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They also hallucinate when writing ransomware code

Interview  With everyone from would-be developers to six-year-old kids jumping on the vibe coding bandwagon, it shouldn't be surprising that criminals like automated coding tools too.…

Company says it dropped the ball, apologizes for wasting people's time

Logitech says an expired developer certificate is to blame after swaths of customers were left infuriated when their mice malfunctioned.…

Suggests rotten routing, not evidence of a cyber-strike before kinetic action

Cloudflare has poured cold water on a theory that the USA’s incursion into Venezuela coincided with a cyberattack on telecoms infrastructure.…

Prompt injection lets risky commands slip past guardrails

IBM describes its coding agent thus: "Bob is your AI software development partner that understands your intent, repo, and security standards." Unfortunately, Bob doesn't always follow those security standards.…

Two weeks, two major data leaks … not a good look for the European Space Agency

exclusive  The European Space Agency on Wednesday confirmed yet another massive security breach, and told The Register that the data thieves responsible will be subject to a criminal investigation. And this could be a biggie.…

pcTattletale boss Bryan Fleming faces up to 15 years in prison when sentenced later this year

The US government has secured a guilty plea from a stalkerware maker in federal court, marking just the second time in more than a decade that the US has managed to prosecute a consumer spyware vendor successfully. …

Negative feedback sinks Redmond's plan to cap outbound email recipients

Microsoft has backed away from planned changes to Exchange Online after customers objected to limits designed to curb outbound email abuse.…

High-risk system compromised long before intrusion was finally spotted

The UK's Ministry of Justice spent £50 million ($67 million) on cybersecurity improvements at the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) before the high-profile cyberattack it disclosed last year.…

Production halts and supply-chain disruption left luxury automaker reeling in fiscal Q3

Brit luxury automaker Jaguar Land Rover has reported devastating preliminary Q3 results that lay bare the cascading consequences of a crippling cyberattack, revealing wholesale volumes collapsed more than two-fifths year-on-year.…