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28th July 2025

 
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Microsoft admits it 'cannot guarantee' data sovereignty

Under oath in French Senate, exec says it would be compelled – however unlikely – to pass local customer info to US admin

 
 

Cyber-crime News

Freelance dev shop Toptal caught serving malware after GitHub account break-in

Malicious code lurking in over 5,000 downloads, says Socket researcher

Advisor to Brit tech contractors Qdos confirms client data leak

Policy management not affected, but some personal data may have been snaffled

Laptop farmer behind $17M North Korean IT worker scam locked up for 8.5 years

Plus she has to cough up a slice of Pyongyang’s payday

Euro healthcare giant AMEOS Group shuts down IT systems after mystery attack

Good luck getting an appointment with your doctor

No login? No problem: Cisco ISE flaw gave root access before fix arrived, say researchers

Shadowserver claims miscreants were already poking at a critical hole in early July, long before Switchzilla patched it

Microsoft: SharePoint attacks now officially include ransomware infections

Let the games begin

IRL Com recruits teens for real-life stabbings, shootings, FBI warns

From scams to violence, the crimes extend beyond the digital realm

$380M lawsuit claims intruder got Clorox's passwords from Cognizant simply by asking

Hand us the mind bleach, we want to flush our memories of attack

Surprise, surprise: Chinese spies, IP stealers, other miscreants attacking Microsoft SharePoint servers

With more to come, no doubt

Silicon Valley engineer admits theft of US missile tech secrets

Used stolen info to pitch for Chinese tech talent program

UK to ban ransomware payments by public sector organizations

'We're going to smash the business model' NHS, councils, and schools told

Dell scoffs at breach, says miscreants only stole ‘fake data’

No customer, partner info stolen, spokesperson tells The Reg

Four new Android spyware samples linked to Iran's intel agency

Persians added snooping capabilities to DCHSpy after Israeli bombs fell

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Microsoft patches critical SharePoint 2016 zero-days amid active exploits

Admins urged to rotate machine keys, restart IIS after emergency fix

Another massive security snafu hits Microsoft, but don't expect it to stick

Move along, nothing to see here

Security News

US spy satellite agency breached, but insists no classified secrets spilled

Plus, leak site for BlackSuit seized, Tea spilt, and avoid crime if you've got a famous dad

Congress tries to outlaw AI that jacks up prices based on what it knows about you

Surveillance-based pricing? Two lawmakers say enough

Blame a leak for Microsoft SharePoint attacks, researcher insists

MAPP program to blame?

Senator to Google: Give us info from telco Salt Typhoon probes

AT&T and Verizon refused to hand over the security assessments, says Cantwell

Microsoft admits it 'cannot guarantee' data sovereignty

Under oath in French Senate, exec says it would be compelled – however unlikely – to pass local customer info to US admin

DNS security is important but DNSSEC may be a failed experiment

Nobody thinks of running a website without HTTPs. Safer DNS still seems optional

So much for watermarks: UnMarker tool nukes AI provenance tags

Boffins insist your deepfake tracking tech won't work

Coyote malware abuses Microsoft's UI Automation to hunt banking creds

Some coyotes hunt squirrels, this one hunts users' financial apps

The EFF is 35, but the battle to defend internet freedom is far from over

Palantir, data brokers, and judicial overreach are all on the horizon, executive director Cindy Cohn warns

Compromised Amazon Q extension told AI to delete everything – and it shipped

Malicious actor reportedly sought to expose AWS 'security theater'

Eau no! Dior tells customers their data was swiped in cyber snafu

French fashion house dishes out notices after hackers raided a client database – ShinyHunters suspected

Not pretty, not Windows-only: npm phishing attack laces popular packages with malware

The "is" package was infected with cross-platform malware after a scam targeting maintainers

Nothing to see here: Brave browser blocks privacy-busting Microsoft Recall

No screenshots for you!

Microsoft SharePoint victim count hits 400+ orgs in ongoing attacks

US DOE among breached government agencies

VMware prevents some perpetual license holders from downloading patches

Despite pledging help for those who don’t sign for subs, Broadcom says validating their entitlements will delay support

Copilot Vision on Windows 11 sends data to Microsoft servers

Total Recall: Capturing everything you do on your PC screen to become a 'true companion'

China warns citizens to beware backdoored devices, on land and under the sea

Suggests buying local tech to avoid infosec worries

Funding for program to stop next Stuxnet from hitting US expired Sunday

CyberSentry work grinds to a halt

Arch Linux users told to purge Firefox forks after AUR malware scare

The distro's greatest asset is arguably also its greatest weakness

Humans can be tracked with unique 'fingerprint' based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals

Wi-Fi spy with my little eye that same guy I saw at another hotspot

Open source's superior security is a matter of eyeballs: Be kind to the brains behind them

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