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VMware fixes critical RCE, make-me-root bugs in vCenter - for the second time
VMware has pushed a second patch for a critical, heap-overflow bug in the vCenter Server that could allow a remote attacker to fully compromise vulnerable systems after the first software update, issued last month, didn't work.…
Tech firms to pay millions in SEC penalties for misleading SolarWinds disclosures
Four high-profile tech companies reached an agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to pay millions of dollars in penalties for misleading investors about their exposure to the 2020 SolarWinds hack.…
Akira ransomware is encrypting victims again following pure extortion fling
Experts believe the Akira ransomware operation is up to its old tricks again, encrypting victims' files after a break from the typical double extortion tactics.…
Pixel perfect Ghostpulse malware loader hides inside PNG image files
The Ghostpulse malware strain now retrieves its main payload via a PNG image file's pixels. This development, security experts say, is "one of the most significant changes" made by the crooks behind it since launching in 2023.…
China’s Spamouflage cranks up trolling of US Senator Rubio as election day looms
China's Spamouflage disinformation crew has been targeting US Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) with its fake news campaigns over the past couple of months, trolling the Republican lawmaker's official X account and posting negative stories about Rubio on Reddit and Medium.…
Sophos to snatch Secureworks in $859M buyout: Why fight when you can just buy?
British security biz Sophos has announced a plan to gobble up competitor Secureworks in an $859 million deal that will make Dell happy.…
The billionaire behind Trump's 'unhackable' phone is on a mission to fight Tesla's FSD
Interview This month, presidential hopeful Donald Trump got a tool in his arsenal, some allegedly "unhackable" communications kit, and The Register has talked to the man behind the operating system, who also ran for the US Senate on a campaign to get self-driving Teslas off the road and is on something of a crusade about the matter.…
macOS HM Surf vuln might already be under exploit by major malware family
In revealing details about a vulnerability that threatens the privacy of Apple fans, Microsoft urges all macOS users to update their systems.…
Tesla, Intel, deny they're the foreign company China just accused of making maps that threaten national security
Tesla has denied it was involved in illegal-map making activities in China after Beijing asserted an unnamed foreign firm working on a smart car project had done so – and even stolen state secrets – through a collaboration with a local business.…
Internet Archive exposed again – this time through Zendesk
Despite the Internet Archive's assurances it's back on its feet after a recent infosec incident, the org still appears to be in trouble after parties unknown claimed to hold access tokens to its Zendesk implementation and to have used them to send a mass email blast.…
Open source LLM tool primed to sniff out Python zero-days
Researchers with Seattle-based Protect AI plan to release a free, open source tool that can find zero-day vulnerabilities in Python codebases with the help of Anthropic's Claude AI model.…
Jetpack fixes 8-year-old flaw affecting millions of WordPress sites
in brief A critical security update for the near-ubiquitous WordPress plugin Jetpack was released last week. Site administrators should ensure the latest version is installed to keep their sites secure. …
Alleged Bitcoin crook faces 5 years after SEC's X account pwned
An Alabama man faces five years in prison for allegedly attempting to manipulate the price of Bitcoin by pwning the US Securities and Exchange Commission's X account earlier this year.…
ESET denies it was compromised as Israeli orgs targeted with 'ESET-branded' wipers
ESET denies being compromised after an infosec researcher highlighted a wiper campaign that appeared to victims as if it was launched using the Slovak security shop's infrastructure.…
Intel robustly refutes China's accusations it bakes in NSA backdoors
Intel has roundly rebutted Chinese accusations that its chips include security backdoors at the direction of the US National Security Agency (NSA).…
Biz hired, and fired, a fake North Korean IT worker – then the ransom demands began
It's a pattern cropping up more and more frequently: a company fills an IT contractor post, not realizing it's mistakenly hired a North Korean operative. The phony worker almost immediately begins exfiltrating sensitive data, before being fired for poor performance. Then the six-figure ransom demands – accompanied by proof of the stolen files – start appearing.…
Uncle Sam puts $10M bounty on Russian troll farm Rybar
The US has placed a $10 million bounty on Russian media network Rybar and a number of its key staffers following alleged attempts to sway the upcoming US presidential election.…
Troubled US insurance giant hit by extortion after data leak
US insurance provider Globe Life, already grappling with legal troubles, now faces a fresh headache: an extortion attempt involving stolen customer data.…
Brazilian police claim they've cuffed serial cybercrook behind FBI and Airbus attacks
Brazilian police are being cagey with the details about the arrest of a person suspected to be responsible for various high-profile data thefts.…
WeChat devs introduced security flaws when they modded TLS, say researchers
Messaging giant WeChat uses a network protocol that the app's developers modified – and by doing so introduced security weaknesses, researchers claim.…