Security News

Microsoft cracks down on tech support scams, 16 call centers raided
2018-12-03 11:55

Police raided 16 Indian call centers last week - a second big raid sparked by Microsoft filing complaints about tech support scammers.

Google Cracks Down on Malicious Chrome Extensions in Major Update
2018-10-02 14:01

Starting today, extensions with obfuscated code are banned and developers must go through a stricter extensions review process.

Enigma message crack honours pioneering Polish codebreakers
2018-09-21 14:58

Plus: The Reg chats to wartime Bombe operator Ruth Bourne The Bombe team at The National Museum Of Computing has succeeded in breaking an Enigma-encrypted message in a live Poland-to-England demo.…

'Magecart' Card-Sniffing Gang Cracks Newegg
2018-09-20 09:03

E-Commerce Site Investigates Malware Attack and Payment Card Data TheftOnline retailer Newegg is investigating a malware attack that may have stolen customers' payment card details for more than a...

Google Ads cracks down on tech support scammers
2018-09-04 09:43

The search giant said that in future any company wanting to advertise these services would have to pass manual verification checks first.

Google cracks down on dodgy tech support ads
2018-09-03 12:51

Verification programme aims to weed out the miscreants Google has placed restrictions on tech support ads after admitting it's increasingly hard to tell promos for legit services from deceptions.…

Hashcat developer discovers simpler way to crack WPA2 wireless passwords
2018-08-07 18:43

While looking for ways to attack the new WPA3 security standard, Hashcat developer Jens “Atom” Steube found a simpler way to capture and crack access credentials protecting WPA and WPA2 wireless...

Facebook cracks opens its bottle of Fizz – a carbonated TLS 1.3 lib
2018-08-06 16:00

Crypto-code unleashed to inflict security, performance and stability on devs Looking for a TLS 1.3 library? Facebook has you covered. On Monday, the ads and data peddler plans to release Fizz, a...

Feds Crack Down on Darknet Vendors of Illicit Goods
2018-06-28 17:03

DHS Agents Posed as Money Launderers, Helping Suspects Cash Out CryptocurrencyFederal authorities have arrested more than 35 suspects on charges that include selling illicit substances via darknet...

Researchers crack open AMD's server VM encryption
2018-05-25 19:45

SEV attack would let hypervisors lift memory contents A group of German researchers have devised a method to thwart the VM security in AMD's server chips.…