Collaborate Disseminate
And they abused a Mandiant-developed open source tool in the attacks ShinyHunters told The Register that it has stolen data from about 100 high-profile companies in its latest Salesforce customer data heist, including Salesforce itself.… Continue reading ShinyHunters claims more high-profile victims in latest Salesforce customers data heist
An attack on the company’s AWS platform may have exposed customers’ names and home addresses Exclusive ELECQ, maker of smart electric vehicle (EV) chargers, is warning customers that their personal details may have been stolen in a ransomware attack t… Continue reading EV charger biz ELECQ zapped by ransomware crooks, customer contact data stolen
Two-week deadline to fraudsters to fess up or have their faces plastered across every screen in the country Dutch national police are taking a novel stand against scammers – 100 suspects now have less than two weeks to hand themselves in or face public… Continue reading Dutch cops warn 100 alleged scammers: Turn yourselves in or we tell Grandma
Dutch spies flag large-scale campaign to hijack secure messaging accounts Russian-linked hackers are trying to break into the Signal and WhatsApp accounts of government officials, journalists, and military personnel globally – not by cracking encryptio… Continue reading Russian cybercrims phish their way into officials’ Signal and WhatsApp accounts
This isn’t just a nostalgia trip – billions of legacy microcontrollers may be at risk AI can reverse engineer machine code and find vulnerabilities in ancient legacy architectures, says Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich, who used his own Apple II co… Continue reading Microsoft Azure CTO set Claude on his 1986 Apple II code, says it found vulns
Britain’s Ministry of Defence wants a counter-drone system designed, contracted, and delivered within weeks Britain’s Royal Navy is urgently seeking a ship-based counter-drone system and recent world events likely explain why.… Continue reading Royal Navy races to arm ships against drone threat
Cyber is no longer the hush-hush thing it used to be, as team Trump invades Iran with hackers taking the lead Kettle Unlike previous military conflicts, the cyber domain has been front and center since the Trump administration invaded Iran, upending t… Continue reading Iran is the first out-loud cyberwar the US has fought
PLUS: Europol takes down two crime gangs; LastPass users phished (again); Crooks increase crypto hauls; And more Infosec In Brief The FBI is investigating a breach of its systems which reportedly affected systems related to wiretapping and surveillanc… Continue reading FBI is investigating breach that may have hit its wiretapping tools
Crims ‘will do what gets them their objective easiest and fastest,’ Microsoft threat intel boss tells The Reg interview AI agents allow cybercriminals and nation-state hackers to outsource the “janitorial-type work” needed to plan and carry out cybera… Continue reading AI agents now help attackers, including North Korea, manage their drudge work
Now if only device makers would deliver higher quality components Thanks to Anthropic’s AI and its bug-detecting abilities, Firefox users can now enjoy stronger security. Unfortunately, if browser crashes rather than security flaws are the problem, Cla… Continue reading Firefox taps Anthropic AI bug hunter, but rancid RAM still flipping bits