Ukrainian lawyer's second career as a Conti coder earns him 4 years behind bars
CYBER-CRIME Swapping legal work for malware development ended in extradition and a guilty plea
Cyber-crime11 Sep 2026 | 7
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Union body tells UK government workers must get a say before AI clocks in
PUBLIC SECTOR TUC warns against letting algorithms call the shots in the workplace
Public Sector11 Sep 2026 | 4
Digital sovereignty sounds great until you try ditching your suppliers
PAAS AND IAAS Most organizations say tech independence is unrealistic – and one in ten can't replace a critical provider at all
PaaS and IaaS10 Sep 2026 | 25
Boston Scientific left nursing its bottom line after cyberattack
SECURITY Medical device giant warns August intrusion will hit Q3 and full-year sales and earnings as recovery drags on
Security08 Sep 2026 | 4
BigBear phishing crew nets thousands of Microsoft 365 credentials
SECURITY Researchers got inside the crooks' admin panel and found 5,137 stolen records tied to 461 organizations
Security08 Sep 2026 | 1
Whitehall's latest plan to get things done: Less Whitehall
public sector Ministers declare war on an 'industry of dither and delay' as consultations, legal caution, and judicial reviews get the chop
Public Sector08 Sep 2026 | 44
Matt Clifford to leave ARIA before Anthropic role becomes a 'distraction'
public sector MPs welcome move but still want answers over how the conflict of interest was allowed to arise
Public Sector07 Sep 2026 | 4
Nightwing CEO has a Labor Day message for staff – and apparently The Register
security Nothing says ‘For internal use only’ quite like emailing it to the press
Security07 Sep 2026 | 50
Hackers drain $320M in Bitcoin from Liquid Network, claim they're the good guys
SECURITY Self-described white hats promise to return 'most' of the 4,000 BTC once the vulnerability is fixed
Security07 Sep 2026 | 9
Turns out Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private
security Polling finds two-thirds don't trust this government, or any future one, with access to their encrypted chats
Security30 Aug 2026 | 117
Pentagon blacklisted Anthropic over Claude powers it didn't have
ai and ml Judge finds national-security rationale was assembled after Hegseth had already decided AI maker was a threat
AI and ML28 Aug 2026 | 50
Industry that built the problem offers to sell you the solution
security 100+ tech giants warn AI attacks are coming, skip the part where they pay for defenses
Security28 Aug 2026 | 33
HP has a solution to expensive AI tokens: Buy a more expensive PC
personal tech Rising cloud AI costs are pushing workloads onto pricier PCs – which just happen to be better for PC maker's margins
Personal Tech27 Aug 2026 | 6
Want to lead Whitehall's AI strategy? AI experience is not essential
AI and ML Track record is merely desirable for the person tasked with shaping UK.gov's skills blueprint for 550,000 civil servants
AI and ML27 Aug 2026 | 16
Crooks push Mac malware through fake OpenAI Codex ads
security Sponsored search results lead developers straight into a ClickFix malware trap
Security25 Aug 2026 |
ShinyHunters and ReliaQuest trade blows over claimed breach
cyber-crime Attackers took a look at an employee's identity dashboard, but security firm says that's as far as they got
Cyber-crime24 Aug 2026 | 1
$1T investment giant Apollo breached after social engineering attack
cyber-crime Hackers spent four days inside the org's cloud platforms after apparently talking their way in
Cyber-crime24 Aug 2026 | 5
Homeland security cybercops say patch TrueConf (Russia's Zoom) if you're using it
PATCHES Ukrainian hacktivists exploiting the bugs, but TrueConf's reach stretches well beyond home turf
Cyber-crime21 Aug 2026 | 2
Hackers poison popular Rust crates to steal developers' credentials
SECURITY Malicious updates turned routine builds into a delivery system for infostealer malware
Cyber-crime21 Aug 2026 | 23
Microsoft sounds alarm over perfect-10 Entra ID flaw
CYBER-CRIME Redmond says the cloud identity bug is already fixed
Cyber-crime21 Aug 2026 | 17
Slack Code taps into collective vibe, puts AI agents into the group chat
SAAS Developers can now invite the whole team along for their quality time with the coding bot
SaaS20 Aug 2026 | 5
Ransomware crook poses as recovery firm to steal payments from fellow extortionists
CYBER-CRIME Because apparently even ransomware gangs can't trust the people they do business with
Cyber-crime20 Aug 2026 | 9
OpenAI glitch locks out vetted cyber researchers – and some can't get back in
AI AND ML Affected users say support cannot restore their previous approval or override the new decision
AI and ML20 Aug 2026 | 9
UK puts Google AI on the flight path to fewer contrails
PUBLIC SECTOR Trial will test whether small route and altitude tweaks can reduce aviation's warming impact
Public Sector18 Aug 2026 | 17
UK's tech talent pipeline shrinks as overseas worker visa applications fall 7%
CXO Third consecutive annual decline adds to concerns about shortages of specialist skills
CxO18 Aug 2026 | 48
Crook hawks millions of records allegedly plundered from corporate Azure tenants
SECURITY McDonald's, Vodafone, TCS, Kyndryl, and others named as researchers point to compromised credentials
Cyber-crime17 Aug 2026 | 8
Scottish prosecutors cast eye over leaky supplier after staff data exposed
SECURITY Unnamed third party spotted suspicious activity, with names, roles, and email addresses potentially affected
Security14 Aug 2026 | 9
Mystery attacker spent a year raiding Salesforce and ServiceNow portals
CYBER-CRIME Custom tools harvested whatever over-permissioned guest accounts would surrender
Cyber-crime13 Aug 2026 | 4
Twitch feeds your streams to Amazon's AI unless you tell it to stop
OFFBEAT Bot training switch is on by default, because apparently asking first wasn't going to work
Offbeat13 Aug 2026 | 41
Feds warn Gunra ransomware is exploiting known bugs to hit critical infrastructure
security Newly minted RaaS crew breaks in through using internet-facing kit via known Fortinet flaws, then steals and scrambles data
Cyber-crime11 Aug 2026 | 3
Cyberattack on logistics giant CEVA delivers customer data into the wrong hands
cyber-crime Valve, Bol, ING, Ajax, and others affected as pwnage disrupts eight European warehouses
Cyber-crime11 Aug 2026 | 2
Mozilla revokes Firefox signing key after unencrypted copy lands in GitHub
SECURITY Audit logs found no unexpected visitors, but release verification still needs an update
Security11 Aug 2026 | 9
Malicious SIMs can shut down phones, steal files, and drag 5G back to 2G
security Researchers find standards-compliant functionality can be abused to hijack modems, downgrade connections, and even execute code
Security11 Aug 2026 | 24
Attackers pick Levi's pockets in social engineering attack
SECURITY Crims talked their way onto three employee PCs before trousering corporate data
Security10 Aug 2026 | 5
Framework loses customer data in Metabase zero-day attack
PERSONAL TECH Repairable hardware is little comfort when personal details escape
Personal Tech10 Aug 2026 | 9
Ransomware gangs skip the CEO, head straight for the 40-something IT manager
security Gen Xers who feel triggered by this should remember to unplug the network cable and call the cops
Security09 Aug 2026 | 50
N-able God mode flaw: Vendor confirms attackers reached customer networks as second hotfix lands
networks Attackers turned admin access into a route downstream, while N-able tells N-central customers to patch – again
Networks07 Aug 2026 |
ShinyHunters called cancer diagnostics biz and tricked staffers into giving them access. Now they've dumped 10.9M email addresses
CYBER-CRIME Cancer diagnostics breach spills personal and health info as extortion crew says healthcare giant ‘should’ve paid the ransom’
Cyber-crime07 Aug 2026 | 24
Intrusion at US healthcare software provider puts 3.8M people's data at risk
security Unlimited Technology Systems says names, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and insurance details may have been swiped
Cyber-crime07 Aug 2026 | 3
Snowflake extortionist admits 165-victim cloud crime spree – and squeezing one target twice
storage Connor Moucka pleads guilty over sprawling 2024 campaign that looted billions of records
Systems06 Aug 2026 | 7
Meta latest to tell world its AI agent wandered out of test pen
ai and ml Another week, another firm explaining why one of its models reached somewhere it wasn't supposed to
AI and ML06 Aug 2026 | 30
UK mulls making employers ask before installing bossware
software Proposals span AI productivity scores, keystroke logging, biometrics, and other ways to watch workers
Software04 Aug 2026 | 80
Police National Legal Database confirms data theft after dark web leak
ExfilSquad claims 135,000 contact records weeks after hitting the Department for Education
Databases03 Aug 2026 | 14
UK government investment arm cops to 40-hour leak of officials' contact details
SECURITY Employee failed to follow security policy, leaving internal management file open to the public
Security03 Aug 2026 | 5
Americans give all-day school phone bans a ringing endorsement
personal tech Polling suggests patience with handsets in the classroom is running shorter than a teenager's battery life
Personal Tech30 Jul 2026 | 55
Amazon links four poisoned npm packages to one North Korean crew
cyber-crime Researchers say Sapphire Sleet socially engineered maintainers before publishing malicious updates through trusted accounts
Cyber-crime30 Jul 2026 | 2
Russian spies take their half-click email attack from Zimbra to Outlook
security Opening a booby-trapped message unleashes a browser implant that can survive password changes and device rebuilds
Security30 Jul 2026 | 16
AI digs through 3,700 accounts of dreams and waking life, finds method in the madness
OFFBEAT Researchers uncover patterns in how sleeping minds recombine memories, people, and places
Offbeat29 Jul 2026 | 12
AI-found bugs aren't proving any easier to exploit despite the hype
SECURITY VulnCheck says fewer than 2% of AI-assisted vulnerability discoveries have been weaponized, casting doubt on claims frontier models are handing attackers a major advantage
Security28 Jul 2026 | 5
Hyperscale, hypersensitive: US teacher cuffed for applauding datacenter critics
On-PREM Public meeting over proposed AI bit barn ended with zoning approval, a physics teacher arrested, and fresh questions over whether clapping now counts as disorderly conduct
On-Prem28 Jul 2026 | 76
Arista patches actively exploited VeloCloud bug as CISA puts admins on the clock
security Unauthenticated command injection scores perfect 10 and may expose managed Edge devices
Security28 Jul 2026 | 1
Burnham wants Big Ecommerce to bankroll Britain's pubs
offbeat Online marketplaces could find themselves buying the next round as the PM looks to tax ecommerce to save the local
Offbeat24 Jul 2026 | 49
GitHub slashes public bug bounty payouts as AI report flood buries its security team
Dev ops Code shack also putting new limits on first-time researchers, and reserving the biggest rewards for a hand-picked group of proven hunters
Devops23 Jul 2026 | 3
One ChatGPT link could smuggle a rogue AI agent into your company
security Researchers say OpenAI flaw let phishing bait create an autonomous corporate mole armed with employee access
Security23 Jul 2026 | 2
IBM insists AI didn't kill software deals, just delayed them
software Big Blue says customers postponed rather than abandoned major purchases as hardware soaked up enterprise budgets
Software23 Jul 2026 | 4
Amazon's AGI department finds humans are optional
ai and ml AI remains its biggest bet, Bezos brigade tells El Reg, even as another round of layoffs reaches the teams building it
AI and ML23 Jul 2026 | 13
Microsoft 365 calendars become spy drop boxes in HOLLOWGRAPH campaign
security Malware hides commands in appointments set for 2050 and uses Redmond's own cloud to phone home
Security20 Jul 2026 |
Microsoft 365 calendars become spy drop boxes in HOLLOWGRAPH campaign
security Malware hides commands in appointments set for 2050 and uses Redmond's own cloud to phone home
Security20 Jul 2026 | 6
Infosec expert: Paidwork users' data pwned after 23M-record database dumped online
cyber-crime HIBP claims leaked info includes bank account numbers, payout histories, and personal details
Cyber-crime20 Jul 2026 | 2
UK's seventh prime minister in a decade says he'll ditch digital ID scheme
public sector One of Labour's biggest technology projects is headed for the bin as Burnham reshuffles Whitehall's priorities
Public Sector20 Jul 2026 | 64