December 2024
BT Group confirms attackers tried to break into Conferencing division
Sensitive data allegedly stolen from US subsidiary following Black Basta post BT Group confirmed it is dealing with an attempted attack on one of its legacy business units after the Black Basta ransomware group claimed they broke in.…
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Ransomware hangover, Putin grudge blamed for vodka maker’s bankruptcy
Stoli Group on the rocks in the US Two US subsidiaries of alcohol giant Stoli Group filed for bankruptcy protection this week over financial difficulties exacerbated by an August ransomware attack.…
T-Mobile US CSO: Spies jumped from one telco to another in a way ‘I’ve not seen in my career’
Security chief talks to El Reg as Feds urge everyone to use encrypted chat interview While Chinese-government-backed spies maintained access to US telecommunications providers' networks for months – and in some cases still haven't been booted out – T-Mobile US thwarted successful attacks on its systems "within a…
Cops arrest suspected admin of German-language crime bazaar
Drugs, botnets, forged docs, and more generated fortune for platform sellers German authorities say they have again shut down the perhaps unwisely named Crimenetwork platform and arrested a suspected admin.…
Microsoft says premature patch could make Windows Recall forget how to work
Installed the final non-security preview update of 2024? Best not hop onto the Dev Channel Microsoft has pinned down why some eager Windows Insiders could not persuade the Recall preview to save any snapshots. It's all down to a pesky non-security preview.…
Eurocops take down ‘secure’ criminal chat system known as Matrix
They took the red pill Updated French and Dutch police have taken down the Matrix chat app, which was designed by criminals for criminals to be a secure encrypted messaging tool.…
FTC scolds two data brokers for allegedly selling your location to the meter
'Where we go is who we are' totally isn't a creepy ad slogan at all The FTC has reached a settlement with two data brokerages over allegations they harvested precise location data that shows when people entered hospitals, places of worship, and even attended protests supporting the late…
Perfect 10 directory traversal vuln hits SailPoint’s IAM solution
20-year-old info disclosure class bug still pervades security software It's time to rev up those patch engines after SailPoint disclosed a perfect 10/10 severity vulnerability in its identity and access management (IAM) platform IdentityIQ.…
Severity of the risk facing the UK is widely underestimated, NCSC annual review warns
National cyber emergencies increased threefold this year The number of security threats in the UK that hit the country's National Cyber Security Centre's (NCSC) maximum severity threshold has tripled compared to the previous 12 months.…