US sports brand launches probe after extortion crew WorldLeaks claims it stole huge dataset Nike says it is probing a possible breach after extortion crew WorldLeaks claimed to have lifted 1.4TB of internal data from the sportswear giant and posted…
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Moscow likely behind wiper attack on Poland’s power grid, experts say
Cyber sleuths believe Sandworm up to its old tricks with a brand-new sabotage toy Russia was probably behind the failed attempts to compromise the systems of Poland’s power companies in December, cybersecurity researchers claim.… This article has been indexed from…
Oracle AI sailed the world on Royal Navy flagship via cloud-at-the-edge kit
Big Red says ‘sovereign’ platform supports decision-making and operational learning at sea Britain’s Royal Navy is using Oracle Cloud edge infrastructure to operate AI-driven defenses on the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales.… This article has been indexed from The…
UK digital ID goes in-house, government swears it isn’t an ID card
Minister dodges cost questions while promising smartphone-free access and ‘robust’ verification The UK government has revealed some thinking about digital identity in response to written questions from MPs, while continuing to say next to nothing about the scheme’s cost.… This…
Pwn2Own Automotive 2026 uncovers 76 zero-days, pays out more than $1M
Also, cybercriminals get breached, Gemini spills the calendar beans, and more infosec in brief T’was a dark few days for automotive software systems last week, as the third annual Pwn2Own Automotive competition uncovered 76 unique zero-day vulnerabilities in targets ranging…
UK border tech budget swells by £100M as Home Office targets small boat crossings
Drone, satellite, and other data combined to monitor unwanted vessels The UK Home Office is spending up to £100 million on intelligence tech in part to tackle the so-called “small boats” issue of refugees and irregular immigrants coming across the…
CISA won’t attend infosec industry’s biggest conference this year
But ex-CISA boss and new RSAC CEO Jen Easterly will be there exclusive The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency won’t attend the annual RSA Conference in March, an agency spokesperson confirmed to The Register.… This article has been indexed…
Patch or die: VMware vCenter Server bug fixed in 2024 under attack today
If you skipped it back then, now’s a very good time You’ve got to keep your software updated. Some unknown miscreants are exploiting a critical VMware vCenter Server bug more than a year after Broadcom patched the flaw.… This article…
Surrender as a service: Microsoft unlocks BitLocker for feds
If you’re serious about encryption, keep control of your encryption keys If you think using Microsoft’s BitLocker encryption will keep your data 100 percent safe, think again. Last year, Redmond reportedly provided the FBI with encryption keys to unlock the…
ShinyHunters claims Okta customer breaches, leaks data belonging to 3 orgs
‘A lot more’ victims to come, we’re told ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for an Okta voice-phishing campaign during which the extortionist crew allegedly gained access to Crunchbase and Betterment.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read…
AI-powered cyberattack kits are ‘just a matter of time,’ warns Google exec
Security chief says criminals are already automating workflows, with full end-to-end tools likely within years CISOs must prepare for “a really different world” where cybercriminals can reliably automate cyberattacks at scale, according to a senior Googler.… This article has been…
Fortinet admits FortiGate SSO bug still exploitable despite December patch
Fix didn’t quite do the job – attackers spotted logging in Fortinet has confirmed that attackers are actively bypassing a December patch for a critical FortiCloud single sign-on (SSO) authentication flaw after customers reported suspicious logins on devices supposedly fully…
London boroughs limping back online months after cyberattack
Direct debits? Maybe February. Birth certificates? Dream on. Council tax bills? Oh, those are coming Hammersmith & Fulham Council says payments are now being processed as usual, two months after a cyberattack that affected multiple boroughs in the UK’s capital…
Marching orders delayed: Veterans’ Digital ID off to a slow start
Much owed to the few, but takeup is under 1% More than 15,000 former members of the UK’s armed forces have successfully applied for a digital version of their veterans ID card since its launch in October, according to the…
Crims hit the easy button for Scattered-Spider style helpdesk scams
Teach a crook to phish… Criminals can more easily pull off social engineering scams and other forms of identity fraud thanks to custom voice-phishing kits being sold on dark web forums and messaging platforms.… This article has been indexed from…
Crims compromised energy firms’ Microsoft accounts, sent 600 phishing emails
Logging in, not breaking in Unknown attackers are abusing Microsoft SharePoint file-sharing services to target multiple energy-sector organizations, harvest user credentials, take over corporate inboxes, and then send hundreds of phishing emails from compromised accounts to contacts inside and outside…
FortiGate firewalls hit by silent SSO intrusions and config theft
Admins say attackers are still getting in despite recent patches FortiGate firewalls are getting quietly reconfigured and stripped down by miscreants who’ve figured out how to sidestep SSO protections and grab sensitive settings right out of the box.… This article…
Europe’s GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up
Regulators logged over 400 personal data breach notifications a day for first time since law came into force GDPR fines pushed past the £1 billion (€1.2 billion) mark in 2025 as Europe’s regulators were deluged with more than 400 data breach…
Bank of England: Financial sector failing to implement basic cybersecurity controls
Mind the cyber gap – similar flaws highlighted multiple years in a row Concerned about the orgs that safeguard your money? The UK’s annual cybersecurity review for 2025 suggests you should be. Despite years of regulation, financial organizations continue to…
Ancient telnet bug happily hands out root to attackers
Critical vuln flew under the radar for a decade A recently disclosed critical vulnerability in the GNU InetUtils telnet daemon (telnetd) is “trivial” to exploit, experts say.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original…