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100+by Jessica Lyons / 1d
'The practice… has since been fixed,' Pentagon official tells The Reg The US Department of Defense, up until this week, routinely left its social media accounts wide open to hijackers via stream keys - unique, confidential identifiers generated by streaming platforms for broadcasting content. If exposed, these keys can allow attackers to output anything they want from someone else's channel.…
by Iain Thomson / 2h
Over 600 security boffins say planned surveillance crosses the line Europe, long seen as a bastion of privacy and digital rights, will debate this week whether to enforce surveillance on citizens' devices.…
by Carly Page / 39min
Ron Wyden urges FTC to probe failure to secure Windows after attackers used Kerberoasting to cripple Ascension Microsoft is back in the firing line after US Senator Ron Wyden accused Redmond of shipping "dangerous, insecure software" that helped cybercrooks cripple one of America's largest hospital networks.…
Today
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by Connor Jones / 3h
•LNER data breach exposes passenger details
Major UK player cagey on specifics but latest attack follows string blamed on 'third party' suppliers One of the UK's largest rail operators, LNER, is the latest organization to spill user data via a third-party data breach.…
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by Connor Jones / 4h
Academics and OSA stakeholders say watchdog needs to amend how controversial legislation is enforced Industry experts expressed both concern and sympathy for Ofcom, the Brit regulator that is overseeing the Online Safety Act, as questions mount over the effectiveness of the controversial legislation.…
BAE Systems plans autonomous submarine 2026
by Dan Robinson / 5h
Battery powered now, fuel-cells tomorrow - all packed in a shipping box Following a series of trials, defense biz BAE Systems says it is readying an autonomous military submarine for the end of next year.…
NASA restricts Chinese citizens' access
by Simon Sharwood / 8h
You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out the reasons why NASA has barred Chinese nationals from accessing its premises and assets, even those who hold visas that permit them to reside in the USA.…
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by Simon Sharwood / 10h
•Beijing targets Philippines military with malware
Ovoid-themed in-memory malware offers a menu for mayhem ‘EggStreme’ framework looks like the sort of thing Beijing would find handy in its ongoing territorial beefs Infosec outfit Bitdefender says it’s spotted a strain of in-memory malware that looks like the work of Chinese advanced persistent threat groups that wanted to achieve persistent access at a “military company” in the Philippines.…
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by Jessica Lyons / 15h
Patch, turn on MFA, and restrict access to trusted networks…or else Affiliates of the Akira ransomware gang are again exploiting a critical SonicWall vulnerability abused last summer, after a suspected zero-day flaw actually turned out to be related to a year-old bug.…
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by Jessica Lyons / 18h
•ChillyHell malware targets macOS systems
'We do believe that this was likely the creation of a cybercrime group,' threat hunter tells The Reg ChillyHell, a modular macOS backdoor believed to be long dormant, has likely been infecting computers for years while flying under the radar, according to security researchers who spotted a malware sample uploaded to VirusTotal in May.…
by Paul Kunert / 21h
Systems offline as specialists continue to comb through wreckage Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says "some data" was affected after the luxury car maker suffered a digital break-in early last week.…
Ukrainian charged in ransomware schemes
by Connor Jones / 1d
Prosecutors claim Ukrainian ran LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Nefilim ops – $11M bounty on his head A Ukrainian national faces serious federal charges and an $11 million bounty after allegedly orchestrating ransomware operations that caused an estimated $18 billion in damages across hundreds of organizations worldwide.…
by Connor Jones / 1d
One parent expressed concern for their child's safety A clumsy data breach has affected hundreds of children at a Birmingham secondary school.…
Sep 9, 2025
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by Bill McCluggage / 1d
Are you sure you know who has access to your systems? Feature Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is the latest UK household name to fall victim to a major cyberattack. IT systems across multiple sites have been offline for over a week after what the company described as a "severe disruption."…
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by Iain Thomson / 1d
•PatchTuesday
ERP giant patches flaw that allows total takeover of NetWeaver, Microsoft has nothing under attack for once September’s Patch Tuesday won’t require Microsoft users to rapidly repair rancid software, but SAP users need to move fast to address extremely dangerous bugs.…
Critical NPM hack threatens crypto funds
by Jessica Lyons / 1d
Miscreants cost victims time rather than money During the two-hour window on Monday in which hijacked npm versions were available for download, malware-laced packages reached one in 10 cloud environments, according to Wiz researchers. But crypto-craving crims did little more than annoy defenders.…
Pentagon finalizes CMMC implementation rule
by Brandon Vigliarolo / 1d
Now if only someone would remember to apply those rules inside the DoD It's about to get a lot harder for private companies that are lax on cybersecurity to get a contract with the Pentagon, as the Defense Department has finalized a rule requiring contractor compliance with its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program.…
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by Jessica Lyons / 1d
HelloGym's data security clearly skipped leg day Exclusive Sensitive info from hundreds of thousands of gym customers and staff – including names, financial details, and potentially biometric data in the form of audio recordings – was left sitting in an unencrypted, non-password protected database, according to a security researcher who shut it down.…
by Connor Jones / 2d
For the third time in a decade Streaming platform Plex is warning some users to reset their passwords after suffering yet another breach.…
by Dan Robinson / 2d
Ivalo XE handset targets governments and security critical sectors, though Qualcomm silicon keeps it tied to the US Finnish phone maker HMD Global is launching a business unit called HMD Secure to target governments and other security-critical customers, and has its first
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