Doing a simple system reset may not be enough to save you from fines and lawsuits With the end of Windows 10’s regular support cycle fast approaching, and a good five years since the COVID pandemic spurred a wave of…
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HybridPetya: More proof that Secure Boot bypasses are not just an urban legend
Although it hasn’t been seen in the wild yet A new ransomware strain dubbed HybridPetya was able to exploit a patched vulnerability to bypass Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot on unrevoked Windows systems, making it the fourth publicly…
All your vulns are belong to us! CISA wants to maintain gov control of CVE program
Get ready for a fight over who steers the global standard for vulnerability identification The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) nearly let the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program lapse earlier this year, but a new “vision” document it…
Samsung fixes Android 0-day that may have been used to spy on WhatsApp messages
A similar vuln on Apple devices was used against ‘specific targeted users’ Samsung has fixed a critical flaw that affects its Android devices – but not before attackers found and exploited the bug, which could allow remote code execution on…
1,200 undergrads hung out to dry after jailbreak attack on laundry machines
Dorm management refuses to cover costs after payment system borked More than a thousand university students in the Netherlands must continue to travel to wash their clothes after their building management company failed to bring its borked smart laundry machines…
Hack to school: Parents told to keep their little script kiddies in line
UK data watchdog says students behind most education cyberattacks The UK’s data protection watchdog says more than half of cyberattacks in schools are caused by students, and that parents should act early to prevent their offspring from falling into the…
Privacy activists warn digital ID won’t stop small boats – but will enable mass surveillance
Big Brother Watch says a so-called BritCard could turn daily life into one long identity check – and warn that Whitehall can’t be trusted to run A national digital ID could hand the government the tools for population-wide surveillance –…
Huntress’s ‘hilarious’ attacker surveillance splits infosec community
Ethical concerns raised after crook offered themselves up on silver platter Security outfit Huntress has been forced onto the defensive after its latest research – described by senior staff as “hilarious” – split opinion across the cybersecurity community.… This article…
We’re number 1! America now leads the world in surveillanceware investment
Atlantic Council warns US investors are fueling a market that undermines national security After years of being dominated by outsiders, the computer surveillance software industry is booming in the United States as investors rush into the ethically dodgy but highly…
Hijacker helper VoidProxy boosts Google, Microsoft accounts on demand
Okta uncovers new phishing-as-a-service operation with ‘multiple entities’ falling victim Multiple attackers using a new phishing service dubbed VoidProxy to target organizations’ Microsoft and Google accounts have successfully stolen users’ credentials, multi-factor authentication codes, and session tokens in real time,…
AI-powered penetration tool, an attacker’s dream, downloaded 10K times in 2 months
Shady, China-based company, all the apps needed for a fully automated attack – sounds totally legit Villager, a new penetration-testing tool linked to a suspicious China-based company and described by researchers as “Cobalt Strike’s AI successor,” has been downloaded about…
Anti-DDoS outfit walloped by record packet flood
FastNetMon says 1.5 Gpps deluge from hijacked routers, IoT kit nearly drowned scrubbing shop A DDoS mitigation provider was given a taste of the poison it tries to prevent, after being smacked by one of the largest packet-rate attacks ever…
Spectre haunts CPUs again: VMSCAPE vulnerability leaks cloud secrets
AMD Zen hardware and Intel Coffee Lake affected If you thought the world was done with side-channel CPU attacks, think again. ETH Zurich has identified yet another Spectre-based transient execution vulnerability that affects AMD Zen CPUs and Intel Coffee Lake…
Senator blasts Microsoft for ‘dangerous, insecure software’ that helped pwn US hospitals
Ron Wyden urges FTC to probe failure to secure Windows after attackers used Kerberoasting to cripple Ascension Microsoft is back in the firing line after US Senator Ron Wyden accused Redmond of shipping “dangerous, insecure software” that helped cybercrooks cripple…
Brussels faces privacy crossroads over encryption backdoors
Over 600 security boffins say planned surveillance crosses the line Europe, long seen as a bastion of privacy and digital rights, will debate this week whether to enforce surveillance on citizens’ devices.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
Attacker steals customer data from Brit rail operator LNER during break-in at supplier
Major UK player cagey on specifics but latest attack follows string blamed on ‘third party’ suppliers One of the UK’s largest rail operators, LNER, is the latest organization to spill user data via a third-party data breach.… This article has…
Experts scrutinized Ofcom’s Online Safety Act governance. They’re concerned
Academics and OSA stakeholders say Ofcom needs to take a closer look at how controversial legislation is enforced Industry experts expressed both concern and sympathy for Ofcom, the Brit regulator that is overseeing the Online Safety Act, as questions mount…
BAE Systems surfaces autonomous submarine for military use
Battery powered now, fuel-cells tomorrow – all packed in a shipping box Following a series of trials, defense biz BAE Systems says it is readying an autonomous military submarine for the end of next year.… This article has been indexed…
NASA bars Chinese citizens from its facilities, networks, even Zoom calls
You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out the reasons why NASA has barred Chinese nationals from accessing its premises and assets, even those who hold visas that permit them to reside in the USA.… This article…
Beijing went to ‘EggStreme’ lengths to attack Philippines military, researchers say
Ovoid-themed in-memory malware offers a menu for mayhem ‘EggStreme’ framework looks like the sort of thing Beijing would find handy in its ongoing territorial beefs Infosec outfit Bitdefender says it’s spotted a strain of in-memory malware that looks like the…