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Google to kill Dropcam, Nest Secure hardware next year
Owners of Dropcam security cameras and Nest Secure systems have been given an unwelcome deadline from Google: their smart home products will be shut off April 8 next year.…
Microsoft, Fortra are this fed up with cyber-gangs abusing Cobalt Strike
Microsoft and Fortra are taking legal and technical actions to thwart cyber-criminals from using the latter company's Cobalt Strike software to distribute malware.…
When it comes to technology, securing your future means securing your present
Sponsored Feature Most economies and business sectors are dealing with extreme volatility and economic uncertainty. Even as the dislocation caused by the pandemic three years ago looked to be settling down, business leaders have had to contend with geopolitical concerns, rising interest rates, and surging inflation.…
MSI hit in cyberattack, warns against installing knock-off firmware
Owners of MSI-brand motherboards, GPUs, notebooks, PCs, and other equipment should exercise caution when updating their device's firmware or BIOS after the manufacturer revealed it has recently suffered a cyberattack.…
Welcome to open source, Elon. Your Twitter code just got a CVE for shadow ban bug
The chunk of internal source code Twitter released the other week contains a "shadow ban" vulnerability serious enough to earn its own CVE, as it can be exploited to bury someone's account of sight "without recourse."…
It's this easy to seize control of someone's Nexx 'smart' home plugs, garage doors
A handful of bugs in Nexx's smart home devices can be exploited by crooks to, among other things, open doors, power off appliances, and disable alarms. More than 40,000 of these gadgets in residential and commercial properties are said to be vulnerable after the manufacturer failed to act.…
With ICMP magic, you can snoop on vulnerable HiSilicon, Qualcomm-powered Wi-Fi
A vulnerability identified in at least 55 Wi-Fi router models can be exploited by miscreants to spy on victims' data as it's sent over a wireless network.…
So Russia has a stash of scary malware? Imagine our shock
Register Kettle Lately, we've learned of Russia's stockpile of cyber-weapons, and we're genuinely wondering if anyone's surprised by these revelations.…
CAN do attitude: How thieves steal cars using network bus
Automotive security experts say they have uncovered a method of car theft relying on direct access to the vehicle's system bus via a smart headlamp's wiring.…
Criminal records office yanks web portal offline amid 'cyber security incident'
ACRO, the UK's criminal records office, is combing over a "cyber security incident" that forced it to pull its customer portal offline.…
Cops cuff teenage 'Robin Hood hacker' suspected of peddling stolen info
Spanish cops have arrested a 19-year-old suspected of stealing records belonging to half a million taxpayers and developing a database to sell stolen information to other cyber criminals.…
Cops put the squeeze on Genesis crime souk denizens, not just the admins this time
The FBI today released additional information about its takedown of the Genesis Market, a major online shop for stolen account access credentials, revealing that they'd pwned the marketplace for at least two years.…
Microsoft tells admins to autoreview your Autopatch alerts or autolose the service
Microsoft is updating a service introduced last year that shifts the responsibility of patching Windows devices from IT admins to the vendor itself.…
Notorious stolen credential warehouse Genesis Market seized by FBI
A notorious source of stolen credentials, genesis.market, has had its website seized by the FBI.…
Feds seize $112m in cryptocurrency linked to 'pig-butchering' finance scams
The US Department of Justice has seized cryptocurrency worth about $112 million from accounts linked to so-called pig butchering investment scams.…
Can ChatGPT write a novel code attack? This researcher says it can be done
A Forcepoint security researcher says he used ChatGPT to develop a zero-day exploit that bypassed detections when uploaded to VirusTotal. …
UK data watchdog fines TikTok £12.7M for failing to protect kids
Fresh off the back of an embarrassing "grilling" by US Congress on national security grounds, TikTok has received a more concrete reprimand from the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) – a fine of £12.7 million ($15.8 million) for "misusing children's data."…
Bank rewrote ads for infosec jobs to stop scaring away women
Australia's Westpac bank re-wrote its job ads for infosec roles after finding the language it used deterred female candidates.…
Australia takes its turn to kick TikTok off government kit
Australia has joined the growing list of nations that have decided TikTok represents an unacceptable risk when running on government-owned devices, so has decided not to allow it onto those machines.…
Hey Siri, use this ultrasound attack to disarm a smart-home system
Academics in the US have developed an attack dubbed NUIT, for Near-Ultrasound Inaudible Trojan, that exploits vulnerabilities in smart device microphones and voice assistants to silently and remotely access smart phones and home devices.…
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