Devilish devs spawn 287 Chrome extensions to flog your browser history to data brokers : Add-ons with 37M installs leak visited URLs to 30+ recipients, researcher says ... theregister.com theregister.com / feeds theregister-com .. theregister-com-security / / #technology / / 3 days 3d Share
Posting AI-generated caricatures on social media is risky, infosec killjoys warn : The more you share online, the more you open yourself to social engineering ... theregister.com theregister.com / feeds theregister-com-security .. theregister-com / / #technology / / 4 days 4d Share
Were telcos tipped off to *that* ancient Telnet bug? Cyber pros say the signs stack up : Curious port filtering and traffic patterns suggest advisories weren't the earliest warning signals sent ... theregister.com theregister.com / feeds theregister-com .. theregister-com-security / / #technology / / 4 days 4d Share
Payroll pirates are conning help desks to steal workers' identities and redirect paychecks Exclusive: Attackers using social engineering to exploit business processes, rather than tunnelling in via tech ... theregister.com theregister.com / feeds theregister-com-security .. theregister-com / / #technology / / 4 days 4d Share
Notepad's new Markdown powers served with a side of remote code execution : Smug faces across all those who opposed the WordPad-ification of Microsoft's humble text editor ... theregister.com theregister.com / feeds theregister-com .. theregister-com-software .. theregister-com-security / / #technology / / 4 days 4d Share
Legacy systems blamed as ministers promise no repeat of Afghan breach : UK government grilled over progress made to prevent a second life-threatening leak ... theregister.com theregister.com / feeds theregister-com-data-centre .. theregister-com .. theregister-com-business .. theregister-com-security / / #technology / / 4 days 4d Share
Microsoft's Valentine's gift to admins: 6 exploited zero-day fixes : Roses are red, violets are blue ... now get patching ... theregister.com theregister.com / feeds theregister-com .. theregister-com-security / / #technology / / 4 days 4d Share
AI agents spill secrets just by previewing malicious links : Zero-click prompt injection can leak data when AI agents meet messaging apps, researchers warn ... theregister.com theregister.com / feeds theregister-com .. theregister-com-software .. theregister-com-security / / #technology / / 5 days 5d Share
Singapore spent 11 months booting China-linked snoops out of telco networks : Operation Cyber Guardian involved 100-plus staff across government and industry ... theregister.com theregister.com / feeds theregister-com .. theregister-com-business .. theregister-com-data-centre .. theregister-com-security / / #technology / / 5 days 5d Share
Nearly 17,000 Volvo staff dinged in supplier breach : HR outsourcer Conduent confirms intruders accessed benefits-related records tied to US personnel ... theregister.com theregister.com / feeds theregister-com .. theregister-com-security / / #technology / / 5 days 5d Share