August 2025
Crooks can’t let go: Active attacks target Office vuln patched 8 years ago
CVE-2017-11882 in discontinued Equation Editor still attracting keylogger campaigns despite software being killed off in 2018 Very few people are immune to the siren song of nostalgia, a yearning for a "better time" when this was all fields and kids respected their elders - and it looks like…
UK expands police facial recognition rollout with 10 new vans heading to a town near you
Seven additional regions across England will now have access to the controversial tech A fresh expansion of UK crimefighters' access to live facial recognition (LFR) technology is being described by officials as "an excellent opportunity for policing." Privacy campaigners disagree.…
Marc Andreessen wades into the UK’s Online Safety Act furor
Shock news: billionaire techpreneur is not a fan Geek-turned-venture-capitalist Marc Andreessen has weighed in on the arguments surrounding the UK's Online Safety Act, accusing the UK government of leaking his input.…
Microsoft wares may be UK public sector’s only viable option
For now at least, even though government buying can improve, open source is not all it's cracked up to be Register debate series Not for the first time, Microsoft is in the spotlight for the UK government's money it voraciously consumes – apparently £1.9 billion a year in…
Secure chat darling Matrix admits pair of ‘high severity’ protocol flaws need painful fixes
Foundation warns federated servers face biggest risk, but single-instance users can take their time Updated The maintainers of the federated secure chat protocol Matrix are warning users of a pair of "high severity protocol vulnerabilities," addressed in the latest version, saying patching them requires a breaking change in…
Major outage at Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office blamed on ‘cyber incident’
Website, emails, and phones are down for a second day The Pennsylvania's Office of Attorney General (OAG) is blaming a digital blackout of its services on a "cyber incident."…
BlackSuit ransomware crew loses servers, domains, and $1m in global shakedown
US cops yank servers, domains, and crypto from the Russia-linked gang - but the crooks remain at large In a display of bureaucratic bravado, US law enforcement agencies say they've “disrupted” the BlackSuit ransomware gang (also known as Royal), freeing millions of dollars in virtual currency from its…
Oh, great.Three notorious cybercrime gangs appear to be collaborating
Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters, and Lapsus$ spent the weekend bragging to each other on a Telegram channel Prolific cybercrime collectives Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters, and Lapsus$ appear to be working together to break into businesses' networks, steal their data, and force an extortion payment.…
Hyundai: Want cyber-secure car locks? That’ll be £49, please
Automaker's answer to spate of car thefts is to charge customers for extra Hyundai is charging UK customers £49 ($66) for a security upgrade to prevent thieves from bypassing its car locks.…
The White House could end UK’s decade-long fight to bust encryption
Home Office officials reportedly concede Brit government on back foot as Trump moves to protect US Big Tech players Analysis The Home Office's war on encryption – its most technically complex and controversial aspect of modern policymaking yet – is starting to look like battlefield failure after more…