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Remembering John Young, co-founder of web archive Cryptome

The Register - Sat, 24/05/2025 - 13:18
The original leak site that never sold out, never surrendered

Obituary  John Young, the co-founder of the legendary internet archive Cryptome, died at the age of 89 on March 28. The Register talked to friends and peers who gave tribute to a bright, pugnacious man who was devoted to the public's right to know.…

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Ransomware scum leaked Nova Scotia Power customers' info

The Register - Fri, 23/05/2025 - 18:45
Bank accounts, personal details all hoovered up in the attack

Nova Scotia Power on Friday confirmed it had been hit by a ransomware attack that began earlier this spring and disrupted certain IT systems, and admitted the crooks leaked data belonging to about 280,000 customers online. The stolen info may have included billing details and, for those on autopay, bank account numbers.…

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CISA says SaaS providers in firing line after Commvault zero-day Azure attack

The Register - Fri, 23/05/2025 - 17:45
Cyberbaddies are coming for your M365 creds, US infosec agency warns

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that SaaS companies are under fire from criminals on the prowl for cloud apps with weak security.…

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Grandpa-conning crook jailed over sugar-coated drug scam

The Register - Fri, 23/05/2025 - 10:15
Callous fraudster tricked elderly gents into smuggling meth hidden in chocolate truffles

A ruthless cyber conman who duped elderly pensioners – including an 80-year-old man – into smuggling deadly class A drugs was this week locked up.…

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Suspected creeps behind DanaBot malware that hit 300K+ computers revealed

The Register - Fri, 23/05/2025 - 02:31
And the associated fraud'n'spy botnet is about to be shut down

The US Department of Justice has unsealed indictments against 16 people accused of spreading and using the DanaBot remote-control malware that infected more than 300,000 computers, plus operating a botnet of the same name, and appears set to shutter its operations.…

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Ivanti makes dedicated fans of Chinese spies who just can't resist attacking its buggy kit

The Register - Fri, 23/05/2025 - 01:49
If it ain't broke?

A suspected Chinese government spy group is behind the rash of attacks that exploit two Ivanti bugs that can be chained together to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE), according to analysts at threat intelligence outfit EclecticIQ.…

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US Navy sailor charged in horrific child sextortion case

The Register - Fri, 23/05/2025 - 01:15
Blackmailed teen allegedly scared into carving his handle onto her arm

The FBI has filed an affidavit detailing how it identified a US Navy man who was allegedly distributing child sex abuse material (CSAM) through Discord.…

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How lean security teams can build resilient defenses

The Register - Fri, 23/05/2025 - 00:00
Improving security on a budget with continuous monitoring

Partner content  Most security teams face a staggering challenge. They're tasked with protecting themselves against the same advanced threats as any large enterprise, but often have a fraction of the budget, tools, and personnel. It's not uncommon to hear these teams being told to "do more with less." But still, the stakes couldn't be higher.…

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Feds finger Russian 'behind Qakbot malware' that hit 700K computers

The Register - Thu, 22/05/2025 - 23:26
Agents thought they shut this all down in 2023, but the duck quacked again

Uncle Sam on Thursday unsealed criminal charges and a civil forfeiture case against a Russian national accused of leading the cybercrime ring behind Qakbot, the notorious malware that infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide and helped fuel ransomware attacks costing victims tens of millions of dollars.…

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Chinese snoops tried to break into US city utilities, says Talos

The Register - Thu, 22/05/2025 - 19:21
Intrusions began weeks before Trimble patched the Cityworks hole

A suspected Chinese crew has been exploiting a now-patched remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Trimble Cityworks to break into US local government networks and target utility management systems, according to Cisco's Talos threat intelligence group.…

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Irish privacy watchdog OKs Meta to train AI on EU folks' posts

The Register - Thu, 22/05/2025 - 17:01
Case in Germany could derail Zuck's plans, noyb tells El Reg fight isn't over

The Irish Data Protection Commission has cleared the way for Meta to begin slurping up the data of European citizens for training AI next week, ongoing legal challenges notwithstanding. …

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Russia expected to pass experimental law that tracks foreigners in Moscow via smartphones

The Register - Thu, 22/05/2025 - 15:33
4-year trial is second major initiative this year that clamps down on 'illegal immigrants'

Foreigners in Moscow will now be subject to a new experimental law that affords the state enhanced tracking mechanisms via a smartphone app.…

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Signal shuts the blinds on Microsoft Recall with the power of DRM

The Register - Thu, 22/05/2025 - 14:06
Chat app blocks Windows' screenshot-happy feature from peeking at private convos

Chat app biz Signal is unhappy with the current version of Microsoft Recall and has invoked some Digital Rights Management (DRM) functionality in Windows to stop the tool from snapshotting private conversations.…

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Scottish council admits ransomware crooks stole school data

The Register - Thu, 22/05/2025 - 10:47
Parents and teachers have personal info, ID documents leaked online, but exam season mostly unaffected

Scotland's West Lothian Council has confirmed that data was stolen from its education network after the Interlock ransomware group claimed responsibility for the intrusion earlier this month.…

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US teen to plead guilty to extortion attack against PowerSchool

The Register - Wed, 21/05/2025 - 22:33
The 19-year-old and a partner first tried to extort an unnamed telco, but failed

A 19-year-old student has agreed to plead guilty to hacking into the systems of two companies as part of an extortion scheme, and The Register has learned that one of the targets was PowerSchool.…

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Russia's Fancy Bear swipes a paw at logistics, transport orgs' email servers

The Register - Wed, 21/05/2025 - 20:16
Their connection? Aiding Ukraine, duh

Russian cyberspies have targeted "dozens" of Western and NATO-country logistics providers, tech companies, and government orgs providing transport and foreign assistance to Ukraine, according to a joint government announcement issued Wednesday.…

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FBI, Microsoft, international cops bust Lumma infostealer service

The Register - Wed, 21/05/2025 - 19:59
Credit card theft losses in 2023 alone totaled $36.5M

International cops working with Microsoft have shut down infrastructure and seized web domains used to run a distribution service for info-stealing malware Lumma. Criminals paid $250 to $1,000 a month to get access to the infostealer.…

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Coinbase confirms insiders handed over data of 70K users

The Register - Wed, 21/05/2025 - 18:35
Bribed support staff identified, fired

Coinbase says the data of nearly 70,000 customers was handed over by overseas support staff who were bribed by criminals to give up the goods.…

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Judge allows Delta's lawsuit against CrowdStrike to proceed with millions in damages on the line

The Register - Wed, 21/05/2025 - 16:35
CS remains hopeful damages will be limited to seven figures

CrowdStrike is "confident" that the worst-case scenario of its pending lawsuit with Delta will result in it paying the airline a sum in the "single-digit millions."…

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Google carves out cloudy safe spaces for nations nervous about America's reach

The Register - Wed, 21/05/2025 - 15:38
From air-gapped bunkers to partner-run platforms, sovereignty is suddenly in vogue

Google has updated its sovereign cloud services, including an air-gapped solution for customers with strict data security and residency requirements, as customers grow uneasy over US digital dominance.…

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