British boffins say aircraft could fly on trash, cutting pollution debt by 80%
Domestic jets can use 'municipal solid waste' to fly the friendly skies
Research17 Oct 2023 | 101
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BLOODALCHEMY provides backdoor to southeast Asian nations' secrets
Sophisticated malware devs believed to be behind latest addition to toolset of China-aligned attackers
Research16 Oct 2023 | 1
Calls for Visual Studio security tweak fall on deaf ears despite one-click RCE exploit
Two years on and Microsoft refuses to address the issue
Research13 Oct 2023 | 11
Squid games: 35 security holes still unpatched in proxy after 2 years, now public
We'd like to say don't panic … but maybe?
Research13 Oct 2023 | 10
Everest cybercriminals offer corporate insiders cold, hard cash for remote access
The ransomware gang changes identities more than Jason Bourne
Research12 Oct 2023 | 9
Mirai reloads exploit arsenal as botnet embarks on another expansion drive
With 13 new payloads it's the biggest update to the botnet in months
Research10 Oct 2023 |
Researcher bags two-for-one deal on Linux bugs while probing GNOME component
One-click exploit could potentially affect most major distros
Research10 Oct 2023 | 12
Ransomware attacks register record speeds thanks to success of infosec industry
Dwell times drop to hours rather than days for the first time
Research10 Oct 2023 | 3
ROBOT crypto attack on RSA is back as Marvin arrives
More precise timing tests find many implementations vulnerable
Research26 Sep 2023 | 9
Marvell disputes claim Cavium backdoored chips for Uncle Sam
Allegations date back a decade to leaked Snowden docs
Research19 Sep 2023 | 8
Cryptojackers spread their nets to capture more than just EC2
AMBERSQUID operation takes AWS's paths less travelled in search of compute
Research18 Sep 2023 | 3
Probe reveals previously secret Israeli spyware that infects targets via ads
Oh s#!t, Sherlock
Research16 Sep 2023 | 73
Used cars? Try used car accounts: 15,000 up for grabs online at just $2 a pop
Cut and shut is so last century, now it's copy and clone
Research13 Sep 2023 | 9
How to snoop on passwords with this one weird trick (involving public Wi-Fi signals)
Fun technique – but how practical is it?
Research13 Sep 2023 | 20
China caught – again – with its malware in another nation's power grid
'Obtaining a disruptive capability could be one possible motivation behind this surge in attacks'
Research12 Sep 2023 | 18
Microsoft: China stole secret key that unlocked US govt email from crash debug dump
Mistakes were made, lessons learned, stuff now fixed, says Windows maker
Research06 Sep 2023 | 54
Meatbag mishaps more menacing than malware? CISOs think so
Company boards, on the other hand, aren't letting cybersecurity disturb their sleep as much
Research06 Sep 2023 | 6
Kremlin-backed Sandworm strikes Android devices with data-stealing Infamous Chisel
Five Eyes nations warn of hit against Ukrainian military systems
Research31 Aug 2023 | 4
Apple's defense against apps vandalizing other apps still broken, developer claims
Updated Cupertino appears to be blasé about long-standing macOS bug, so coder has blabbed
Research22 Aug 2023 | 17
Microsoft: Codesys PLC bugs could be exploited to 'shut down power plants'
What are these gadgets running, Windows? Ka-boom-tsch
Research11 Aug 2023 | 10
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‘How not to hire a North Korean plant posing as a techie’ guide updated by US and South Korean authorities
Advise turning off and never using remote desktop protocol, prohibiting private VPNs, not trusting recruiters’ due diligence
In-memory database Redis wants to dabble in disk
Aims to lower costs and broaden appeal of system popular with devs
Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll
Profits plunge, sales down in Q3. Multi-year cost cutting drive means staff will be decimated
Royal College considers no confidence move after Excel recruitment debacle
Mangled spreadsheets mean government was asleep on the job and should be held to account
First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe
Comment Plus: Working from home is 'detached from reality' says world's richest man
Now we can blame spacecraft for polluting the atmosphere
'My god, it's full of aerosolized metals!'
Analysts scratch heads over MariaDB's decision to ditch DBaaS crown jewels
'Their future is murky at the moment'
What's unconstitutional about Google keyword search warrants? Nothing, says Colorado Supreme Court
Arson case produces a very tricky precedent for anyone who values digital privacy
Paying for WinRAR in all the wrong ways - Russia and China hitting ancient app
Incidentally, Windows 11 has native rar support now
Want a clean energy transition? Better start putting cash into electrical grid
Spending needs to double to $600B by 2030 if we want to stay within 2°C warming
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There's a good chance your VPN is vulnerable to privacy-menacing TunnelCrack attack
Especially on Apple gear, uni team says
Research10 Aug 2023 | 25
Stalkerware slinger LetMeSpy shuts down for good after database robbery
If you can't trust a spyware developer with your info, who can you trust?
Research07 Aug 2023 | 4
Old-school hacktivism is back because it never went away
Mysterious Team Bangladesh has carried out 846 attacks since June 2022, mostly DDoS
Research03 Aug 2023 | 7
Bad news: Another data-leaking CPU flaw. Good news: It's utterly impractical
Collide+Power vulnerability leaks secrets bit by bit - but could take months or years to learn a useful secret
Research01 Aug 2023 | 4
TETRA radio comms used by emergency heroes easily cracked, say experts
Updated If it looks like a backdoor, walks like a backdoor, maybe it's ... export control
Research24 Jul 2023 | 60
Microsoft puts out Outlook fire, says everything's fine with Teams malware flaw
Redmond's not fixing the latter because it 'relies on social engineering'
Research06 Jul 2023 | 28
RAM-ramming Rowhammer is back – to uniquely fingerprint devices
Just use it sparingly, as it may crash equipment or burn out memory
Black Hat and DEF CON05 Jul 2023 | 30
It's 2023 and memory overwrite bugs are not just a thing, they're still number one
Cough, cough, use Rust. Plus: Eight more exploited bugs added to CISA's must-patch list
Research29 Jun 2023 | 71
Warning: JavaScript registry npm vulnerable to 'manifest confusion' abuse
Failure to match metadata with packaged files is perfect for supply chain attacks
Research27 Jun 2023 | 12
Microsoft: Russia sent its B team to wipe Ukrainian hard drives
WhisperGate-spreading Cadet Blizzard painted as haphazard but dangerous crew
Research16 Jun 2023 | 10
These Microsoft Office security signatures are 'practically worthless'
Updated Turns out it's easy to forge documents relying on OOXML
Research13 Jun 2023 | 14
Qbot malware adapts to live another day … and another …
Operators stay ahead of defenders with new access methods and C2 infrastructure
Research05 Jun 2023 | 3
Dark Pink cyber-spies add info stealers to their arsenal, notch up more victims
Not to be confused with K-Pop sensation BLACKPINK, gang pops military, govt and education orgs
Research01 Jun 2023 | 3
Alien versus Predator? No, this Android spyware works together
Phone-hugging code can record calls, read messages, track geolocation, access camera, other snooping
Research27 May 2023 | 8
Spotted: Suspected Russian malware designed to disrupt Euro, Asia energy grids
Updated For simulation or for real, we don't like the vibes from this CosmicEnergy
Research25 May 2023 | 8
Upstart encryption app walks back privacy claims, pulls from stores after probe
Try not leaving a database full of user info, chats, keys exposed, eh?
Research17 May 2023 | 40
Let white-hat hackers stick a probe in those voting machines, say senators
HAVA go at breaking electronic ballot box security
Research11 May 2023 | 47
DEF CON to set thousands of hackers loose on LLMs
Can't wait to see how these AI models hold up against a weekend of red-teaming by infosec's village people
Research06 May 2023 | 27
How fiends abuse an out-of-date Microsoft Windows driver to infect victims
It's like those TV movies where a spy cuts a wire and the whole building's security goes out
Research24 Apr 2023 | 16
Firmware is on shaky ground – let's see what it's made of
Opinion Old architectures just don't stack up
Research17 Apr 2023 | 69
Another zero-click Apple spyware maker just popped up on the radar again
Pegasus, pssh, you so 2000-and-late
Research12 Apr 2023 | 8
Welcome to open source, Elon. Your Twitter code just got a CVE for shadow ban bug
Plus: Substack shanked by bitter Twitter?
Research07 Apr 2023 | 14
CAN do attitude: How thieves steal cars using network bus
It starts with a headlamp and fake smart speaker, and ends in an injection attack and a vanished motor
Research06 Apr 2023 | 198
April brings tulips, taxes ... and phisherfolk scammers
Tactical#Octopus: Don't let users click on that zip file
Research03 Apr 2023 | 6
Leaked IT contractor files detail Kremlin's stockpile of cyber-weapons
Snowden-esque 'Vulkan' dossier links Moscow firm to FSB, GRU, SRV
Defense Tech Week31 Mar 2023 | 28
Warning: Your wireless networks may leak data thanks to Wi-Fi spec ambiguity
How someone can nab buffered info, by hook or by kr00k
Spotlight on RSA30 Mar 2023 | 15
Gone in 120 seconds: Tesla Model 3 child's play for hackers
In brief Plus OIG finds Uncle Sam fibbed over Login.gov
Research27 Mar 2023 | 37
Cisco kindly reveals proof of concept attacks for flaws in rival Netgear's kit
Maybe this is deserved given the problem's in a hidden telnet service
Research22 Mar 2023 | 24
Refreshed from its holiday, Emotet has gone phishing
Notorious botnet starts spamming again after a three-month pause
Research09 Mar 2023 | 2
Frankenstein malware stitched together from code of others disguised as PyPI package
Crime-as-a-service vendors mix and match components as needed by client
Research03 Mar 2023 | 3
Fast-evolving Prilex POS malware can block contactless payments
... forcing users to insert their cards into less-secure PIN systems
Research03 Feb 2023 | 16
Malvertising attacks are distributing .NET malware loaders
The campaign illustrates another option for miscreants who had relied on Microsoft macros
Research02 Feb 2023 | 7
Microsoft closes another door to attackers by blocking Excel XLL files from the internet
More of them used by baddies since Redmond blocked VBA macros
Research25 Jan 2023 | 6
Microsoft took its macros and went home, so miscreants turned to Windows LNK files
Adapt or die
Research23 Jan 2023 | 6
How to track equipped cars via exploitable e-ink platemaker
Miscreants could have tracked, modified, deleted digital plates
Research10 Jan 2023 | 90
Dridex malware pops back up and turns its attention to macOS
Malware testers spot attempt to attack Macs. But (try not to weep for the bad guys) there are still compatibility issues with MS exe files
Research06 Jan 2023 | 6
Legit Android apps poisoned by sticky 'Zombinder' malware
Sure, go ahead and load APKs instead of using an app store. You won't enjoy the results
Research09 Dec 2022 | 25
Meta links US military to fake social media influence campaigns
Didn't say they were good, though – covert ops apparently got 'little to no engagement' from targets
Research24 Nov 2022 | 20
Still using a discontinued Boa web server? Microsoft warns of supply chain attacks
Flaws in the open-source tool exploited – and India's power grid was a target
Research23 Nov 2022 | 10
WASP malware stings Python developers
Info-stealing trojan hides in malicious PyPI packages on GitHub
Research16 Nov 2022 | 9
Robin Banks crooks back at the table with fresh phish from Russia
Phishing-as-a-service group's toolset now includes ways to get around MFA
Research08 Nov 2022 | 1
All the US midterm-related lies to expect when you're electing
Don't like the results? The election must have been rigged
Research07 Nov 2022 | 149
Oh, look: More malware in the Google Play store
in brief Also, US media hit with JavaScript supply chain attack, while half of govt employees use out-of-date mobile OSes
Research07 Nov 2022 | 25
Double-check demand payment emails from law firms: Convincing fakes surface
Crimson Kingsnake impersonates legit attorneys, fakes email threads from your colleagues in far-reaching BEC campaign
Research04 Nov 2022 | 15
Ordinary web access request or command to malware?
Cranefly group unleashes nasty little technique using Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) logs
Research31 Oct 2022 | 4
This Windows worm evolved into slinging ransomware. Here's how to detect it
Raspberry Robin hits 1,000 orgs in just one month
Research28 Oct 2022 | 12
Purpleurchin cryptocurrency miners spotted scouring free GitHub, Heroku accounts
This is why we can't have nice things
Research27 Oct 2022 | 14
DHL named most-spoofed brand in phishing
With Microsoft and LinkedIn close on shipping giant's heels
Research24 Oct 2022 | 4
Good news, URSNIF no longer a banking trojan. Bad news, it's now a backdoor
And one designed to slip ransomware and data-stealing code onto infected machines
Research21 Oct 2022 | 1
Tear in Microsoft Azure Service Fabric can give attackers full admin privileges
Orca Security disclosed the bug, and older versions remain vulnerable
Research19 Oct 2022 |
Phishing works so well crims won't bother with deepfakes, says Sophos chap
People reveal passwords if you ask nicely, so AI panic is overblown
Research17 Oct 2022 | 15
Criminal multitool LilithBot arrives on malware-as-a-service scene
Bespoke botnet up for grabs from outfit praised for, er, customer service
Research10 Oct 2022 | 1
Loads of PostgreSQL systems are sitting on the internet without SSL encryption
They probably shouldn't be connected in the first place, says database expert
Research07 Oct 2022 | 20
Steganography alert: Backdoor spyware stashed in Microsoft logo
Now that's sticker shock
Research02 Oct 2022 | 27
Microsoft warns of North Korean crew posing as LinkedIn recruiters
State-sponsored ZINC allegedly passes on malware-laden open source apps
Research30 Sep 2022 | 10
How CIA betrayed informants with shoddy front websites built for covert comms
Top tip, don't give your secret login box the HTML form type 'password'
Research29 Sep 2022 | 37
Pentagon is far too tight with its security bug bounties
But overpriced, useless fighter jets? That's something we can get behind
Research29 Sep 2022 | 16
Matrix chat encryption sunk by five now-patched holes
You take the green pill, you'll spend six hours in a 'don't roll your own crypto' debate
Research28 Sep 2022 | 8
The web's cruising at 13 million new and nefarious domain names a month
Or so Akamai is dying to tell us
Research28 Sep 2022 | 10
Want to sneak a RAT into Windows? Buy Quantum Builder on the dark web
Beware what could be hiding in those LNK shortcuts
Research28 Sep 2022 | 4
China's infosec researchers obeyed Beijing and stopped reporting vulns ... or did they?
Report finds increase in anonymous vuln reports
Research27 Sep 2022 | 4
Can reflections in eyeglasses actually leak info from Zoom calls? Here's a study into it
About time someone shone some light onto this
Security17 Sep 2022 | 68
Mandiant links APT42 to Iranian 'terrorist org'
'It's hard to imagine a more dangerous scenario,' Mandiant Intel VP told The Reg
Research07 Sep 2022 | 27
Oh no, that James Webb Space Telescope snap might actually contain malware
Is nothing sacred?
Research01 Sep 2022 | 25
Find a security hole in Google's open source and you could bag a $31,337 reward
Will it be enough to prevent the next software supply-chain attack?
Research30 Aug 2022 | 5
Twitter, Meta kill hundreds of pro-Western troll accounts
It turns out online chicanery aiming to destabilize foreign nations is a two-way street
Research25 Aug 2022 | 38
Microsoft finds critical hole in operating system that for once isn't Windows
Oh wow, get a load of Google using strcpy() all wrong – strcpy! Haha, you'll never ever catch us doing that
Research23 Aug 2022 | 65
Two years on, Apple iOS VPNs still leak IP addresses
Privacy, it's a useful marketing term. *Offer does not apply in China
Research19 Aug 2022 | 18
Software developer cracks Hyundai car security with Google search
Top tip: Your RSA private key should not be copied from a public code tutorial
Research17 Aug 2022 | 81
Mozilla finds 18 of 25 popular reproductive health apps share your data
Scary in post-Roe America, and Poland, and far too many other places
Research17 Aug 2022 | 44
Oh Deere: Farm hardware jailbroken to run Doom
Corn-y demo heralded as right-to-repair win
Research16 Aug 2022 | 51
Student crashes Cloudflare beta party, redirects email, bags a bug bounty
Simple to exploit, enough to pocket $3,000
Research04 Aug 2022 | 8
Post-quantum crypto cracked in an hour with one core of an ancient Xeon
NIST's nifty new algorithm looks like it's in trouble
Research03 Aug 2022 | 83
Miscreants aim to cause Discord discord with malicious npm packages
LofyLife campaign comes amid GitHub security lockdown
Research02 Aug 2022 | 2
Vietnamese attacker circumvents Facebook security with ‘DUCKTAIL’ malware
Session cookies and 2FA subversion allow takeover of biz and ad accounts, lead to unauthorized ad buys
Research27 Jul 2022 | 8
Node.js prototype pollution is bad for your app environment
Boffins find common code constructs that may be exploitable to achieve remote code execution
Research25 Jul 2022 | 5
US Cyber Command spots another 20 malware strains targeting Ukraine
Plus Mandiant, Cisco Talos uncover digital espionage
Research21 Jul 2022 | 1
Boffins release tool to decrypt Intel microcode. Have at it, x86 giant says
Peek behind the curtain to see SGX implemented, Spectre mitigated, and more
Research20 Jul 2022 | 18
Botnet malware disguises itself as password cracker for industrial controllers
Can't get into that machine? No problem, just trust this completely sketchy looking tool
Research18 Jul 2022 | 8
SCOTUS judges 'doxxed' after overturning Roe v Wade
Physical and IP addresses as well as credit card info revealed in privacy breach
Research13 Jul 2022 | 137
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