News

SIM city: Feds say 100,000-card farms could have killed cell towers in NYC

The Register - Tue, 23/09/2025 - 16:12
Secret Service seizes 300-server network allegedly tied to nation-state hackers

The US Secret Service has dismantled a network of SIM farms in and around New York City it claims was behind multiple incidents targeting senior government officials and had enough power to disrupt entire cellular networks.…

Categories: News

Kaspersky: RevengeHotels checks back in with AI-coded malware

The Register - Tue, 23/09/2025 - 15:53
Old hotel scam gets an AI facelift, leaving travellers’ card details even more at risk

Kaspersky has raised the alarm over the resurgence of hotel-hacking outfit "RevengeHotels," which it claims is now using artificial intelligence to supercharge its scams.…

Categories: News

OpenSSF warns that open source infrastructure doesn't run on thoughts and prayers

The Register - Tue, 23/09/2025 - 15:07
Foundations say billions of downloads rely on registries running on fumes – and someone's gotta pay the bills

The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) has had enough of being the unpaid janitor of the world's software supply chain.…

Categories: News

GitHub moves to tighten npm security amid phishing, malware plague

The Register - Tue, 23/09/2025 - 14:18
Hundreds of compromised packages pulled as registry shifts to 2FA and trusted publishing

GitHub, which owns the npm registry for JavaScript packages, says it is tightening security in response to recent attacks.…

Categories: News

Oracle gets to store US users' TikTok data, says Trump

The Register - Tue, 23/09/2025 - 13:48
President to announce details on Big Red’s storage and security deal for Chinese social media phenomenon later this week

The White House has promised that all US user data on TikTok will be stored on Oracle servers in the United States, according to a deal to be announced later this week.…

Categories: News

Workers fear for their jobs as JLR's latest shutdown extended

The Register - Tue, 23/09/2025 - 13:04
With no idea when engines restart, families gear down on spending ahead of Christmas

Jaguar Land Rover is extending the shutdown of its production plants another week in a move that experts say could cost the business in the multiple billions.…

Categories: News

Suspected Iran-backed attackers targeting European aerospace sector with novel malware

The Register - Tue, 23/09/2025 - 11:52
Instead of job offers, victims get MiniJunk backdoor and MiniBrowse stealer

Suspected Iranian government-backed online attackers have expanded their European cyber ops with fake job portals and new malware targeting organizations in the defense, manufacturing, telecommunications, and aviation sectors.…

Categories: News

UK chancellor Putin the blame on Russia for cyber chaos, but evidence says otherwise

The Register - Tue, 23/09/2025 - 11:07
Reeves points finger at Moscow in interview when authorities reckon it's local lads

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves is blaming Moscow for Britain's latest cyber woes, an attribution that seems about as solid as wet cardboard given the trail of evidence pointing to attackers much closer to home.…

Categories: News

Pages

Subscribe to Sec Tec Limited aggregator - News