Ad and cloud biz rubbishes claims that 183 million accounts broken into Panic spread faster than a phishing email on Tuesday after claims of a massive Gmail breach hit the headlines – but Google says it’s all nonsense.… This article…
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Chatbots parrot Putin’s propaganda about the illegal invasion of Ukraine
Fake views from Moscow’s pet media outlets appear in about one in five responses Popular chatbots powered by large language models cited links to Russian state-attributed sources in up to a quarter of answers about the war in Ukraine, raising…
Marks & Spencer swaps out TCS for fresh helpdesk deal
Move follows months-long procurement process as retailer refreshes parts of its IT support setup UK retailer Marks & Spencer has replaced Tata Consultancy Services as its IT service desk provider following a procurement process that began in January.… This article…
WSUS attacks hit ‘multiple’ orgs as Google and other infosec sleuths ring Redmond’s alarm bell
If at first you don’t succeed, patch and patch again More threat intel teams are sounding the alarm about a critical Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-59287 and now under active exploitation, just days…
Iran’s school for cyberspies could’ve used a few more lessons in preventing breaches
Ravin Academy confirms the intrusion on Telegram, says student data was stolen Iran’s school for state-sponsored cyberattackers admits it suffered a breach exposing the names and other personal information of its associates and students.… This article has been indexed from…
Breach at Iran’s cyberspy factory results in leak of student data
Ravin Academy confirms the intrusion on Telegram, says investigation continues Iran’s school for state-sponsored cyberattackers admits it suffered a breach exposing the names and other personal information of its associates and students.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
You have one week to opt out or become fodder for LinkedIn AI training
Nations previously exempt from scraping now in the firing line If you thought living in Europe, Canada, or Hong Kong meant you were protected from having LinkedIn scrape your posts to train its AI, think again. You have a week…
Researchers exploit OpenAI’s Atlas by disguising prompts as URLs
NeutralTrust shows how agentic browser can interpret bogus links as trusted user commands Researchers have found more attack vectors for OpenAI’s new Atlas web browser – this time by disguising a potentially malicious prompt as an apparently harmless URL.… This…
X says passkey reset isn’t about a security issue – it’s to finally kill off twitter.com
Social media site dispatches crucial clarification days after curious announcement X (formerly Twitter) sparked security concerns over the weekend when it announced users must re-enroll their security keys by November 10 or face account lockouts — without initially explaining why.……
Ex-CISA head thinks AI might fix code so fast we won’t need security teams
Jen Easterly says most breaches stem from bad software, and smarter tech could finally clean it up Ex-CISA head Jen Easterly claims AI could spell the end of the cybersecurity industry, as the sloppy software and vulnerabilities that criminals rely…
UN Cybercrime Treaty wins dozens of signatories, to go with its many critics
Allows surveillance and cross-border evidence sharing, which worries human rights groups The United Nations on Saturday staged a signing ceremony for the Convention against Cybercrime, the world’s first agreement to combat online crime. And while 72 nations picked up the…
Shaq’s new ride gets jaq’ed in haq attaq
PLUS: Judge spanks NSO; Mozilla requires data use disclosures; TARmageddon meets Rust; And more! Infosec In Brief Former basketball star Shaquille O’Neal is 7’1″ (215 cm), and therefore uses car customization companies to modify vehicles to fit his frame. But…
MPs urge government to stop Britain’s phone theft wave through tech
Committee says Apple, Google, and Samsung could render stolen handsets worthless if compelled to act The UK’s Home Secretary should use her powers to push the tech industry to deploy stronger technical measures against the surge in phone thefts, according…
Sneaky Mermaid attack in Microsoft 365 Copilot steals data
Redmond says it’s fixed this particular indirect prompt injection vuln Microsoft fixed a security hole in Microsoft 365 Copilot that allowed attackers to trick the AI assistant into stealing sensitive tenant data – like emails – via indirect prompt injection…
Microsoft drops surprise Windows Server patch before weekend downtime
You didn’t have plans, did you? Microsoft has released an out-of-band update to patch a critical vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Microsoft drops surprise…
Digital ID is now less about illegal working, more about rummaging through drawers
Starmer rebrands unpopular scheme as convenience tool after backlash UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has relaunched his digital ID scheme as something that will make people’s lives easier, less than four weeks after announcing it as a measure to tackle…
Shield AI shows off not-at-all-terrifying autonomous VTOL combat drone
Runways? Where we’re going, we don’t need runways US defense technology biz Shield AI claims it can build a jet-powered vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) autonomous fighter drone that doesn’t need a runway to operate.… This article has been indexed…
Iran’s MuddyWater wades into 100+ government networks in latest spying spree
Group-IB says Tehran-linked crew used hijacked mailbox and VPN to sling phishing emails across Middle East Iran’s favorite muddy-footed cyberespionage crew is at it again, this time breaching more than 100 government entities across the Middle East and North Africa,…
Cyber exec with lavish lifestyle charged with selling secrets to Russia
The 0-days have left the building Federal prosecutors have charged a former general manager of US government defense contractor L3Harris’s cyber arm Trenchant with selling secrets to an unidentified Russian buyer for $1.3 million.… This article has been indexed from…
Playtime’s over: Crooks swipe Toys R Us Canada customer data and dump it online
What?! No complimentary credit monitoring? The Canadian outpost of retailer Toys R Us on Thursday notified customers that attackers accessed a database, stole some of their personal information, then posted the data online.… This article has been indexed from The…