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Best not to buy cheap hardware and use third-party app stores if you want to stay clear of this vast ad fraud effort

Human Security’s Satori research team says it has found a new variant of the remote-controllable Badbox malware, and as many as a million infected Android devices running it to form a massive botnet.…

Did US Secret Service not get the memo, or?

A coalition of international law enforcement has shut down Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, a favorite of now-defunct ransomware crew Conti and others criminals for money laundering.…

President ordered officials to ramp up vetting 'to the maximum degree'

The US government's Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is considering monitoring not just the social media posts of non-citizens coming into the country, but also all those already in America going through an immigration or citizenship process.…

Akira really wasn't horsing around with this one

Toronto Zoo's final update on its January 2024 cyberattack arrived this week, revealing that visitor data going back to 2000 had been compromised.…

Attacks strike, facilities go bust, patients die. But it's preventable

It will cost upward of $75 million to address the cybersecurity needs of rural US hospitals, Microsoft reckons, as mounting closures threaten the lives of Americans.…

Complaint alleges 13 funding proposals foundered amid battle for control

Eric Gan is no longer CEO of AI security biz Cybereason after what appears to have been a protracted and unpleasant fight with investors, including the SoftBank Vision Fund and Liberty Strategic Capital.…

Xi's freelance infosec warriors apparently paid up to $75K to crack a single American inbox

US government agencies announced Wednesday criminal charges against alleged members of China's Silk Typhoon gang, plus internet domain seizures linked to a long-term Chinese espionage campaign that saw Beijing hire miscreants to compromise US government agencies and other major orgs.…

Would 'destroy a pipeline of top talent essential for hunting' Chinese spies in US networks, Congress told

Video  Looming staffing cuts to America's security and intelligence agencies, if carried out, would "have a devastating effect on cybersecurity and our national security," former NSA bigwig Rob Joyce has told House representatives.…

They're good at zero-day exploits, too

Silk Typhoon, the Chinese government crew believed to be behind the December US Treasury intrusions, has been abusing stolen API keys and cloud credentials in ongoing attacks targeting IT companies and state and local government agencies since late 2024, according to Microsoft Threat Intelligence.…

A first-of-its-kind legal challenge set to be heard this month, per reports

Apple has reportedly filed a legal complaint with the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) contesting the UK government's order that it must forcibly break the encryption of iCloud data.…

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." …

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.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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.…