August 2025
More customers asking for Google’s Data Boundary, says Cloud Experience boss
Developer demand for sovereign cloud from tech giant is on the rise, says exec Interview Google's President of Customer Experience, Hayete Gallot, offered some words of comfort to developers who are looking nervously at the rise of AI assistants while also laying out her vision for cloud sovereignty.…
Browser wars are back, predicts Palo Alto, thanks to AI
CEO says if you buy all your infosec stuff from him, life under assault from bots will be less painful Brace for a new round of browser wars, according to Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora.…
Facial recognition works better in the lab than on the street, researchers show
High accuracy scores come from conditions that don't reflect real-world usage Facial recognition technology has been deployed publicly on the basis of benchmark tests that reflect performance in laboratory settings, but some academics are saying that real-world performance doesn't match up.…
Microsoft’s Nuance coughs up $8.5M to rid itself of MOVEit breach suit
Supply chain breach has been a major target of legal action Microsoft-owned talk-to-text outfit Nuance has agreed to cough up $8.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit over the sprawling MOVEit Transfer mega-breach – although it admits no liability.…
Workday warns of CRM breach after social engineers make off with business contact details
HR SaaS giant insists core systems untouched Workday has admitted that attackers gained access to one of its third-party CRM platforms, but insists its core systems and customer tenants are untouched.…
Boffins say tool can sniff 5G traffic, launch ‘attacks’ without using rogue base stations
Sni5Gect research crew targets sweet spot during device / network handshake pause Security boffins have released an open source tool for poking holes in 5G mobile networks, claiming it can do up- and downlink sniffing and a novel connection downgrade attack - plus "other serious exploits" they're keeping…
Every question you ask, every comment you make, I’ll be recording you
When you're asking AI chatbots for answers, they're data-mining you Opinion Recently, OpenAI ChatGPT users were shocked – shocked, I tell you! – to discover that their searches were appearing in Google search. You morons! What do you think AI chatbots are doing? Doing all your homework for…
Someone’s poking the bear with infostealers targeting Russian crypto developers
If you wanted to hurt Putin’s ransomware racketeers, these info-stealing npm packages are one way to do it Researchers at software supply chain security outfit Safety think they’ve found malware that targets Russian cryptocurrency developers, and perhaps therefore Russia’s state-linked ransomware crews…
Election workers fear threats and intimidation without feds’ support in 2026
'Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst,' one tells The Reg Feature Bill Gates, an Arizona election official and former Maricopa County supervisor, says that the death threats started shortly after the 2020 presidential election.…
Typhoon-adjacent Chinese crew broke into Taiwanese web host
Is that a JuicyPotato on your network? A suspected Chinese-government-backed cyber crew recently broke into a Taiwanese web hosting provider to steal credentials and plant backdoors for long-term access, using a mix of open-source and custom software tools, Cisco Talos reports.…