Plus critical critical Notepad++, Ivanti, and Fortinet updates, and one of these patches an under-attack security hole Happy December Patch Tuesday to all who celebrate. This month’s patch party includes one Microsoft flaw under exploitation, plus two others listed as…
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How to answer the door when the AI agents come knocking
Identity management vendors like Okta see an opening to calm CISOs worried about agents running amok The fear of AI agents running amok has thus far halted the wide deployment of these digital workhorses, Okta’s president of Auth0, Shiv Ramji,…
Porsche panic in Russia as pricey status symbols forget how to car
Satellite silence trips immobilizers, leaving owners stuck Hundreds of Porsches in Russia were rendered immobile last week, raising speculation of a hack, but the German carmaker tells The Register that its vehicles are secure.… This article has been indexed from…
As humanoid robots enter the mainstream, security pros flag the risk of botnets on legs
Have we learned nothing from sci-fi films and TV shows? Interview Imagine botnets in physical form and you’ve got a pretty good idea of what could go wrong with the influx of AI-infused humanoid robots expected to integrate into society…
UK to Europe: The time to counter Russia’s information war machine is now
Foreign secretary set to address senior diplomats later today The UK’s foreign secretary is calling for closer collaboration with Europe to combat the growing threat of information warfare as hybrid attacks target countries on the continent.… This article has been…
UK finally vows to look at 35-year-old Computer Misuse Act
As Portugal gives researchers a pass under cybersecurity law Portugal has become the latest country to carve out protections for researchers under its cybersecurity law.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: UK…
Whitehall rejects £1.8B digital ID price tag – but won’t say what it will cost
Officials insist OBR relied on ‘early estimate’ and real figure won’t emerge until next year The head of the department delivering the UK government’s digital identity scheme has rejected the £1.8 billion cost forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility…
Researchers spot 700 percent increase in hypervisor ransomware attacks
Get your Hyper-V and VMware ESXi setups in order, people Researchers at security software vendor Huntress say they’ve noticed a huge increase in ransomware attacks on hypervisors and urged users to ensure they’re as secure as can be and properly…
193 cybercrims arrested, accused of plotting ‘violence-as-a-service’
Minors groomed to kill and intimidate victims Nearly 200 people, including minors accused of involvement in murder plots, have been arrested over the last six months as part of Europol’s Operational Taskforce (OTF) GRIMM. The operation targets what cops call…
UK moves to strengthen undersea cable defenses as Russian snooping ramps up
Atlantic Bastion combines AI systems with warships to counter increased surveillance The UK government has announced enhanced protection for undersea cables using autonomous vessels alongside crewed warships and aircraft, responding to escalating Russian surveillance activities.… This article has been indexed…
Home Office kept police facial recognition flaws to itself, UK data watchdog fumes
Regulator disappointed as soon-to-be-scrapped algo’s problems remained a secret despite consistent engagement The UK’s data protection watchdog has criticized the Home Office for failing to disclose significant biases in police facial recognition technology, despite regular engagement between the organizations.… This…
Barts Health seeks High Court block after Clop pillages NHS trust data
Body confirms patient and staff details siphoned via Oracle EBS flaw as gang threatens to leak haul Barts Health NHS Trust has confirmed that patient and staff data was stolen in Clop’s mass-exploitation of Oracle’s E-Business Suite (EBS), and says…
Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner
Analysts worry lazy users could have agents complete mandatory infosec training, and attackers could do far nastier things Agentic browsers are too risky for most organizations to use, according to analyst firm Gartner.… This article has been indexed from The…
China’s first reusable rocket explodes, but its onboard Ethernet network flew
PLUS: South Korea to strengthen security standards; Canon closes Chinese printer plant; APAC datacenter capacity to triple by 2029; And more Asia In Brief Chinese rocketry outfit LandSpace last week flew what it hoped would be the country’s first reusable…
Apache warns of 10.0-rated flaw in Tika metadata ingestion tool
PLUS: New kind of DDOS from the Americas; Predator still hunting spyware targets; NIST issues IoT advice; And more! Infosec in Brief The Apache Foundation last week warned of a 10.0-rated flaw in its Tika toolkit.… This article has been…
Death to one-time text codes: Passkeys are the new hotness in MFA
Wanna know a secret? Whether you’re logging into your bank, health insurance, or even your email, most services today do not live by passwords alone. Now commonplace, multifactor authentication (MFA) requires users to enter a second or third proof of…
Crims using social media images, videos in ‘virtual kidnapping’ scams
Proof of life? Or an active social media presence? Criminals are altering social media and other publicly available images of people to use as fake proof of life photos in “virtual kidnapping” and extortion scams, the FBI warned on Friday. ……
Cloudflare blames Friday outage on borked fix for React2shell vuln
Security community needs to rally and share more info faster, one researcher says Amid new reports of attackers pummeling a maximum security hole (CVE-2025-55182) in the React JavaScript library, Cloudflare’s technology chief said his company took down its own network,…
Novel clickjacking attack relies on CSS and SVG
Who needs JavaScript? Security researcher Lyra Rebane has devised a novel clickjacking attack that relies on Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Novel…
Asus supplier hit by ransomware attack as gang flaunts alleged 1 TB haul
Laptop maker says a vendor breach exposed some phone camera code, but not its own systems Asus has admitted that a third-party supplier was popped by cybercrims after the Everest ransomware gang claimed it had rifled through the tech titan’s…