Over 600 security boffins say planned surveillance crosses the line Europe, long seen as a bastion of privacy and digital rights, will debate this week whether to enforce surveillance on citizens’ devices.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
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Attacker steals customer data from Brit rail operator LNER during break-in at supplier
Major UK player cagey on specifics but latest attack follows string blamed on ‘third party’ suppliers One of the UK’s largest rail operators, LNER, is the latest organization to spill user data via a third-party data breach.… This article has…
Experts scrutinized Ofcom’s Online Safety Act governance. They’re concerned
Academics and OSA stakeholders say Ofcom needs to take a closer look at how controversial legislation is enforced Industry experts expressed both concern and sympathy for Ofcom, the Brit regulator that is overseeing the Online Safety Act, as questions mount…
BAE Systems surfaces autonomous submarine for military use
Battery powered now, fuel-cells tomorrow – all packed in a shipping box Following a series of trials, defense biz BAE Systems says it is readying an autonomous military submarine for the end of next year.… This article has been indexed…
NASA bars Chinese citizens from its facilities, networks, even Zoom calls
You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out the reasons why NASA has barred Chinese nationals from accessing its premises and assets, even those who hold visas that permit them to reside in the USA.… This article…
Beijing went to ‘EggStreme’ lengths to attack Philippines military, researchers say
Ovoid-themed in-memory malware offers a menu for mayhem ‘EggStreme’ framework looks like the sort of thing Beijing would find handy in its ongoing territorial beefs Infosec outfit Bitdefender says it’s spotted a strain of in-memory malware that looks like the…
Akira ransomware crims abusing trifecta of SonicWall security holes for extortion attacks
Patch, turn on MFA, and restrict access to trusted networks…or else Affiliates of the Akira ransomware gang are again exploiting a critical SonicWall vulnerability abused last summer, after a suspected zero-day flaw actually turned out to be related to a…
Apple slips up on ChillyHell macOS malware, lets it past security . . . for 4 years
‘We do believe that this was likely the creation of a cybercrime group,’ threat hunter tells The Reg ChillyHell, a modular macOS backdoor believed to be long dormant, has likely been infecting computers for years while flying under the radar,…
Jaguar Land Rover U-turns to confirm ‘some data’ affected after cyber prang
Systems offline as specialists continue to comb through wreckage Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says “some data” was affected after the luxury car maker suffered a digital break-in early last week.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
Jagar Land Rover U-turns to confirm ‘some data’ affected after cyber prang
Systems offline as specialists continue to comb through wreckage Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says “some data” was affected after the luxury car maker suffered a digital break-in early last week.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
Uncle Sam indicts alleged ransomware kingpin tied to $18B in damages
Prosecutors claim Ukrainian ran LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Nefilim ops – $11M bounty on his head A Ukrainian national faces serious federal charges and an $11 million bounty after allegedly orchestrating ransomware operations that caused an estimated $18 billion in damages…
Flu jab email mishap exposes hundreds of students’ personal data
One parent expressed concern for their child’s safety A clumsy data breach has affected hundreds of children at a Birmingham secondary school.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Flu jab email mishap…
Cybercrooks ripped the wheels off at Jaguar Land Rover. Here’s how not to get taken for a ride
Are you sure you know who has access to your systems? Feature Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is the latest UK household name to fall victim to a major cyberattack. IT systems across multiple sites have been offline for over a…
This Patch Tuesday, SAP is the worst offender and Microsoft users can kinda chill
ERP giant patches flaw that allows total takeover of NetWeaver, Microsoft has nothing under attack for once September’s Patch Tuesday won’t require Microsoft users to rapidly repair rancid software, but SAP users need to move fast to address extremely dangerous…
More packages poisoned in npm attack, but would-be crypto thieves left pocket change
Miscreants cost victims time rather than money During the two-hour window on Monday in which hijacked npm versions were available for download, malware-laced packages reached one in 10 cloud environments, according to Wiz researchers. But crypto-craving crims did little more…
New cybersecurity rules land for Defense Department contractors
Now if only someone would remember to apply those rules inside the DoD It’s about to get a lot harder for private companies that are lax on cybersecurity to get a contract with the Pentagon, as the Defense Department has…
Defense Dept didn’t protect social media accounts, left stream keys out in public
‘The practice… has since been fixed,’ Pentagon official tells The Reg The US Department of Defense, up until this week, routinely left its social media accounts wide open to hijackers via stream keys – unique, confidential identifiers generated by streaming…
No gains, just pains as 1.6M fitness phone call recordings exposed online
HelloGym’s data security clearly skipped leg day Exclusive Sensitive info from hundreds of thousands of gym customers and staff – including names, financial details, and potentially biometric data in the form of audio recordings – was left sitting in an…
What the Plex? Streaming service suffers yet another password spill
For the third time in a decade Streaming platform Plex is warning some users to reset their passwords after suffering yet another breach.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: What the Plex?…
Anthropic’s Claude Code runs code to test if it is safe – which might be a big mistake
AI security reviews add new risks, say researchers App security outfit Checkmarx says automated reviews in Anthropic’s Claude Code can catch some bugs but miss others – and sometimes create new risks by executing code while testing it.… This article…