PLUS: Broadband blimps to fly in Japan; Starbucks China put ads before privacy; and more! Asia In Brief Canada’s government has ordered Chinese CCTV systems vendor Hikvision to cease its local operations.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
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It’s 2025 and almost half of you are still paying ransomware operators
PLUS: Crooks target hardware crypto wallets; Bad flaws in Brother printers; ,O365 allows takeover-free phishing; and more Infosec in Brief Despite warnings not to pay ransomware operators, almost half of those infected by the malware send cash to the crooks…
Ex-NATO hacker: ‘In the cyber world, there’s no such thing as a ceasefire’
Watch out for supply chain hacks especially interview The ceasefire between Iran and Israel may prevent the two countries from firing missiles at each other, but it won’t carry any weight in cyberspace, according to former NATO hacker Candan Bolukbas.……
Crims are posing as insurance companies to steal health records and payment info
Taking advantage of the ridiculously complex US healthcare billing system Criminals masquerading as insurers are tricking patients and healthcare providers into handing over medical records and bank account information via emails and text messages, according to the FBI.… This article…
Cisco punts network-security integration as key for agentic AI
Getting it in might mean re-racking the entire datacenter and rebuilding the network, though Cisco is talking up the integration of security into network infrastructure such as its latest Catalyst switches, claiming this is vital to AI applications, and in…
Aloha, you might’ve been pwned: Hawaiian Airlines discloses ‘cybersecurity event’
‘No impact on safety,’ FAA tells The Reg Hawaiian Airlines said a “cybersecurity incident” affected some of its IT systems, but noted that flights are operating as scheduled.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the…
So you CAN turn an entire car into a video game controller
Pen Test Partners hijack data from Renault Clio to steer, brake, and accelerate in SuperTuxKart Cybersecurity nerds figured out a way to make those at-home racing simulators even more realistic by turning an actual car into a game controller.… This…
Data spill in aisle 5: Grocery giant Ahold Delhaize says 2.2M affected after cyberattack
Finance, health, and national identification details compromised Multinational grocery and retail megacorp Ahold Delhaize says upwards of 2.2 million people had their data compromised during its November cyberattack with personal, financial and health details among the trove.… This article has…
FBI used bitcoin wallet records to peg notorious IntelBroker as UK national
Pro tip: Don’t use your personal email account on BreachForums The notorious data thief known as IntelBroker allegedly broke into computer systems belonging to more than 40 victims worldwide and stole their data, costing them at least $25 million in…
What if Microsoft just turned you off? Security pro counts the cost of dependency
Czech researcher lays out a business case for reducing reliance on Redmond Comment A sharply argued blog post warns that heavy reliance on Microsoft poses serious strategic risks for organizations – a viewpoint unlikely to win favor with Redmond or…
Cisco fixes two critical make-me-root bugs on Identity Services Engine components
A 10.0 and a 9.8 – these aren’t patches to dwell on Cisco has dropped patches for a pair of critical vulnerabilities that could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute code on vulnerable systems.… This article has been indexed from…
Glasgow City Council online services crippled following cyberattack
Nothing confirmed but authority is operating under the assumption that data has been stolen A cyberattack on Glasgow City Council is causing massive disruption with a slew of its digital services unavailable.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
Qilin ransomware attack on NHS supplier contributed to patient fatality
Pathology outage caused by Synnovis breach linked to harm across dozens of healthcare facilities The NHS says Qilin’s ransomware attack on pathology services provider Synnovis last year led to the death of a patient.… This article has been indexed from…
UK to buy nuclear-capable F-35As that can’t be refueled from RAF tankers
Aircraft meant to bolster NATO deterrent will rely on allied support to stay airborne The UK government is to buy 12 F-35A fighters capable of carrying nuclear weapons as part of the NATO deterrent, but there’s a snag: the new…
Frozen supermarket chain deploys facial recognition tech
Privacy campaigner brands Iceland’s use of ‘Orwellian’ camera tech ‘chilling,’ CEO responds: ‘It’ll cut violent crime’ Privacy campaigners are branding frozen food retailer Iceland’s decision to trial facial recognition technology (FRT) at several stores “chilling” – the UK supermarket chain…
That WhatsApp from an Israeli infosec expert could be a Iranian phish
Charming Kitten unsheathes its claws and tries to catch credentials The cyber-ops arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has started a spear-phishing campaign intent on stealing credentials from Israeli journalists, cybersecurity experts, and computer science professors from leading Israeli…
Citrix bleeds again: This time a zero-day exploited – patch now
Two emergency patches issued in two weeks Hot on the heels of patching a critical bug in Citrix-owned Netscaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway that one security researcher dubbed “CitrixBleed 2,” the embattled networking device vendor today issued an emergency patch…
Amazon’s Ring can now use AI to ‘learn the routines of your residence’
It’s meant to cut down on false positives but could be a trove for mischief-makers Ring doorbells and cameras are using AI to “learn the routines of your residence,” via a new feature called Video Descriptions.… This article has been…
Supply chain attacks surge with orgs ‘flying blind’ about dependencies
Who is the third party that does the thing in our thing? Yep. Attacks explode over past year The vast majority of global businesses are handling at least one material supply chain attack per year, but very few are doing…
Computer vision research feeds surveillance tech as patent links spike 5×
A bottomless appetite for tracking people as “objects” A new study shows academic computer vision papers feeding surveillance-enabling patents jumped more than fivefold from the 1990s to the 2010s.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read…