Belly-busting biz says it’s been hit by cowardly custards Doughnut slinger Krispy Kreme has admitted to an attack that has left many customers unable to order online.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original…
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Three more vulns spotted in Ivanti CSA, all critical, one 10/10
Patch up, everyone – that admin portal is mighty attractive to your friendly cyberattacker Ivanti just put out a security advisory warning of three critical vulnerabilities in its Cloud Services Application (CSA), including a perfect 10.… This article has been…
US names Chinese national it alleges was behind 2020 attack on Sophos firewalls
Also sanctions his employer – an outfit called Sichuan Silence linked to Ragnarok ransomware The US Departments of Treasury and Justice have named a Chinese business and one of its employees as the actors behind the 2020 exploit of a…
Microsoft holds last Patch Tuesday of the year with 72 gifts for admins
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, patching was done with the click of a mouse Microsoft hasn’t added too much coal to the stocking this Patch Tuesday, with just 72 fixes, only one of which scored…
US military grounds entire Osprey tiltrotor fleet over safety concerns
Boeing-Bell V-22 can’t outfly its checkered past, it seems The US Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps have grounded their fleet of Boeing-Bell-made Osprey V-22s on safety grounds.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the…
AMD secure VM tech undone by DRAM meddling
Boffins devise BadRAM attack to pilfer secrets from SEV-SNP encrypted memory Researchers have found that the security mechanism AMD uses to protect virtual machine memory can be bypassed with $10 of hardware – and perhaps not even that.… This article…
Fully patched Cleo products under renewed ‘zero-day-ish’ mass attack
Thousands of servers targeted while customers wait for patches Researchers at security shop Huntress are seeing mass exploitation of a vulnerability affecting three Cleo file management products, even on patched systems.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Heart surgery device maker’s security bypassed, data encrypted and stolen
Sounds like th-aorta get this sorted quickly A manufacturer of devices used in heart surgeries says it’s dealing with “a cybersecurity incident” that bears all the hallmarks of a ransomware attack.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Bitfinex heist gets the Netflix treatment after ‘cringey couple’ sentenced
Streamer’s trademark dramatic style takes on Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde A documentary examining the 2016 Bitfinex burglars hits Netflix, bringing the curious case to living rooms for the first time.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
WhatsApp finally fixes View Once flaw that allowed theft of supposedly vanishing pics
And it only took four months, tut WhatsApp has fixed a problem with its View Once feature, designed to protect people’s privacy with automatically disappearing pictures and videos.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the…
Police arrest suspect in murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO, with grainy pics the only tech involved
McDonald’s worker called it in, cops swooped, found ‘gun, suppressor, manifesto’ Police in Pennsylvania have arrested a man suspected of killing the CEO of insurer UnitedHealthcare in New York City, thanks to a McDonald’s employee who recognized the suspect in…
China’s Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials’ calls, says White House
No word yet on who was snooped on. Any bets? Chinese cyberspies recorded “very senior” US political figures’ calls, according to White House security boss Anne Neuberger.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original…
Salt Typhoon recorded top US officials’ calls, says White House
No word yet on who. Any bets? Chinese cyberspies recorded “very senior” US political figures’ calls, according to White House security boss Anne Neuberger.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Salt Typhoon…
Crooks stole AWS credentials from misconfigured sites then kept them in open S3 bucket
ShinyHunters-linked heist thought to have been ongoing since March Exclusive A massive online heist targeting AWS customers during which digital crooks abused misconfigurations in public websites and stole source code, thousands of credentials, and other secrets remains “ongoing to this…
OpenWrt orders router firmware updates after supply chain attack scare
A couple of bugs lead to a potentially bad time OpenWrt users should upgrade their images to the same version to protect themselves from a possible supply chain attack reported to the open source Wi-Fi router project last week.… This…
Microsoft dangles $10K for hackers to hijack LLM email service
Outsmart an AI, win a little Christmas cash Microsoft and friends have challenged AI hackers to break a simulated LLM-integrated email client with a prompt injection attack – and the winning teams will share a $10,000 prize pool.… This article…
Blue Yonder ransomware termites claim credit
Also: Mystery US firm compromised by Chinese hackers for months; Safe links that aren’t; Polish spy boss arrested, and more Infosec in brief Still smarting over that grocery disruption caused by a ransomware attack on supply chain SaaS vendor Blue…
How Chinese insiders are stealing data scooped up by President Xi’s national surveillance system
‘It’s a double-edged sword,’ security researchers tell The Reg Feature Chinese tech company employees and government workers are siphoning off user data and selling it online – and even high-ranking Chinese Communist Party officials and FBI-wanted hackers’ sensitive information is…
Micropatchers share 1-instruction fix for NTLM hash leak flaw in Windows 7+
Microsoft’s OS sure loves throwing your creds at remote systems Acros Security claims to have found an unpatched bug in Microsoft Windows 7 and onward that can be exploited to steal users’ OS account credentials.… This article has been indexed…
Facing sale or ban, TikTok tossed under national security bus by appeals court
Video slinger looks to Supremes for salvation, though anything could happen under Trump A US federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to the law that prevents popular apps that collect data on Americans from being controlled by a foreign…