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Simple denial-of-service blunder turned out to be remote unauth code exec disaster Suspected Chinese government spies have been exploiting a newly disclosed critical bug in Ivanti VPN appliances...

Xi's freelance infosec warriors apparently paid up to $75K to crack a single American inbox US government agencies announced Wednesday criminal charges against alleged members of China's Silk...

Some employees steal sticky notes, others 'borrow' malicious code A crew identified as a Chinese government-backed espionage group appears to have started moonlighting as a ransomware player –...

Analysts tell El Reg why Russia's operators aren't that careful, and why North Korea wants money AND data Feature Ransomware gangsters and state-sponsored online spies fall on opposite ends of the...

Only lawmakers can stop them. Plus: software needs to be more secure, but what's in it for us? Google says the the world's lawmakers must take action against the increasing links between criminal...

Plus: Uncle Sam is cross with this one Chinese biz over Salt Typhoon mega-snooping Decades-old legislation requiring American telcos to lock down their systems to prevent foreign snoops from...

We are only seeing 'the tip of the iceberg,' Easterly warns Beijing's Salt Typhoon cyberspies had been seen in US government networks before telcos discovered the same foreign intruders in their...

Gee, wonder why Beijing is so keen on the – checks notes – Committee on Foreign Investment in the US Chinese cyber-spies who broke into the US Treasury Department also stole documents from...

OFAC, Office of the Treasury Secretary feared hit in data-snarfing swoop Chinese spies who compromised the US Treasury Department's workstations reportedly stole data belonging to a government...

Sen. Wyden blasts FCC's 'failure' amid Salt Typhoon hacks US telecoms carriers would be required to implement minimum cyber security standards and ensure their systems are not susceptible to hacks...