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Analysis of Computer Misuse Act cases also draws heavily on El Reg archives An academic researcher has analysed more than 100 Computer Misuse Act cases to paint a picture of the sort of computer-enabled criminals who plague Great Britain’s digital doings in the 21st Century.… READ MORE HERE…

That’s Self-Paced Online Training, says SANS Institute Promo  Working in cybersecurity means always keeping your skills bang up to date. But what are your options when the challenges of blocking out time for traditional in person training are compounded by pandemic-related restrictions?… READ MORE HERE…

Evidence is thin, but Natanz enrichment facility is offline Iran has admitted that one of its nuclear facilities went offline over the weekend, and a single report claiming Israeli cyber-weapons were the cause has been widely accepted as a credible explanation for the incident.… READ MORE HERE…

‘Strategic Competition Act’ calls for appointment of a new ambassador-at-large for tech America’s plan to compete with China includes a call for the land of the free to dominate tech standards bodies, especially for 5G, and to appoint an ambassador level official to lead a new “Technology Partnership Office” that Washington will use to drive tech collaboration among like-minded nations.… READ MORE HERE…

Someone hasn’t heard of redundancy The US Justice Department on Friday announced the arrest of Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, for allegedly planning to blow up a single Amazon data center in Ashburn, Virginia, which he thought would knock out around 70 per cent of the internet.… READ MORE HERE…

Who says everything below the line is a cesspit of useless filth? Nearly a third of Britons use the name of their pet or a family member as a password, the National Cyber Security Centre has said as it advised folk to adopt what looks very much like a Register forum user’s suggestion for secure password generation.… READ MORE HERE…

Very 2021 to have AI bots fight in simulated networks for our entertainment (and science) Microsoft has open-sourced software that pits machine-learning-powered network intruders against automated defenders inside virtual networks.… READ MORE HERE…

Very 2021 to have AI bots fight in simulated networks for our entertainment (and science) Microsoft has open-sourced software that pits machine-learning-powered network intruders against automated defenders inside virtual networks.… READ MORE HERE…

New laws needed to cut off incentive to crooks, argues Marcus Willett Increasing numbers of senior ex-GCHQ people have called for laws preventing businesses using cyber insurance to buy off ransomware attackers – with the money merely perpetuating the criminals’ business model.… READ MORE HERE…

Euro cops take $1.65bn of blow off the streets after poring over messages The Belgian plod says it seized 27.64 tons of cocaine worth €1.4bn (£1.2bn, $1.65bn) from shipments into Antwerp in the past six weeks after defeating the encryption in the Sky ECC chat app to read drug smugglers’ messages.… READ MORE HERE…