Clock is ticking to it’s time for the handcuffs, we’re told Interview The cyberattacks against Las Vegas casinos over the summer put a big target on the backs of Scattered Spider, the suspected perps, according to Mandiant Consulting’s CTO Charles…
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Google guru roasts useless phishing tests, calls for fire drill-style overhaul
Current approaches aren’t working and demonize security teams A Google security bigwig has had enough of federally mandated phishing tests, saying they make colleagues hate IT teams for no added benefit.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Veeam says critical flaw can’t be abused to trash backups
It’s still a rough one, so patch up Veeam says the recent critical vulnerability in its Backup Enterprise Manager (VBEM) can’t be used by cybercriminals to delete an organization’s backups.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
70% of CISOs worry their org is at risk of a material cyber attack
Wait, why do you want this job again? Chief information security officers around the globe “are nervously looking over the horizon,” according to a survey of 1,600 CISOs that found more than two thirds (70 percent) worry their organization is…
UK data watchdog wants six figures from N Ireland cops after 2023 data leak
Massive discount applied to save cop shop’s helicopter budget Following a data leak that brought “tangible fear of threat to life”, the UK’s data protection watchdog says it intends to fine the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) £750,000 ($955,798).……
How Apple Wi-Fi Positioning System can be abused to track people around the globe
SpaceX is smart on this, Cupertino and GL.iNet not so much In-depth Academics have suggested that Apple’s Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) can be abused to create a global privacy nightmare.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
Would you buy Pegasus spyware from this scammer?
You shouldn’t – Indian infosec researchers warn you’ll get random junk instead Indian infosec firm CloudSEK warned on Wednesday that scammers are selling counterfeit code advertised as the NSO Group’s notorious Pegasus spyware.… This article has been indexed from The…
‘China-aligned’ spyware slingers operating since 2018 unmasked at last
Unfading Sea Haze adept at staying under the radar Bitdefender says it has tracked down and exposed an online gang that has been operating since 2018 nearly without a trace – and likely working for Chinese interests.… This article has…
Lawmakers advance bill to tighten White House grip on AI model exports
Vague ML definitions subject to change – yeah, great The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to advance a law bill expanding the White House’s authority to police exports of AI systems – including models said to pose a national…
Go after UnitedHealth, not us, 100+ medical groups urge Uncle Sam
Why should we get its paperwork? More than 100 medical industry groups have asked the Feds to make UnitedHealth Group, not them, go through the rigmarole of notifying everyone about the Change Healthcare ransomware infection.… This article has been indexed…
Canada’s London Drugs confirms ransomware attack after LockBit demands $25M
Pharmacy says it’s ‘unwilling and unable to pay ransom’ Canadian pharmacy chain London Drugs has confirmed that ransomware thugs stole some of its corporate files containing employee information and says it is “unwilling and unable to pay ransom to these…
NYSE parent gets $10M wrist tap for failing to report 2021 systems break-in
Intercontinental Exchange’s Q1 revenue exceeded $1B – that’ll sure teach ’em The New York Stock Exchange’s parent company has just been hit with a $10 million fine for failing to properly inform the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of a…
Laundering cash from healthcare, romance scams lands US man in prison for a decade
$4.5M slushed through accounts from state healthcare and lonely people Georgia resident Malachi Mullings received a decade-long sentence for laundering money scored in scams against healthcare providers, private companies, and individuals to the tune of $4.5 million.… This article has…
Confused by the SEC’s breach reporting rules? Read this
‘Clarification’ weighs in on material vs voluntary disclosures The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to clarify guidelines for public companies regarding the disclosure of ransomware and other cybersecurity incidents.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Stopping ransomware in multicloud environments
Attend this Register live event to learn how Sponsored Survey and Live Event What are the biggest risks to your organization posed by ransomware and what security defenses does it have in place to protect its sensitive data from cyber…
LockBit dethroned as leading ransomware gang for first time post-takedown
Rivals ready to swoop in but drop in overall attacks illustrates LockBit’s influence The takedown of LockBit in February is starting to bear fruit for rival gangs with Play overtaking it after an eight-month period of LockBit topping the attack…
GitHub Enterprise Server patches 10-outta-10 critical hole
On the bright side, someone made up to $30,000+ for finding it GitHub has patched its Enterprise Server software to fix a security flaw that scored a 10 out of 10 CVSS severity score.… This article has been indexed from…
Uncle Sam to inject $50M into auto-patcher for hospital IT
Boffins, why not simply invent an algorithm that autonomously fixes flaws, thereby ending ransomware forever The US government’s Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has pledged more than $50 million to fund the development of technology that aims to…
Zoom adds ‘post-quantum’ encryption for video nattering
Guess we all have imaginary monsters to fear Zoom has rolled out what it claims is post-quantum end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for video conferencing, saying it will make it available for Phone and Rooms “soon.”… This article has been indexed from…
Critical Fluent Bit bug affects all major cloud providers, say researchers
Crashes galore, plus especially crafty crims could use it for much worse Infosec researchers are alerting the industry to a critical vulnerability in Fluent Bit – a logging component used by a swathe of blue chip companies and all three…