Espionage? Botnets? Trying to exploit a zero-day? Someone or something is probing devices made by Juniper Networks and Palo Alto Networks, and researchers think it could be evidence of espionage attempts, attempts to build a botnet, or an effort to…
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EU: These are scary times – let’s backdoor encryption!
ProtectEU plan wants to have its cake and eat it too The EU has issued its plans to keep the continent’s denizens secure and among the pages of bureaucratese are a few worrying sections that indicate the political union wants…
Heterogeneous stacks, ransomware, and ITaaS: A DR nightmare
Recovery’s never been harder in today’s tangled, outsourced infrastructure Comment Disaster recovery is getting tougher as IT estates sprawl across on-prem gear, public cloud, SaaS, and third-party ITaaS providers. And it’s not floods or fires causing most outages anymore –…
Customer info allegedly stolen from Royal Mail, Samsung via compromised supplier
Stamp it out: Infostealer malware at German outfit may be culprit Britain’s Royal Mail is investigating after a crew calling itself GHNA claimed it has put 144GB of the delivery giant’s data up for sale, perhaps after acquiring it with…
Raw Deel: Corporate spy admits role in espionage at HR software biz Rippling
Double-oh-sh… The name’s not Bond. It’s O’Brien – Keith O’Brien, now-former global payroll compliance manager at the Dublin, Ireland office of HR software-as-a-service maker Rippling.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Raw…
Crimelords at Hunters International tell lackeys ransomware too ‘risky’
Bosses say theft now the name of the game with a shift in tactics, apparent branding Big-game ransomware crew Hunters International says its criminal undertaking has become “unpromising, low-converting, and extremely risky,” and it is mulling shifting tactics amid an…
Crimelords at Hunters International told lackeys ransomware too ‘risky’
Bosses say theft now the name of the game with a shift in tactics, apparent branding Big-game ransomware crew Hunters International says its criminal undertaking has become “unpromising, low-converting, and extremely risky,” and it is mulling shifting tactics amid an…
Don’t let cyberattacks keep you down
Learn how Infinidat’s enterprise cyber storage solutions can enable near-immediate recovery Sponsored Post It’s not a question of if your organization gets hit by a cyberattack – only when, and how quickly it recovers.… This article has been indexed from…
Oracle’s masterclass in breach comms: Deny, deflect, repeat
Fallout shows how what you say must be central to disaster planning Opinion Oracle is being accused of poor incident comms as it reels from two reported data security mishaps over the past fortnight, amid a reluctance to publicly acknowledge…
For healthcare orgs, disaster recovery means making sure docs can save lives during ransomware infection
Organizational, technological resilience combined defeat the disease that is cybercrime When IT disasters strike, it can become a matter of life and death for healthcare organizations – and criminals know it.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Oracle faces Texas-sized lawsuit over alleged cloud snafu and radio silence
Victims expect to spend considerable time and money over privacy incident, lawyers argue Specialist class action lawyers have launched proceedings against Oracle in Texas over two alleged data breaches.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read…
One of the last of Bletchley Park’s quiet heroes, Betty Webb, dies at 101
Kept quiet for 30 years before becoming an ‘unrivalled advocate’ for the site Obit Betty Webb MBE, one of the team who worked at the code-breaking Bletchley Park facility during the Second World War, has died at the age of…
Apple belatedly patches actively exploited bugs in older OSes
Cupertino already squashed ’em in more recent releases – which this week get a fresh round of fixes Apple has delivered a big batch of OS updates, some of which belatedly patch older versions of its operating systems to address…
North Korea’s fake tech workers now targeting European employers
With help from UK operatives, because it’s getting tougher to run the scam in the USA North Korea’s scamming, thieving, and AI-abusing fake IT workers are increasingly targeting European employers.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
Forget Signal. National Security Adviser Waltz now accused of using Gmail for work
But his emails! Sharing them with Google! Senior members of the US National Security Council, including the White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have been accused of using their personal Gmail accounts to exchange sensitive information.… This article has…
Microsoft to mark five decades of Ctrl-Alt-Deleting the competition
Copilot told us that half a century is 25 years. It feels much longer Microsoft will officially hit the half-century mark on Friday as the Windows giant turns 50 years old. What do you consider the highs and lows of…
Google makes end-to-end encrypted Gmail easy for all – even Outlook users
The UK government must be thrilled Google will soon offer end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) email for all users, even those who do not use Google Workspace, and says it’ll do so without imposing any undue stress on IT admins.… This article…
UK threatens £100K-a-day fines under new cyber bill
Tech secretary reveals landmark legislation’s full details for first time The UK’s technology secretary revealed the full breadth of the government’s Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR) Bill for the first time this morning, pledging £100,000 ($129,000) daily fines for failing…
GCHQ intern took top secret spy tool home, now faces prison
Not exactly Snowden levels of skill A student at Britain’s top eavesdropping government agency has pleaded guilty to taking sensitive information home on the first day of his trial.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read…
CISA spots spawn of Spawn malware targeting Ivanti flaw
Resurge an apt name for malware targeting hardware maker that has security bug after security bug Owners of Ivanti’s Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateway products have a new strain of malware to fend off, according to the US…