DEF CON Machine learning tools can create custom malware that defeats anti-virus software.…
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DEF CON The BBC’s Micro:bit computer board may be winning over school kids, but hackers have found its wireless capabilities and programmable nature make it an excellent tool for mischief.…
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DEF CON A Tor Project grandee sought to correct some misconceptions about the anonymizing network during a presentation at the DEF CON hacking convention in Las Vegas on Friday.…
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Analysis The energy sector across multiple Western countries is under intensified assault by hackers. Security experts warn that industrial systems are wide open to potential exploit once hackers secure a foothold, the most difficult part of the hacking process, using targeted phishing or similar tactics.…
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Malware authors continue to chip away at Samba bugs similar to those that helped spread WannaCry/WannaCrypt.…
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Chinese police have moved on the developers of the Fireball adware that infected millions of computers earlier this year.…
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The arrest of a Hungarian bloke after he discovered a massive flaw in the website of Budapest’s transport authority – and reported it – has sparked a wave of protests.…
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In a slowly-unfolding scandal in Sweden, it’s emerged that the country’s transport agency bungled an outsourcing deal with IBM, putting both individuals and national security at risk.…
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Updated America’s broadband watchdog, the FCC, has declined to share any more details on the cyber-assault that apparently downed its website shortly after it announced its intent to kill net neutrality.…
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Ransomware crooks have become skilled psychological manipulators in their attempts to fleece victims of file-encrypting malware.…
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Price-comparison darling Moneysupermarket.com has been fined £80,000 for sending 7.1 million emails to customers who had opted out of receiving direct marketing emails.…
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The first of the Royal Navy’s new Type 26 frigates has been named HMS Glasgow, recycling the name for the fourth time in the last 100 years.…
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Attackers are manually deploying ransomware directly into target networks to maximise the damage and potential payout.…
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Analysis A study aiming to raise the profile of cyber insurance claims that cloud outages and ransomware outbreaks on the WannaCry scale could cost companies $ 81.7bn – more than natural disasters like 2012’s Hurricane Sandy. That’s an awful lot of money, but wait – before you fish out the wallet – how did the authors arrive at these numbers?…
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Facebook account recovery using pre-registered mobile numbers is poorly implemented and open to abuse, according to critic James Martindale.…
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Dark web marketplace AlphaBay’s closure last week followed an international law enforcement operation and multiple raids, it has emerged. It has also been reported that a key suspect who was arrested in the raids has died in custody.…
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+Comment Devon and Cornwall Police is launching its drone-equipped aerial surveillance team today.…
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Managing an IT department at the best of times can be a struggle, and managing a security team has its own special challenges.…
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The maker of password manager 1Password says it will not force its users to stop using private password vaults – as it sweeps this local storage functionality under the rug.…
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The Ministry of Defence needs to stop reflexively demanding rights to its suppliers’ intellectual property if it is to attract more private sector tech innovators, according to the Royal United Services Institute.…
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Drone hackers are busy at work exploiting the application security shortcomings of a major manufacturer to circumvent restrictions, including flight elevation limits. DJI says it has pushed out a firmware update to nip the problem in the bud, but one expert The Register spoke to maintains that hacking is still possible.…
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Concerns have been raised over a judge’s use of his personal email address to send out a ruling in a family court case, which contained sensitive personal information.…
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Google in two months will conclude its prolonged excommunication of misbehaving SSL/TLS certificate authorities WoSign and subsidiary StartCom, a punishment announced last October.…
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UK car insurance and driving school giant The AA has at last admitted it accidentally spilled its customers’ personal information all over the web.…
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The huge cyber attack that swept from Ukraine last week is still affecting companies, and several have been hit pretty hard, including the world’s largest advertising business, UK-based WPP.…
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The ransomware problems reported by The Reg over the past few weeks are enough to make you, er, wanna cry. Yet all that’s happened is that known issues with Windows machines – desktop and server – have now come to everyone’s attention and the bandwidth out of Microsoft’s Windows Update servers has likely increased a bit relative to the previous few weeks.…
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All the Bitcoins paid by victims of the NotPetya ransomware attack were withdrawn overnight.…
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Ransomware dominated the threat landscape last year even though file-encrypting nasties made up less than one in a hundred examples of different Windows malware during 2016.…
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Germany’s e-government system is open to padding oracle attacks and other vulnerabilities because of an insecure communications protocol.…
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A group of researchers has shown how, for instance, a repair shop could siphon data from Android handsets or infect them with malware with nothing more than a screen repair.…
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The US government’s annual wiretap report, published this week, has revealed the reach and scope of its agents’ surveillance abilities.…
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