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Workers frustrated with security-first changes to workflows and teething issues

Exclusive  Seven months after a landmark cyberattack, the UK's Legal Aid Agency (LAA) says it's returning to pre-breach operations, although law firms are still wrestling with buggy and more laborious systems.…

More than half of internet-exposed instances already compromised

Attackers are actively exploiting a zero-day bug in Gogs, a popular self-hosted Git service, and the open source project doesn't yet have a fix.…

The digital intrusion allegedly caused thousands of pounds of meat to spoil and triggered an ammonia leak in the facility

A Ukrainian woman accused of hacking US public drinking water systems and a meat processing facility on behalf of Kremlin-backed cyber groups was extradited to the US earlier this year and will stand trial in early 2026.…

Devs and users should know better, Microsoft tells watchTowr

Security researchers have revealed a .NET security flaw thought to affect a host of enterprise-grade products that they say Microsoft refuses to fix.…

Why should Keith Richards’ fingers inform your approach to risk?

Partner Content  For years, celebrities have insured their body parts for vast sums of money. Mariah Carey allegedly insured her voice and legs for $70 million during a tour, according to TMZ; and Lloyd’s of London was reported to have insured a wide range of celebrity body parts, from restauranteur Egon Ronay’s taste buds to the fingers of Rolling Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards, which were insured for $1.6 million. …

1,500 military digital defenders spent past week cleaning up a series of cyberattacks on fictional island

Andravia and Harbadus – two nations so often at odds with one another – were once again embroiled in conflict over the past seven days, which thoroughly tested NATO's cybersecurity experts' ability to coordinate defenses across battlefield domains.…

Plus critical critical Notepad++, Ivanti, and Fortinet updates, and one of these patches an under-attack security hole

Happy December Patch Tuesday to all who celebrate. This month's patch party includes one Microsoft flaw under exploitation, plus two others listed as publicly known – but just 57 CVEs in total from Redmond.…

Identity management vendors like Okta see an opening to calm CISOs worried about agents running amok

The fear of AI agents running amok has thus far halted the wide deployment of these digital workhorses, Okta's president of Auth0, Shiv Ramji, told The Register.…

Satellite silence trips immobilizers, leaving owners stuck

Hundreds of Porsches in Russia were rendered immobile last week, raising speculation of a hack, but the German carmaker tells The Register that its vehicles are secure.…