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Quantum code breaking? You'd get further with an 8-bit computer, an abacus, and a dog
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/07/17/quantum_cryptanalysis_criticism/
Published: July 17, 2025 11:26
Computer scientist Peter Gutmann tells The Reg why it's 'bollocks' The US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has been pushing for the development of post-quantum cryptographic algorithms since 2016.…
Crims hijacking fully patched SonicWall VPNs to deploy stealthy backdoor and rootkit
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/07/16/sonicwall_vpn_hijack/
Published: July 16, 2025 14:00
Someone's OVERSTEPing the mark Unknown miscreants are exploiting fully patched, end-of-life SonicWall VPNs to deploy a previously unknown backdoor and rootkit, likely for data theft and extortion, according to Google's Threat Intelligence Group.…
Nvidia A6000 GPUs flip memory bits if beaten by GPUHammer
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/07/14/nvidia_a6000_gpu_gpuhammer/
Published: July 14, 2025 20:02
Rowhammer returns for more memory-meddling fun The Rowhammer attack on computer memory is back, and for the first time, it's able to mess with bits in Nvidia GPUs, despite defenses designed to protect against this kind of hacking.…
How to trick ChatGPT into revealing Windows keys? I give up
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/07/09/chatgpt_jailbreak_windows_keys/
Published: July 9, 2025 22:31
No, really, those are the magic words A clever AI bug hunter found a way to trick ChatGPT into disclosing Windows product keys, including at least one owned by Wells Fargo bank, by inviting the AI model to play a guessing game.…
Massive browser hijacking campaign infects 2.3M Chrome, Edge users
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/browser_hijacking_campaign/
Published: July 8, 2025 19:07
These extensions weren't malware-laced from the start, researcher says A Chrome and Edge extension with more than 100,000 downloads that displays Google's verified badge does what it purports to do: It delivers a color picker to users. Unfortunately, it…
Phishing platforms, infostealers blamed as identity attacks soar
Published: July 7, 2025 12:00
Get your creds in order or risk BEC, ransomware attacks, orgs warned A rise in advanced phishing kits and info-stealing malware are to blame for a 156 percent jump in cyberattacks targeting user logins, say researchers.…
ChatGPT creates phisher’s paradise by recommending the wrong URLs for major companies
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/07/03/ai_phishing_websites/
Published: July 3, 2025 06:30
Crims have cottoned on to a new way to lead you astray AI-powered chatbots often deliver incorrect information when asked to name the address for major companies’ websites, and threat intelligence business Netcraft thinks that creates an opportunity for…
Cl0p cybercrime gang's data exfiltration tool found vulnerable to RCE attacks
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/07/02/cl0p_rce_vulnerability/
Published: July 2, 2025 09:38
Experts say they don't expect the MOVEit menace to do much about it Security experts have uncovered a hole in Cl0p's data exfiltration tool that could potentially leave the cybercrime group vulnerable to attack.…