‘It’s a high-stakes intelligence war’ he told El Reg exclusive A mystery whistleblower calling himself GangExposed has exposed key figures behind the Conti and Trickbot ransomware crews, publishing a trove of internal files and naming names.… READ MORE HERE…
Pen tester on ScreenConnect bug: This one ‘terrifies’ me ConnectWise has brought in the big guns to investigate a “sophisticated nation state actor” that broke into its IT environment and then breached some of its customers.… READ MORE HERE…
28-year-old alleged to have made multiple drops to folks who turned out to be undercover FBI agents A Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) IT specialist is scheduled to appear in court today after being caught by the FBI trying to surreptitiously drop top secret information to a foreign government in a public park.… READ MORE HERE…
Cash splashed on damages, infrastructure improvements, and fraud monitoring A Seattle cancer facility has agreed to fork out around $52.5 million as part of a class action settlement linked to a Thanksgiving 2023 cyberattack where criminals directly threatened cancer patients with swat attacks.… READ MORE HERE…
Giving people the power to build community and bring the world closer together so we can shoot them Meta has partnered with Anduril Industries to build augmented and virtual reality devices for the military, eight years after it fired the defense firm’s founder, Palmer Luckey.… READ MORE HERE…
Probably not a cyber-incident, but definitely not a good look Security services vendor SentinelOne experienced a major outage on Thursday.… READ MORE HERE…
No formal attribution made but two separate probes hint at the same suspect Thousands of Asus routers are currently ensnared by a new botnet that is trying to disable Trend Micro security features before exploiting vulnerabilities for backdoor access.… READ MORE HERE…
Knickers outlet knackered Underwear retailer Victoria’s Secret’s website has been down for three days, with the company blaming an unspecified security problem.… READ MORE HERE…
The latest in a long line of techies to face Putin’s wrath A Russian programmer will face the next 14 years in a “strict-regime” (high-security) penal colony after a regional court ruled he leaked sensitive data to Ukraine.… READ MORE HERE…
Really strong USB ports make a difference too by reducing the need for motherboard replacements Computex Analysts rate Taiwan’s ASUS the world’s fifth most prolific PC-maker, but the company wants to climb the charts by targeting business buyers, according to Shawn Chang, Head of Go-To-Market for the outfit’s Commercial Business Unit.… READ MORE HERE…