More light shed on what went down with Marko Elez, thanks to NY AG and co’s lawsuit A now-former DOGE aide violated US Treasury policy by emailing an unencrypted database containing people’s private information to two Trump administration officials, according…
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Amazon to kill off local Alexa processing, all voice requests shipped to the cloud
Web souk says Echo hardware doesn’t have the oomph for next-gen AI anyway Come March 28, those who opted to have their voice commands for Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa processed locally on their Echo devices will lose that option, with…
Amazon boots local Alexa processing: All your voice requests shipped to the cloud
Web souk says Echo hardware doesn’t have the oomph for next-gen AI anyway Come March 28, those who opted to have their voice commands for Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa processed locally on their Echo devices will lose that option, with…
GitHub supply chain attack spills secrets from 23,000 projects
Large organizations among those cleaning up the mess It’s not such a happy Monday for defenders wiping the sleep from their eyes only to deal with the latest supply chain attack.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
UK government to open £16B IT services competition after 6-month delay
Technology Services 4 framework expands by £4B, with procurement to begin this week UK government is set to crack open the pork barrel for up to £16 billion in contracts for a range of IT services. The buying framework was…
Microsoft wouldn’t look at a bug report without a video. Researcher maliciously complied
Maddening techno loop, Zoolander reference, and 14 minutes of time wasted A vulnerability analyst and prominent member of the infosec industry has blasted Microsoft for refusing to look at a bug report unless he submitted a video alongside a written…
FCC stands up Council on National Security to fight China in ways that CISA used to
PLUS: Alleged Garantex admin arrested in India; Google deletes more North Korean malware Infosec In Brief United States Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr has unveiled plans to form a Council on National Security that will combat foreign threats to…
Apple’s alleged UK encryption battle sparks political and privacy backlash
National security defense being used to keep appeal behind closed doors US politicians and privacy campaigners are calling for the private hearing between Apple and the UK government regarding its alleged encryption-busting order to be aired in public.… This article…
New kids on the ransomware block channel Lockbit to raid Fortinet firewalls
It’s March already and you haven’t patched? Researchers are tracking a newly discovered ransomware group with suspected links to LockBit after a series of intrusions were reported starting in January.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
Dems ask federal agencies for reassurance DOGE isn’t feeding data into AI willy-nilly
Pouring sensitive info into unapproved, unaccountable, unsafe models would be a ‘severe’ cybersecurity fail House Democrats have sent letters to 24 federal agencies asking for assurances that Elon Musk’s DOGE team is not feeding sensitive government data into “unapproved and…
Google says it’s rolling out a fix for stricken Chromecasts
It’ll take a few days, give or take your situation Google has told The Register it’s beginning to roll out a fix for Chromecast devices that were bricked due to an expired security certificate authority. We’re assured this deployment will…
That ‘angry guest’ email from Booking.com? It’s a scam, not a 1-star review
Phishers check in, your credentials check out, Microsoft warns An ongoing phishing campaign disguised as a Booking.com email casts keystroke and credential-stealing malware into hospitality employees’ inboxes for financial fraud and theft, according to Microsoft Threat Intelligence.… This article has…
CISA: We didn’t fire our red team, we just unhired a bunch of them
Agency tries to save face as it also pulls essential funding for election security initiatives The US cybersecurity agency is trying to save face by seeking to clear up what it’s calling “inaccurate reporting” after a former senior pentester claimed…
DeepSeek can be gently persuaded to spit out malware code
It might need polishing, but a useful find for any budding cybercrooks out there DeepSeek’s flagship R1 model is capable of generating a working keylogger and basic ransomware code, just as long as a techie is on hand to tinker…
Medusa ransomware affiliate tried triple extortion scam – up from the usual double demand
Feds warn gang still rampant and now cracked 300+ victims around the world A crook who distributes the Medusa ransomware tried to make a victim cough up three payments instead of the usual two, according to a government advisory on…
Get off that old Firefox by Friday or you’ll be sorry, says Moz
Root cert expiry may bring breakage or worse for add-ons, media playback, and more If you’re running an outdated version of Firefox, update by Friday or risk broken add-ons, failing DRM-protected media playback, and other errors, due to an expiring…
Expired Juniper routers find new life – as Chinese spy hubs
Fewer than 10 known victims, but Mandiant suspects others compromised, too Chinese spies have for months exploited old Juniper Networks routers, infecting the buggy gear with custom backdoors and gaining root access to the compromised devices.… This article has been…
This is the FBI, open up. China’s Volt Typhoon is on your network
Power utility GM talks to El Reg about getting that call and what happened next Nick Lawler, general manager of the Littleton Electric Light and Water Departments (LELWD), was at home one Friday when he got a call from the…
UK must pay cyber pros more than its Prime Minister, top civil servant says
Leaders call for fewer contractors and more top talent installed across government Senior officials in the UK’s civil service understand that future cyber hires in Whitehall will need to be paid a salary higher than that of the Prime Minister…
Choose your own Patch Tuesday adventure: Start with six zero-day fixes, or six critical flaws
Microsoft tackles 50-plus security blunders, Adobe splats 3D bugs, and Apple deals with a doozy Patch Tuesday Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday bundle has appeared, with a dirty dozen flaws competing for your urgent attention – six of them rated critical and…