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Microsoft locks out VeraCrypt and WireGuard devs, blames verification process

The Register - Thu, 09/04/2026 - 15:00
No emails, no warnings, no humans – just bots, catch-22s, and a 60-day appeals queue

Microsoft says that it will work on how it communicates with developers after two leading open source figures were suddenly locked out of their accounts, leaving them unable to sign updates.…

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Security researchers tricked Apple Intelligence into cursing at users. It could have been a lot worse

The Register - Thu, 09/04/2026 - 14:00
Wash your mouth out with digital soap

Apple Intelligence, the personal AI system integrated into newer Macs, iPhones, and other iThings, can be hijacked using prompt injection, forcing the model into producing an attacker-controlled result and putting millions of users at risk, researchers have shown.…

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Zephyr Energy loses £700K in cyber hit that rerouted contractor payment

The Register - Thu, 09/04/2026 - 12:32
Attackers slipped into the process and redirected funds, leaving the company scrambling to recover the cash

UK-listed oil and gas outfit Zephyr Energy plc has admitted a cyber incident siphoned off roughly £700,000 after a single payment to a contractor was quietly redirected to an attacker-controlled account.…

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Sticky-note security turned gym into hall of '80s horrors

The Register - Thu, 09/04/2026 - 09:00
Even fitness equipment is vulnerable to mischief makers these days

PWNED  Welcome back to Pwned, the column where we share war stories from IT soldiers who shot themselves – or watched someone else shoot themselves – in the foot. Today's tale shows that even when you're setting up something as simple as fitness gear, there's no excuse for leaving security credentials lying around.…

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Cryptographers place $5,000 bet whether quantum will matter

The Register - Thu, 09/04/2026 - 08:00
The time is maybe

Quantum computing exists in a sort of superposition with regard to cryptography – it's both a pending threat and a technology of no immediate consequence for decryption.…

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Criminal wannabes even more dangerous than the pros, says ex-FBI cyber chief

The Register - Wed, 08/04/2026 - 22:09
If they don't know what they're doing, you might never get your data back

interview  It's the biggest threat today, but it took her a while to appreciate it. After spending two decades at the FBI and much of that time working to intercept and stop cyber threats from the likes of China and Russia, Halcyon Ransomware Research Center SVP Cynthia Kaiser says she was a "latercomer to really wanting to focus on ransomware."…

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