Appeals judge says yes in latest battle of ICO against a breached retail giant The UK’s data protection watchdog has scored a small win in a lengthy legal battle against a British retail group that lost millions of data records…
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Snyk CEO bails, wants someone with more AI experience to replace him
Skill at buzzword bingo also required as company seeks innovative and disruptive visionary The CEO of code review platform provider Snyk has announced he will stand down so the company can find someone better-equipped to steer the company into the…
AI agents abound, unbound by rules or safety disclosures
MIT CSAIL’s 2025 AI Agent Index puts opaque automated systems under the microscope AI agents are becoming more common and more capable, without consensus or standards on how they should behave, say academic researchers.… This article has been indexed from…
Crims create fake remote management vendor that actually sells a RAT
$300 a month buys you a backdoor that looks like legit software Researchers at Proofpoint late last month uncovered what they describe as a “weird twist” on the growing trend of criminals abusing remote monitoring and management software (RMM) as…
Crims hit a $20M jackpot via malware-stuffed ATMs
FBI warns these cyber-physical attacks are on the rise Thieves stole more than $20 million from compromised ATMs last year using a malware-assisted technique that the FBI says is on the uptick across the United States.… This article has been…
Android malware taps Gemini to navigate infected devices
The real deal or another research project overblown? Cybersecurity researchers say they’ve spotted the first Android malware strain that uses generative AI to improve performance once installed. But it may be only a proof of concept.… This article has been…
DEF CON bans three Epstein-linked men from future events
Emails show all discussed networking and biz interests with the sex offender throughout the 2010s Cybersecurity conference DEF CON has added three men named in the Epstein files to its list of banned individuals. They are not accused of any…
UK to demand social platforms take down abusive intimate images within 48 hours
‘Why not 12?’ says lawyer The UK is bracketing “intimate images shared without a victim’s consent” along with terror and child sexual abuse material, and demanding that online platforms remove them within two days.… This article has been indexed from…
Healthcare security: Write login details on whiteboard, hope for the best
You told me not to write it on a Post-it… Bork!Bork!Bork! Today’s bork is entirely human-generated and will send a shiver down the spine of security pros. No matter how secure a system is, a user’s ability to undo an…
Poland bans camera-packing cars made in China from military bases
Dell, however, is welcome to help build a local-language LLM Poland’s Ministry of Defence has banned Chinese cars – and any others include tech to record position, images, or sound – from entering protected military facilities.… This article has been…
Poland bans camera-packing cars made in China cars from military bases
Dell, however, is welcome to help build a local-language LLM Poland’s Ministry of Defence has banned Chinese cars – and any others include tech to record position, images, or sound – from entering protected military facilities.… This article has been…
Adidas investigates third-party data breach after criminals claim they pwned the sportswear giant
‘Potential data protection incident’ at an ‘independent licensing partner,’ we’re told Adidas has confirmed it is investigating a third-party breach at one of its partner companies after digital thieves claimed they stole information and technical data from the German sportswear…
ShinyHunters allegedly drove off with 1.7M CarGurus records
Latest in a rash of grab-and-leak data incidents CarGurus allegedly suffered a data breach with 1.7 million corporate records stolen, according to a notorious cybercrime crew that posted the online vehicle marketplace on its leak site on Wednesday.… This article has…
Fraudster hacked hotel system, paid 1 cent for luxury rooms, Spanish cops say
‘First time we have detected a crime using this method,’ cops say Spanish police arrested a hacker who allegedly manipulated a hotel booking website, allowing him to pay one cent for luxury hotel stays. He also raided the mini-bars and…
Deutsche Bahn back on track after DDoS yanks the brakes
National rail bookings and timetables disrupted for nearly 24 hours If you wanted to book a train trip in Germany recently, you would have been out of luck. The country’s national rail company says that its services were disrupted for…
Texas sues TP-Link over China links and security vulnerabilities
State disputes the company’s claim that its routers are made in Vietnam TP-Link is facing legal action from the state of Texas for allegedly misleading consumers with “Made in Vietnam” claims despite China-dominated manufacturing and supply chains, and for marketing…
German train line back on track after DDoS yanks the brakes
National rail bookings and timetables disrupted for nearly 24 hours If you wanted to book a train trip in Germany recently, you would have been out of luck. The country’s national rail company says that its services were disrupted for…
Your AI-generated password isn’t random, it just looks that way
Seemingly complex strings are actually highly predictable, crackable within hours Generative AI tools are surprisingly poor at suggesting strong passwords, experts say.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Your AI-generated password isn’t…
Notepad++ declares hardened update process ‘effectively unexploitable’
Miscreants will need to find another avenue for malware shenanigans Notepad++ has continued beefing up security with a release the project’s author claims makes the “update process robust and effectively unexploitable.”… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
You can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone, says Dutch defense chief
No worries if the US doesn’t want to be friends with Europe anymore Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter aircraft can be jailbroken “just like an iPhone,” the Netherlands’ defense secretary has claimed.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…