Category: The Register – Security

Signalgate chats vanish from CIA chief phone

Extraordinary rendition of data, or just dropped it out of a helicopter? CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s smartphone has almost no trace left of the infamous Signalgate chat – the one in which he and other top US national security officials…

Free Blue Screens of Death for Windows 11 24H2 users

Microsoft rewards those who patch early with bricks hurled through its operating system Keeping with its rich history of updates that break Windows in unexpected ways, Microsoft has warned that two recent patches for Windows 11 24H2 are triggering blue…

Identifying the cyber risks that matter

From noise to clarity: Why CISOs are shifting to adversarial exposure validation Partner content  A vast majority of security teams are overwhelmed by the large number of security alerts and vulnerabilities.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…

Microsoft total recalls Recall totally to Copilot+ PCs

Redmond hopes you’ve forgotten or got over why everyone hated it the first time After temporarily shelving its controversial Windows Recall feature amid a wave of backlash, Microsoft is back at it – now quietly slipping the screenshotting app into…

US sensor giant Sensata admits ransomware derailed ops

Props for the transparency though US sensor maker Sensata has told regulators that a ransomware attack caused an operational disruption, and that it’s still working to fully restore affected systems.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…

Scattered Spider stops the Rickrolls, starts the RAT race

Despite arrests, eight-legged menace targeted more victims this year Despite several arrests last year, Scattered Spider’s social engineering attacks are continuing into 2025 as the cybercrime collective targets high-profile organizations and adds another phishing kit to its arsenal along with…

As CISA braces for more cuts, threat intel sharing takes a hit

Will ‘gutting’ the civilian defense agency make American cybersecurity great again? Analysis  Slashing staff at the US govt’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, aka CISA, and scrapping vital programs, isn’t exactly boosting national security, say infosec and national security officials…

Oracle says its cloud was in fact compromised

Reliability, honesty, accuracy. And then there’s this lot Oracle has briefed some customers about a successful intrusion into its public cloud, as well as the theft of their data, after previously denying it had been compromised.… This article has been…

What native cloud security tools won’t catch

Native tools help, but they don’t cover everything – here’s what they miss and how to close the gaps Partner Content  : AWS provides a number of security services, such as GuardDuty, Inspector, Config, and Security Hub, designed to protect…

Trump fires NSA boss, deputy

Intelligence chief booted after less than two years on the job President Trump today fired the head of the NSA and US Cyber Command and his deputy.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original…

Signalgate: Pentagon watchdog probes Defense Sec Hegseth

Classification compliance? Records retention requirements? How quaint A US Department of Defense watchdog has opened an investigation into its own Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, over his use of instant-messaging app Signal to discuss government business.… This article has been…

Flux off: CISA, annexable allies warn of hot DNS threat

Shape shifting technique described as menace to national security The US govt’s Cybersecurity Infrastructure Agency, aka CISA, on Thursday urged organizations, internet service providers, and security firms to strengthen defenses against so-called fast flux attacks.… This article has been indexed…

Heterogeneous stacks, ransomware, and ITaaS: A DR nightmare

Recovery’s never been harder in today’s tangled, outsourced infrastructure Comment  Disaster recovery is getting tougher as IT estates sprawl across on-prem gear, public cloud, SaaS, and third-party ITaaS providers. And it’s not floods or fires causing most outages anymore –…

Don’t let cyberattacks keep you down

Learn how Infinidat’s enterprise cyber storage solutions can enable near-immediate recovery Sponsored Post  It’s not a question of if your organization gets hit by a cyberattack – only when, and how quickly it recovers.… This article has been indexed from…

UK threatens £100K-a-day fines under new cyber bill

Tech secretary reveals landmark legislation’s full details for first time The UK’s technology secretary revealed the full breadth of the government’s Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR) Bill for the first time this morning, pledging £100,000 ($129,000) daily fines for failing…

Top cybersecurity boffin, wife vanish as FBI raids homes

Indiana Uni rm -rf online profile while agents haul boxes of evidence A tenured computer security professor at Indiana University and his university-employed wife have not been seen publicly since federal agents raided their homes late last week.… This article…

Cloud security explained: What’s left exposed?

Think AWS has security covered? Think again. Discover real-world examples of what it doesn’t secure and how to protect your environment Advertorial  AWS customers might assume that security is taken care of for them – however, this is a dangerous…