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Lib Dem blows raspberry at Sir Humphrey-style non-answer The British government has denied being “complacent” over the Solarwinds hack as a fed-up peer of the realm urged a minister to “answer the question”.… READ MORE HERE…

With a little $10bn package proposed to help them on their way President Biden is preparing to assemble a crack US government cybersecurity team, and has pledged $10bn in funding to shore up the defenses of Uncle Sam’s computer networks.… READ MORE HERE…

Police pull out classic ‘sophisticated cyber attack’ line A 28-year-old has been arrested after allegedly carrying out what police have labelled a “sophisticated cyber attack” on a school.… READ MORE HERE…

Plus: SonicWall hacked, Qualcomm security wobble, warrantless cellphone monitoring by US snoops revealed In brief  One-time ADT security engineer Telesforo Aviles, 35, pleaded guilty to computer fraud in the US after spying on women through their home surveillance cameras.… READ MORE HERE…

Awa’ an bile yer heid, SEPA tells ransomware scum About 4,000 stolen files from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) have been dumped online by frustrated ransomware criminals after the public sector body refused to pay out.… READ MORE HERE…

Medium-sized firm, big revenues, big target Updated  A London ad agency that counts Atlantic Records, Suzuki, and Penguin Random House among its clients has had its files dumped online by a ransomware gang, The Register can reveal.… READ MORE HERE…

Has your password been pwned? MS browser will tell you Microsoft has detailed how the Password Monitor feature in Edge works after it pushed version 88 of the browser into the Stable channel.… READ MORE HERE…

And also fix up these other holes that can be exploited via HTTP requests, SQL injection, etc Cisco this week emitted patches for four sets of critical-severity security holes in its products along with other fixes.… READ MORE HERE…

Department for Education says ‘we believe this is not widespread’ A shipment of laptops supplied to British schoolkids by the Department for Education to help them learn under lockdown came preloaded with malware, The Register can reveal.… READ MORE HERE…

Department for Education says: ‘We believe this is not widespread’ Updated  A shipment of laptops supplied to British schools by the Department for Education to help kids learn under lockdown came preloaded with malware, The Register can reveal.… READ MORE HERE…