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The CVE system nearly dying shows that someone has lost the plot

Opinion  We almost lost the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database system, but that's only the tip of the iceberg of what President Trump and company are doing to US cybersecurity efforts.…

Chrome will keep third-party cookies, a win for web giant's ad rivals

After six years of work, Google's Privacy Sandbox, technology for delivering ads while protecting privacy, looks like dust in the wind.…

As cyber-agency faces cuts, makes noises about switching up program

Two top officials have resigned from Uncle Sam's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, aka CISA, furthering fears of a brain drain amid White House cuts to the federal workforce.…

In effect: 'Ha ha – the government is borked and so are you'

Ransomware scumbags - potentially those behind the Fog gang - are channeling their inner Elon Musk with their latest ransom note, spotted by researchers at Trend Micro.…

Security bods can earn up to $10K per report

Ransomware threat hunters can now collect rewards of $10,000 for each piece of intel they file under a new bug bounty that aims to squash extortionists.…

Retailer tight-lipped on details as digital hiccup disrupts customer orders

UK high street mainstay Marks & Spencer told the London Stock Exchange this afternoon it has been managing a "cyber incident" for "the past few days."…

What used to be a serious issue mainly in Southeast Asia is now the world’s problem

Scam call centers are metastasizing worldwide "like a cancer," according to the United Nations, which warns the epidemic has reached a global inflection point as syndicates scale up and spread out.…