Who hasn’t exploited this max-severity flaw? At least five more Chinese spy crews, Iran-linked goons, and financially motivated criminals are now attacking the React2Shell, a maximum-severity flaw in the widely used React JavaScript library, according to Google.… This article has…
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Delay to European Central Bank messaging project cost the Bank of England £23M
Watchdog links schedule change to replanning of UK payments system overhaul The European Central Bank’s (ECB) decision to delay its move to a new messaging standard in 2022 ended up costing the Bank of England £23 million as it was…
JLR: Payroll data stolen in cybercrime that shook UK economy
Automaker admits raid that crippled its factories in August led to the theft of sensitive info Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has reportedly told staff the cyber raid that crippled its operations in August didn’t just bring production to a screeching…
Apple, Google forced to issue emergency 0-day patches
Both admit attackers were already exploiting the bugs, with scant detail and hints of spyware-grade abuse Apple and Google have both issued emergency patches after zero-day bugs were caught being actively exploited in what the companies describe as “sophisticated” real-world…
Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy
Minister insists ‘modest’ bill is not an assault on privacy-preserving tech The Danish government wants the public to weigh in on its proposed laws restricting use of VPNs to access certain corners of the internet.… This article has been indexed…
Legal protection for ethical hacking under Computer Misuse Act is only the first step
I’m dreaming of a white hat mass Opinion It was 40 years ago that four young British hackers set about changing the law, although they didn’t know it at the time. It was a cross-platform attack including a ZX Spectrum,…
Starlink claims Chinese launch came within 200 meters of broadband satellite
PLUS: Drugs found in ink cartridges; Chinse censorship fighters criticize Vultr; Coupang CEO resigns; And more! Asia In Brief A SpaceX executive has claimed that a Chinese satellite launch came within 200 meters of hitting a Starlink satellite.… This article…
Honeypots can help defenders, or damn them if implemented badly
PLUS: Crims could burn your AI budgets thanks to weak defaults; CISA’s top 25 vulns for 2025; And more Infosec In Brief The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has found that cyber-deception tactics such as honeypots and decoy accounts…
Microsoft RasMan DoS 0-day gets unofficial patch – and a working exploit
Exploit hasn’t been picked up by any malware detection engines, CEO tells The Reg A Microsoft zero-day vulnerability that allows an unprivileged user to crash the Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) service now has a free, unofficial patch –…
New React vulns leak secrets, invite DoS attacks
And the earlier React2Shell patch is vulnerable If you’re running React Server Components, you just can’t catch a break. In addition to already-reported flaws, newly discovered bugs allow attackers to hang vulnerable servers and potentially leak Server Function source code,…
Microsoft promises more bug payouts, with or without a bounty program
Critical vulnerabilities found in third-party applications eligible for award under ‘in scope by default’ move Microsoft is overhauling its bug bounty program to reward exploit hunters for finding vulnerabilities across all its products and services, even those without established bounty…
Uncle Sam sues ex-Accenture manager over Army cloud security claims
Justice Department alleges federal auditors were misled over compliance with FedRAMP and DoD requirements The US is suing a former senior manager at Accenture for allegedly misleading the government about the security of an Army cloud platform.… This article has…
UK watchdog urged to probe GDPR failures in Home Office eVisa rollout
Rights groups say digital-only record is leaking data and courting trouble Civil society groups are urging the UK’s data watchdog to investigate whether the Home Office’s digital-only eVisa scheme is breaching GDPR, sounding the alarm about systemic data errors and…
Half of exposed React servers remain unpatched amid active exploitation
Wiz says React2Shell attacks accelerating, ranging from cryptominers to state-linked crews Half of the internet-facing systems vulnerable to a fast-moving React remote code execution flaw remain unpatched, even as exploitation has exploded into more than a dozen active attack clusters…
Crypto-crasher Do Kwon jailed for 15 years over $40bn UST bust
Judge said his fraud was on ‘epic, generational scale’ Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon will spend 15 years in jail after pleading guilty to committing fraud.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article:…
Russian hackers debut simple ransomware service, but store keys in plain text
Operators accidentally left a way for you to get your data back CyberVolk, a pro-Russian hacktivist crew, is back after months of silence with a new ransomware service. There’s some bad news and some good news here.… This article has…
Google fixes super-secret 8th Chrome 0-day
No details, no CVE, update your browser now Google issued an emergency fix for a Chrome vulnerability already under exploitation, which marks the world’s most popular browser’s eighth zero-day bug of 2025.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
LastPass hammered with £1.2M fine for 2022 breach fiasco
UK data regulator says failures were unacceptable for a company managing the world’s passwords The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) says LastPass must cough up £1.2 million ($1.6 million) after its two-part 2022 data breach compromised information from up to…
Researcher claims Salt Typhoon spies attended Cisco training scheme
Skills gained later fed Beijing’s cyber operations, according to SentinelLabs expert A security researcher specializing in tracking China threats claims two of Salt Typhoon’s members were former attendees of a training scheme run by Cisco.… This article has been indexed…
Users report chaos as Legal Aid Agency stumbles back online after cyberattack
Workers frustrated with security-first changes to workflows and teething issues Exclusive Seven months after a landmark cyberattack, the UK’s Legal Aid Agency (LAA) says it’s returning to pre-breach operations, although law firms are still wrestling with buggy and more laborious…