The Register
CrowdStrike blames a test software bug for that giant global mess it made
CrowdStrike has blamed a bug in its own test software for the mass-crash-event it caused last week.…
Security biz KnowBe4 hired fake North Korean techie, who got straight to work ... on evil
Security awareness and training provider KnowBe4 hired a fake North Korean IT worker for a software engineering role on its AI team, and only realized its mistake once the worker started using his company-provided computer for evil.…
Philippines wipes out its legit online gambling industry to take down scammers
The Philippines has decided to dismantle the worst of its offshored industries: the bits that run gambling and scam operations.…
How did a CrowdStrike config file crash millions of Windows computers? We take a closer look at the code
Analysis Last week, at 0409 UTC on July 19, 2024, antivirus maker CrowdStrike released an update to its widely used Falcon platform that caused Microsoft Windows machines around the world to crash.…
Administrators have update lessons to learn from the CrowdStrike outage
If administrators have learned anything from the CrowdStrike chaos, it's to understand exactly what delayed updates mean – or don't mean – in the anti-malware world.…
Protecting AI systems from cyber threats
Webinar Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing industries worldwide, but with great power comes great responsibility.…
Cybercrooks spell trouble with typosquatting domains amid CrowdStrike crisis
Thousands of typosquatting domains are now registered to exploit the desperation of IT admins still struggling to recover from last week's CrowdStrike outage, researchers say.…
Alphabet's reported $23B bet on Wiz fizzles out
On the day of Alphabet's Q2 earnings call, cybersecurity firm Wiz has walked from a $23 billion takeover bid by Google's parent company.…
Securing AI around the world
Webinar As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform industries in the Middle East, protecting systems from cyber threats is critical.…
Google's plan to drop third-party cookies in Chrome crumbles
Google no longer intends to drop support for third-party cookies – the online identifiers used by the ad industry to track people and target them with ads based on their online activities.…
Global cops power down world's 'most prolific' DDoS dealership
A DDoS-for-hire site described by the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) as the world's most prolific operator in the field is out-of-action following a law enforcement sting dubbed Operation Power Off.…
LA County Superior Court closes doors to reboot justice after ransomware attack
Los Angeles County Superior Court, the largest trial court in America, closed all 36 of its courthouses today following an "unprecedented" ransomware attack on Friday.…
Cybercrooks crafting solo careers in wake of ransomware takedowns
A fresh report from Europol suggests that the recent disruption of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups is fragmenting the threat landscape, making it more difficult to track.…
Oracle coughs up $115M to make privacy case go away
Oracle has agreed to cough up $115 million to settle a two-year class action lawsuit that alleged misuse of user data.…
EU gave CrowdStrike the keys to the Windows kernel, claims Microsoft
Did the EU force Microsoft to let third parties like CrowdStrike run riot in the Windows kernel as a result of a 2009 undertaking? This is the implication being peddled by the Redmond-based cloud and software titan.…
Two Russians sanctioned over cyberattacks on US critical infrastructure
Flying under the radar on Clownstrike day last week, two members of the Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR) hacktivist crew are the latest additions to the US sanctions list.…
Cellebrite got into Trump shooter's Samsung device in just 40 minutes
Infosec in brief Unable to access the Samsung smartphone of the deceased Trump shooter for clues, the FBI turned to a familiar – if controversial – source to achieve its goal: digital forensics tools vendor Cellebrite.…
CrowdStrike's Falcon Sensor also linked to Linux kernel panics and crashes
CrowdStrike's now-infamous Falcon Sensor software, which last week led to widespread outages of Windows-powered computers, has also caused crashes of Linux machines.…
UK cops arrest teen suspect in MGM Resorts cyberattack probe
Cops in the UK have arrested a suspected member of the notorious Scattered Spider crime gang, which is accused of crippling MGM Resorts in Las Vegas with ransomware last summer.…
CrowdStrike Windows patchpocalypse could take weeks to fix, IT admins fear
Kettle If you're an IT administrator with Windows boxes on your network, Friday can't have been a lot of fun. What's likely millions of systems were or still are stuck in blue-screen boot loop hell, mostly requiring manual intervention to fix.…