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Europe coughs up €400 to punter after breaking its own GDPR data protection rules
Infosec in brief Gravy Analytics, a vendor of location intelligence info for marketers which reached a settlement with US authorities last year over its alleged unlawful sale of location, has reportedly been hacked – potentially exposing millions of smartphone users.…
Chinese cyber-spies peek over shoulder of officials probing real-estate deals near American military bases
Chinese cyber-spies who broke into the US Treasury Department also stole documents from officials investigating real-estate sales near American military bases, it's reported.…
Drug addiction treatment service admits attackers stole sensitive patient data
BayMark Health Services, one of the biggest drug addiction treatment facilities in the US, says it is notifying some patients this week that their sensitive personal information was stolen.…
Devs sent into security panic by 'feature that was helpful … until it wasn't'
On Call Velkomin, Vælkomin, Hoş geldin, and welcome to Friday, and therefore to another edition of On Call – The Register's end-of-week celebration of the tech support tasks you managed to tackle without too much trauma.…
Look for the label: White House rolls out 'Cyber Trust Mark' for smart devices
The White House this week introduced a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for technology products so that consumers can have some assurance their smart devices aren't spying on them.…
Zero-day exploits plague Ivanti Connect Secure appliances for second year running
The cybersecurity industry is urging those in charge of defending their orgs to take mitigation efforts "seriously" as Ivanti battles two dangerous new vulnerabilities, one of which was already being exploited as a zero-day.…
Security pros baited with fake Windows LDAP exploit traps
Security researchers are once again being lured into traps by attackers, this time with fake exploits of serious Microsoft security flaws.…
Japanese Police claim China ran five-year cyberattack campaign targeting local orgs
Japan’s National Police Agency and Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity have confirmed third party reports of attacks on local orgs by publishing details of a years-long series of attacks attributed to a China-backed source.…
Database tables of student, teacher info stolen from PowerSchool in cyberattack
A leading education software maker has admitted its IT environment was compromised in a cyberattack, with students and teachers' personal data – including some Social Security Numbers and medical info – stolen.…
I tried hard, but didn't fix all of cybersecurity, admits outgoing US National Cyber Director
The outgoing leader of the United States' Office of the National Cyber Director has a clear message for whomever President-elect Trump picks to be his successor: There's a lot of work still to do.…
Mitel 0-day, 5-year-old Oracle RCE bug under active exploit
Cybercriminals are actively exploiting two vulnerabilities in Mitel MiCollab, including a zero-day flaw – and a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server that has been abused for at least five years.…
DNA sequencers found running ancient BIOS, posing risk to clinical research
Argentine cybersecurity shop Eclypsium claims security issues affecting leading DNA sequencing devices could lead to disruptions in crucial clinical research.…
UN's aviation agency confirms attack on recruitment database
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United Nations' aviation agency, has confirmed to The Register that a cyber crim did indeed steal 42,000 records from its recruitment database.…
Crims backdoored the backdoors they supplied to other miscreants. Then the domains lapsed
More than 4,000 unique backdoors are using expired domains and/or abandoned infrastructure, and many of these expose government and academia-owned hosts – thus setting these hosts up for hijacking by criminals who likely have less altruistic intentions than the security researchers who uncovered the backdoors.…
Akamai to quit its CDN in China, seemingly not due to trouble from Beijing
Akamai has decided to end its content delivery network services in China, but not because it’s finding it hard to do business in the Middle Kingdom.…
FCC boss urges speedy spectrum auction to fund 'Rip'n'Replace' of Chinese kit
The outgoing boss of the FCC, Jessica Rosenworcel, has called on her colleagues to "quickly" adopt rules allowing the US regulator to stage a radio spectrum auction, the proceeds of which would fund the removal from American networks of equipment made by Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE.…
Turbulence at UN aviation agency as probe into potential data theft begins
The United Nations' aviation agency is investigating "a potential information security incident" after a cybercriminal claimed they had laid hands on 42,000 of the branch's documents.…
DEF CON's hacker-in-chief faces fortune in medical bills after paralyzing neck injury
Marc Rogers, DEF CON's head of security, faces tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills following an accident that left him with a broken neck and temporary quadriplegia.…
US adds web and gaming giant Tencent to list of Chinese military companies
The US Department of Defense has added Chinese messaging and gaming Tencent to its list of “Chinese military company”, a designation that won’t necessarily result in a ban but is nonetheless unpleasant.…
Charter, Consolidated, Windstream reportedly join China's Salt Typhoon victim list
The list of telecommunications victims in the Salt Typhoon cyberattack continues to grow as a new report names Charter Communications, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream among those breached by Chinese government snoops.…
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