Redmond reckons $1.50/core/month hotpatch service is worth it to avoid eight Patch Tuesday scrambles each year Microsoft has announced that its preview of hotpatching for on-prem Windows Server 2025 will become a paid subscription service in July.… This article has…
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Samsung admits Galaxy devices can leak passwords through clipboard wormhole
PLUS: Microsoft fixes messes China used to attack it; Mitre adds ESXi advice; Employee-tracking screenshots leak; and more! Infosec in brief Samsung has warned that some of its Galaxy devices store passwords in plaintext.… This article has been indexed from…
Signalgate lessons learned: If creating a culture of security is the goal, America is screwed
Infosec is a team sport … unless you’re in the White House Opinion Just when it seems they couldn’t be that careless, US officials tasked with defending the nation go and do something else that puts American critical infrastructure, national…
Amid CVE funding fumble, ‘we were mushrooms, kept in the dark,’ says board member
What next for US-bankrolled vulnerability tracker? It’s edging closer to a more independent, global future Kent Landfield, a founding member of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program and member of the board, learned through social media that the system…
More Ivanti attacks may be on horizon, say experts who are seeing 9x surge in endpoint scans
GreyNoise says it is the kind of activity that typically precedes new vulnerability disclosures Ivanti VPN users should stay alert as IP scanning for the vendor’s Connect Secure and Pulse Secure systems surged by 800 percent last week, according to…
Oh, cool. Microsoft melts bug that froze Server 2025 Remote Desktop sessions
Where have we heard this before? Feb security update needs its own fix More than one month after complaints starting flying, Microsoft has fixed a Windows bug that caused some Remote Desktop sessions to freeze.… This article has been indexed…
M&S stops online orders as ‘cyber incident’ issues worsen
One step forward and one step back as earlier hopes of progress dashed by latest update Marks & Spencer has paused online orders for customers via its website and app as the UK retailer continues to wrestle with an ongoing…
Emergency patch for potential SAP zero-day that could grant full system control
German software giant paywalls details, but experts piece together the clues SAP’s latest out-of-band patch is for a perfect 10/10 bug in NetWeaver that experts suspect could have already been exploited as a zero-day.… This article has been indexed from…
Claims assistance firm fined for cold-calling people who put themselves on opt-out list
Third-party data supplier also in hot water with Brit regulator over consent issues Britain’s data privacy watchdog has slapped a fine of £90k ($120k) on a business that targeted people with intrusive marketing phone calls, despite them being registered with…
Darcula adds AI to its DIY phishing kits to help would-be vampires bleed victims dry
Because coding phishing sites from scratch is a real pain in the neck Darcula, a cybercrime outfit that offers a phishing-as-a-service kit to other criminals, this week added AI capabilities to its kit that help would-be vampires spin up phishing…
SSNs and more on 5.5M+ patients feared stolen from Yale Health
At least it wasn’t Harvard Yale New Haven Health has notified more than 5.5 million people that their private details were likely stolen by miscreants who broke into the healthcare system’s network last month.… This article has been indexed from…
Microsoft mystery folder fix might need a fix of its own
This one weird trick can stop Windows updates dead in their tracks Turns out Microsoft’s latest patch job might need a patch of its own, again. This time, the culprit is a mysterious inetpub folder quietly deployed by Redmond, now…
Assassin’s Creed maker faces GDPR complaint for forcing single-player gamers online
Collecting data from solo players is a Far Cry from being necessary, says noyb For anyone who’s ever been frustrated by the need to go online to play a single-player video game, the European privacy specialists at noyb have heard…
M&S takes systems offline as ‘cyber incident’ lingers
Customers told to expect further delays as contactless payments still down UK high street retailer Marks & Spencer says contactless payments are still down following its “cyber incident” and order delays are likely to continue.… This article has been indexed…
Your vendor may be the weakest link: Percentage of third-party breaches doubled in a year
Cybercriminals are targeting software shops, accountants, lawyers The percentage of confirmed data breaches involving third-party relationships doubled last year as cybercriminals increasingly exploited weak links in supply chains and partner ecosystems.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Booby-trapped Alpine Quest Android app geolocates Russian soldiers
Back of the nyet! Russian soldiers are being targeted with an Android app specially altered to pinpoint their location and scan their phones for files, with the ability to exfiltrate sensitive documents if instructed.… This article has been indexed from…
Ransomware scum and other crims bilked victims out of a ‘staggering’ $16.6B last year, says FBI
Biggest threat to America’s critical infrastructure? Ransomware Digital scammers and extortionists bilked businesses and individuals in the US out of a “staggering” $16.6 billion last year, according to the FBI — the highest losses recorded since bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint…
Blue Shield says it shared health info on up to 4.7M patients with Google Ads
Tech giants don’t need smartphone mics to target adverts – your insurer just gives your data away, anyway US health insurance giant Blue Shield of California handed sensitive health information belonging to as many as 4.7 million members to Google’s…
Ripple NPM supply chain attack hunts for private keys
A mystery thief and a critical CVE involved in crypto cash grab Many versions of the Ripple ledger (XRPL) official NPM package are compromised with malware injected to steal cryptocurrency.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
We’re calling it now: Agentic AI will win RSAC buzzword Bingo
All aboard the hype train The security industry loves its buzzwords, and this is always on full display at the annual RSA Conference event in San Francisco. Don’t believe us? Take a lap on the expo floor, and you’ll be…