2024

Police Chiefs Call for Solutions to Access Encrypted Data in Serious Crime Cases 2024-04-23 at 13:31 By European Police Chiefs said that the complementary partnership between law enforcement agencies and the technology industry is at risk due to end-to-end encryption (E2EE). They called on the industry and governments to take urgent action to ensure public […]

German Authorities Issue Arrest Warrants for Three Suspected Chinese Spies 2024-04-23 at 13:31 By German authorities said they have issued arrest warrants against three citizens on suspicion of spying for China. The full names of the defendants were not disclosed by the Office of the Federal Prosecutor (aka Generalbundesanwalt), but it includes Herwig F., Ina F., and Thomas

Don’t rent out that container ship yet: CIOs and biz buyers view AI PCs with some caution 2024-04-23 at 12:45 By Paul Kunert Risky bet? Premium price with ‘no demonstrable benefits’? It doesn’t sound like an order avalanche Italic text… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Over a million Neighbourhood Watch members exposed through web app bug 2024-04-23 at 11:46 By Connor Jones Unverified users could scoop up data on high-value individuals without any form of verification process Neighbourhood Watch (NW) groups across the UK can now rest easy knowing the developers behind a communications platform fixed a web app bug

Meta comms chief handed six year Russian prison sentence for ‘justifying terrorism’ 2024-04-23 at 10:46 By Thomas Claburn Memo to Andy Stone: Don’t go to Russia for your holidays Meta’s communications director Andy Stone has been sentenced in absentia to six years imprisonment in Russia for “justifying terrorism.”… This article is an excerpt from The

U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions on 13 Linked to Commercial Spyware Misuse 2024-04-23 at 10:46 By The U.S. Department of State on Monday said it’s taking steps to impose visa restrictions on 13 individuals who are allegedly involved in the development and sale of commercial spyware or who are immediately family members of those involved in such businesses. “These individuals have facilitated

European Commission to suspend TikTok’s new rewards program, open second probe 2024-04-23 at 09:32 By Simon Sharwood For some reason the world’s most notorious app decided not to tick all boxes under the world’s toughest digital law TikTok has earned itself a second investigation under the European Union’s Digital Services Act – and suspension of

Misconfigured cloud server leaked clues of North Korean animation scam 2024-04-23 at 08:32 By Laura Dobberstein Outsourcers outsourced work for the BBC, Amazon, and HBO Max to the hermit kingdom A misconfigured cloud server that used a North Korean IP address has led to the discovery that film production studios including the BBC, Amazon, and

Russia’s APT28 Exploited Windows Print Spooler Flaw to Deploy ‘GooseEgg’ Malware 2024-04-23 at 08:32 By The Russia-linked nation-state threat actor tracked as APT28 weaponized a security flaw in the Microsoft Windows Print Spooler component to deliver a previously unknown custom malware called GooseEgg. The post-compromise tool, which is said to have been used since at least June 2020 and possibly as