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Indian authorities seize loot from collapsed BitConnect crypto scam

The Register - 6 hours 32 min ago
Devices containing crypto wallets tracked online, then in the real world

Indian authorities seize loot from BitConnect crypto-Ponzi scheme Devices containing crypto wallets tracked online, then in the real world India’s Directorate of Enforcement has found and seized over $200 million of loot it says are the proceeds of the BitConnect crypto-fraud scheme.…

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XCSSET macOS malware returns with first new version since 2022

The Register - Mon, 17/02/2025 - 13:43
Known for popping zero-days of yesteryear, Microsoft puts Apple devs on high alert

Microsoft says there's a new variant of XCSSET on the prowl for Mac users – the first new iteration of the malware since 2022.…

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Twin Google flaws allowed researcher to get from YouTube ID to Gmail address in a few easy steps

The Register - Mon, 17/02/2025 - 02:25
PLUS: DOGE web design disappoints; FBI stops crypto scams; Zacks attacked again; and more!

Infosec In Brief  A security researcher has found that Google could leak the email addresses of YouTube channels, which wasn’t good because the search and ads giant promised not to do that.…

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Fujitsu worries US tariffs will see its clients slow digital spend

The Register - Sun, 16/02/2025 - 23:59
PLUS: Pacific islands targeted by Chinese APT; China’s new rocket soars; DeepSeek puts Korea in a pickle; and more

Asia In Brief  The head of Fujitsu’s North American operations has warned that the Trump administration’s tariff plans will be bad for business.…

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This open text-to-speech model needs just seconds of audio to clone your voice

The Register - Sun, 16/02/2025 - 18:58
El Reg shows you how to run Zypher's speech-replicating AI on your own box

Hands on  Palo Alto-based AI startup Zyphra unveiled a pair of open text-to-speech (TTS) models this week said to be capable of cloning your voice with as little as five seconds of sample audio. In our testing, we generated realistic results with less than half a minute of recorded speech.…

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Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy’s still screwed

The Register - Sat, 15/02/2025 - 15:44
'In 50 years, I think we'll view these business practices like we view sweatshops today'

Interview  It has been nearly a decade since famed cryptographer and privacy expert Bruce Schneier released the book Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World - an examination of how government agencies and tech giants exploit personal data. Today, his predictions feel eerily accurate.…

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If you dread a Microsoft Teams invite, just wait until it turns out to be a Russian phish

The Register - Sat, 15/02/2025 - 00:02
Roses aren't cheap, violets are dear, now all your access token are belong to Vladimir

Digital thieves – quite possibly Kremlin-linked baddies – have been emailing out bogus Microsoft Teams meeting invites to trick victims in key government and business sectors into handing over their authentication tokens, granting access to emails, cloud data, and other sensitive information.…

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SonicWall firewalls now under attack: Patch ASAP or risk intrusion via your SSL VPN

The Register - Fri, 14/02/2025 - 22:53
Roses are red, violets are blue, CVE-2024-53704 is sweet for a ransomware crew

Miscreants are actively abusing a high-severity authentication bypass bug in unpatched internet-facing SonicWall firewalls following the public release of proof-of-concept exploit code.…

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Critical PostgreSQL bug tied to zero-day attack on US Treasury

The Register - Fri, 14/02/2025 - 14:19
High-complexity bug unearthed by infoseccers, as Rapid7 probes exploit further

A high-severity SQL injection bug in the PostgreSQL interactive tool was exploited alongside the zero-day used to break into the US Treasury in December, researchers say.…

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2 charged over alleged New IRA terrorism activity linked to cops' spilled data

The Register - Fri, 14/02/2025 - 12:12
Officer says mistakenly published police details were shared 'a considerable amount of times'

Two suspected New IRA members were arrested on Tuesday and charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 after they were found in possession of spreadsheets containing details of staff that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) mistakenly published online.…

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Watchdog ponders why Apple doesn't apply its strict app tracking rules to itself

The Register - Fri, 14/02/2025 - 09:28
Germany's Federal Cartel Office voices concerns iPhone maker may be breaking competition law

Apple is feeling the heat over its acclaimed iPhone privacy policy after a German regulator's review of iOS tracking consent alleged that the tech giant exempted itself from the rules it enforces on third-party developers.…

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Chinese spies suspected of 'moonlighting' as tawdry ransomware crooks

The Register - Fri, 14/02/2025 - 02:19
Some employees steal sticky notes, others 'borrow' malicious code

A crew identified as a Chinese government-backed espionage group appears to have started moonlighting as a ransomware player – further evidence that lines are blurring between nation-state cyberspies and financially motivated cybercriminals.…

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More victims of China's Salt Typhoon crew emerge: Telcos just now hit via Cisco bugs

The Register - Thu, 13/02/2025 - 18:34
Networks in US and beyond compromised by Beijing's super-snoops pulling off priv-esc attacks

China's Salt Typhoon spy crew exploited vulnerabilities in Cisco devices to compromise at least seven devices linked to global telecom providers and other orgs, in addition to its previous victim count.…

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US lawmakers press Trump admin to oppose UK's order for Apple iCloud backdoor

The Register - Thu, 13/02/2025 - 16:58
Senator, Congressman tell DNI to threaten infosec agreements if Blighty won't back down

US lawmakers want newly confirmed Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to back up her tough talk on backdoors. They're urging her to push back on the UK government's reported order for Apple to weaken iCloud security for government access.…

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North Korea targets crypto developers via NPM supply chain attack

The Register - Thu, 13/02/2025 - 12:00
Yet another cash grab from Kim's cronies and an intel update from Microsoft

North Korea has changed tack: its latest campaign targets the NPM registry and owners of Exodus and Atomic cryptocurrency wallets.…

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Mysterious Palo Alto firewall reboots? You're not alone

The Register - Thu, 13/02/2025 - 07:21
Limited-edition hotfix to get wider release before end of month

Administrators of Palo Alto Networks' firewalls have complained the equipment falls over unexpectedly, and while a fix has bee prepared, it's not yet generally available.…

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Have I Been Pwned likely to ban resellers from buying subs, citing ‘sh*tty behavior’ and onerous support requests

The Register - Thu, 13/02/2025 - 04:59
‘What are customers actually getting from resellers other than massive price markups?’ asks Troy Hunt

Troy Hunt, proprietor of data breach lookup site Have I Been Pwned, is likely to ban resellers from the service.…

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The Feds want developers to stop coding 'unforgivable' buffer overflow vulns

The Register - Thu, 13/02/2025 - 01:29
FBI, CISA harrumph at Microsoft and VMware in call for coders to quit baking avoidable defects into stuff

US authorities have labelled buffer overflow vulnerabilities "unforgivable defects”, pointed to the presence of the holes in products from the likes of Microsoft and VMware, and urged all software developers to adopt secure-by-design practices to avoid creating more of them.…

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Sophos sheds 6% of staff after swallowing Secureworks

The Register - Thu, 13/02/2025 - 00:34
De-dupes some roles, hints others aren't needed as the infosec scene shifts

Nine days after completing its $859 million acquisition of managed detection and response provider Secureworks, Sophos has laid off around six percent of its staff.…

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Trump’s cyber chief pick has little experience in The Cyber

The Register - Wed, 12/02/2025 - 21:14
GOP lawyer Sean Cairncross will be learning on the fly, as we also say hi to new intelligence boss Tulsi Gabbard

President Trump has reportedly chosen a candidate for National Cyber Director — another top tech appointee with no professional experience in that role.…

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