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Hm, why are so many DrayTek routers stuck in a bootloop?
Time to update your firmware, if you can, to one with the security fixes, cough cough DrayTek router owners in the UK and beyond had a pretty miserable weekend after some ISPs began to notice a lot of their customers' gateways going offline.…
AI agents swarm Microsoft Security Copilot
Looking to sort through large volumes of security info? Redmond has your backend Microsoft's Security Copilot is getting some degree of agency, allowing the underlying AI model to interact more broadly with the company's security software to automate various tasks.…
23andMe’s genes not strong enough to avoid Chapter 11
CEO steps down after multiple failed attempts to take the DNA testing company private Beleaguered DNA testing biz 23andMe – hit by a massive cyber attack in 2023 – is filing for bankruptcy protection in the US following years of financial uncertainty.…
Is Washington losing its grip on crypto, or is it a calculated pivot to digital dominance?
It's been a very busy week for Digicash Donald's administration Analysis Is the US retreating from its hardline stance on crypto? On Friday, the US Treasury Department lifted sanctions imposed on notorious crypto mixer Tornado Cash, once accused of washing billions in illicit crypto for criminals and nation-states…
Microsoft tastes the unexpected consequences of tariffs on time
Throw a spanner in the works, best get good at fixing things. Now, where did you put that spanner? Opinion Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. This works well in sane times, less so when "but it's both" is the default. Apply it…
Mobsters now overlap with cybercrime gangs and use AI for evil, Europol warns
PLUS: Russian bug-buyers seeks Telegram flaws; Another WordPress security mess; NIST backlog grows; and more! Infosec In Brief Organized crime networks are now reliant on digital tech for most of their activities according to Europol, the European agency that fights international crime on the continent and beyond.…
Ex-NSA boss: Election security focus helped dissuade increase in Russian meddling with US
Plus AI in the infosec world, why CISA should know its place, and more Interview Russia appears to be having second thoughts on how aggressively, or at least how visibly, it attempts to influence American elections, according to a former head of the NSA.…
AdTech CEO whose products detected fraud jailed for financial fraud
Made up revenue and pretended to use non-existent data The former CEO of Kubient, an advertising tech company that developed a cloudy product capable of detecting fraudulent ads, has been jailed for fraud.…
Paragon spyware deployed against journalists and activists, Citizen Lab claims
Plus: Customer info stolen from 'parental control' software slinger SpyX; F-35 kill switch denied Infosec newsbytes Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions pitches its tools as helping governments and law enforcement agencies to catch criminals and terrorists, but a fresh Citizen Lab report claims its software has been used…
Capital One cracker could be sent back to prison after judges rule she got off too lightly
Feds want book thrown at Paige Thompson, who pinched 100M customer records Paige Thompson, the perpetrator of the Capital One data theft, may be sent back behind bars – after an appeals court ruled her sentence of time served plus five years of probation was too lenient.…