Military radio maker BK Technologies cops to cyber break-in • The Register
BK Technologies, the Florida-based maker of mission-critical radios for US police, fire, and defense customers, has confessed to a cyber intrusion that briefly rattled its IT systems last month. The company identified "potentially suspicious activity" around...
OpenAI bans some Chinese, Russian accounts using AI for evil • The Register
OpenAI has banned ChatGPT accounts believed to be linked to Chinese government entities attempting to use AI models to surveil individuals and social media accounts. In its most recent threat report [PDF] published today, the GenAI giant said that these users...
UK eyes satellite laser shields, carrier-launched jet drones • The Register
The UK is pressing ahead with cutting-edge defense projects, the latest including research to protect satellites from laser attack and a technology demonstrator for a jet-powered drone to operate from Royal Navy carriers. According to Britain's Ministry of...
Home Office to splash £60M on number plate data app • The Register
The UK's Home Office is inviting tech suppliers to take part in a £60 million "market engagement" for an application that uses data from automated number plate recognition (ANPR) systems. In an official notice published earlier this month, the department...
Red Hat data breach escalates as ShinyHunters joins extortion
Enterprise software giant Red Hat is now being extorted by the ShinyHunters gang, with samples of stolen customer engagement reports (CERs) leaked on their data leak site. News of the Red Hat data breach broke last week when a hacking group known as the Crimson...
Critical GoAnywhere bug exploited in ransomware attacks
A cybercrime group, tracked as Storm-1175, has been actively exploiting a maximum severity GoAnywhere MFT vulnerability in Medusa ransomware attacks for nearly a month. Tracked as CVE-2025-10035, this security flaw impacts Fortra's web-based secure transfer...
Redis warns of critical flaw impacting thousands of instances
The Redis security team has released patches for a maximum severity vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain remote code execution on thousands of vulnerable instances. Redis (short for Remote Dictionary Server) is an open-source data structure store...
Salesloft hackers outsourcing ransom negotiations for $10 • The Register
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters has launched an unusual crowdsourced extortion scheme, offering $10 in Bitcoin to anyone willing to help pressure their alleged victims into paying ransoms. The cybercrime collective is encouraging followers to email senior executives...
Preschool network attackers take aim at Minnesota hospital • The Register
First they targeted a preschool network, now new kids on the ransomware block Radiant Group say they've hit a hospital in the US, continuing their deplorable early cybercrime careers. With just three claimed victims on its website, including preschool network...
JLR to begin production restart following cyber shutdown • The Register
Jaguar Land Rover is readying staff to resume manufacturing in the coming days, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Reg. The cyber-stricken automaker did not commit to a firm restart date, but the spokesperson said manufacturing plants across the UK will be...