Move comes weeks after Mozilla blasted certificate authority for failings Google is severing its trust in Entrust after what it describes as a protracted period of failures around compliance and general improvements.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
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Microsoft hits snooze again on security certificate renewal
Seeing weird warnings in Microsoft 365 and Office Online? That’ll be why Microsoft has expiration issues with its TLS certificates, resulting in unwanted security warnings.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Microsoft…
‘Skeleton Key’ attack unlocks the worst of AI, says Microsoft
Simple jailbreak prompt can bypass safety guardrails on major models Microsoft on Thursday published details about Skeleton Key – a technique that bypasses the guardrails used by makers of AI models to prevent their generative chatbots from creating harmful content.……
Polyfill.io owner punches back at ‘malicious defamation’ amid domain shutdown
No supply-chain attacks to see over here! After having its website shut down, the polyfill.io owner is fighting back against claims it smuggled suspicious code onto websites all across the internet.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
TeamViewer can’t bring itself to say someone broke into its network – but it happened
Says customer data, prod environment not affected as NCC sounds alarm TeamViewer on Thursday said its security team just “detected an irregularity” within one of its networks – which is a fancy way of saying someone broke in.… This article…
US lawmakers wave red flags over Chinese drone dominance
Congressman warns tech is getting the ‘Huawei Playbook’ treatment US Congress members warned against Chinese dominance of the drone industry on Wednesday, elevating the threat posed by Beijing’s control of the technology as similar to that of semiconductors and ships.……
Korean telco allegedly infected its P2P users with malware
KT may have had an entire team dedicated to infecting its own customers A South Korean media outlet has alleged that local telco KT deliberately infected some customers with malware due to their excessive use of peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading tools.……
WhisperGate suspect indicted as US offers a $10M bounty for his capture
Russian national accused of attacks in lead-up to the Ukraine war The US Department of Justice has indicted a 22-year-old Russian for allegedly attacking Ukrainian government computers and destroying critical infrastructure systems in the so-called “WhisperGate” wiper attack that preceded…
Feds put $5M bounty on ‘CryptoQueen’ Ruja Ignatova
OneCoin co-founder allegedly bilked investors out of $4B in digicash Uncle Sam has put a $5 million bounty on any information leading to the arrest or conviction of self-titled “CryptoQueen” Ruja Ignatova, who is wanted in the US for apparently…
US convicts crypto-robbing gang leader who kidnapped victims before draining their accounts
Said to have zip tied elderly crypto investors, held them at gunpoint, and threatened to kill them The US has convicted the 24-year-old leader of an international robbery crew that kidnapped and terrorized wealthy victims during home invasions that were…
Batten down the hatches, it’s time to patch some more MOVEit bugs
Exploit attempts for ‘devastating’ vulnerabilities already underway Thought last year’s MOVEit hellscape was well and truly behind you? Unlucky, buster. We’re back for round two after Progress Software lifted the lid on fresh vulnerabilities affecting MOVEit Transfer and Gateway.… This…
Yahoo! Japan to waive $189 million ad revenue after detecting fraudulent clicks
Admits it’s not sure some clicks from from humans, points to bettter quality as sign not all is rotten Yahoo! Japan will waive $189 million charged to advertisers after deciding they were fraudulently charged, the portal’s corporate parent revealed on…
Organized crime and domestic violence perps are big buyers of tracking devices
Australian study finds GPS trackers – and sometimes AirTags – are in demand for the wrong reasons Tracking devices are in demand from organized crime groups and known perpetrators of domestic violence, according to an Australian study.… This article has…
Microsoft blamed for million-plus patient record theft at US hospital giant
Probe: Worker at speech-recog outfit Nuance wasn’t locked out after firing American healthcare provider Geisinger fears highly personal data on more than a million of its patients has been stolen – and claimed a former employee at a Microsoft subsidiary…
If you’re using Polyfill.io code on your site – like 100,000+ are – remove it immediately
Scripts turn malicious, infect webpages after Chinese CDN swallows domain The polyfill.io domain is being used to infect more than 100,000 websites with malware after a Chinese organization bought the domain earlier this year.… This article has been indexed from…
Fiend touts stolen Neiman Marcus customer info for $150K
Flash clobber chain fashionably late to Snowflake fiasco party Customer information said to have been stolen from Neiman Marcus’s Snowflake instance has been put up for sale on the dark web for $150,000.… This article has been indexed from The…
Crypto scammers circle back, pose as lawyers, steal an extra $10M in truly devious plan
Business is more lucrative than you might think The FBI says in just 12 months, scumbags stole circa $10 million from victims of crypto scams after posing as helpful lawyers offering to recover their lost tokens.… This article has been…
CISA says crooks used Ivanti bugs to snoop around high-risk chemical facilities
Crafty crims broke in but encryption stopped any nastiness US cybersecurity agency CISA is urging high-risk chemical facilities to secure their online accounts after someone broke into its Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) portal.… This article has been indexed from…
UK and US cops band together to tackle Qilin’s ransomware shakedowns
Attacking the NHS is a very bad move UK and US cops have reportedly joined forces to find and fight Qilin, the ransomware gang wreaking havoc on the global healthcare industry.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Ransomware thieves beware
Why Object First and Veeam tick the box for encryption and immutability Sponsored Feature You know that a technology problem is serious when the White House holds a summit about it.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…