2025
Crims defeat human intelligence with fake AI installers they poison with ransomware
Take care when downloading AI freebies, researcher tells The Register Criminals are using installers for fake AI software to distribute ransomware and other destructive malware.…
Data watchdog put cops on naughty step for lost CCTV footage
Greater Manchester Police reprimanded over hours of video that went AWOL The UK’s data watchdog has reprimanded Greater Manchester Police (GMP) force for losing CCTV footage the cop shop was later requested to retain.…
The UK wants you to sign up for £1B cyber defense force
War in Ukraine causes major rethink in policy and spending The UK is spending more than £1 billion ($1.35 billion) setting up a new Cyber and Electromagnetic Command and is recruiting a few good men and women to join up and staff it.…
8,000+ Asus routers popped in ‘advanced’ mystery botnet plot
No formal attribution made but two separate probes hint at the same suspect Thousands of Asus routers are currently ensnared by a new botnet that is trying to disable Trend Micro security features before exploiting vulnerabilities for backdoor access.…
Billions of cookies up for grabs as experts warn over session security
Law enforcement crackdowns are gathering pace but online marketplaces still teeming with valuable tokens A VPN vendor says billions of stolen cookies currently on sale either on dark web or Telegram-based marketplaces remain active and exploitable.…
European Commission: Make Europe Great Again… for startups
Sick of paying the US tech tax and relinquishing talent to other continents, politicians finally wake up The European Commission (EC) has kicked off a scheme to make Europe a better place to nurture global technology businesses, providing support throughout their lifecycle, from startup through to maturity.…
Victoria’s Secret website laid bare for three days after ‘security incident’
Knickers outlet knackered Underwear retailer Victoria's Secret’s website has been down for three days, with the company blaming an unspecified security problem.…
Adversarial AI: The new frontier in financial cybersecurity
The financial sector is adept at balancing risk and opportunity. Adversarial AI is its next big challenge Sponsored Post From the use of ATMs to online banking, the financial services sector has always been at the forefront of technology. Now, it's leading the charge in AI. In their…
Russian IT pro sentenced to 14 years forced labor for sharing medical data with Ukraine
The latest in a long line of techies to face Putin’s wrath A Russian programmer will face the next 14 years in a "strict-regime" (high-security) penal colony after a regional court ruled he leaked sensitive data to Ukraine.…
The cost of compromise: Why password attacks are still winning in 2025
Poor password management is responsible for thousands of data breaches, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Sponsored feature The IT business likes to reinvent things as quickly as possible. Except passwords, that is. We've been using them since Roman times, only now they're digital. They're the…