Securing the Cloud in an Age of Escalating Cyber Threats Summary This piece argues that traditional perimeter-based security is obsolete for modern hybrid cloud environments and outlines practical shifts organisations…
Wyden calls for probe of federal judiciary data breaches, accusing it of ‘negligence’ Summary Senator Ron Wyden urged the Supreme Court to authorise an independent, public expert review into recent…
Farmers Insurance says 1 million customers affected by cyberattack on third-party vendor Summary More than 1.07 million customers of Farmers Insurance and affiliated companies were impacted after hackers accessed a…
South Korea arrests suspected Chinese hacker accused of targeting BTS singer and other celebrities Summary South Korean police have arrested a 34-year-old Chinese national, identified by the surname Jeon, suspected…
Maryland investigating cyberattack impacting transit service for disabled people Summary The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) reported an unauthorised access incident affecting systems that organise specialised transport for disabled people, known…
Bug bounties: The good, the bad, and the frankly ridiculous ways to do it Summary This feature from The Register traces three decades of bug bounty evolution — from Netscape’s…
Australian university used Wi‑Fi location data to identify student protestors Summary In July 2024 the University of Melbourne used CCTV and Wi‑Fi location data to identify students taking part in…
AWS, Cloudflare, Digital Ocean, and Google helped Feds investigate alleged Rapper Bot DDoS perp Summary The US Department of Justice credited a range of industry partners — including Akamai, Amazon…
CIO made a dangerous mistake and ordered his security team to implement it Summary A reader using the handle “FireBug” recounts how a newly arrived, hands-on CIO personally reviewed firewall…
After Tea Leak, 33,000 Women’s Addresses Were Purportedly Mapped on Google Maps Summary The BBC discovered two Google Maps that purportedly plotted the locations of around 33,000 women who had…
