Admins urged to rotate machine keys, restart IIS after emergency fix Microsoft has good news for administrators running SharePoint Server 2016. The cloud and software megacorp has published updates to close a gaping hole in the document management service.… This…
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UK to ban ransomware payments by public sector organizations
‘We’re going to smash the business model’ NHS, local council and schools told by politicos UK government is proposing to “ban” public sector organizations and critical national infrastructure from paying criminal operators behind ransomware attacks, under new measures outlined today.……
Open source’s superior security is a matter of eyeballs: Be kind to the brains behind them
The modern art form that redeemed a Windows utility has lessons for all Opinion The speedrun is one of the internet’s genuinely new artforms. At its best, it’s akin to a virtuoso piano recital. Less emotional depth, more adrenalin. Watching…
Dell scoffs at breach, says miscreants only stole ‘fake data’
No customer, partner info stolen, spokesperson tells The Reg Dell has confirmed that criminals broke into its IT environment and stole some of its data — but told The Register that it’s “primarily synthetic (fake) data.”… This article has been indexed…
Another massive security snafu hits Microsoft, but don’t expect it to stick
Move along, nothing to see here comment Here we go again. Another major Microsoft attack, with this one seeing someone — most likely government-backed hackers — exploiting a zero-day bug in SharePoint Server that Redmond failed to fix.… This article…
Four new Android spyware samples linked to Iran’s intel agency
Persians added snooping capabilities to DCHSpy after Israeli bombs fell Four new samples of Android spyware linked to the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) that collects WhatsApp data, records audio and video, and hunts for files by name,…
Alaska Airlines grounded itself due to mysterious IT problem
Now flying again, but not saying what went wrong UPDATED US carrier Alaska Airlines has grounded its fleet due to an unspecified IT issue.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Alaska Airlines…
Alaska Airlines grounds itself due to mysterious IT problem
Dare we suggest Scattered Spider has poisoned another carrier? US carrier Alaska Airlines has grounded its fleet due to an unspecified IT issue.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Alaska Airlines grounds…
Japan discovers object out beyond Pluto that rewrites the Planet 9 theory
PLUS: Perplexity AI scores 360-million-customer win in India; Australian billionaire’s political party suffers data breach, won’t contact victims; and more Asia In Brief Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory last week announced the discovery of a small body with an orbit beyond…
Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack
PLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more Infosec In Brief Microsoft has warned users of SharePoint Server that three on-prem versions of the product include a zero-day flaw that is under attack – and that…
UK uncovers novel Microsoft snooping malware, blames and sanctions GRU cyberspies
Fancy Bear can’t keep its claws out of Outlook inboxes The UK government is warning that Russia’s APT28 (also known as Fancy Bear or Forest Blizzard) has been deploying previously unknown malware to harvest Microsoft email credentials and steal access…
Ex-IDF cyber chief on Iran, Scattered Spider, and why social engineering worries him more than 0-days
Keep It Simple, Stupid Interview Scattered Spider and Iranian government-backed cyber units have more in common than a recent uptick in hacking activity, according to Ariel Parnes, a former colonel in the Israeli Defense Forces’ cyber unit 8200.… This article…
As companies race to add AI, terms of service changes are going to freak a lot of people out
WeTransfer added the magic words “machine learning” to its ToS and users reacted predictably Analysis WeTransfer this week denied claims it uses files uploaded to its ubiquitous cloud storage service to train AI, and rolled back changes it had introduced…
Google sues 25 alleged BadBox 2.0 botnet operators, all of whom are in China
Ads giant complains of damage to its reputation and finances … and crime, too Google has filed a lawsuit against 25 unnamed individuals in China it accuses of breaking into more than 10 million devices worldwide and using them to…
Watch out, another max-severity, make-me-root Cisco bug on the loose
Three perfect 10s in the last month – ISE, ISE, baby Cisco has issued a patch for a critical 10 out of 10 severity bug in its Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) that could allow…
Quantum code breaking? You’d get further with an 8-bit computer, an abacus, and a dog
Computer scientist Peter Gutmann tells The Reg why it’s ‘bollocks’ The US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has been pushing for the development of post-quantum cryptographic algorithms since 2016.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Operation Eastwood shutters 100+ servers used to DDoS websites supporting Ukraine
Two Russian suspects in cuffs, seven warrants out International cops shut down more than 100 servers belonging to the pro-Russian NoName057(16) network this week as part of the Europol-led Operation Eastwood.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Ukrainian hackers claim to have destroyed major Russian drone maker’s entire network
‘Deeply penetrated’ Gaskar ‘to the very tonsils of demilitarization’ Ukrainian hackers claim to have taken out the IT infrastructure at Russia’s Gaskar Integration plant, one of the largest suppliers of drones for its army, and also destroyed massive amounts of…
Microsoft offers vintage Exchange and Skype server users six more months of security updates
It looks like enough of you are struggling to migrate that Redmond is willing to help out – for a price that might buy nothing Microsoft has extended its security update programs for Exchange Server 2016 and 2019, and Skype…
Crims hijacking fully patched SonicWall VPNs to deploy stealthy backdoor and rootkit
Someone’s OVERSTEPing the mark Unknown miscreants are exploiting fully patched, end-of-life SonicWall VPNs to deploy a previously unknown backdoor and rootkit, likely for data theft and extortion, according to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group.… This article has been indexed from The…