They’re not the most sophisticated, but even simple attacks can lead to costly consequences The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is once again warning that pro-Russia hacktivists are a threat to critical services operators.… This article has been indexed…
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Windows 11 shutdown bug forces Microsoft into out-of-band damage control
Ships emergency update to fix a Patch Tuesday misfire that prevented systems from switching off Microsoft has rushed out an out-of-band Windows 11 update after January’s Patch Tuesday broke something as fundamental as turning PCs off.… This article has been…
Ingram Micro admits summer ransomware raid exposed thousands of staff records
Maine filing confirms July attack affected 42,521 employees and job applicants Ingram Micro disclosed that a July 2025 ransomware attack compromised the personal data of tens of thousands of employees.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
UK prime minister stares down barrel of ban on social media for kids
Labour’s latest U-turn? 61 backbenchers pile pressure for Starmer to back Tory peer’s amendment The British government may impose a ban on under-16s using social media, despite Labour prime minister Keir Starmer having previously expressed skepticism over the measure.… This…
Warwickshire school to reopen after cyberattack crippled IT
Kids return to classrooms after safety infrastructure knocked out A Warwickshire secondary school says it will fully reopen this week after a cyberattack forced a prolonged closure – though staff will return to classrooms with “very limited access” to IT…
Royal Navy’s helicopter drone makes its first autonomous flight
Capable of carrying 1-ton payload and key to strategy protecting North Atlantic from Russian submarines The Royal Navy has conducted the first flight of a helicopter-sized autonomous drone that is planned to operate from its ships in support of missions,…
ATM maintenance tech broke the bank by forgetting to return a key
Bank staff wore the blame for a silly security slip Who, Me? Welcome to another edition of “Who Me?”, The Register’s Monday column that shares your mistakes and celebrates your escapes.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Microsoft hiring energy strategists to power its Asian datacenters
PLUS: ASUS gets into healthcare gadgets; Vietnam’s first fab; Australia’s child social ban takes out 4.7 million accounts; And more! Asia In Brief Microsoft is hiring senior managers to ensure its datacenters in Asia can access the energy they need.……
Mandiant releases quick credential cracker, to hasten the death of a bad protocol
PLUS: Navy spy sent to brig for 200 months in brig; Black Axe busted again; Bill aims to crimp ICE apps; and more Infosec In Brief PLUS: Google’s security outfit Mandiant last week released tools that can crack credentials in…
Fast Pair, loose security: Bluetooth accessories open to silent hijack
Sloppy implementation of Google spec leaves ‘hundreds of millions’ of devices vulnerable Hundreds of millions of wireless earbuds, headphones, and speakers are vulnerable to silent hijacking due to a flaw in Google’s Fast Pair system that allows attackers to seize…
Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch
Microsoft claims it’s a Secure Launch bug We’re not saying Copilot has become sentient and decided it doesn’t want to lose consciousness. But if it did, it would create Microsoft’s January Patch Tuesday update, which has made it so that…
German cops add Black Basta boss to EU most-wanted list
Ransomware kingpin who escaped Armenian custody is believed to be lying low back home German cops have added Russian national Oleg Evgenievich Nefekov to their list of most-wanted criminals for his services to ransomware.… This article has been indexed from…
RondoDox botnet linked to large-scale exploit of critical HPE OneView bug
Check Point observes 40K+ attack attempts in our hours, with government organizations under fire A critical HPE OneView flaw is now being exploited at scale, with Check Point tying mass, automated attacks to the RondoDox botnet.… This article has been…
Bankrupt scooter startup left one private key to rule them all
Owner reverse-engineered his ride, revealing authentication was never properly individualized An Estonian e-scooter owner locked out of his own ride after the manufacturer went bust did what any determined engineer might do. He reverse-engineered it, and claims he ended up…
Probably not the best security in the world: Carlsberg wristbands spill visitor pics
Researcher shows how anyone can access Copenhagen experience attendees’ names, videos Exclusive The Carlsberg exhibition in Copenhagen offers a bunch of fun activities, like blending your own beer, and the Danish brewer lets you relive those memories by making images…
Cisco finally fixes max-severity bug under active attack for weeks
This is a threat to security – and to the weekend for some unlucky netadmins Cisco finally delivered a fix for a maximum-severity bug in AsyncOS that has been under attack for at least a month.… This article has been…
Chinese spies used Maduro’s capture as a lure to phish US govt agencies
What’s next for Venezuela? Click on the file and see What policy wonk wouldn’t want to click on an attachment promising to unveil US plans for Venezuela? Chinese cyberspies used just such a lure to target US government agencies and…
Flipping one bit leaves AMD CPUs open to VM vuln
Fix landed in July, but OEM firmware updates are required If you use virtual machines, there’s reason to feel less-than-Zen about AMD’s CPUs. Computer scientists affiliated with the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Germany have found a vulnerability…
Contagious Claude Code bug Anthropic ignored promptly spreads to Cowork
Office workers without AI experience warned to watch for prompt injection attacks – good luck with that Anthropic’s tendency to wave off prompt-injection risks is rearing its head in the company’s new Cowork productivity AI, which suffers from a Files…
A simple CodeBuild flaw put every AWS environment at risk – and pwned ‘the central nervous system of the cloud’
And it’s ‘not unique to AWS,’ researcher tells The Reg A critical misconfiguration in AWS’s CodeBuild service allowed complete takeover of the cloud provider’s own GitHub repositories and put every AWS environment in the world at risk, according to Wiz…