Ransomware criminals believed to have taken orders from intel services The relationship between infamous cybercrime outfit Evil Corp and the Russian state is thought to be extraordinarily close, so close that intelligence officials allegedly ordered the criminals to carry out…
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NCA unmasks man it suspects is both ‘Evil Corp kingpin’ and LockBit affiliate
Aleksandr Ryzhenkov alleged to have extorted around $100M from victims, built 60 LockBit attacks The latest installment of the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) series of ransomware revelations from February’s LockBit Leak Week emerges today as the agency identifies a man…
T-Mobile US to cough up $31.5M after that long string of security SNAFUs
At least seven intrusions in five years? Yeah, those promises of improvement more than ‘long overdue’ T-Mobile US has agreed to fork out $31.5 million to improve its cybersecurity and pay a fine after a string of network intrusions affected…
Ransomware forces hospital to turn away ambulances
Only level-one trauma unit in 400 miles crippled Ransomware scumbags have caused a vital hospital to turn away ambulances after infecting its computer systems with malware.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article:…
Rackspace monitoring systems hit by zero-day
Intruders accessed internal web servers via ScienceLogic hole, ‘limited’ info taken, customers told not to worry Exclusive Rackspace has told customers intruders exploited a zero-day bug in a third-party application it was using, and abused that vulnerability to break into…
Australian e-tailer digiDirect customers’ info allegedly stolen and dumped online
Full names, contact details, and company info – all the fixings for a phishing holiday Data allegedly belonging to more than 304,000 customers of Australian camera and tech e-tailer digiDirect has been leaked to an online cyber crime forum.… This…
If you’re holding important data, Iran is probably trying spearphish it
It’s election year for more than 50 countries and the Islamic Republic threatens a bunch of them US and UK national security agencies are jointly warning about Iranian spearphishing campaigns, which remain an ongoing threat to various industries and governments.……
Remote ID verification tech is often biased, bungling, and no good on its own
Only 2 out of 5 tested products were equitable across demographics A study by the US General Services Administration (GSA) has revealed that five remote identity verification (RiDV) technologies are unreliable, inconsistent, and marred by bias across different demographic groups.……
Cloud threats have execs the most freaked out because they’re not prepared
Ransomware? More like ‘we don’t care’ for everyone but CISOs Efficiency and scalability are key benefits of enterprise cloud computing, but they come at a cost. Security threats specific to cloud environments are the leading cause of concern among top…
AI code helpers just can’t stop inventing package names
LLMs are helpful, but don’t use them for anything important AI models just can’t seem to stop making things up. As two recent studies point out, that proclivity underscores prior warnings not to rely on AI advice for anything that…
Forget the Kia Boyz: Hackers could hijack your car with just a smartphone
PLUS: UK man charged with hacking US firms for stock secrets; ransomware actor foils self; and more Infosec In Brief Put away that screwdriver and USB charging cable – the latest way to steal a Kia just requires a cellphone…
Binance claims it helped to bust Chinese crypto scam app in India
Plus: SpaceX plans Vietnam investment; Yahoo! Japan content moderation secrets; LG offloads Chinese display factory; and more ASIA IN BRIEF It’s not often The Register writes about a cryptocurrency outfit being on the right side of a scam or crime,…
Red team hacker on how she ‘breaks into buildings and pretends to be the bad guy’
Alethe Denis exposes tricks that made you fall for that return-to-office survey Interview A hacker walked into a “very big city” building on a Wednesday morning with no keys to any doors or elevators, determined to steal sensitive data by…
Feds charge 3 Iranians with ‘hack-and-leak’ of Trump 2024 campaign
Snoops allegedly camped out in inboxes well into September The US Department of Justice has charged three Iranians for their involvement in a “wide-ranging hacking campaign” during which they allegedly stole massive amounts of materials from Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential…
Recall the Recall recall? Microsoft thinks it can make that Windows feature palatable
AI screengrab service to be opt-in, features encryption, biometrics, enclaves, more Microsoft has revised the Recall feature for its Copilot+ PCs and insists that the self-surveillance system is secure.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read…
Recall that Recall recall? Now Microsoft thinks it can make Windows feature palatable
AI screengrab service to be opt-in, features encryption, biometrics, enclaves, more Microsoft has revised the Recall feature for its Copilot+ PCs and insists that the self-surveillance system is secure.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read…
Ransomware gang using stolen Microsoft Entra ID creds to bust into the cloud
Defenders beware: Data theft, extortion, and backdoors on Storm-0501’s agenda Microsoft’s latest threat intelligence blog issues a warning to all organizations about Storm-0501’s recent shift in tactics, targeting, and backdooring hybrid cloud environments.… This article has been indexed from The…
Patch now: Critical Nvidia bug allows container escape, complete host takeover
33% of cloud environments using the toolkit impacted, we’re told A critical bug in Nvidia’s widely used Container Toolkit could allow a rogue user or software to escape their containers and ultimately take complete control of the underlying host.… This…
HPE patches three critical security holes in Aruba PAPI
More 9.8 bugs? Ay, papi! Aruba access points running AOS-8 and AOS-10 need to be patched urgently after HPE emitted fixes for three critical flaws in its networking subsidiary’s networking access points.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
HPE patches three critical flaws in Aruba proprietary access protocol Interface
More 9.8 bugs? Ai PAPI! Aruba access points running AOS-8 and AOS-10 need to be patched urgently after HPE issued emergency fixes for three critical flaws in its networking subsidiary’s networking access points.… This article has been indexed from The…