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Views expressed in this cybersecurity, cyber crime update are those of the reporters and correspondents. Accessed on 02 August 2025, 1336 UTC.
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49by Connor Jones / 2d
UK's Online Safety Act kicks off about as well as everyone expected Analysis With the UK's Online Safety Act (OSA) now in effect, it was only a matter of time before tech-savvy under-18s figured out how to bypass the rules and regain access to adult content.…
38by Simon Sharwood / 2d
Infosec issues spill into the real world and regional politics Analysis Thai and Cambodian tensions relating to issues including cybersecurity concerns boiled over into a kinetic skirmish at the border last week.…
Airlines oppose facial recognition limits
36by Iain Thomson / 2d
Few passengers are told they can opt out, and when they do, airport staff may push back US lawmakers are trying to extend the use of facial recognition at airports, despite many airline passengers objecting to the practice.…
Yesterday
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by Connor Jones / 5h
Plaintext passwords, shared admin accounts, and insufficient logging rampant at mystery org CISA is using the findings from a recent probe of an unidentified critical infrastructure organization to warn about the dangers of getting cybersecurity seriously wrong.…
OpenAI removes share feature over privacy
by Thomas Claburn / 16h
Checkbox to make chatbot conversations appear in search engines deemed a footgun OpenAI has removed the option to make ChatGPT interactions indexable by search engines to prevent users from unwittingly exposing sensitive information.…
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21by Avram Piltch / 18h
Our tests have shown there are ways to get around the promised security improvements exclusive Microsoft Recall, the AI app that takes screenshots of what you do on your PC so you can search for it later, has a filter that's supposed to prevent it from screenshotting sensitive info like credit card numbers. But a The Register test shows that it still fails in many cases, creating a potential trea
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by Jessica Lyons / 18h
•China US Microsoft cyberattack allegations
Spy vs. spy China has accused US intelligence agencies of exploiting a Microsoft Exchange zero-day exploit to steal defense-related data and take over more than 50 devices belonging to a "major Chinese military enterprise" for nearly a year.…
by Connor Jones / 1d
Victims fear leak at Everglades Correctional Institution could lead to violent extortion A data breach at a Florida prison has inmates' families concerned for their welfare after their contact details were allegedly leaked to convicted criminals.…
by Connor Jones / 1d
Criminals used undocumented techniques and well-placed insiders to remotely withdraw money A ring of cybercriminals managed to physically implant a Raspberry Pi on a bank's network to steal cash from an Indonesian ATM.…
Jul 31, 2025
Australia faces escalating foreign espionage
by Simon Sharwood / 1d
Workers on joint US/UK/Australia nuclear submarine program are painting a target on themselves The Director-General of Security at the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) has lamented the fact that many people list their work in the intelligence community or on sensitive military projects in their LinkedIn profiles.…
by Jessica Lyons / 1d
Crims warned 40% of respondents that they and their families would suffer Ransomware gangs now frequently threaten physical violence against employees and their families as a way to force victim organizations into paying their demands.…
Illumina settles cybersecurity false claims
by Brandon Vigliarolo / 1d
Illumina allegedly lied about its testing devices meeting government standards Biotech firm Illumina has agreed to cut the US government a check for the eminently affordable amount of $9.8 million to resolve allegations that it has been selling the feds genetic testing systems riddled with security vulnerabilities the company knew about but never bothered to fix.…
by Richard Speed / 1d
No way this will be abused Microsoft has upgraded Azure AI Speech so that users can rapidly generate a voice replica with just a few seconds of sampled speech.…
by Carly Page / 1d
H20 silicon under the microscope after slipping through US export bans China's internet watchdog has hauled Nvidia in for a grilling over alleged backdoors in its H20 chips, the latest twist in the increasingly paranoid semiconductor spat between Washington and Beijing.…
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by Jessica Lyons / 1d
Russia spying on foreign embassies? Say it ain't so Russian cyberspies are abusing local internet service providers' networks to target foreign embassies in Moscow and collect intel from diplomats' devices, according to a Microsoft Threat Intelligence warning.…
by Carly Page / 1d
US court docs reveal that infamous Chinese snoops filed IP papers like tax returns Security researchers have uncovered more than a dozen patents for offensive cybersecurity tools filed by Chinese companies allegedly tied to Beijing's Silk Typhoon espionage crew.…
by Dan Robinson / 1d
Regulators around the globe pay attention as results of 21-month cloud probe published Britain's competition regulator says Microsoft and AWS are using their dominance to harm UK cloud customers and proposes to designate both with strategic market status (SMS) to take action against them.…
by Connor Jones / 2d
Government officials say they are monitoring the situation A major supplier of healthcare equipment to the UK's National Health Service and local councils is on the verge of collapse 16 months after falling victim to cyber criminals.…
Jul 30, 2025
by Simon Sharwood / 2d
Italian operator calls for lawmakers to wake up to the critical role played by peering Internet Exchange Points are an underappreciated resource that all internet users rely on, but governments have unfortunately ignored them, despite their status as critical infrastructure.…
Canadian breach costs increase globally decline
by Dan Robinson / 2d
IBM report shows a rush to embrace technology without safeguarding it, and as for governance... Organizations rushing to implement AI are neglecting security and governance, IBM claims, with attackers already taking advantage of lax protocols to target models and applications.…
Dropbox Passwords shutting down 2025
23by Richard Speed / 2d
Read-only in weeks, deleted forever in months Dropbox has given users of its password manager until the end of October to extract their data before pulling the plug on the service.…
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by Jessica Lyons / 2d
•St Paul cyberattack prompts National Guard
'This was a deliberate, coordinated, digital attack' Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has activated the state's National Guard and declared a state of emergency in response to a cyberattack on the city of Saint Paul.…
Palo Alto Nears 20B CyberArk Acquisition
by Jessica Lyons / 2d
The lure? Identity security and privileged access management tools to verify humans and... machines Palo Alto Networks will buy Israeli security biz CyberArk in a $25 billion cash-and-stock deal confirmed today.…
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by Connor Jones / 3d
•Ingram Micro ransomware data leak
Distie insists global operations restored despite some websites only now coming back online The cybercriminals claiming responsibility for Ingram Micro's ransomware attack put a deadline on leaking its
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