Google threat analysts warn the team behind the Marks & Spencer break-in has moved on Cyber-crime crew Scattered Spider has infected US insurance companies following a series of ransomware attacks against American and British retailers, according to Google, which urged…
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Remorseless extortionists claim to have stolen thousands of files from Freedman HealthCare
The group has previously threatened to SWAT cancer patients and leaked pre-op plastic surgery photos An extortion gang claims to have breached Freedman HealthCare, a data and analytics firm whose customers include state agencies, health providers, and insurance companies, and…
Canada’s WestJet says ‘expect interruptions’ online as it navigates cybersecurity turbulence
Flights still flying – just don’t count on the app or website working smoothly Canadian airline WestJet is warning of “intermittent interruptions or errors” on its app and website as it investigates a cybersecurity incident.… This article has been indexed…
Eurocops arrest suspected Archetyp admin, shut down mega dark web drug shop
Marketplace as big as Silk Road had more than 600k users and turnover of ‘at least’ €250M Operation Deep Sentinel is the latest international law enforcement collaboration against cybercrime, shutting down Archetyp – one of the largest dark web drug…
Salesforce study finds LLM agents flunk CRM and confidentiality tests
6-in-10 success rate for single-step tasks A new benchmark developed by academics shows that LLM-based AI agents perform below par on standard CRM tests and fail to understand the need for customer confidentiality.… This article has been indexed from The…
Microsoft adds export option to Windows Recall in Europe
But lose your code and it’s gone for good Windows 11 users in the European Economic Area will shortly receive a new Recall Export feature, allowing Recall snapshots to be shared with third-party apps and websites.… This article has been…
Spy school dropout: GCHQ intern jailed for swiping classified data
Student ‘believed he could finish’ software dev ‘project alone and therefore that the rules did not apply to him’ A former GCHQ intern was jailed for seven-and-a-half years for stealing top-secret files during a year-long placement at the British intelligence…
How collaborative security can build you a better business
Getting employees on board can do more than prevent breaches; it can send profitability soaring Sponsored Post Here’s a sobering reality: 95% of data breaches involve human error. So, why do most organizations still throw technology at a fundamentally human…
Armored cash transport trucks allegedly hauled money for $190 million crypto-laundering scheme
PLUS: APNIC completes re-org; India cuts costs for chipmakers; Infosys tax probe ends; and more Asia In Brief Australia’s Federal Police (AFP) last week announced charges against four suspects for alleged participation in a money-laundering scheme that involved a security…
Dems demand audit of CVE program as Federal funding remains uncertain
PLUS: Discord invite links may not be safe; Miscreants find new way to hide malicious JavaScript; and more! Infosec In Brief A pair of Congressional Democrats have demanded a review of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program amid uncertainties…
Cyber weapons in the Israel-Iran conflict may hit the US
With Tehran’s military weakened, digital retaliation likely, experts tell The Reg The current Israel–Iran military conflict is taking place in the era of hybrid war, where cyberattacks amplify and assist missiles and troops, and is being waged between two countries…
Do you trust Xi with your ‘private’ browsing data? Apple, Google stores still offer China-based VPNs, report says
Some trace back to an outfit under US export controls for alleged PLA links Both Apple’s and Google’s online stores offer free virtual private network (VPN) apps owned by Chinese companies, according to researchers at the Tech Transparency Project, and…
Apple fixes zero-click exploit underpinning Paragon spyware attacks
Zero-day potentially tied to around 100 suspected infections in 2025 and a spyware scandal on the continent Apple has updated its iOS/iPadOS 18.3.1 documentation, confirming it introduced fixes for the zero-click vulnerability used to infect journalists with Paragon’s Graphite spyware.……
Wanted: Junior cybersecurity staff with 10 years’ experience and a PhD
Infosec employers demanding too much from early-career recruits, says ISC2 Cybersecurity hiring managers need a reality check when it comes to hiring junior staff, with job adverts littered with unfair expectations that are hampering recruitment efforts, says industry training and…
Slapped wrists for Financial Conduct Authority staff who emailed work data home
It was one of the offenders’ final warning Four staffers at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) were let off with warnings over separate cases involving the transmission of regulator data to their personal email accounts.… This article has been…
Ransomware scum disrupted utility services with SimpleHelp attacks
Good news: The vendor patched the flaw in January. Bad news: Not everyone got the memo Ransomware criminals infected a utility billing software providers’ customers, and in some cases disrupted services, after exploiting unpatched versions of SimpleHelp’s remote monitoring and…
‘Major compromise’ at NHS temping arm exposed gaping security holes
Incident responders suggested sweeping improvements following Active Directory database heist Exclusive Cybercriminals broke into systems belonging to the UK’s NHS Professionals body in May 2024, stealing its Active Directory database, but the healthcare organization never publicly disclosed it, The Register…
DeepSeek installer or just malware in disguise? Click around and find out
‘BrowserVenom’ is pure poison Suspected cybercriminals have created a fake installer for Chinese AI model DeepSeek-R1 and loaded it with previously unknown malware called “BrowserVenom”.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: DeepSeek…
Salesforce tags 5 CVEs after SaaS security probe uncovers misconfig risks
The 16 other flagged issues are on customers, says CRM giant Salesforce has assigned five CVE identifiers following a security report that uncovered more than 20 configuration weaknesses, some of which exposed customers to unauthorized access and session hijacking.… This…
Hire me! To drop malware on your computer
FIN6 moves from point-of-sale compromise to phishing recruiters In a scam that flips the script on fake IT worker schemes, cybercriminals posing as job seekers on LinkedIn and Indeed are targeting recruiters – a group hated only slightly less than…