpocalypse could take weeks to fix, IT admins fear
Our vultures gather to review this very freaky Friday Kettle If you’re an IT administrator with Windows boxes on your network, Friday can’t have been a lot of fun. What’s likely millions of systems were or still are stuck in…
CrowdStrike code update bricking Windows machines around the world
Falcon Sensor putting hosts into deathloop Breaking An update to a product from infosec vendor CrowdStrike is bricking computers running Windows.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: CrowdStrike code update bricking Windows…
North Korea likely behind takedown of Indian crypto exchange WazirX
Firm halts trades after seeing $230 million disappear Indian crypto exchange WazirX has revealed it lost virtual assets valued at over $230 million after a cyber attack that has since been linked to North Korea.… This article has been indexed…
Beijing’s attack gang Volt Typhoon was a false flag inside job conspiracy: China
Run by the NSA, the FBI, and Five Eyes nations, who fooled infosec researchers, apparently China has asserted that the Volt Typhoon gang, which Five Eyes nations accuse of being a Beijing-backed attacker that targets critical infrastructure, was in fact…
Judge mostly drags SEC’s lawsuit against SolarWinds into the recycling bin
Russia-invaded software biz ‘grateful for the support we have received’ A judge has mostly thrown out a lawsuit brought by America’s financial watchdog that accused SolarWinds and its chief infosec officer of misleading investors about its computer security practices and…
Kaspersky challenges US government to put up or shut up about Kremlin ties
Stick an independent probe in our software, you won’t find any Putin.DLL backdoor Kaspersky has hit back after the US government banned its products – by proposing an independent verification that its software is above board and not backdoored by…
Russia’s FIN7 is peddling its EDR-nerfing malware to ransomware gangs
Major vendors’ products scuppered by novel techniques Prolific Russian cybercrime syndicate FIN7 is using various pseudonyms to sell its custom security solution-disabling malware to different ransomware gangs.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original…