A newly uncovered spyware-slinging operation appears to have been targeting foreign diplomats in Iran for more than three years.…
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Attacks intended to sway the outcome of the 2020 US Presidential election are probably already underway, according to the nation’s head of intelligence.…
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Long read “How do you eat an elephant? Nibble at it, nibble at it, a lot of little bites.” That was how Special Agent Jared Der-Yeghiayan infiltrated notorious dark web market the Silk Road and helped unmask site operator Dread Pirate Roberts, aka Ross Ulbricht.…
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A piece of banking malware that first debuted more than a decade ago is once again wrecking havoc.…
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Roundup This week we saw Hadoop hacks, Exchange exploits, and Deadpool besting scammers.…
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Something for the Weekend, Sir? This place is a mess. No, worse than that: it’s a disaster area.…
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Hadoop databases haven’t been getting much interest from hackers so far, compared to other data silos, but that’s changing, according to a new study.…
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Microsoft has been accused of ignoring an IT security risk that could be exploited to create legit-looking malware-laden webpages that sport seemingly trusted Azure and Office 365 domain names. Alternatively, the domains potentially could be used to stealthily leak stolen data from networks.…
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If you’re still using TLS-SNI, stop: a year after a slip-up allowed miscreants to claim Let’s Encrypt certificates for domains they didn’t own, the free certificate authority has announced the final sunset of the protocol involved.…
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Russian hackers attempted to infiltrate the Democratic National Committee (DNC) just after the US midterm elections last year, according to a new court filing.…
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Roundup This week we wrangled with alleged Russian election meddling, hundreds of millions of username-password combos spilled online, Oracle mega-patches, and cliams of RICO swap-gangs.…
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Avid runner and hitman Mark Fellows was this week found guilty of murder after being grassed up by his Garmin watch.…
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Something for the Weekend, Sir? The name’s McLeod. Alessandro McLeod. I am a spy for the secret services.…
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The South Korea Ministry of National Defense says 10 of its internal PCs have been compromised by North Korea unknown hackers .…
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A pair of Ukranian hackers broke into America’s financial watchdog to swipe insider info for stock traders, it is claimed.…
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Security researchers looking to earn a living as bug bounty hunters would to do better to pursue actual insects.…
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A Surrey man has been jailed for 32 months after admitting to launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against an African telco.…
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With the partial US government shutdown showing no signs of letting up any time soon, senators are pressing treasury and tax officials on cybersecurity.…
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Roundup This week we saw a Huawei official cuffed (again), telcos caught selling tracking data (again) and Microsoft patching dozens of bugs (again).…
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Five months after he was found guilty of orchestrating a distributed denial-of-service attack against US healthcare providers, the self-styled Anonymous hacker Martin Gottesfeld has been sentenced to 121 months in prison.…
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Juniper Networks has had its first big bug day in months, with 19 patches announced covering everything from third-party package catchups to critical errors in password handling.…
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A Google cyrptoboffin is close to releasing a tool that will hopefully make all of us more secure online.…
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The Linux kernel will be tweaked to mitigate data-stealing attacks that exploit system page caches.…
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A new phishing campaign that uses a custom font to hide its tracks and evade detection has been uncovered.…
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Some of the computer security boffins who revealed last year’s data-leaking speculative-execution holes have identified yet another side-channel attack that can bypass security protections in modern systems.…
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A newly disclosed vulnerability in Skype for Android could be exploited by miscreants to bypass an Android phone’s passcode screen to view photos, contacts, and even launch browser windows.…
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China’s Internet Society chapter has warned local internet app-makers to tone down their collection of personal information.…
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Boatnotes What’s it like aboard a warship? Aside from the glamorous bits when Russian jets are whizzing past and there’s lots to do? El Reg not only went aboard HMS Enterprise to find out – we scored a trip to the Arctic Circle courtesy of the Royal Navy.…
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A California man is suing the US government for civil rights violations after he was apparently detained and forced to unlock his phone at an American airport.…
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