Collaborate Disseminate
Website built around buying and selling stolen data has lost control of its own Updated BreachForums, the serially resurrected cybercrime marketplace, has tripped over itself after a data breach spilled details tied to about 324,000 user accounts.… Continue reading Infamous BreachForums forum breached, spilling data on 325K users
Tech minister Liz Kendall says the government will back a robust regulatory response Ofcom is investigating X over potential violations of the Online Safety Act, Britian’s comms watchdog has confirmed.… Continue reading Ofcom officially investigating X as Grok’s nudify button stays switched on
Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch pitches age limits and classroom curbs as fixes for behavior and mental health The Tories have pledged to kick under-16s off social media, betting that banning teens from TikTok and Instagram will fix what they see as a … Continue reading Tories vow to boot under-16s off social media and ban phones in schools
Says ongoing talks about security are about understanding best practice, not strong-arming vendors India’s government has denied that it is working on rules that would require smartphone manufacturers to provide access to their source code.… Continue reading India’s government denies it plans to demand smartphone source code
PLUS: Cambodia arrests alleged scam camp boss; Baidu spins out chip biz; Panasonic’s noodle shop plan; And more! Asia in Brief The governments of Malaysia and Indonesia have suspended access to social network X, on grounds that it allows users to prod… Continue reading Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut
PLUS: Veeam patches critical vuln; Crims bribing dark web insiders; UK school takedown; And more infosec in brief Meta has fixed a flaw in its Instagram service that allowed third parties to generate password reset emails, but denied the problem led t… Continue reading Meta admits to Instagram password reset mess, denies data leak
Ministers promise equivalent standards just without the legal obligation ANALYSIS From May’s cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency to the Foreign Office breach months later, cyber incidents have become increasingly common in UK government.… Continue reading UK government exempting itself from flagship cyber law inspires little confidence
Remember when government agents didn’t wear masks? While watching us now seems like the least of its sins, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was once best known (and despised) for its multi-billion-dollar surveillance tech budget.… Continue reading How hackers are fighting back against ICE surveillance tech
Basketball player accused of aiding cybercrime gang extradition blocked in exchange for Swiss NGO consultant France has released an alleged ransomware crook wanted by the US in exchange for a conflict researcher imprisoned in Russia.… Continue reading Putinswap: France trades alleged ransomware crook for conflict researcher
State-backed attackers are using QR codes to slip past enterprise security and help themselves to cloud logins, the FBI says North Korean government hackers are turning QR codes into credential-stealing weapons, the FBI has warned, as Pyongyang’s spies… Continue reading QR codes a powerful new phishing weapon in hands of Pyongyang cyberspies