Risk facing the UK is widely underestimated, NCSC warns • The Register The number of security threats in the UK that hit the country’s National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) maximum severity threshold has tripled compared to the previous 12 months. Published today, GCHQ’s tech offshoot’s 2024 review reveals that 12 Read more…
Russia gives life sentence to Hydra dark web kingpin • The Register A Russian court has handed a life sentence to the head of the infamous online drugs souk Hydra, and 15 of his co-conspirators will also spend many years behind bars. The leader of the gang, Stanislav Moiseev, received Read more…
Telco security is a dumpster fire burning everyone • The Register Opinion Here’s a front-page headline you won’t see these days: CHINA’S SPIES ARE TAPPING OUR PHONES. Not that they’re not – they are – but, like the environment, there’s so much cybersecurity horror in the media that, yes, of Read more…
Zabbix urges upgrades after SQL injection bug disclosure • The Register Open-source enterprise network and application monitoring provider Zabbix is warning customers of a new critical vulnerability that could lead to full system compromise. Tracked as CVE-2024-42327, the SQL injection bug scored a near-perfect 9.9 when assessed using the Common Read more…
Here’s what happens if you don’t layer network security • The Register The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency often breaks into critical organizations’ networks – with their permission, of course – to simulate real-world cyber attacks and thereby help improve their security. In one of those recent exercises conducted at Read more…
China’s telco attacks mean ‘thousands’ of boxes compromised • The Register The Biden administration on Friday hosted telco execs to chat about China’s recent attacks on the sector, amid revelations that US networks may need mass rebuilds to recover. Details of the extent of China’s attacks came from senator Mark Read more…
Modern workplaces increasingly resemble surveillance zones • The Register Office buildings have become like web browsers – they’re full of tracking technology, a trend documented in a report out this week by Cracked Labs. The study, titled “Tracking Indoor Location, Movement and Desk Occupancy in the Workplace,” looks at how Read more…
Telco engineer spying on employer for Beijing gets 4 years • The Register A 59 year-old Florida telco engineer was sentenced to 48 months in prison after he served as a spy for China and provided Beijing with details like his employer’s cybersecurity, according to the US Department of Justice. Read more…
US senators propose mandated MFA, encryption in healthcare • The Register American hospitals and healthcare organizations would be required to adopt multi-factor authentication (MFA) and other minimum cybersecurity standards under new legislation proposed by a bipartisan group of US senators. The Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2024 [PDF], Read more…
Guardsman gets 15 years after leaking secret info on Discord • The Register A former Air National Guard member who stole classified American military secrets, and showed them to his gaming buddies on Discord, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Jack Teixeira, 22, joined the service in September Read more…