Tag: infosec
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The Register: Infosec pro Troy Hunt HasBeenPwned in Mailchimp phish
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/troy_hunt_mailchimp_phish/ Source: The Register Title: Infosec pro Troy Hunt HasBeenPwned in Mailchimp phish Feedly Summary: 16,000 stolen records pertain to former and active mail subscribers Infosec veteran Troy Hunt of HaveIBeenPwned fame is notifying thousands of people after phishers scooped up his Mailchimp mailing list.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incident…
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The Register: Mobsters now overlap with cybercrime gangs and use AI for evil, Europol warns
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/24/modern_mafiosos_wield_ai/ Source: The Register Title: Mobsters now overlap with cybercrime gangs and use AI for evil, Europol warns Feedly Summary: 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…
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The Register: Ex-NSA boss: Good news. Election security focus helped dissuade increase in Russian meddling with US
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/23/nsa_rogers_russia/ Source: The Register Title: Ex-NSA boss: Good news. Election security focus helped dissuade increase in Russian meddling with US Feedly Summary: 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…
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The Register: Paragon spyware deployed against journalists and activists, Citizen Lab claims
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/21/paragon_spyx_hacked/ Source: The Register Title: Paragon spyware deployed against journalists and activists, Citizen Lab claims Feedly Summary: 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,…
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The Register: Infoseccers criticize Veeam over critical RCE vulnerability and a failing blacklist
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/infoseccers_criticize_veeam_over_critical/ Source: The Register Title: Infoseccers criticize Veeam over critical RCE vulnerability and a failing blacklist Feedly Summary: Palming off the blame using an ‘unknown’ best practice didn’t go down well either In patching the latest critical remote code execution (RCE) bug in Backup and Replication, software shop Veeam is attracting criticism from…
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The Register: Extortion crew threatened to inform Edward Snowden (?!) if victim didn’t pay up
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/18/extortionists_ox_thief_legal_threats/ Source: The Register Title: Extortion crew threatened to inform Edward Snowden (?!) if victim didn’t pay up Feedly Summary: Don’t laugh. This kind of warning shows crims are getting desperate Dark web analysts at infosec software vendor Fortra have discovered an extortion crew named Ox Thief that threatened to contact Edward Snowden…
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The Register: FCC stands up Council on National Security to fight China in ways that CISA used to
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/16/infosec_news_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: FCC stands up Council on National Security to fight China in ways that CISA used to Feedly Summary: PLUS: Alleged Garantex admin arrested in India; Google deletes more North Korean malware Infosec In Brief United States Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr has unveiled plans to form a…