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Chat app blocks Windows' screenshot-happy feature from peeking at private convos

Chat app biz Signal is unhappy with the current version of Microsoft Recall and has invoked some Digital Rights Management (DRM) functionality in Windows to stop the tool from snapshotting private conversations.…

Parents and teachers have personal info, ID documents leaked online, but exam season mostly unaffected

Scotland's West Lothian Council has confirmed that data was stolen from its education network after the Interlock ransomware group claimed responsibility for the intrusion earlier this month.…

The 19-year-old and a partner first tried to extort an unnamed telco, but failed

A 19-year-old student has agreed to plead guilty to hacking into the systems of two companies as part of an extortion scheme, and The Register has learned that one of the targets was PowerSchool.…

Their connection? Aiding Ukraine, duh

Russian cyberspies have targeted "dozens" of Western and NATO-country logistics providers, tech companies, and government orgs providing transport and foreign assistance to Ukraine, according to a joint government announcement issued Wednesday.…

Credit card theft losses in 2023 alone totaled $36.5M

International cops working with Microsoft have shut down infrastructure and seized web domains used to run a distribution service for info-stealing malware Lumma. Criminals paid $250 to $1,000 a month to get access to the infostealer.…

Bribed support staff identified, fired

Coinbase says the data of nearly 70,000 customers was handed over by overseas support staff who were bribed by criminals to give up the goods.…

CS remains hopeful damages will be limited to seven figures

CrowdStrike is "confident" that the worst-case scenario of its pending lawsuit with Delta will result in it paying the airline a sum in the "single-digit millions."…

From air-gapped bunkers to partner-run platforms, sovereignty is suddenly in vogue

Google has updated its sovereign cloud services, including an air-gapped solution for customers with strict data security and residency requirements, as customers grow uneasy over US digital dominance.…

In practice, it'll cost many times that and almost certainly won't work

In a White House press conference on Tuesday President Trump announced his plans for a defensive network of missiles, radar, space surveillance, and attack satellites that he promised would protect America.…

Downtime stings retailer, with technical recovery costs coming at a later date

Marks & Spencer says the disruption related to its ongoing cyberattack is likely to knock around £300 million ($402 million) off its operating profits for the next financial year (2025/26).…

After 60 years+ cooperation on space and military ops, worrying 'rhetoric' from Team Trump has Brits examining options

The current rhetoric coming from the US is "alarming" for the UK, which depends on a continuation of their long-standing co-operation around space and military tech for the future, the UK's second parliamentary chamber heard this week.…

Crew ain't done hopping sectors, Unit 42 threat hunter warns

interview  Scattered Spider snared financial services organizations in its web before its recent spate of retail attacks in the UK and US, according to Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42.…

Nothing like insecure code in security suites

The "ongoing exploitation" of two Ivanti bugs has now extended beyond on-premises environments and hit customers' cloud instances, according to security shop Wiz.…

Update before that proof-of-concept comes to bite

Security researchers are sounding the alarm over a fresh flaw in the JavaScript implementation of OpenPGP (OpenPGP.js) that allows both signed and encrypted messages to be spoofed.…

Peter Green Chilled supplies all the major UK chains

It's more bad news for UK supermarkets with chilled and frozen food distribution business Peter Green Chilled confirming a ransomware attack with customers.…

Researcher finds VoLTE metadata could be used to locate users within 100 meters

UK telco Virgin Media O2 has fixed an issue with its 4G Calling feature that allowed users' general location to be discerned by those who called them.…

Brain drain, budget cuts, constant cyberthreats - who wouldn't want this job?

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has a new No. 2: Madhu Gottumukkala, stepping in as the nation's lead civilian cyber agency faces budget cuts, a brain drain, and the never-ending task of defending critical infrastructure.…

Proving yet again that crims are bad at search hygiene

An Alabama man who SIM-swapped his way into the SEC's official X account, enabling a fake ETF announcement that briefly pumped Bitcoin, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release.…

Cybercriminals lifted info including addresses, ID numbers, and financial records from agency systems

A "significant amount of personal data" belonging to legal aid applicants dating back to 2010 in the UK was stolen by cybercriminals, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) confirmed today.…

Enormous org has been hit by ransomware again and again, on multiple fronts, over the past year

Top cybersecurity officials within the UK government and the National Health Service (NHS) are asking CEOs of tech suppliers to pledge their allegiance to sound security by signing a public charter.…