The seven deadly sins letting hackers hijack America's govt networks: These unpatched bugs leave systems open 'Unauthorized access to elections support systems' detected tho 'no evidence to date that integrity of elections data has been compromised'
One year after server hackers left NordVPN red-faced, firm's first colocated setup is online Plus: Bunch of Cisco fixes for Patch Tuesday week, Fitbit kit hit, RAT malware written in Golang, and more
Five bag $300,000 in bug bounties after finding 55 security holes in Apple's web apps, IT infrastructure Unpatched Cisco VPN servers, access to the iOS source code, AWS secret keys – this is weapons grade 'oof'
Here's US Homeland Security collaring a suspected arsonist after asking Google for the IP addresses of folks who made a specific search Don't worry, says the internet giant, this doesn't happen too often
EFF off: Privacy Badger disables by default anti-tracking safeguard that can be abused to track you online Google has a word with digital rights warriors
Want to set up a successful bug bounty? Make sure you write it for the flaw finders and not the lawyers Plus: Experts talk voting machine security, 'warming' of relations with infosec community
UK privacy watchdog wraps up probe into Cambridge Analytica and... it was all a little bit overblown, no? Sure, millions of profile pages slurped via dodgy Facebook API though it didn't actually affect anything, it seems
Yes, it's down again: Microsoft's Office 365 takes yet another mid-week tumble, Azure also unwell Come back, Word 97, all is forgiven
Microsoft: After we said we'll try to promote more Black people, the US govt accused us of discrimination Dept of Labor demands proof Windows giant isn't making 'illegal race-based decisions' in diversity push
Was he sent on a spool's errand or something? Library staffer accused of stealing, reselling $1.3m of printer toner Cops charge suspect with theft as audit claims this gear definitely wasn't on loan
Former antivirus baron John McAfee collared, faces extradition to America on tax evasion, securities allegations He paid more or less than $750, though?
Spooked by the specter of out-of-control, virus-spreading parties, Airbnb slams coffin lid on Halloween rentals Don't be monster-mashing that reservation button in the US and Canada, you ghouls and ghosts
Yak-yak app Slack cracks, flacks gobsmacked: Can this bug be whacked or will code be rolled back? IRC-for-the-2020s up and down as it catches a bad case of the Mondays
Imagine running a dating app and being told accounts could be easily hijacked. How did that feel, Grindr? Plus: A little reminder to not pay off ransomware crooks
And you thought Fuzzilli was a pasta... Google offers up $50k in cloud credits to fuzz the hell out of JavaScript engines And don't forget the paperwork after, says Chocolate Factory
US govt wins right to snaffle Edward Snowden's $5m+ book royalties, speech fees – and all future related earnings Big blow to big whistleblower
How's this for overachieving? Man accused of running software outfit as a Ponzi scheme while on parole from previous fraud He masterminded $7m scam from halfway house, Feds claim
Chap beats rap in WhatsApp zap flap: Russian banker walks from insider trading case after deleting software Brit financial watchdogs foxed by not guilty verdict
Microsoft lends Windows on Arm a hand with emulation layer to finally run 64-bit x86 apps at last News from the Department of Wait, It Didn't Already Do That?
Prepare your shocked faces: Crypto-coin exchange boss laundered millions of bucks for online auction crooks Scumbag found guilty for his role in large-scale cyber-fraud ring
It's 2020, so let's just go ahead and let Amazon have everyone's handprints so it can process payments Read mine off my forehead, Jeffrey
Feds warn foreign disinformation will be spamming US voters well after the November election to sow discord and doubt Also, Brazilian teen spots odd Instagram bug and nets $25K
Error-bnb: Techies scramble to fix Airbnb website bug that let strangers read each others' account messages One thing to let people rent your home, quite another to let them access your private comms
IT guy whose job was to stop ex-staff running amok on the network is jailed for running amok on the network After he was demoted and fired, idiot logged into office PC from home and wiped storage systems
Big US election coming up, security is vital and, oh look... a federal agency just got completely pwned for real Hacker had set up shop on network using stolen Office 365 accounts
Hootsuite melts ICE deal after staff revolt: CEO vows not to divide biz like agents divided families at the US border Contract would have run for up to three years, bagged $500,000, it seems
You know that Microsoft ZeroLogon bug you've been dragging your feet on? It's getting pwned in the wild now Scan servers for signs of compromise and patch if you haven't already
Oracle rejoices as US government's $400m wage discrimination claim gets piped into /dev/null Winner winner, lawsuit-binner
Your latest security headache? Ed from accounting using his kid as an unpaid helpdesk Techie teens, not IT support, tasked with helping work-from-home parents sort out vid calls, Word and Excel files, antivirus – survey report
As you're scrambling to patch the scary ZeroLogon hole in Windows Server, don't forget Samba – it's also affected Domain controllers at risk of hijacking, depending on version and configuration
'I don’t want to see another computer for the rest of my life'... Brit Dark Overlord cyber-extortionist thrown in an American clink for five years Scumbag sobs in court as judge orders him to cough up $1.5m
Russians charged for $16.8m crypto-coin heist, but traders warned their cash is only as safe as their security is tight Plus: Lazarus Group joins the big league, ex-Aussie PM doxxed, new flaw found in Bluetooth, and more
Tesla wins defamation counterclaim against Gigafactory whistleblower Tripp's off the hook for Tesla's supposed $167.37m market cap damages, though
iOS 14 suffers app preference amnesia: Rebooting an iThing resets browser, email client defaults back to Safari, Mail You didn't want to run that hot Cupertino code? Too bad, loser
Woman dies after hospital is unable to treat her during crippling ransomware infection, cops launch probe Extortionware is bad but it never killed anyo... never mind
Feeling bad about your last security audit? Check out what just happened to the US Department of Interior It starts with a backpack of $200 of electronics and poor Wi-Fi security
Safety driver at the wheel of self-driving Uber car that killed a pedestrian is charged with negligent homicide Doesn't matter if a computer was in control, responsibility rests with the human, says prosecutor
Good: US boasts it collared two in Chinese hacking bust. Bad: They aren't the actual hackers, rest are safe in China Ugly: And it's all about video game robberies at this stage
Worried about bootkits, rootkits, UEFI nasties? Have you tried turning on Secure Boot, asks the No Sh*! Agency And have you tried simply asking hackers to not hack?
Dunkin' Donuts drops some dough to glaze over lawsuit accusing it of covering up customer account hacks No way to sugarcoat this: New York AG eclairs the 2015 data theft matter settled
What do F5, Citrix, Pulse Secure all have in common? China exploiting their flaws to hack govt, biz – Feds Beijing's snoops don't even need zero-days to break into valuable networks
Microsoft wants to link satellites to Azure – but it should probably fix its cloud first: Cooling outage hits UK COVID-19 portal, other sites Equipment failure shuts down servers, networking, storage
Ireland unfriends Facebook: Oh Zucky Boy, the pipes, the pipes are closing…from glen to US, and through the EU-side Anti-social network asked to stop piping Irish uncles' mutterings to America
Now that's a somewhat unexpected insider threat: Zoombombings mostly blamed on rogue participants, unique solution offered 'Particularly students in high school and college classes'
Enjoyed the US Labor Day weekend? Because it's September 2020 and Exchange Server can be pwned via email Don't be so smug, Mac users, you're open to an InDesign project file
Darknet market's peacemaker sentenced to 11 years in prison Sealed with an XSS: Flaw in Go lang library could cause app issues
What price security? Well, for the US ban on Huawei/ZTE kit it's around $1.8bn, and you're going to pay most of it Ripping and replacing Chinese-made gear won't be cheap
Apple commits to support human rights - 'We believe in the critical importance of an open society'* *Offer void where banned by local law
Old and busted: Targeting servers and web bugs. New hotness: Pwning devs with targeted poisoned stacks 'Most developers are highly intelligent, but also highly stupid'
When classes are online, how do you get out of school? Florida teen cuffed, charged after crashing cyber-lessons Eight DDoS attacks targeted networks, virtual classrooms, say officials
There's gall – and then there's the security director who stole and resold 41 government-owned networking switches South Carolina crook jailed for 2 years after flogging $340k of purloined Cisco kit
Intel, Apple, Cisco, Google sue US Patent Office – Tech police, open up! Silicon Valley heavyweights demand access to review boards that can shoot down trolls just ahead of trial
'A guy in a jetpack' seen flying at 3,000ft within few hundred yards of passenger jet landing at LA airport Some kind of protest against drones taking away people's jobs of pestering aircraft mid-flight?
Someone's getting a free trip to the US – well, not quite free. Brit bloke extradited to face $2m+ cyber-scam charges That's certainly one way to get around COVID-19 travel restrictions
Smash-and-grabbed: Chinese AI academic cuffed by Feds after 'binning hard drive' amid software leak probe Uni bod accused of destroying evidence by agents investigating possible visa fraud, transfer of 'sensitive' data to Beijing
Cisco warns miscreants are crippling IOS XR network gear over the internet with memory black-holes. No patch yet Plus: Time to dump that old backdoored ZTE mobile hotspot
Zuck says Facebook made an 'operational mistake' in not taking down US militia page mid-protests. TBH the whole social network is a mistake So sorry this keeps happening. Best out of three, er, four, er ten?
Before you head off for the weekend, you have patched your Pulse Secure VPNs, right? Wouldn't want you to be pwned via a phishing link Perl clutching time again
BeagleBoyz: 2020's hottest country-rap band, or N. Korea hackers stealing millions. Only one way to find out... ...read the article, of course
Here's some words we never expected to write: Oracle said to offer $10bn cash, $10bn shares for TikTok US – plus profit share promise When Larry said he wanted the app, he meant on his phone, not... oh God
'My wife tried to order some clothes tonight. When she logged in, she was in someone else's account ... Now someone's charged her card' Register readers tell of the moment online fashion souk started leaking strangers' details at random
Forget your space-age IT security systems. It might just take a $1m bribe and a willing employee to be pwned Elon Musk suggests Tesla targeted by Russian charged with trying to bung staffer cash to infect own bosses' network during DDoS distraction
US election 2020: The disinfo operations have evolved, but so have state governments Officials are better prepared for meddling – so attackers have had to rely on mental games
iPhone soon to be Hecho en Mexico? Taiwan's Foxconn, Pegatron mulling going south of the US border – report Plus other gadget makers, too, we're told, amid China trade fears
If you think Mozilla pushed a broken Firefox Android build, good news: It didn't. Bad news: It's working as intended Netizens up in arms over unexpected UI change, missing add-ons support
US Air Force shows off latest all-electric flying car, says it 'might seem straight out of a Hollywood movie' Not a Hollywood action flick by the looks of it
Canadian shipping company Canpar gets an unwanted delivery – ransomware Meanwhile, Gmail finally deals with a 'confused mailman' problem
Apple hits back at Epic, says Fortnite crew wants a 'free ride' on fees: Let the app store death match commence What's a monopoly? asks iGiant
Utes gotta be kidding me... University of Utah handed $457K to ransomware creeps 'After careful consideration' uni decided to pay up using its insurance policy
Putting the d'oh! in Adobe: 'Years of photos' permanently wiped from iPhones, iPads by bad Lightroom app update Please, please, please back up your files, people
Ex-Uber chief security officer charged, accused of covering up theft of personal info from databases by hackers Say it ain't Joe?
Reap it in the family: Four brothers accused of cheating Amazon out of $19m in wholesaler fraud caper Homeland Security swoops on quad who allegedly committed worst US crime of all: Defrauding Big Business
Thanks for the memories... now pay up or else: Maze ransomware crew claims to have hacked SK hynix, leaks '5% of stolen files' More expected to leak unless extortionists are paid off
FCC: Remember that confidential paperwork you gave us, China Telecom? Yeah, well, we're handing it over to the Feds Chinese telco's pleas to not be booted out of America will be passed to prosecutors
Ex-Apple engineer lifts lid on Uncle Sam's top-secret plan to turn customized iPod into 'Geiger counter' This article will self-destruct in five seconds
US senators: WikiLeaks 'likely knew it was assisting Russian intelligence influence effort' in 2016 Dem email leak And: 'Putin ordered the Russian effort to hack computer networks' to help Donald Trump win White House race
Feds seize 'largest ever' haul of crypto-dosh from terrorists – including coins from 'fake' pandemic mask web store Plus: Someone's gunning for Mac developers
