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US lawmakers want ByteDance to divest TikTok or face a ban
A group of US lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday that, if passed, would force Chinese internet concern ByteDance to divest TikTok – its most valuable property – or see it banned in the US.…
Lawsuit claims gift card fraud is the gift that keeps on giving, to Google
Google has been accused of profiting from gift card scams.…
Chinese chap charged with stealing Google’s AI datacenter secrets
A now-former Google employee has been charged with stealing the ad giant’s AI trade secrets while quietly working for two Chinese companies – after easily defeating whatever security controls Big G had in place.…
FBI: Critical infrastructure suffers spike in ransomware attacks
Digital crimes potentially cost victims more than $12.5 billion last year, according to the FBI's latest Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) annual report. …
Apple's trademark tight lips extend to new iPhone, iPad zero-days
Apple's latest security patches address four vulnerabilities affecting iOS and iPadOS, including two zero-days that intel suggests attackers have already exploited.…
Capita says 2023 cyberattack costs a factor as it reports staggering £100M+ loss
Outsourcing giant Capita today reported a net loss of £106.6 million ($135.6 million) for calendar 2023, with the costly cyberattack by criminals making a hefty dent in its annual financials.…
Chip lobby group SEMI to EU: Export restrictions should only be used in self-defense
SEMI, an industry association representing 3,000 chip vendors, would really appreciate it if the European Union would back off plans to impose export controls on China, arguing that they should only be used as a "last resort" to protect national security.…
Japan orders local giants LINE and NAVER to disentangle their tech stacks
Japan's government has ordered local tech giants LINE and NAVER to disentangle their tech stacks, after a data breach saw over 510,000 users' data exposed.…
Uncle Sam intervenes as Change Healthcare ransomware fiasco creates mayhem
The US government has stepped in to help hospitals and other healthcare providers affected by the Change Healthcare ransomware infection, offering more relaxed Medicare rules and urging advanced funding to providers.…
Fidelity customers' financial info feared stolen in suspected ransomware attack
Criminals have probably stolen nearly 30,000 Fidelity Investments Life Insurance customers' personal and financial information — including bank account and routing numbers, credit card numbers and security or access codes — after breaking into Infosys' IT systems in the fall.…
US accuses Army vet cyber-Casanova of sharing Russia-Ukraine war secrets
Yet another US military man is facing a potentially significant stretch in prison after allegedly sending secret national defense information (NDI) overseas.…
IP address X-posure now a feature on Musk's social media platform
Video and audio calling features for X Premium users added last year to Elon Musk's version of Twitter have been expanded to everyone on the platform, and we're warning Reg readers yet again to disable the feature - this time because it appears to expose user IP addresses.…
Rapid7 throws JetBrains under the bus for 'uncoordinated vulnerability disclosure'
Security shop Rapid7 is criticizing JetBrains for flouting its policy against silent patching regarding fixes for two fresh vulnerabilities in the TeamCity CI/CD server.…
Spam crusade lands charity in hot water with data watchdog
Typically it is energy improvement peddlers or debt help specialists that are disgraced by Britain's data watchdog for spamming unsuspecting households, but the latest entrant in the hall of shame is a charity.…
Cloudflare wants to put a firewall in front of your LLM
Cloudflare has tweaked its web application firewall (WAF) to add protections for applications using large language models.…
American Express admits card data exposed and blames third party
A security failure at a third-party vendor exposed an untold number of American Express card numbers, expiry dates, and other data to persons unknown.…
Change Healthcare attack latest: ALPHV bags $22M in Bitcoin amid affiliate drama
ALPHV/BlackCat, the gang behind the Change Healthcare cyberattack, has received more than $22 million in Bitcoin in what might be a ransomware payment.…
Seoul accuses North Korea of stealing southern chipmakers' designs
North Korean government spies have broken into the servers of at least two chipmakers and stolen product designs as part of attempts to spur Kim Jong Un's plans for a domestic semiconductor industry, according to Seoul's security agency.…
German defense chat overheard by Russian eavesdroppers on Cisco's WebEx
The German Ministry of Defense (Bundeswehr) has confirmed that a recording of a call between high-ranking officials discussing war efforts in Ukraine, leaked by Russian media, is legitimate.…
Ransomware ban backers insist thugs must be cut off from payday
Global law enforcement authorities' attempts to shutter the LockBit ransomware crew have sparked a fresh call for a ban on ransomware payments to perpetrators.…