It's 2023 and memory overwrite bugs are not just a thing, they're still number one
Cough, cough, use Rust. Plus: Eight more exploited bugs added to CISA's must-patch list
Research29 Jun 2023 | 41
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Warning: JavaScript registry npm vulnerable to 'manifest confusion' abuse
Failure to match metadata with packaged files is perfect for supply chain attacks
Research27 Jun 2023 | 10
Microsoft: Russia sent its B team to wipe Ukrainian hard drives
WhisperGate-spreading Cadet Blizzard painted as haphazard but dangerous crew
Research16 Jun 2023 | 10
These Microsoft Office security signatures are 'practically worthless'
Updated Turns out it's easy to forge documents relying on OOXML
Research13 Jun 2023 | 13
Qbot malware adapts to live another day … and another …
Operators stay ahead of defenders with new access methods and C2 infrastructure
Research05 Jun 2023 | 3
Dark Pink cyber-spies add info stealers to their arsenal, notch up more victims
Not to be confused with K-Pop sensation BLACKPINK, gang pops military, govt and education orgs
Research01 Jun 2023 | 3
Alien versus Predator? No, this Android spyware works together
Phone-hugging code can record calls, read messages, track geolocation, access camera, other snooping
Research27 May 2023 | 8
Spotted: Suspected Russian malware designed to disrupt Euro, Asia energy grids
Updated For simulation or for real, we don't like the vibes from this CosmicEnergy
Research25 May 2023 | 8
Upstart encryption app walks back privacy claims, pulls from stores after probe
Try not leaving a database full of user info, chats, keys exposed, eh?
Research17 May 2023 | 40
Let white-hat hackers stick a probe in those voting machines, say senators
HAVA go at breaking electronic ballot box security
Research11 May 2023 | 47
DEF CON to set thousands of hackers loose on LLMs
Can't wait to see how these AI models hold up against a weekend of red-teaming by infosec's village people
Research06 May 2023 | 27
The good, the bad and the generative AI
ChatGPT is just the beginning: CISOs need to prepare for the next wave of AI-powered attacks
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How fiends abuse an out-of-date Microsoft Windows driver to infect victims
It's like those TV movies where a spy cuts a wire and the whole building's security goes out
Research24 Apr 2023 | 16
Firmware is on shaky ground – let's see what it's made of
Opinion Old architectures just don't stack up
Research17 Apr 2023 | 69
Another zero-click Apple spyware maker just popped up on the radar again
Pegasus, pssh, you so 2000-and-late
Research12 Apr 2023 | 8
Welcome to open source, Elon. Your Twitter code just got a CVE for shadow ban bug
Plus: Substack shanked by bitter Twitter?
Research07 Apr 2023 | 14
CAN do attitude: How thieves steal cars using network bus
It starts with a headlamp and fake smart speaker, and ends in an injection attack and a vanished motor
Research06 Apr 2023 | 198
April brings tulips, taxes ... and phisherfolk scammers
Tactical#Octopus: Don't let users click on that zip file
Research03 Apr 2023 | 6
Leaked IT contractor files detail Kremlin's stockpile of cyber-weapons
Snowden-esque 'Vulkan' dossier links Moscow firm to FSB, GRU, SRV
Defense Tech Week31 Mar 2023 | 28
Warning: Your wireless networks may leak data thanks to Wi-Fi spec ambiguity
How someone can nab buffered info, by hook or by kr00k
Spotlight on RSA30 Mar 2023 | 15
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JP Morgan accidentally deletes evidence in multi-million record retention screwup
Fined $4m for Who-Me-esque mess, for which it blames unnamed archiving vendor's retention settings
Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-job, no-worries work permits
They're vetted, almost acculturated, and will be booted from the US if they lose their gig
Bosses face losing 'key' workers after forcing a return to office
Survey says most would prefer a gentle request
Rocky Linux claims to have found 'path forward' from CentOS source purge
Ripples rebounding and reflecting from Red Hat's rebuff of RHEL rebuilds
Chinese balloon that US shot down was 'crammed' with American hardware
Blasted from the sky in February, device never transmitted photos, videos, or radar data it collected, officials say
Microsoft, OpenAI sued for $3B after allegedly trampling privacy with ChatGPT
Where did they get the idea this bot was potentially spitting out personal info? Oh, from The Register
Way out in deep space, astronomers spot precursor of carbon based life
James Webb scope finds CH3+ – aka methyl cations – without which you probably wouldn't be reading this
Microsoft's GitHub under fire for DDoSing crucial open source project website
A tale of emergency firewalling, a little bit of victim blaming, and workflow scripts gone berserk
It's 2023 and memory overwrite bugs are not just a thing, they're still number one
Cough, cough, use Rust. Plus: Eight more exploited bugs added to CISA's must-patch list
Five billion phones are dead in drawers – carriers want to mine them
There's gold in them thar mobes. Also copper, silver and cobalt
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Gone in 120 seconds: Tesla Model 3 child's play for hackers
In brief Plus OIG finds Uncle Sam fibbed over Login.gov
Research27 Mar 2023 | 37
Cisco kindly reveals proof of concept attacks for flaws in rival Netgear's kit
Maybe this is deserved given the problem's in a hidden telnet service
Research22 Mar 2023 | 24
Refreshed from its holiday, Emotet has gone phishing
Notorious botnet starts spamming again after a three-month pause
Research09 Mar 2023 | 2
Frankenstein malware stitched together from code of others disguised as PyPI package
Crime-as-a-service vendors mix and match components as needed by client
Research03 Mar 2023 | 3
Fast-evolving Prilex POS malware can block contactless payments
... forcing users to insert their cards into less-secure PIN systems
Research03 Feb 2023 | 16
Malvertising attacks are distributing .NET malware loaders
The campaign illustrates another option for miscreants who had relied on Microsoft macros
Research02 Feb 2023 | 7
Microsoft closes another door to attackers by blocking Excel XLL files from the internet
More of them used by baddies since Redmond blocked VBA macros
Research25 Jan 2023 | 6
Microsoft took its macros and went home, so miscreants turned to Windows LNK files
Adapt or die
Research23 Jan 2023 | 6
How to track equipped cars via exploitable e-ink platemaker
Miscreants could have tracked, modified, deleted digital plates
Research10 Jan 2023 | 90
Dridex malware pops back up and turns its attention to macOS
Malware testers spot attempt to attack Macs. But (try not to weep for the bad guys) there are still compatibility issues with MS exe files
Research06 Jan 2023 | 6
Legit Android apps poisoned by sticky 'Zombinder' malware
Sure, go ahead and load APKs instead of using an app store. You won't enjoy the results
Research09 Dec 2022 | 25
Meta links US military to fake social media influence campaigns
Didn't say they were good, though – covert ops apparently got 'little to no engagement' from targets
Research24 Nov 2022 | 20
Still using a discontinued Boa web server? Microsoft warns of supply chain attacks
Flaws in the open-source tool exploited – and India's power grid was a target
Research23 Nov 2022 | 10
WASP malware stings Python developers
Info-stealing trojan hides in malicious PyPI packages on GitHub
Research16 Nov 2022 | 9
Robin Banks crooks back at the table with fresh phish from Russia
Phishing-as-a-service group's toolset now includes ways to get around MFA
Research08 Nov 2022 | 1
All the US midterm-related lies to expect when you're electing
Don't like the results? The election must have been rigged
Research07 Nov 2022 | 149
Oh, look: More malware in the Google Play store
in brief Also, US media hit with JavaScript supply chain attack, while half of govt employees use out-of-date mobile OSes
Research07 Nov 2022 | 25
Double-check demand payment emails from law firms: Convincing fakes surface
Crimson Kingsnake impersonates legit attorneys, fakes email threads from your colleagues in far-reaching BEC campaign
Research04 Nov 2022 | 15
Ordinary web access request or command to malware?
Cranefly group unleashes nasty little technique using Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) logs
Research31 Oct 2022 | 4
This Windows worm evolved into slinging ransomware. Here's how to detect it
Raspberry Robin hits 1,000 orgs in just one month
Research28 Oct 2022 | 12
Purpleurchin cryptocurrency miners spotted scouring free GitHub, Heroku accounts
This is why we can't have nice things
Research27 Oct 2022 | 14
DHL named most-spoofed brand in phishing
With Microsoft and LinkedIn close on shipping giant's heels
Research24 Oct 2022 | 4
Good news, URSNIF no longer a banking trojan. Bad news, it's now a backdoor
And one designed to slip ransomware and data-stealing code onto infected machines
Research21 Oct 2022 | 1
Tear in Microsoft Azure Service Fabric can give attackers full admin privileges
Orca Security disclosed the bug, and older versions remain vulnerable
Research19 Oct 2022 |
Phishing works so well crims won't bother with deepfakes, says Sophos chap
People reveal passwords if you ask nicely, so AI panic is overblown
Research17 Oct 2022 | 15
Criminal multitool LilithBot arrives on malware-as-a-service scene
Bespoke botnet up for grabs from outfit praised for, er, customer service
Research10 Oct 2022 | 1
Loads of PostgreSQL systems are sitting on the internet without SSL encryption
They probably shouldn't be connected in the first place, says database expert
Research07 Oct 2022 | 20
Steganography alert: Backdoor spyware stashed in Microsoft logo
Now that's sticker shock
Research02 Oct 2022 | 27
Microsoft warns of North Korean crew posing as LinkedIn recruiters
State-sponsored ZINC allegedly passes on malware-laden open source apps
Research30 Sep 2022 | 10
How CIA betrayed informants with shoddy front websites built for covert comms
Top tip, don't give your secret login box the HTML form type 'password'
Research29 Sep 2022 | 37
Pentagon is far too tight with its security bug bounties
But overpriced, useless fighter jets? That's something we can get behind
Research29 Sep 2022 | 16
Matrix chat encryption sunk by five now-patched holes
You take the green pill, you'll spend six hours in a 'don't roll your own crypto' debate
Research28 Sep 2022 | 8
The web's cruising at 13 million new and nefarious domain names a month
Or so Akamai is dying to tell us
Research28 Sep 2022 | 10
Want to sneak a RAT into Windows? Buy Quantum Builder on the dark web
Beware what could be hiding in those LNK shortcuts
Research28 Sep 2022 | 4
China's infosec researchers obeyed Beijing and stopped reporting vulns ... or did they?
Report finds increase in anonymous vuln reports
Research27 Sep 2022 | 4
Can reflections in eyeglasses actually leak info from Zoom calls? Here's a study into it
About time someone shone some light onto this
Security17 Sep 2022 | 68
Mandiant links APT42 to Iranian 'terrorist org'
'It's hard to imagine a more dangerous scenario,' Mandiant Intel VP told The Reg
Research07 Sep 2022 | 27
Oh no, that James Webb Space Telescope snap might actually contain malware
Is nothing sacred?
Research01 Sep 2022 | 25
Find a security hole in Google's open source and you could bag a $31,337 reward
Will it be enough to prevent the next software supply-chain attack?
Research30 Aug 2022 | 5
Twitter, Meta kill hundreds of pro-Western troll accounts
It turns out online chicanery aiming to destabilize foreign nations is a two-way street
Research25 Aug 2022 | 38
Microsoft finds critical hole in operating system that for once isn't Windows
Oh wow, get a load of Google using strcpy() all wrong – strcpy! Haha, you'll never ever catch us doing that
Research23 Aug 2022 | 65
Two years on, Apple iOS VPNs still leak IP addresses
Privacy, it's a useful marketing term. *Offer does not apply in China
Research19 Aug 2022 | 18
Software developer cracks Hyundai car security with Google search
Top tip: Your RSA private key should not be copied from a public code tutorial
Research17 Aug 2022 | 81
Mozilla finds 18 of 25 popular reproductive health apps share your data
Scary in post-Roe America, and Poland, and far too many other places
Research17 Aug 2022 | 44
Oh Deere: Farm hardware jailbroken to run Doom
Corn-y demo heralded as right-to-repair win
Research16 Aug 2022 | 51
Student crashes Cloudflare beta party, redirects email, bags a bug bounty
Simple to exploit, enough to pocket $3,000
Research04 Aug 2022 | 8
Post-quantum crypto cracked in an hour with one core of an ancient Xeon
NIST's nifty new algorithm looks like it's in trouble
Research03 Aug 2022 | 83
Miscreants aim to cause Discord discord with malicious npm packages
LofyLife campaign comes amid GitHub security lockdown
Research02 Aug 2022 | 2
Vietnamese attacker circumvents Facebook security with ‘DUCKTAIL’ malware
Session cookies and 2FA subversion allow takeover of biz and ad accounts, lead to unauthorized ad buys
Research27 Jul 2022 | 8
Node.js prototype pollution is bad for your app environment
Boffins find common code constructs that may be exploitable to achieve remote code execution
Research25 Jul 2022 | 5
US Cyber Command spots another 20 malware strains targeting Ukraine
Plus Mandiant, Cisco Talos uncover digital espionage
Research21 Jul 2022 | 1
Boffins release tool to decrypt Intel microcode. Have at it, x86 giant says
Peek behind the curtain to see SGX implemented, Spectre mitigated, and more
Research20 Jul 2022 | 18
Botnet malware disguises itself as password cracker for industrial controllers
Can't get into that machine? No problem, just trust this completely sketchy looking tool
Research18 Jul 2022 | 8
SCOTUS judges 'doxxed' after overturning Roe v Wade
Physical and IP addresses as well as credit card info revealed in privacy breach
Research13 Jul 2022 | 137
Older AMD, Intel chips vulnerable to data-leaking 'Retbleed' Spectre variant
Speculative execution side-channels continue to haunt silicon world
Research12 Jul 2022 | 8
How data on a billion people may have leaked from a Chinese police dashboard
Record-breaking dump thanks to password-less Kibana endpoint?
Research10 Jul 2022 | 24
Someone may be prepping an NPM crypto-mining spree
1,300 packages from 1,000 automated user accounts set the stage for something big
Research07 Jul 2022 | 8
Hive ransomware gang rapidly evolves with complex encryption, Rust code
RaaS malware devs have been busy bees
Research06 Jul 2022 | 3
Near-undetectable malware linked to Russia's Cozy Bear
The fun folk who attacked Solar Winds using a poisoned CV and tools from the murky world of commercial hackware
Research06 Jul 2022 | 64
Actual quantum computers don't exist yet. The cryptography to defeat them may already be here
NIST pushes ahead with CRYSTALS-KYBER, CRYSTALS-Dilithium, FALCON, SPHINCS+ algorithms
Research05 Jul 2022 | 42
Pentagon: We'll pay you if you can find a way to hack us
DoD puts money behind bug bounty program after reward-free pilot
Research05 Jul 2022 | 18
What to do about inherent security flaws in critical infrastructure?
Industrial systems' security got 99 problems and CVEs are one. Or more
Research03 Jul 2022 | 46
We're now truly in the era of ransomware as pure extortion without the encryption
Feature Why screw around with cryptography and keys when just stealing the info is good enough
Research25 Jun 2022 | 22
Google: How we tackled this iPhone, Android spyware
Watching people's every move and collecting their info – not on our watch, says web ads giant
Research24 Jun 2022 | 25
Mega's unbreakable encryption proves to be anything but
Boffins devise five attacks to expose private files
Research22 Jun 2022 | 39
How refactoring code in Safari's WebKit resurrected 'zombie' security bug
Fixed in 2013, reinstated in 2016, exploited in the wild this year
Research21 Jun 2022 | 14
CISA and friends raise alarm on critical flaws in industrial equipment, infrastructure
Updated Nearly 60 holes found affecting 'more than 30,000' machines worldwide
Research21 Jun 2022 | 23
US senators seek ban on sale of health location data
With Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v Wade, privacy is key
Research17 Jun 2022 | 32
Malaysia-linked DragonForce hacktivists attack Indian targets
Just what we needed: a threat to rival Anonymous
Research15 Jun 2022 | 5
Unpatched Exchange server, stolen RDP logins... How miscreants get BlackCat ransomware on your network
Microsoft details this ransomware-as-a-service
Research15 Jun 2022 | 1
Chinese-sponsored gang Gallium upgrades to sneaky PingPull RAT
Broadens targets from telecoms to finance and government orgs
Research14 Jun 2022 | 2
Symbiote Linux malware spotted – and infections are 'very hard to detect'
Performing live forensics on hijacked machine may not turn anything up, warn researchers
Research10 Jun 2022 | 21
Apple M1 chip contains hardware vulnerability that bypasses memory defense
MIT CSAIL boffins devise PACMAN attack to let existing exploits avoid pointer authentication
Research10 Jun 2022 | 9
Emotet malware gang re-emerges with Chrome-based credit card heistware
Crimeware groups are re-inventing themselves
Research10 Jun 2022 | 5
Chinese 'Aoqin Dragon' gang runs undetected ten-year espionage spree
Researcher spots it targeting Asian government and telco targets, probably with Beijing's approval
Research10 Jun 2022 | 12
Hardware flaws give Bluetooth chipsets unique fingerprints that can be tracked
While this poses a privacy and security threat, an attacker's ability to exploit it may come down to luck
Research10 Jun 2022 | 6
Now Windows Follina zero-day exploited to infect PCs with Qbot
Data-stealing malware also paired with Black Basta ransomware gang
Research09 Jun 2022 | 4
To cut off all nearby phones with these Chinese chips, this is the bug to exploit
Android patches incoming for NAS-ty memory overwrite flaw
Research03 Jun 2022 | 28
Clipminer rakes in $1.7m in crypto hijacking scam
Crooks divert transactions to own wallets while running mining on the side
Research03 Jun 2022 | 2
Healthcare organizations face rising ransomware attacks – and are paying up
Via their insurance companies, natch
Research03 Jun 2022 | 10
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