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Hi, I'll be your ransomware negotiator today – but don't tell the crooks that

Interview What it's like bargaining with criminals ... and advising clients suffering their worst day yet

CSO06 Aug 2022 | 41

Robinhood's crypto unit hit with $30m fine over security, anti-crime misses

Updated And just lays off about a quarter of staff

CSO02 Aug 2022 | 4

T-Mobile US to cough up $550m after info stolen on 77m customers

Oops, did the Un-carrier under-count by 29m punters?

CSO25 Jul 2022 | 8

Microsoft closes off two avenues of attack: Office macros, RDP brute-forcing

Blockade against VBA scripts in downloaded files is back on by default

CSO22 Jul 2022 | 15

TikTok's chief security officer steps aside, thanks to Oracle move

Takes up advisory role that might leave time to play with parent company's homebrew cloudy SmartNICs

CSO18 Jul 2022 |

This big phish can swim around MFA, says Microsoft Security

Slippery AiTM attacks targeted more than 10,000 orgs over the past nine months

CSO13 Jul 2022 | 2

Mergers and acquisitions put zero trust to the ultimate test

Bypasses an arduous integration process with right security footing from the start

CSO13 Jul 2022 | 1

Defense contractor pays $9m to settle whistleblower's cybersecurity allegations

Former Aerojet Rocketdyne employee cites failure to meet minimums for NASA, Pentagon

CSO11 Jul 2022 | 10

Jenkins warns of security holes in these 25 plugins

Relax, most of the vulnerabilities so far have, er, no fix

CSO30 Jun 2022 | 4

Start using Modern Auth now for Exchange Online

Before Microsoft shutters basic logins in a few months

CSO29 Jun 2022 | 28

India extends deadline for compliance with infosec logging rules by 90 days

Updated Helpfully announced extension on deadline day

CSO28 Jun 2022 | 9

Contractor loses entire Japanese city's personal data in USB fail

In brief Also, Chrome add-ons are great for fingerprinting, and hacked hot tubs splurge details

CSO27 Jun 2022 | 14

$6b mega contract electronics vendor Sanmina jumps into zero trust

Company was an early adopter of Google Cloud, which led to a search for a new security architecture

CSO23 Jun 2022 | 1

Voicemail phishing emails steal Microsoft credentials

As always, check that O365 login page is actually O365

CSO21 Jun 2022 | 20

RSAC branded a 'super spreader event' as attendees share COVID-19 test results

RSA Conference That, and Black Hat, are about to reveal risk assessment skills of our cyber-risk experts

CSO16 Jun 2022 | 26

Former US state agency CIO, IT exec plead guilty to bribery and extortion scheme

Pair's multimillion-dollar contract caper unraveled

CSO15 Jun 2022 | 5

Cloudflare says it thwarted record-breaking HTTPS DDoS flood

26m requests a second? Not legit traffic, not even Bill Gates doing $1m giveaways could manage that

CSO14 Jun 2022 | 2

Inside the RSAC expo: Buzzword bingo and the bear in the room

RSA Conference We mingle with the vendors so you don't have to

CSO14 Jun 2022 | 2

US cyber chiefs: Moving to Shields Down isn't gonna happen

RSA Conference Promises new alert notices but warn 'we can sometimes predict thunderstorms but not lightning strikes'

CSO08 Jun 2022 | 6

Cisco EVP: We need to lift everyone above the cybersecurity poverty line

RSA Conference Exclusive It's going to become a human-rights issue, Jeetu Patel tells The Register

CSO06 Jun 2022 | 9

Feeling highly stressed about your job? You must be a CISO

'The attack surface has expanded exponentially' during the work-from-home pandemic, says one

CSO04 Jun 2022 | 23

FBI, CISA: Don't get caught in Karakurt's extortion web

Is this gang some sort of Conti side hustle? The answer may be yes

CSO03 Jun 2022 | 7

Cloud security unicorn cuts 20% of staff after raising $1.3b

Time to play blame bingo: Markets? Profits? Too much growth? Russia? Space aliens?

CSO27 May 2022 | 17

How to find NPM dependencies vulnerable to account hijacking

Security engineer outlines self-help strategy for keeping software supply chain safe

CSO23 May 2022 | 21

Patch your VMware gear now – or yank it out, Uncle Sam tells federal agencies

Critical authentication bypass revealed, older flaws under active attack

CSO19 May 2022 | 6

FBI warns of North Korean cyberspies posing as foreign IT workers

Looking for tech talent? Kim Jong-un's friendly freelancers, at your service

CSO17 May 2022 | 10

Europe moves closer to stricter cybersecurity standards, reporting regs

More types of biz fall under expanded rules – and fines for those who fall short

CSO17 May 2022 | 9

Software patching must work like car safety recalls, says US cyber boss

Black Hat Asia Adds infosec regulation coming to more industries but with a light touch, more collaboration

CSO13 May 2022 | 30

Five Eyes turn spotlight on MSPs: Potential weak links in IT supply-chain security

We can think of one thing the S stands for in some unfortunate cases

CSO11 May 2022 | 8

Email domain for NPM lib with 6m downloads a week grabbed by expert to make a point

Special report Campaign to coax GitHub-owned outfit to improve security starts showing results

CSO10 May 2022 | 47

US, Europe formally blame Russia for data wiper attacks against Ukraine, Viasat

Thank goodness someone cleared that one up

CSO10 May 2022 | 10

Industry pushes back against India's data security breach reporting requirements

Filling in a form at 4am improves infosec or privacy how, exactly?

CSO10 May 2022 | 13

False-flag cyberattacks a red line for nation-states, says Mandiant boss

NSA director says he doesn't know of a 'big one' that was successful

CSO07 May 2022 | 27

Microsoft, Apple, Google accelerate push to eliminate passwords

Analysis Passphrases PIP'd, FIDO and W3C projects promoted

CSO05 May 2022 | 76

Homeland Security bug bounty program uncovers 122 holes in its systems

Thinking of another word for this US govt department's name

CSO25 Apr 2022 | 4

CISOs face 'perfect storm' of ransomware and state-supported cybercrime

As some nations turn a blind eye, defense becomes life-or-death matter

CSO18 Mar 2022 | 4

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