Happy Groundhog Day! Security researchers at Radware say they’ve identified several vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s ChatGPT service that allow the exfiltration of personal information.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: OpenAI putting bandaids…
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Logitech macOS mouse mayhem traced to expired dev certificate
Company says it dropped the ball, apologizes for wasting people’s time Logitech says an expired developer certificate is to blame after swaths of customers were left infuriated when their mice malfunctioned.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Cloudflare pours cold water on ‘BGP weirdness preceded US attack on Venezuela’ theory
Suggests rotten routing, not evidence of a cyber-strike before kinetic action Cloudflare has poured cold water on a theory that the USA’s incursion into Venezuela coincided with a cyberattack on telecoms infrastructure.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
IBM’s AI agent Bob easily duped to run malware, researchers show
Prompt injection lets risky commands slip past guardrails IBM describes its coding agent thus: “Bob is your AI software development partner that understands your intent, repo, and security standards.” Unfortunately, Bob doesn’t always follow those security standards.… This article has…
ESA calls cops as crims lift off 500 GB of files, say security black hole still open
Two weeks, two major data leaks … not a good look for the European Space Agency exclusive The European Space Agency on Wednesday confirmed yet another massive security breach, and told The Register that the data thieves responsible will be…
Stalkerware slinger pleads guilty for selling snooper software to suspicious spouses
pcTattletale boss Bryan Fleming faces up to 15 years in prison when sentenced later this year The US government has secured a guilty plea from a stalkerware maker in federal court, marking just the second time in more than a…
Microsoft scraps Exchange Online spam clamp after customers cry foul
Negative feedback sinks Redmond’s plan to cap outbound email recipients Microsoft has backed away from planned changes to Exchange Online after customers objected to limits designed to curb outbound email abuse.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Ministry of Justice splurged £50M on security – still missed Legal Aid Agency cyberattack
High-risk system compromised long before intrusion was finally spotted The UK’s Ministry of Justice spent £50 million ($67 million) on cybersecurity improvements at the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) before the high-profile cyberattack it disclosed last year.… This article has been…
Jaguar Land Rover wholesale volumes plummet 43% in cyberattack aftermath
Production halts and supply-chain disruption left luxury automaker reeling in fiscal Q3 Brit luxury automaker Jaguar Land Rover has reported devastating preliminary Q3 results that lay bare the cascading consequences of a crippling cyberattack, revealing wholesale volumes collapsed more than…
HSBC app takes a dim view of sideloaded Bitwarden installations
Customers report being locked out after grabbing the password manager via F-Droid Some HSBC mobile banking customers in the UK report being locked out of the bank’s app after installing the Bitwarden password manager via an open source app catalog.……
HackerOne ‘ghosted’ me for months over $8,500 bug bounty, says researcher
Long after CVEs issued and open source flaws fixed Last fall, Jakub Ciolek reported two denial-of-service bugs in Argo CD, a popular Kubernetes controller, via HackerOne’s Internet Bug Bounty (IBB) program. Both were assigned CVEs and have since been fixed.…
Brightspeed investigates breach as crims post stolen data for sale
Crimson Collective claims ‘sophisticated attack’ that allows them to ‘disconnect every user from their mobile service’ Internet service provider Brightspeed confirmed that it’s investigating criminals’ claims that they stole more than a million customers’ records and have listed them for…
Fake Windows BSODs check in at Europe’s hotels to con staff into running malware
Phishers posing as Booking.com use panic-inducing blue screens to bypass security controls Russia-linked hackers are sneaking malware into European hotels and other hospitality outfits by tricking staff into installing it themselves through fake Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) crashes.……
Crypto wallet shop Ledger confirms customer data lifted in Global-e snafu
Order and contact details accessed via ecommerce partner, and phishing has begun Blockchain security biz Ledger says customer information was accessed in a breach at its ecommerce payment partner Global-e, and is warning that other brands using the platform may…
UK splashes £210M on cyber plan to stop Whitehall getting pwnd
Central government will supposedly be as secure as energy facilities and datacenters under new proposals The UK today launches its Government Cyber Action Plan, committing £210 million ($282 million) to strengthen defenses across digital public services and hold itself to…
Students bag extended Christmas break after cyber hit on school IT
Phones, email, and core systems knocked out at Higham Lane in Nuneaton Students at a school in Warwickshire, England, have scored an extended Christmas break after a cyberattack crippled its IT systems, forcing classrooms to close and staff to summon…
One criminal, 50 hacked organizations, and all because MFA wasn’t turned on
Crim used infostealer to get cloud credentials If you don’t say “yes way” to MFA, the consequences can be disastrous. Sensitive data belonging to about 50 global enterprises is listed for sale – and, in some cases, has already been…
Congrats, cybercrims: You just fell into a honeypot
Subpoena issued to former ShinyHunters member Resecurity offered its “congratulations” to the Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters cybercrime crew for falling into its threat intel team’s honeypot – resulting in a subpoena being issued for one of the data thieves. Meanwhile, the…
Playing Koi: Palo Alto isn’t saying if it will buy security start-up
CEO Nikesh Arora’s trip to Tel Aviv last month sparked rumors. Palo Alto Networks is on shopping spree. The company is reportedly considering a $400 million purchase of Israeli cybersecurity start up Koi, which raised $48 million in funding last…
Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching
It’s January 2026, and Google is finding innovative new ways to make one of its services worse Important news for Gmail power users: Google is dropping the feature whereby Gmail can collect mail from other email accounts over POP3.… This…