The Register Microsoft has announced plans to ensure data processing of EU cloud services within the borders of the political bloc in a move that expert observers claim reveals problems with the firm’s existing setup. …
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The Register Researchers at security biz Qualys discovered 21 vulnerabilities in Exim, a popular mail server, which can be chained to obtain “a full remote unauthenticated code execution and gain root privileges on the Exim …
The Register A local authority in East London has committed a classic privacy blunder by emailing what appear to be thousands of residents – while forgetting to use the BCC field and exposing all of …
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The Register Digital Ocean on Wednesday said someone was able to snoop on some of its cloud subscribers’ billing information via a now-patched vulnerability. In an email to affected customers seen by The Register – …
The Register Following attribution of the SolarWinds supply chain attack to Russia’s APT29, the US CISA infosec agency has published a list of the spies’ known tactics – including a penchant for using a naughtily …
The Register HashiCorp, an open-source company whose Terraform product is widely used for automated cloud deployments, has revealed a private code-signing key was exposed thanks to the compromised Codecov script discovered earlier this month. Codecov, …
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The Register QNAP has urged its customers to install and run its latest firmware and malware removal tools on their NAS boxes amid a surge in ransomware infections. Two file-scrambling nasties, Qlocker and eCh0raix, are …
The Register Indonesian officials have asked its nation’s citizens to stop leaking their own personal data on social media by sharing pictures of certificates attesting to their receipt of COVID-19 vaccinations. In a Tuesday press …
The Register Graham Ivan Clark, part of the crew that hijacked around 130 high-profile Twitter accounts and used them to collect cryptocurrency, has been sentenced to three years in prison for his part in the …
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The Register The US Department of Justice says a grand jury has indicted Swiss security provocateur Till Kottmann over multiple exploits and attempts at fraud, and authorities have quickly moved to rule out free speech …
Swiss security provocateur who leaked Intel secrets indicted by US authorities Read More »
The Register The shift to remote working over the last year hasn’t been all bad – it’s forced the pace of digital transformation and encouraged many organisations to rethink the way they operate. Unfortunately, that’s …
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The Register Following up on a disputed 2018 claim in its BusinessWeek publication that tiny spy chips were found on Supermicro server motherboards in 2015, Bloomberg on Friday doubled down by asserting that Supermicro’s products …