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Battery powered now, fuel-cells tomorrow - all packed in a shipping box

Following a series of trials, defense biz BAE Systems says it is readying an autonomous military submarine for the end of next year.…

You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out the reasons why

NASA has barred Chinese nationals from accessing its premises and assets, even those who hold visas that permit them to reside in the USA.…

Ovoid-themed in-memory malware offers a menu for mayhem

‘EggStreme’ framework looks like the sort of thing Beijing would find handy in its ongoing territorial beefs Infosec outfit Bitdefender says it’s spotted a strain of in-memory malware that looks like the work of Chinese advanced persistent threat groups that wanted to achieve persistent access at a “military company” in the Philippines.…

Patch, turn on MFA, and restrict access to trusted networks…or else

Affiliates of the Akira ransomware gang are again exploiting a critical SonicWall vulnerability abused last summer, after a suspected zero-day flaw actually turned out to be related to a year-old bug.…

'We do believe that this was likely the creation of a cybercrime group,' threat hunter tells The Reg

ChillyHell, a modular macOS backdoor believed to be long dormant, has likely been infecting computers for years while flying under the radar, according to security researchers who spotted a malware sample uploaded to VirusTotal in May.…

Systems offline as specialists continue to comb through wreckage

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says "some data" was affected after the luxury car maker suffered a digital break-in early last week.…

Prosecutors claim Ukrainian ran LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Nefilim ops – $11M bounty on his head

A Ukrainian national faces serious federal charges and an $11 million bounty after allegedly orchestrating ransomware operations that caused an estimated $18 billion in damages across hundreds of organizations worldwide.…

One parent expressed concern for their child's safety

A clumsy data breach has affected hundreds of children at a Birmingham secondary school.…

Are you sure you know who has access to your systems?

Feature  Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is the latest UK household name to fall victim to a major cyberattack. IT systems across multiple sites have been offline for over a week after what the company described as a "severe disruption."…

ERP giant patches flaw that allows total takeover of NetWeaver, Microsoft has nothing under attack for once

September’s Patch Tuesday won’t require Microsoft users to rapidly repair rancid software, but SAP users need to move fast to address extremely dangerous bugs.…

Miscreants cost victims time rather than money

During the two-hour window on Monday in which hijacked npm versions were available for download, malware-laced packages reached one in 10 cloud environments, according to Wiz researchers. But crypto-craving crims did little more than annoy defenders.…

Now if only someone would remember to apply those rules inside the DoD

It's about to get a lot harder for private companies that are lax on cybersecurity to get a contract with the Pentagon, as the Defense Department has finalized a rule requiring contractor compliance with its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program.…

'The practice… has since been fixed,' Pentagon official tells The Reg

The US Department of Defense, up until this week, routinely left its social media accounts wide open to hijackers via stream keys - unique, confidential identifiers generated by streaming platforms for broadcasting content. If exposed, these keys can allow attackers to output anything they want from someone else's channel.…

HelloGym's data security clearly skipped leg day

Exclusive  Sensitive info from hundreds of thousands of gym customers and staff – including names, financial details, and potentially biometric data in the form of audio recordings – was left sitting in an unencrypted, non-password protected database, according to a security researcher who shut it down.…

For the third time in a decade

Streaming platform Plex is warning some users to reset their passwords after suffering yet another breach.…

Ivalo XE handset targets governments and security critical sectors, though Qualcomm silicon keeps it tied to the US

Finnish phone maker HMD Global is launching a business unit called HMD Secure to target governments and other security-critical customers, and has its first device ready to go.…

AI security reviews add new risks, say researchers

App security outfit Checkmarx says automated reviews in Anthropic's Claude Code can catch some bugs but miss others – and sometimes create new risks by executing code while testing it.…

Charities welcome change, but critics warn the law is already too broad

Tech companies will be legally required to prevent content involving self-harm from appearing on their platforms – rather than responding and removing it – in a planned amendment to the UK's controversial Online Safety Act.…

Including messages sent to users, a potential problem for the privacy-conscious

Encrypted messaging app Signal is rolling out a free storage system for its users, with extra space if folks are willing to pay for it.…

Meta shrugs off allegations of improper dismissal, ignoring privacy and security

WhatsApp's former head of security, Attaullah Baig, has filed a lawsuit against its parent company, Meta, alleging that the social media megalith retaliated against him for reporting security failings that violated legal commitments.…