Telco reckons data is old, isn’t from its systems More than 70 million records, allegedly stolen from AT&T in 2021, were dumped on a cybercrime forum at the weekend.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read…
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Cyberattack gifts esports pros with cheats, forcing Apex Legends to postpone tournament
Virtual gunslingers forcibly became cheaters via mystery means Esports pros competing in the Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) Pro League tournament were forced to abandon their match today due to a suspected cyberattack.… This article has been indexed from The…
Infosec teams must be allowed to fail, argues Gartner
But failing to recover from incidents is unforgivable because ‘adrenalin does not scale’ Zero tolerance of failure by information security professionals is unrealistic, and makes it harder for cyber security folk to do the essential part of their job: recovering…
Filipino police free hundreds of slaves toiling in romance scam operation
875 workers liberated after falling for promises of lucrative work, nine arrested Filipino police rescued 875 “workers” – including 504 foreigners – in a raid late last week on a firm that posed as an online gaming company but in…
Protecting distributed branch office environments from ransomware
As ransomware becomes more sophisticated, detection tools should be upgraded to cover every site and location Sponsored Feature Ransomware gangs that steal and encrypt vital business data before extorting payment for its decryption and restoration are ramping up global attacks…
ChatGPT side-channel attack has easy fix: token obfuscation
ALSO: Roblox-themed infostealer on the prowl, telco insider pleads guilty to swapping SIMs, and some crit vulns in brief Almost as quickly as a paper came out last week revealing an AI side-channel vulnerability, Cloudflare researchers have figured out how…
In the rush to build AI apps, please, please don’t leave security behind
Supply-chain attacks are definitely possible and could lead to data theft, system hijacking, and more Feature While in a rush to understand, build, and ship AI products, developers and data scientists are being urged to be mindful of security and…
As if working at Helldesk weren’t bad enough, IT helpers now targeted by cybercrims
Wave of Okta attacks mark what researchers are calling the biggest security trend of the year IT helpdesk workers are increasingly the target of cybercriminals – a trend researchers have described as “the most noteworthy” of the past year.… This…
Cop shop rapped for ‘completely avoidable’ web form blunder
Made public highly sensitive data on complaints about Metropolitan Police Service The London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime is being rapped by regulators for untidy tech practices that made public the personal data of hundreds of people who filed…
Forget TikTok – Chinese spies want to steal IP by backdooring digital locks
Uncle Sam can use this snooping tool, too, but that’s beside the point There’s another Chinese-manufactured product – joining the likes of TikTok, cars and semiconductors – that poses a national security risk to Americans: electronic locks, such as those…
FTC goes undercover to probe suspected antivirus scam, scores $26M settlement
On the internet, men are men, lonely single moms are men, and vulnerable PC users are federal agents A pair of tech support businesses accused of swindling marks out of their hard-earned cash have agreed to cough up a $26…
LockBit ransomware kingpin gets 4 years behind bars
Canadian said to have turned to a life of cybercrime during pandemic, now must pay the price – literally A LockBit ransomware kingpin has been sentenced to almost four years behind bars and ordered to pay more than CA$860,000 ($635,000,…
Google gooses Safe Browsing with real-time protection that doesn’t leak to ad giant
Rare occasion when you do want Big Tech to make a hash of it Google has enhanced its Safe Browsing service to enable real-time protection in Chrome for desktop, iOS, and soon Android against risky websites, without sending browsing history…
Record breach of French government exposes up to 43 million people’s data
Zut alors! Department for registering and helping unemployed people broken into A French government department – responsible for registering and assisting unemployed people – is the latest victim of a mega data breach that compromised the information of up to…
International effort to disrupt cybercrime moves into operational phase
Will the WEF experiment work? The Cybercrime Atlas, a massive undertaking that aims to disrupt cybercriminals across the globe, enters its operational phase in 2024, two years after organizers laid the groundwork at the RSA Conference.… This article has been…
US to probe Change Healthcare’s data protection standards as lawsuits mount
Services slowly coming back online but providers still struggling Change Healthcare is being investigated over the alleged 6 TB data theft by the ALPHV ransomware group as it continues recovery efforts.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
US Congress goes bang, bang, on TikTok sale-or-ban plan
Bill proposes to do to China what China already does to the US – make life hard for foreign social networks The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act –…
Nissan to let 100,000 Aussies and Kiwis know their data was stolen in cyberattack
Akira ransomware crooks brag of swiping thousands of ID documents during break-in Over the next few weeks, Nissan Oceania will make contact with around 100,000 people in Australia and New Zealand whose data was pilfered in a December 2023 attack…
Nissan to alert 100,000 Aussies and Kiwis about data loss incident
Akira ransomware crooks brag of stealing thousands of ID documents during break-in Over the next few weeks, Nissan Oceania will make contact with around 100,000 people in Australia and New Zealand whose data was pilfered in a December 2023 attack…
Poking holes in Google tech bagged bug hunters $10M
A $2M drop from previous year. So … things are more secure? Google awarded $10 million to 632 bug hunters last year through its vulnerability reward programs.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original…