February 2025

Mega council officers had know idea what they were buying ahead of Oracle fiasco 2025-02-25 at 16:15 By Lindsay Clark Lack of skills left Birmingham officials unable to challenge suppliers and with a system incapable of managing finances Council officers heading up a disastrous Oracle implementation that left Europe’s largest local authority unable to manage […]

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China’s Silver Fox spoofs medical imaging apps to hijack patients’ computers 2025-02-25 at 15:18 By Jessica Lyons Sly like a PRC cyberattack A Chinese government-backed group is spoofing legitimate medical software to hijack hospital patients’ computers, infecting them with backdoors, credential-swiping keyloggers, and cryptominers.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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John Carse hired as Field CISO at Squarex 2025-02-25 at 15:17 By John Carse has been hired as Field Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at SquareX. Carse has over two decades of cybersecurity experience. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Tesla owners may be swapping out vehicle logos due to vandalism fears linked to Elon Musk 2025-02-25 at 15:00 By News.com.au It’s possible that owners could be distancing themselves from Musk following his ties to far-right wing groups and role in the Trump Administration’s DOGE. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and

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London is bottom in Europe for 5G, while Europe lags the rest of the world 2025-02-25 at 14:48 By Dan Robinson Plus: Fandroid alert – Android devices sometimes say ‘5G’ when connecting to 4G London is bottom of the table when it comes to 5G mobile service, according to a report gauging major European cities

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Are you cooler than ex-Apple design guru Sir Jony Ive? 2025-02-25 at 13:55 By Richard Currie What is it with high-powered execs and their love for U2? Ex-Apple design whiz Sir Jony Ive appeared on the BBC’s long-running Radio 4 show Desert Island Discs over the weekend. Despite his storied career and close friendship with

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Malware variants that target operational tech systems are very rare – but 2 were found last year 2025-02-25 at 13:18 By Jessica Lyons Fuxnet and FrostyGoop were both used in the Russia-Ukraine war Two new malware variants specifically designed to disrupt critical industrial processes were set loose on operational technology networks last year, shutting off

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5 Active Malware Campaigns in Q1 2025 2025-02-25 at 13:18 By The first quarter of 2025 has been a battlefield in the world of cybersecurity. Cybercriminals continued launching aggressive new campaigns and refining their attack methods. Below is an overview of five notable malware families, accompanied by analyses conducted in controlled environments. NetSupport RAT Exploiting

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2,500+ Truesight.sys Driver Variants Exploited to Bypass EDR and Deploy HiddenGh0st RAT 2025-02-25 at 13:18 By A large-scale malware campaign has been found leveraging a vulnerable Windows driver associated with Adlice’s product suite to sidestep detection efforts and deliver the Gh0st RAT malware. “To further evade detection, the attackers deliberately generated multiple variants (with different

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GitVenom Malware Steals $456K in Bitcoin Using Fake GitHub Projects to Hijack Wallets 2025-02-25 at 13:18 By Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to an ongoing campaign that’s targeting gamers and cryptocurrency investors under the guise of open-source projects hosted on GitHub. The campaign, which spans hundreds of repositories, has been dubbed GitVenom by Kaspersky. “The

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OBS-tacle course: Fedora and Flathub’s Flatpak fiasco sparks repo rumble 2025-02-25 at 12:29 By Liam Proven Dispute settled, but not the causes A clash over different Flatpak-packaged versions of OBS Studio highlights problems with distro-maintained software repositories versus external ones.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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7-year-old vulnerability exploited in Salt Typhoon attack 2025-02-25 at 12:03 By Security leaders discuss the 7-year-old vulnerability that was exploited in the Salt Typhoon attack.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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