Collabera hacked: IT staffing'n'services giant hit by ransomware, employee personal data stolen Exclusive Crooks made off with everything needed for ID theft Security14 Jul 2020 | 10
Guilty: Russian miscreant who hacked LinkedIn, Dropbox, Formspring, stole 200-million-plus account records Yevgeniy Nikulin faces up to 10 years in a US cooler Security14 Jul 2020 | 10
It’s happened again: AT&T sued for allegedly transferring victim's number to thieves in $1.9m cryptocoin heist Man claims life savings lost in theft aided by telco staff Security01 Jul 2020 | 25
US govt: Julian Assange tried to recruit hacker to steal hush-hush dirt and we should know – the hacker was an informant WikiLeaker accused of tapping up LulzSec's Sabu as a source Security25 Jun 2020 | 47
Facebook pays for exploit to catch a predator, voting software security under the microscope... Roundup ... and more in this rapid-fire summary of infosec news Security14 Jun 2020 | 5
Someone got so fed up with GE fridge DRM – yes, fridge DRM – they made a whole website on how to bypass it Water filter system requires RFID-chipped part Personal Tech13 Jun 2020 | 178
That string of supercomputer hacks last week? Of course it was a crypto-coin-mining get-rich-quick scheme Stuck for compute power to craft digital funbucks? Go where the big beasts slumber HPC19 May 2020 | 13
I know what you leased last summer: Asset database leak hits Capita, Rolls-Royce, Tesco (every little helps, eh?) Roundup Plus: Pop's Lady Gaga popped in hack, and more OSes18 May 2020 |
Senator demands deep probe into spyware-for-cops after NSO Group touts hacking toolkit to American plod Updated 'Aggressive oversight' needed, Congress urged Security13 May 2020 | 8
Spyware slinger NSO to Facebook: Pretty funny you're suing us in California when we have no US presence and use no American IT services... Malware maker urges judge to dump lawsuit over WhatsApp phone snooping Security01 May 2020 | 46
San Francisco trial of Russian bloke extradited and accused of hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox, Formspring stalls again amid pandemic lockdown Case that has rumbled on since 2016 may have to be started again from scratch Security28 Apr 2020 | 4
Spyware maker NSO can't claim immunity, Facebook lawyers insist – it's time to face the music Software developers aren't nation states, antisocial giant points out Security24 Apr 2020 | 44
Stuck inside with time on your hands? The US govt would like to remind you it's paying $5m for Nork hacking scalps US-Cert issues new report on misdeeds of North Korean groups Security16 Apr 2020 | 3
Low-orbit internet banking fraud claim alleged to be a load of space junk This is what comes of mixing the International Space Station, a relationship breakdown, and banking records Security09 Apr 2020 | 10
Atlassian issues advice on how to keep your IT service desk secure... after hundreds of portals found facing the internet amid virus lockdown Alarm sounded after orgs open up internal platforms for work-from-home staff Security07 Apr 2020 | 9
Fresh virus misery for Illinois: Public health agency taken down by... web ransomware. Great timing, scumbags Not like anyone is looking for medical advice right now Security12 Mar 2020 | 27
Months-long trial of alleged CIA Vault 7 exploit leaker ends with hung jury: Ex-sysadmin guilty of contempt, lying to FBI Mystery still surrounds saga of top-secret tools spillage Security09 Mar 2020 | 15
Alleged Vault 7 leaker trial finale: Want to know the CIA's password for its top-secret hacking tools? 123ABCdef Analysis Tales of terrible security, poor compartmentalization, and more, emerge from the Schulte hearings Security05 Mar 2020 | 86
Cyber-wrath of Iran for top general's assassination hasn't progressed beyond snooping and nicking logins... yet Boring! Where are teh 1337 h4x? We want 1337 h4x Security27 Feb 2020 | 11
Google rolls out Titan keys to Europe, Japan. Plus: Group Policy bug is a feature, not a flaw, says Microsoft Roundup And Adobe in remote-code execution patch non-shocker OSes24 Feb 2020 | 7
Assange lawyer: Trump offered WikiLeaker a pardon in exchange for denying Russia hacked Democrats' email America wanted a cover-up of Kremlin ties to DNC intrusion, court told Security19 Feb 2020 | 93
Among those pardoned by Trump this week: Software maker ex-CEO who admitted hacking into rivals' systems There's always a tech angle Bootnotes19 Feb 2020 | 61
'Cyber security incident' takes its Toll on Aussie delivery giant as box-tracking boxen yanked offline IT services offline for days now Security03 Feb 2020 | 8
UN didn't patch SharePoint, got mega-hacked, covered it up, kept most staff in the dark, finally forced to admit it For an organization accused of being 'all talk, no action', there's not even enough talking – to its own employees Security29 Jan 2020 | 44
Virtual reality is a bonkers fad that no one takes seriously but anyway, here's someone to tell us to worry about hackers Enigma If printers and nuclear reactors on the internet are fair game, so's the gizmo on your face, we'll concede Science28 Jan 2020 | 55
Russian super-crook behind $20m internet fraud den Cardplanet and malware-exchange forum pleads guilty Now 29-year-old faces years in the clink after long battle to bring him to justice Security24 Jan 2020 | 13
Who honestly has a crown prince in their threat model? UN report officially fingers Saudi royal as Bezos hacker Rapporteurs call for investigation, technical security report leaks Security22 Jan 2020 | 64
It's Friday, the weekend has landed... and Microsoft warns of an Internet Explorer zero day exploited in the wild Roundup Plus, WeLeakInfo? Not anymore! Security18 Jan 2020 | 15
'Friendly' hackers are seemingly fixing the Citrix server hole – and leaving a nasty present behind Congratulations, you've won a secret backdoor Security17 Jan 2020 | 9
China tells America, with a straight face, it will absolutely crack down on hacking and copyright, tech blueprint theft Wow, it's all coming up Trump right now, huh? On-Prem16 Jan 2020 | 48
Cyber-warnings, cyber-speculation over cyber-Iran's cyber-retaliation cyber-plans post-Soleimani assassination Experts reckon regional infrastructure is in the cross-hairs Security06 Jan 2020 | 14
British bloke accused of extorting victims for 'Dark Overlord' hacker crew finally gets his free trip* to America * Terms of stay non-negotiable following extradition. Some imprisonment required. He denies any wrongdoing Security19 Dec 2019 | 38
Medical biz LifeLabs fesses up: Hackers slurped 15 million customer records – and we paid them to hand it all back Stick a fork in 2019, we're done, eh Security18 Dec 2019 | 11
Half a billion here, half a billion there – pretty soon you're talking real money: US Congress earmarks $425m for 2020 election security Just another, oh, $1.675bn to go to defend systems, it is estimated Security17 Dec 2019 | 11
VMware warning, OpenBSD gimme-root hole again, telco hit with GDPR fine, Ring camera hijackings, and more Roundup Your quick summary of infosec news beyond everything else we've reported Security16 Dec 2019 | 20
Alleged Nigerian social engineer wins free flight to the US for business email fraud and love scams Feds get extradition for 64 year-old fraud suspect who allegedly netted hundreds of thousands of dollars Security11 Dec 2019 | 17
'Ethical' hackers say: It's just hacker. To be one is no longer a bad thing Great and good of pentesting chew the fat with El Reg Security27 Nov 2019 | 39
RDP loves company: Kaspersky finds 37 security holes in VNC remote desktop software BlueKeep isn't the only bug in town, plenty to go round Security23 Nov 2019 | 28
Denial of service kingpin hit with 13 months denial of freedom and a massive bill to pay Illinois man gets more than a year in the slammer for $550K DDoS scheme Security15 Nov 2019 | 20
What do you get when you allegedly mix Wireshark, a gumshoe child molester, and a court PC? A judge facing hacking charges Beak denies wrongdoing in baffling malware probe case Security08 Nov 2019 | 68
In a world of infosec rockstars, shutting down sexual harassment is hard work for victims How a close-knit hero-worshiping culture can make reporting abusers difficult – and how help is at hand Security04 Nov 2019 | 49
Q. Who's triumphantly slamming barn door shut after horse bolted at warp 9? A. NordVPN Pentests, audits, and RAM-only servers part of lockdown plan Security29 Oct 2019 | 46
What a bunch of dopes! Fancy Bear hackers take aim at drug-testing orgs Now why would Russian hackers want to compromise anti-doping agencies? Security29 Oct 2019 | 16
FBI extends voting security push, LA court hacker goes down, and more D-Link failures Plus, Kaspersky opens doors on its intelligence portal Security28 Oct 2019 | 28
If you have a security alert, I feel bad for you, son – you got 99 problems but a hack ain't one Nearly all admin warnings are false alarms, says Kaspersky, and that's not a bad thing Security08 Oct 2019 | 14
Iran tried to hack hundreds of politicians, journalists email accounts last month, warns Microsoft No confirmation from Trump yet whether he asked them to do it Security04 Oct 2019 | 56
FBI called in to investigate 2018 Mountain State mobile voting system hacking 'West Virginia, mobile ballots, country votes, nearly pwned' Security02 Oct 2019 | 24
Got a pre-A12 iPhone? Love jailbreaks? Happy Friday! 'Unpatchable tethered Boot ROM exploit' released Coder claims iThings older than two years can be unlocked from Apple's clutches OSes27 Sep 2019 | 40
DoorDash doesn't just pick up your food orders, it delivers your data to hackers, too Profile info on 5 million users, including ordering history, hashed passwords, plus driver records, exposed to miscreants Security26 Sep 2019 | 12
Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise, politicians will philander... And US voting machines will be physically insecure DEF CON dossier reveals: You are not as secure as you imagine Security26 Sep 2019 | 76
This vBulletin vBug is vBad: Zero-day exploit lets miscreants hijack vulnerable web forums Updated Hackers can inject system commands via version 5 of software, no patch available Security24 Sep 2019 | 8
Disgraced ex-Kaspersky guy made me do it, says bloke in Russian court on hacking charges Oh no I didn't, says disgraced ex-Kaspersky guy Security20 Sep 2019 | 9
IT now stands for Intermediate Targets: Tech providers pwned by snoops eyeing up customers – report Symantec says Tortoiseshell crew ransacked suppliers Security19 Sep 2019 | 1
From pen-test to penitentiary: Infosec duo cuffed after physically breaking into courthouse during IT security assessment Updated Blokes left in legal limbo amid electronic records audit Security13 Sep 2019 | 98
Outlook turned eBay into DD-Bay: Topless busty babe mysteriously fronts souk's emails Updated Brits gobsmacked and Microsoft launches probe after cyber-bazaar's avatar switched to X-rated snap Bootnotes06 Sep 2019 | 31
Capital One 'hacker' hit with fresh charges: She burgled 30 other AWS-hosted orgs, Feds claim Ex-Amazon techie accused of cyber-looting other storage buckets, mining crypto-coins on hacked servers Security29 Aug 2019 | 31
Come on, hackers, do your worst ‒ Facebook opens Portal gizmo to Pwn2Own exploit fest Thousands of dollars and new kit up for grabs if you can blow a hole in Zuck's video-conf gear Security28 Aug 2019 | 2
Fraught 'naut who sought consort's report says: I was up to naught, I will thwart fault tort NASA space ace accused of hacking ex-wife's bank account mid-orbit and mid-divorce Security26 Aug 2019 | 30
Hacktivist skids nip at Mounties' ankles, Emotet ransomware rides again, and more Roundup Including AV patches, VPN attacks, data leaks, and security cam holes Security26 Aug 2019 | 4
Chin up, CapitalOne: You may not have been the suspected hacker's only victim. Feds fear 30-plus organizations hit Prosecutors file papers to keep Paige Thompson behind bars while awaiting trial Security14 Aug 2019 | 14
You can easily secure America's e-voting systems tomorrow. Use paper – Bruce Schneier Black Hat As it emerges non-internet-connected election systems are actually connected to the internet Security09 Aug 2019 | 67
Neuroscientist used brainhack. It's super effective! Oh, and disturbingly easy BSides LV Larry Niven's wireheads aren't far off Science07 Aug 2019 | 144