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HPE tells customers to patch fast as OneView RCE bug scores a perfect 10

The Register - Fri, 19/12/2025 - 13:03
Maximum-severity vuln lets unauthenticated attackers execute code on trusted infra management platform

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has told customers to drop whatever they're doing and patch OneView after admitting a maximum-severity bug could let attackers run code on the management platform without so much as a login prompt.…

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Ministers confirm breach at UK Foreign Office but details remain murky

The Register - Fri, 19/12/2025 - 11:14
Officials admit 'there certainly has been a hack,' but refuse to confirm China link or data theft

The UK's Foreign Office is investigating a confirmed cyberattack it learned about in October, senior ministers say.…

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Faith in the internet is fading among young Brits

The Register - Fri, 19/12/2025 - 10:30
Ofcom survey finds 18-34s increasingly see life online as bad for society and their mental health

Young Brits are souring on the internet, with increasing numbers seeing it as damaging to society and their mental health, according to latest research published by Ofcom.…

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AI and cybersecurity: Two sides of the same coin

The Register - Fri, 19/12/2025 - 09:01
Practical lessons on securing AI and using AI to strengthen defence

Sponsored Post  AI is moving from experimentation to everyday use inside the enterprise. That shift brings new opportunities, but it also changes the security equation. Attacks are becoming faster and more convincing, while organizations are simultaneously trying to protect new assets like models, prompts, agent workflows, and the sensitive data those systems can access.…

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China turns on a vast experimental network it says is an heir to ARPANET

The Register - Fri, 19/12/2025 - 02:59
Beijing wants to 'seize the initiative in the international competition in cyberspace'

Chinese authorities on Thursday certified the China Environment for Network Innovation (CENI), a vast research network that Beijing hopes will propel the country to the forefront of networking research.…

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Amazon blocked 1,800 suspected North Korean scammers seeking jobs

The Register - Thu, 18/12/2025 - 23:39
Plus: Lazarus Group has a brand new BeaverTail

Even Amazon isn't immune to North Korean scammers who try to score remote jobs at tech companies so they can funnel their wages to Kim Jong Un's coffers.…

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Your car’s web browser may be on the road to cyber ruin

The Register - Thu, 18/12/2025 - 20:13
Study finds built-in browsers across gadgets often ship years out of date

Web browsers for desktop and mobile devices tend to receive regular security updates, but that often isn't the case for those that reside within game consoles, televisions, e-readers, cars, and other devices. These outdated, embedded browsers can leave you open to phishing and other security vulnerabilities.…

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Crypto crooks co-opt stolen AWS creds to mine coins

The Register - Thu, 18/12/2025 - 18:53
'Within 10 minutes of gaining initial access, crypto miners were operational'

Your AWS account could be quietly running someone else's cryptominer. Cryptocurrency thieves are using stolen Amazon account credentials to mine for coins at the expense of AWS customers, abusing their Elastic Container Service (ECS) and their Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) resources, in an ongoing operation that started on November 2.…

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Kim's crypto thieving reached a record $2B in 2025

The Register - Thu, 18/12/2025 - 17:47
ByBit attack doing some seriously heavy lifting

North Korea's yearly cryptocurrency thefts have accelerated, with Kim's state-backed cybercriminals plundering just over $2 billion worth of tokens in 2025.…

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