French cops cuff Russian hoopster for alleged ransomware • The Register
A Russian professional basketball player is cooling his heels in a French detention center after being arrested and accused of acting as a negotiator for a ransomware gang. Daniil Kasatkin, 26, was arrested at Charles de Gaulle Airport outside Paris on June 21...
Chinese censorship-busters say Tencent behind shutdown bid • The Register
Anti-censorship organization GreatFire.org has accused Singapore infosec outfit Group-IB of helping Chinese web giant Tencent to quell its activities. GreatFire researches China’s censorship efforts and publishes data about the material and apps Beijing blocks....
US airman admits leaking secrets on dating app • The Register
A lovestruck US Air Force employee has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transmit confidential national defense information after sharing military secrets information about the Russia-Ukraine war with a woman he met on a dating app. David Franklin Slater, a...
Windows 11 now uses JScript9Legacy engine for improved security
Microsoft announced that it has replaced the default scripting engine JScript with the newer and more secure JScript9Legacy on Windows 11 version 24H2 and later. The decision is driven by security concerns, as JScript9Legacy is expected to offer better...
Russian pro basketball player arrested for alleged role in ransomware attacks
Russian professional basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was arrested in France at the request of the United States for allegedly acting as a negotiator for a ransomware gang. Daniil Kasatkin is a Russian basketball player who briefly played NCAA basketball at...
Russia rejects ethical hacking bill • The Register
Russia, home to some of the world's most lucrative and damaging cybercrime operations, has rejected a bill to legalize ethical hacking. The State Duma, the lower house of Russia's general assembly, blocked the bill's passage into law on various grounds,...
Best practices for passwords, MFA & access control
Imagine your organization has just won a contract to handle sensitive law-enforcement data – you might be a cloud provider, a software vendor, or an analytics firm. It won’t be long before CJIS is top of mind. You know the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information...
How Passwork 7 helps tame business passwords • The Register
Sponsored feature Passwords are necessary for businesses, but look away for a minute and they quickly get out of control. If your users do things right and use a different password for each application, you'll easily reach hundreds of them with just a few dozen...
Microsoft Authenticator on iOS moves backups fully to iCloud
Microsoft is rolling out a new backup system in September for its Authenticator app on iOS, removing the requirement to use a Microsoft personal account to back up TOTP secrets and account names. Previously, the Microsoft Authenticator app required iOS users to...
How to trick ChatGPT into revealing Windows keys? I give up • The Register
A clever AI bug hunter found a way to trick ChatGPT into disclosing Windows product keys, including at least one owned by Wells Fargo bank, by inviting the AI model to play a guessing game. In this case, a researcher duped ChatGPT 4.0 into bypassing its safety...