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Akira: Perhaps the next big thing in ransomware, says Tidal threat intelligence chief

Interview Scott Small tells us gang's 'intent and capability' should get the attention of CSOs

Malware Month09 Jun 2024 | 3

FBI encourages LockBit victims to step right up for free decryption keys

The bad news? Gang wasn't deleting victim data after payments

Malware Month06 Jun 2024 | 6

7-year-old Oracle WebLogic bug under active exploitation

Experts say Big Red will probably re-release patch in an upcoming cycle

Malware Month06 Jun 2024 | 6

What is RansomHub? Looks like a Knight ransomware reboot

Malware code potentially sold off, tweaked, back at it infecting victims

Malware Month05 Jun 2024 | 1

Euro cops disrupt malware droppers, seize thousands of domains

Operation Endgame just beginning: 'Stay tuned,' says Europol

Malware Month30 May 2024 |

Here's yet more ransomware using BitLocker against Microsoft's own users

Updated ShrinkLocker throws steel and vaccine makers into the hurt locker

Malware Month23 May 2024 | 4

RSA Conference 2024: The good, the bad, and the downright worrying

Kettle If there's one thing infosec needs right now, it's a little pick-me-up

Spotlight on RSA14 May 2024 | 3

AI red-teaming tools helped X-Force break into a major tech manufacturer 'in 8 hours'

RSAC Hint: It's the 'the largest' maker of a key computer component

Spotlight on RSA13 May 2024 | 7

AWS CISO tells The Reg: In the AI gold rush, folks are forgetting application security

RSAC 'Everybody's learning as they go. But there's a rush to get these apps out'

AI + ML13 May 2024 | 5

Ransomware negotiator weighs in on the extortion payment debate with El Reg

Interview As gang tactics get nastier while attacks hit all-time highs

Cyber-crime12 May 2024 | 43

Critical infrastructure security will stay poor until everyone pulls together

Interview Claroty CEO Yaniv Vardi tells us what's needed to defend vital networks

Public Sector11 May 2024 | 12

Iran most likely to launch destructive cyber-attack against US – ex-Air Force intel analyst

Interview But China's the most technologically advanced

Spotlight on RSA10 May 2024 | 8

'Four horsemen of cyber' look back on 2008 DoD IT breach that led to US Cyber Command

RSAC 'This was a no sh*tter'

Spotlight on RSA10 May 2024 | 4

Ex-White House election threat hunter weighs in on what to expect in November

Interview Spoiler alert: We're gonna talk about AI

Public Sector09 May 2024 | 36

Dell customer order database of '49M records' stolen, now up for sale on dark web

IT giant tries to downplay leak as just names, addresses, info about kit

Cyber-crime09 May 2024 | 35

America's enemies targeting US critical infrastructure should be 'wake-up call'

RSAC Having China, Russia, and Iran routinely rummaging around is cause for concern, says ex-NSA man

Spotlight on RSA09 May 2024 | 8

68 tech names sign CISA's secure-by-design pledge

RSAC Security's an uphill battle ... does this latest move have teeth?

Spotlight on RSA09 May 2024 | 14

VMware security advisories now behind bureaucratic Broadcom barricade

Updated If it ain't broke, make it less accessible

Spotlight on RSA09 May 2024 | 16

Undersea cables must have high-priority protection before they become top targets

Interview It's 'essential to national security' ex-Navy intel officer tells us

Networks08 May 2024 | 36

CISA boss: Secure code is the 'only way to make ransomware a shocking anomaly'

RSAC And it would seriously inconvenience the Chinese and Russians, too

Spotlight on RSA08 May 2024 | 58

One year on, universities org admits MOVEit attack hit data of 800K people

Nearly 95M people in total snagged by flaw in file transfer tool

Spotlight on RSA08 May 2024 | 2

UK opens investigation of MoD payroll contractor after confirming attack

China vehemently denies involvement

Cyber-crime08 May 2024 | 50

Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight

Interview On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career

Malware Month08 May 2024 | 24

From infosec to skunks, RSA Conference SVP spills the tea

Interview Keynotes, physical security, playlists … the buck stops with Linda Gray Martin

Spotlight on RSA08 May 2024 |

UnitedHealth's 'egregious negligence' led to Change Healthcare ransomware infection

Interview 'I'm blown away by the fact that they weren't using MFA'

Spotlight on RSA08 May 2024 | 25

America's War on Drugs and Crime will be AI powered, says Homeland Security boss

RSAC Or at least it might well be if these trial programs work out, with some civil lib oversight etc etc etc

Spotlight on RSA07 May 2024 | 25

Watch out for rogue DHCP servers decloaking your VPN connections

Avoid traffic-redirecting snoops who have TunnelVision

Spotlight on RSA07 May 2024 | 34

CISA's early-warning system helped critical orgs close 852 ransomware holes

Interview In the first year alone, that's saved us all a lot of money and woe

Spotlight on RSA07 May 2024 | 3

US State Department launches cyber and digital policy strategy

RSAC Part of the race with Beijing to set standards and advance norms

Spotlight on RSA07 May 2024 | 4

Ransomware crooks now SIM swap executives' kids to pressure their parents

RSAC Extortionists turning to 'psychological attacks', Mandiant CTO says

Spotlight on RSA07 May 2024 | 20

Fed-run LockBit site back from the dead and vows to really spill the beans on gang

Updated After very boring first reveal, this could be the real deal

Spotlight on RSA06 May 2024 | 8

UnitedHealth CEO: 'Decision to pay ransom was mine'

Updated Congress to hear how Citrix MFA snafu led to massive data theft, $870M+ loss

Malware Month30 Apr 2024 | 28

Russia's Cozy Bear dives into cloud environments with a new bag of tricks

Kremlin's spies tried out the TTPs on Microsoft, and now they're off to the races

Spotlight on Databases27 Feb 2024 | 4

Work to resolve binary babble from Voyager 1 is ongoing

You think your latency is bad? How about 45 hours to see if a command worked?

The Reg in Space08 Feb 2024 | 34

You could have heard a pin drop: Virgin Galactic reports itself to the FAA

Updated Everything's fine, but a fastening fell off when it shouldn't have

The Reg in Space06 Feb 2024 | 28

40 years ago, an astronaut first took flight from the Space Shuttle

Look Ma: no tether!

The Reg in Space05 Feb 2024 | 9

Rocket Lab is a David among Goliaths in the space race

Interview CEO Peter Beck on the future of commercial launches and not raining debris over national reserves

The Reg in Space05 Feb 2024 | 13

Space exploitation vs space exploration: Humanity has much to learn from the Voyager probes

Interview When 'what's the value to the economy?' wasn't front of mind

The Reg in Space01 Feb 2024 | 57

Square Kilometre Array prototype 'scope achieves first light

SKAMPI was made in China, driven by Docker, located in South Africa, and aimed at the stars

The Reg in Space30 Jan 2024 | 5

Japan's lander wakes up, takes blurry snap of Moon

~~Winter~~ Night is coming

The Reg in Space29 Jan 2024 | 15

Canada to remove China’s top messaging app WeChat from government devices

Kaspersky also on the way out due to ‘unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security'

Cybersecurity Month31 Oct 2023 | 11

SolarWinds charged after SEC says biz knew IT was leaky ahead of SUNBURST attack

Developer labels action 'unfounded' after company and CISO slapped with suit for misleading investors

Cybersecurity Month31 Oct 2023 | 9

Bug bounty hunters load up to stalk AI and fancy bagging big bucks

Google offers AI-specific rewards, HackerOne sees more specializations

Cybersecurity Month27 Oct 2023 | 1

Telcos should compensate phished subscribers, suggests Singapore

Regulator reckons letting scam texts through is a culpable act

Cybersecurity Month26 Oct 2023 | 6

Seiko watches 60K personal data records tick away in BlackCat ransomware heist

Investigations ongoing as full extent of July breach is questioned

Cybersecurity Month25 Oct 2023 |

Spanish phisherfolk caught in cops' net in multi-million-euro catch

Crooks swindled about €3 million from victims

Cybersecurity Month25 Oct 2023 | 1

After six days and thousands of pwned users, Cisco poised to patch IOS XE flaw

Security in brief ALSO: SolarWinds using plaintext passwords; North Korea attacks TeamCity; Critical vulns, and more

Cybersecurity Month22 Oct 2023 | 3

International Criminal Court blames spies for 'targeted and sophisticated attack'

Tell us it's Russia without telling us it's Russia

Cybersecurity Month21 Oct 2023 | 13

Indian authorities raid fake tech support rings after tipoff from Amazon and Microsoft

Also went after crypto-crooks who sought money to buy miners for fake token

Cybersecurity Month20 Oct 2023 | 38

‘How not to hire a North Korean plant posing as a techie’ guide updated by US and South Korean authorities

Advise turning off and never using remote desktop protocol, prohibiting private VPNs, not trusting recruiters’ due diligence

Cybersecurity Month19 Oct 2023 | 51

San Francisco mayor suggests police drones and CCTV can cure city's crime woes

Suggests bodycam footage should replace paperwork for simple arrests

Cybersecurity Month19 Oct 2023 | 30

Paying for WinRAR in all the wrong ways - Russia and China hitting ancient app

Incidentally, Windows 11 has native rar support now

Cybersecurity Month18 Oct 2023 | 22

Critical Citrix bug exploited by data thieves weeks before being patched

Updated Time to close those active sessions

Cybersecurity Month18 Oct 2023 |

Governments resent their dependence on Big Tech

Singapore summit hears how private sector's constant security sins create risk for sovereigns

Cybersecurity Month18 Oct 2023 | 22

Five Eyes intel chiefs warn China's IP theft program now at 'unprecedented' levels

Spies come in from the cold for their first public chinwag

Cybersecurity Month18 Oct 2023 | 31

Malware crooks find an in with fake browser updates, in case real ones weren't bad enough

Researchers say ransomware could be on the horizon if success continues

Cybersecurity Month18 Oct 2023 | 2

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Ukrainian cops collar Kyiv programmer believed to be Conti, LockBit linchpin

Ransomware crew may have exploited Windows make-me-admin bug as a zero-day

Akira: Perhaps the next big thing in ransomware, says Tidal threat intelligence chief

FBI encourages LockBit victims to step right up for free decryption keys

7-year-old Oracle WebLogic bug under active exploitation

What is RansomHub? Looks like a Knight ransomware reboot

Euro cops disrupt malware droppers, seize thousands of domains

Here's yet more ransomware using BitLocker against Microsoft's own users

RSA Conference 2024: The good, the bad, and the downright worrying

AI red-teaming tools helped X-Force break into a major tech manufacturer 'in 8 hours'

AWS CISO tells The Reg: In the AI gold rush, folks are forgetting application security

Ransomware negotiator weighs in on the extortion payment debate with El Reg

Critical infrastructure security will stay poor until everyone pulls together

Iran most likely to launch destructive cyber-attack against US – ex-Air Force intel analyst

'Four horsemen of cyber' look back on 2008 DoD IT breach that led to US Cyber Command

Ex-White House election threat hunter weighs in on what to expect in November

Dell customer order database of '49M records' stolen, now up for sale on dark web

America's enemies targeting US critical infrastructure should be 'wake-up call'

68 tech names sign CISA's secure-by-design pledge

VMware security advisories now behind bureaucratic Broadcom barricade

Undersea cables must have high-priority protection before they become top targets

CISA boss: Secure code is the 'only way to make ransomware a shocking anomaly'

One year on, universities org admits MOVEit attack hit data of 800K people

UK opens investigation of MoD payroll contractor after confirming attack

Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight

From infosec to skunks, RSA Conference SVP spills the tea

UnitedHealth's 'egregious negligence' led to Change Healthcare ransomware infection

America's War on Drugs and Crime will be AI powered, says Homeland Security boss

Watch out for rogue DHCP servers decloaking your VPN connections

CISA's early-warning system helped critical orgs close 852 ransomware holes

US State Department launches cyber and digital policy strategy

Ransomware crooks now SIM swap executives' kids to pressure their parents

Fed-run LockBit site back from the dead and vows to really spill the beans on gang

UnitedHealth CEO: 'Decision to pay ransom was mine'

Russia's Cozy Bear dives into cloud environments with a new bag of tricks

Work to resolve binary babble from Voyager 1 is ongoing

You could have heard a pin drop: Virgin Galactic reports itself to the FAA

40 years ago, an astronaut first took flight from the Space Shuttle

Rocket Lab is a David among Goliaths in the space race

Space exploitation vs space exploration: Humanity has much to learn from the Voyager probes

Square Kilometre Array prototype 'scope achieves first light

Japan's lander wakes up, takes blurry snap of Moon

Canada to remove China’s top messaging app WeChat from government devices

SolarWinds charged after SEC says biz knew IT was leaky ahead of SUNBURST attack

Bug bounty hunters load up to stalk AI and fancy bagging big bucks

Telcos should compensate phished subscribers, suggests Singapore

Seiko watches 60K personal data records tick away in BlackCat ransomware heist

Spanish phisherfolk caught in cops' net in multi-million-euro catch

After six days and thousands of pwned users, Cisco poised to patch IOS XE flaw

International Criminal Court blames spies for 'targeted and sophisticated attack'

Indian authorities raid fake tech support rings after tipoff from Amazon and Microsoft

‘How not to hire a North Korean plant posing as a techie’ guide updated by US and South Korean authorities

San Francisco mayor suggests police drones and CCTV can cure city's crime woes

Paying for WinRAR in all the wrong ways - Russia and China hitting ancient app

Critical Citrix bug exploited by data thieves weeks before being patched

Governments resent their dependence on Big Tech

Five Eyes intel chiefs warn China's IP theft program now at 'unprecedented' levels

Malware crooks find an in with fake browser updates, in case real ones weren't bad enough

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