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Leeds United kick card swipers into Row Z after 5-day cyberattack

The Register - Wed, 05/03/2025 - 12:00
English football club offers apologies after fans' card details stolen from online retail store

English football club Leeds United says cyber criminals targeted its retail website during a five-day assault in February and stole the card details of "a small number of customers." …

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Qilin ransomware gang claims attacks on cancer clinic, OB-GYN facility

The Register - Wed, 05/03/2025 - 10:15
List of attacks by 'No regrets' crew leaking highly sensitive data continues to grow

Qilin – the "no regrets" ransomware crew wreaking havoc on the global healthcare industry – just claimed responsibility for fresh attacks on a cancer treatment clinic in Japan and a women's healthcare facility in the US.…

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How prevention is better than cure

The Register - Wed, 05/03/2025 - 08:42
Stop cyberattacks before they happen with preventative endpoint security

Sponsored Post  Every organization is vulnerable to cyber threats, and endpoint devices are a common target for cyber criminals.…

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Ransomware thugs threaten Tata Technologies with leak if demands not met

The Register - Wed, 05/03/2025 - 01:14
Hunters International ready to off-shore 1.4 TB of info allegedly swiped from Indian giant

A subsidiary of Indian multinational Tata has allegedly fallen victim to the notorious ransomware gang Hunters International.…

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VMware splats guest-to-hypervisor escape bugs already exploited in wild

The Register - Tue, 04/03/2025 - 19:31
The heap overflow zero-day in the memory unsafe code by Miss Creant

Broadcom today pushed out patches for three VMware hypervisor-hijacking bugs, including one rated critical, that have already been found and exploited by criminals.…

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How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app

The Register - Tue, 04/03/2025 - 10:15
No warning, no opt-out, and critic claims ... no consent

Research from a leading academic shows Android users have advertising cookies and other gizmos working to build profiles on them even before they open their first app.…

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It's bad enough we have to turn on cams for meetings, now the person staring at you may be an AI deepfake

The Register - Tue, 04/03/2025 - 08:35
Says the biz trying to sell us stuff to catch that, admittedly

High-profile deepfake scams that were reported here at The Register and elsewhere last year may just be the tip of the iceberg. Attacks relying on spoofed faces in online meetings surged by 300 percent in 2024, it is claimed.…

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Plugging the holes in open banking

The Register - Tue, 04/03/2025 - 03:17
Enhancing API security for financial institutions

Partner Content  Open banking has revolutionized financial services, empowering consumers to share their financial data with third-party providers, including fintech innovators.…

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So … Russia no longer a cyber threat to America?

The Register - Tue, 04/03/2025 - 02:15
Mixed messages from Pentagon, CISA as Trump gets pally with Putin and Kremlin strikes US critical networks

Comment  America's cybersecurity chiefs in recent days have been sending mixed messages about the threat posed by Russia in the digital world.…

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Cybersecurity not the hiring-'em-like-hotcakes role it once was

The Register - Mon, 03/03/2025 - 16:10
Ghost positions, HR AI no help – biz should talk to infosec staff and create 'realistic' job outline, say experts

Analysis  It's a familiar refrain in the security industry that there is a massive skills gap in the sector. And while it's true there are specific shortages in certain areas, some industry watchers believe we may be reaching the point of oversupply for generalists.…

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Microsoft unveils finalized EU Data Boundary as European doubt over US grows

The Register - Mon, 03/03/2025 - 13:15
Some may have second thoughts about going all-in with an American vendor, no matter where their data is stored

Microsoft has completed its EU data boundary, however, analysts and some regional cloud players are voicing concerns over dependencies on a US entity, even with the guarantees in place.…

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Polish space agency confirms cyberattack

The Register - Mon, 03/03/2025 - 12:45
Officials remain intent on uncovering who was behind it

The Polish Space Agency (POLSA) is currently dealing with a "cybersecurity incident," it confirmed via its X account on Sunday.…

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UK watchdog investigates TikTok and Reddit over child data privacy concerns

The Register - Mon, 03/03/2025 - 12:23
ICO looking at what data is used to serve up recommendations

The UK's data protection watchdog has launched three investigations into certain social media platforms following concerns about the protection of privacy among teenage users.…

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Governments can't seem to stop asking for secret backdoors

The Register - Mon, 03/03/2025 - 09:30
Cut off one head and 100 grow back? Decapitation may not be the way to go

Opinion  With Apple pulling the plug on at-rest end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for UK users, and Signal threatening to pull out of Sweden if that government demands E2EE backdoors, it's looking bleak.…

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US Cyber Command reportedly pauses cyberattacks on Russia

The Register - Mon, 03/03/2025 - 03:31
PLUS: Phishing suspects used fishing gear as alibi; Apple's 'Find My' can track PCs and Androids; and more

Infosec In Brief  US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly ordered US Cyber Command to pause offensive operations against Russia, as the USA’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has denied any change in its posture.…

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C++ creator calls for help to defend programming language from 'serious attacks'

The Register - Sun, 02/03/2025 - 17:46
Bjarne Stroustrup says standards committee needs to show it can respond to memory safety push

Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of C++, has issued a call for the C++ community to defend the programming language, which has been shunned by cybersecurity agencies and technical experts in recent years for its memory safety shortcomings.…

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Ransomware criminals love CISA's KEV list – and that's a bug, not a feature

The Register - Fri, 28/02/2025 - 19:07
1 in 3 entries are used to extort civilians, says new paper

Fresh research suggests attackers are actively monitoring databases of vulnerabilities that are known to be useful in carrying out ransomware attacks.…

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Microsoft names alleged credential-snatching 'Azure Abuse Enterprise' operators

The Register - Fri, 28/02/2025 - 04:02
Crew helped lowlifes generate X-rated celeb deepfakes using Redmond's OpenAI-powered cloud – claim

Microsoft has named four of the ten people it is suing for allegedly snatching Azure cloud credentials and developing tools to bypass safety guardrails in its generative AI services – ultimately to generate deepfake smut videos of celebrities and others.…

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Feds: Army soldier accused of AT&T heist Googled ‘can hacking be treason,’ ‘defecting to Russia’

The Register - Thu, 27/02/2025 - 22:41
FYI: What NOT to search after committing a crime

The US Army soldier accused of compromising AT&T and bragging about getting his hands on President Trump's call logs allegedly tried to sell stolen information to a foreign intel agent.…

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FBI officially fingers North Korea for $1.5B Bybit crypto-burglary

The Register - Thu, 27/02/2025 - 21:45
Federal agents, open up ... your browsers and see if you recognize any of these wallets

The FBI has officially accused North Korea's Lazarus Group of stealing $1.5 billion in Ethereum from crypto-exchange Bybit earlier this month, and asked for help tracking down the stolen funds.…

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