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Guidebook aims to undermine the criminal business model

The latest effort to reduce the number of ransom payments sent to cybercriminals in the UK involves the country's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) locking arms with insurance associations.…

Drama between two of the leading secure messaging services

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov issued a scathing criticism of Signal, alleging the messaging service is not secure and has ties to US intelligence agencies.…

After years of people being victimized, it's about time

Google and Apple are rolling out an anti-stalking feature for Android 6.0+ and iOS 17.5 that will issue an alert if some scumbag is using a gadget like an AirTag or similar to clandestinely track the user.…

How to empower CISOs and mitigate cyber security risks in a rapidly evolving threat landscape

Sponsored Post  Defending against the cyber threats of today isn't dissimilar to protecting a medieval castle from attack a thousand years ago.…

When PoC code is released within a day of disclosure, it's only a matter of time before attacks kick off

The UK's NHS is warning of the possibility that vulnerabilities in Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) software are being actively exploited.…

Going once, going twice, going offline

Christie's website remains offline as of Monday after a "technology security issue" shut it down Thursday night – just days before the venerable auction house planned to flog $840 million of art.…

Emergency ambulances diverted while experts restore systems

Multiple US security agencies have published advisories on Black Basta after the ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the recent attack on US healthcare provider Ascension.…

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

RSAC  An unnamed tech business hired IBM's X-Force penetration-testing team to break in and search for security vulnerabilities in their networks. …

Intelligence-sharing platform remains down for maintenance

Europol is investigating a cybercriminal's claims that they stole confidential data from a number of the agency's sources.…

The Register’s Tim Philips gets down and dirty on cyber security in this interview with Rubrik CISO Richard Cassidy

Sponsored Post  There were hard words about the state of Britain's cyber security in parliament recently, but it's not just the country's critical national infrastructure which may be underprepared to tackle the army of hackers and nation state-backed cyber criminals intent on causing it disruption.…

But breaking E2EE and blanket bans aren't thinking at all

Opinion  If your cranky uncle was this fixated about anything, you'd always be somewhere else at Christmas. Yet here we are again. Europol has been sounding off at Meta for harming children. Not for the way it's actually harming children, but because – repeat after me – end-to-end encryption is hiding child sexual abuse material from the eyes of the law. "E2EE = CSAM" is the new slogan of fear.…

Cloudflare’s Everywhere Security platform offers unified protection for on and off-premise applications

Sponsored Post  Organizations across the Asia Pacific need to urgently ramp up their IT security infrastructures in response to a significantly increasing level of cyber threats, security experts have warned.…

PLUS: More data leaks at the US Patent Office; LockBit still tough enough for Wichita; and some critical vulnerabilities

in brief  Encrypted email service Proton Mail is in hot water again, and for the same thing that earned it flack before: handing user data over to law enforcement. …

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

Interview  Ransomware hit an all-time high last year, with more than 60 criminal gangs listing at least 4,500 victims – and these infections don't show any signs of slowing.…

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

Interview  Take a glance at the cybersecurity headlines of late, and you'll see a familiar phrase that keeps cropping up: Critical infrastructure. …

But China's the most technologically advanced

Interview  China remains the biggest cyber threat to the US government, America's critical infrastructure, and its private-sector networks, the nation's intelligence community has assessed.…

Not a lotto luck for these powerball hunters

More than half a million gamblers with a penchant for powerballs will be receiving some fairly unwelcome news very soon, if not already, as cybercriminals have made off with their personal data.…

Major intrusions by both China and Russia leave a lot to be answered for

The US government wants to make Microsoft's vice chair and president, Brad Smith, the latest tech figurehead to field questions from a House committee on its recent cybersecurity failings.…

Cameras tested are specced for Baidu's Apollo

Six boffins mostly hailing from Singapore-based universities have proven it's possible to attack autonomous vehicles by exploiting the system's reliance on camera-based computer vision and cause it to not recognize road signs.…

'This was a no sh*tter'

RSAC  A malware-laced USB stick, inserted into a military laptop at a base in Afghanistan in 2008, led to what has been called the worst military breach in US history, and to the creation of the US Cyber Command.…