‘The operating system couldn’t be loaded’ is never a great message Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday update is failing to install on some Windows 11 machines, mostly virtual ones, and dumping them into recovery mode with a boot error. Its only…
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Why is China deep in US networks? ‘They’re preparing for war,’ HR McMaster tells lawmakers
House Homeland Security Committee takes a field trip to Silicon Valley Chinese government spies burrowed deep into American telecommunications systems and critical infrastructure networks for one reason, according to retired US Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster.… This article has been…
8,000+ Asus routers popped in ‘advanced’ mystery botnet plot
No formal attribution made but two separate probes hint at the same suspect Thousands of Asus routers are currently ensnared by a new botnet that is trying to disable Trend Micro security features before exploiting vulnerabilities for backdoor access.… This…
Billions of cookies up for grabs as experts warn over session security
Law enforcement crackdowns are gathering pace but online marketplaces still teeming with valuable tokens A VPN vendor says billions of stolen cookies currently on sale either on dark web or Telegram-based marketplaces remain active and exploitable.… This article has been…
European Commission: Make Europe Great Again… for startups
Sick of paying the US tech tax and relinquishing talent to other continents, politicians finally wake up The European Commission (EC) has kicked off a scheme to make Europe a better place to nurture global technology businesses, providing support throughout…
Victoria’s Secret website laid bare for three days after ‘security incident’
Knickers outlet knackered Underwear retailer Victoria’s Secret’s website has been down for three days, with the company blaming an unspecified security problem.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Victoria’s Secret website laid…
Adversarial AI: The new frontier in financial cybersecurity
The financial sector is adept at balancing risk and opportunity. Adversarial AI is its next big challenge Partner content From the use of ATMs to online banking, the financial services sector has always been at the forefront of technology. Now,…
Attack on LexisNexis Risk Solutions exposes data on 300k +
Data analytics and risk management biz says software dev platform breached, not itself LexisNexis Risk Solutions (LNRS) is the latest big-name organization to disclose a serious cyberattack leading to data theft, with the number of affected individuals pegged at 364,333.……
Russian IT pro sentenced to 14 years forced labor for sharing medical data with Ukraine
The latest in a long line of techies to face Putin’s wrath A Russian programmer will face the next 14 years in a “strict-regime” (high-security) penal colony after a regional court ruled he leaked sensitive data to Ukraine.… This article…
The cost of compromise: Why password attacks are still winning in 2025
Poor password management is responsible for thousands of data breaches, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Sponsored feature The IT business likes to reinvent things as quickly as possible. Except passwords, that is. We’ve been using them since…
DragonForce double-whammy: First hit an MSP, then use RMM software to push ransomware
SimpleHelp was the vector for the attack DragonForce ransomware infected a managed service provider, and its customers, after attackers exploited security flaws in remote monitoring and management tool SimpleHelp.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read…
ASUS to chase business PC market with free AI, or no AI – because nobody knows what to do with it
Really strong USB ports make a difference too by reducing the need for motherboard replacements Computex Analysts rate Taiwan’s ASUS the world’s fifth most prolific PC-maker, but the company wants to climb the charts by targeting business buyers, according to…
Don’t click on that Facebook ad for a text-to-AI-video tool
Millions may fall for it – and end up with malware instead A group of miscreants tracked as UNC6032 is exploiting interest in AI video generators by planting malicious ads on social media platforms to steal credentials, credit card details,…
New Russian cyber-spy crew Laundry Bear joins the email-stealing pack
Dutch intel services, Microsoft go big-game hunting A previously unknown Kremlin-linked group has conducted cyber-espionage operations against Dutch police, NATO member states, Western tech companies, and other organizations of interest to the Russian government since at least April 2024, according…
Adidas confirms criminals stole data from customer service provider
Hackers take personal data bytes from the brand with three stripes Adidas is warning customers some of their data was stolen after an “unauthorized” person lifted it from a “third-party customer service provider.”… This article has been indexed from The…
Ransomware attack on MATLAB dev MathWorks – licensing center still locked down
Commercial customers, STEM students all feeling the pain after mega outage of engineering data-analysis tool Software biz MathWorks is cleaning up a ransomware attack more than a week after it took down MATLAB, its flagship product used by more than…
TeleMessage security SNAFU worsens as 60 government staffers exposed
PLUS: Interpol kills more malware; GoDaddy settles in awful infosec case; Giant stolen creds DB exposed Infosec In Brief Secrets of the Trump administration may have been exposed after a successful attack on messaging service TeleMessage, which has been used…
China approves rules for national ‘online number’ ID scheme
PLUS: Original emoji retired; Xiaomi’s custom silicon; MediaTek goes to 2nm Asia In Brief China last week approved rules that will see Beijing issue identity numbers that netizens can use as part of a federated identity scheme that will mean…
Cybercrime is ‘orders of magnitude’ larger than state-backed ops, says ex-White House advisor
Michael Daniel also thinks Uncle Sam should increase help to orgs hit by ransomware INTERVIEW Uncle Sam’s cybersecurity apparatus can’t only focus on China and other nation-state actors, but also has to fight the much bigger damage from plain old…
Remembering John Young, co-founder of web archive Cryptome
The original leak site that never sold out, never surrendered Obituary John Young, the co-founder of the legendary internet archive Cryptome, died at the age of 89 on March 28. The Register talked to friends and peers who gave tribute…