News

Attackers finally get around to exploiting critical Microsoft bug from 2024

The Register - Fri, 13/02/2026 - 18:45
As if admins haven't had enough to do this week

Ignore patches at your own risk. According to Uncle Sam, a SQL injection flaw in Microsoft Configuration Manager patched in October 2024 is now being actively exploited, exposing unpatched businesses and government agencies to attack.…

Categories: News

Top Dutch telco Odido admits 6.2M customers caught in contact system caper

The Register - Fri, 13/02/2026 - 11:45
Names, addresses, bank account numbers accessed – but biz insists passwords and call data untouched

The Netherlands' largest mobile network operator (MNO) has admitted that a breach of its customer contact system may have affected around 6.2 million people.…

Categories: News

Enforcing piracy policy earned helpdesk worker death threats

The Register - Fri, 13/02/2026 - 07:27
Years later, he read about his antagonist doing time for murder

On Call  Welcome to another installment of On Call, The Register's weekly reader-contributed column that tells your tech support tales.…

Categories: News

30+ Chrome extensions disguised as AI chatbots steal users' API keys, emails, other sensitive data

The Register - Thu, 12/02/2026 - 22:59
Are you a good bot or a bad bot?

More than 30 malicious Chrome extensions installed by at least 260,000 users purport to be helpful AI assistants, but they steal users' API keys, email messages, and other personal data. Even worse: many of these are still available on the Chrome Web Store as of this writing.…

Categories: News

Who's the bossware? Ransomware slingers like employee monitoring tools, too

The Register - Thu, 12/02/2026 - 20:07
As if snooping on your workers wasn't bad enough

Your supervisor may like using employee monitoring apps to keep tabs on you, but crims like the snooping software even more. Threat actors are now using legit bossware to blend into corporate networks and attempt ransomware deployment.…

Categories: News

Apple patches decade-old iOS zero-day, possibly exploited by commercial spyware

The Register - Thu, 12/02/2026 - 14:01
Flaw abused 'in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals'

Apple patched a zero-day vulnerability affecting every iOS version since 1.0, used in what the company calls an "extremely sophisticated attack" against targeted individuals.…

Categories: News

Supply chain attacks now fuel a 'self-reinforcing' cybercrime economy

The Register - Thu, 12/02/2026 - 11:59
Researchers say breaches link identity abuse, SaaS compromise, and ransomware into a cascading cycle

Cybercriminals are turning supply chain attacks into an industrial-scale operation, linking breaches, credential theft, and ransomware into a "self-reinforcing" ecosystem, researchers say.…

Categories: News

Feeling brave? Ministry of Defence seeks £300K digital boss to manage £4.6B spend

The Register - Thu, 12/02/2026 - 10:15
Whoever gets it will steer UK department's IT, AI strategy, and megabucks vendor deals

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is offering between £270,000 to £300,000 for a senior digital leader who will oversee more than £4.6 billion in spending and more than 3,000 specialist staff.…

Categories: News

Pages

Subscribe to Sec Tec Limited aggregator - News