Spy vs spy in the chips Comment Chinese state media called the US an aspiring “surveillance empire” over its proposed use of asset tracking tags to crack down on black-market GPU shipments to the Middle Kingdom.… READ MORE HERE…
If you wanted to hurt Putin’s ransomware racketeers, these info-stealing npm packages are one way to do it Researchers at software supply chain security outfit Safety think they’ve found malware that targets Russian cryptocurrency developers, and perhaps therefore Russia’s state-linked ransomware crews… READ MORE HERE…
‘Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst,’ one tells The Reg Feature Bill Gates, an Arizona election official and former Maricopa County supervisor, says that the death threats started shortly after the 2020 presidential election.… READ MORE HERE…
Is that a JuicyPotato on your network? A suspected Chinese-government-backed cyber crew recently broke into a Taiwanese web hosting provider to steal credentials and plant backdoors for long-term access, using a mix of open-source and custom software tools, Cisco Talos reports.… READ MORE HERE…
Switchzilla’s summer of perfect 10s Cisco has issued a patch for a maximum-severity bug in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary shell commands on vulnerable systems.… READ MORE HERE…
London-based multinational takes customer portal and Voice API platform offline as ‘protective measure’ following breach Updated Multinational telco Colt Technology Services says a “cyber incident” is to blame for its customer portal and other services being down for a number of days.… READ MORE HERE…
Who knew zero-days could be so useful to highway speedsters? The lingering effects of a cyberattack on the Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands are preventing it from reactivating speed cameras across the country.… READ MORE HERE…
As £9 billion MoU sparks debate about value for money, it’s time to have your say Register debate series It’s a lot of money, £9 billion ($12 billion). Especially for a government which finds itself — for whatever reason — in a fiscal dead end.… READ MORE HERE…
Government and police employee credentials sold at bargain-basement prices on underground forums Criminals are selling access to FBI and other law enforcement and government email accounts to other criminals via dark web marketplaces for as little as $40.… READ MORE HERE…
Are UK taxpayers getting real value from SPA24 — or just high cost convenience? Register debate series The UK government’s five-year Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA24) with Microsoft is set to see public sector bodies spend around £1.9 billion each year—nearly £9 billion in total over half a decade. It’s a vast sum for software and services, and one that deserves close scrutiny.… READ MORE HERE…