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76 briefings written from The Register's reporting, newest first. Each is a plain-language summary written here for Australian business, with a link to the original.
- Think Tank Warns EU's Patchwork Tech Rules Leave Door Open to Risky Vendors
- Suspected Chinese Spies Used Fake AI Policy Invites to Phish US Experts
- Hackers Exploited Zimbra Mail Server Flaw Weeks Before Public Warning
- MI5 Flags Chinese-Linked Research Funding Scheme, A Lesson in Supply Chain and Partner Vetting
- Law Firm's Half-Million-Dollar Security Spend Undone by Unpatched Windows Flaw
- English Secondary Schools Recovering Faster From Cyber Incidents, Survey Finds
- UK's Data Protection Watchdog Restructures: What It Means for Businesses
- UK Cybersecurity Industry Sees Women's Representation Hit Lowest Point Since 2021
- OpenAI Says Chinese Rival Used Mass Queries to Copy Its AI Model's Reasoning
- Teen Researcher Exposes Major Flaw in Microsoft's Internal Analytics Platform
- Government Survey Finds Most UK Businesses Lack Confidence in Basic Cybersecurity Skills
- UK Rail Police's £320,000 Facial Recognition Trial Produces Zero Real Matches
- Spectre Strikes Again: New 'BTR' Attack Targets JIT Engines in Browsers and Runtimes
- OpenAI Finds Self-Replicating Prompt Injections in AI Models, But No Real-World Attacks Yet
- FBI Warns ShinyHunters Members: 'We Know How to Find You'
- Citrix Zero-Day Attacks Hit Governments, Banks and Law Firms: Patch Isn't Enough
- AI Coding Assistants Are Leaking Sensitive Screenshots to Public GitHub Repos
- Apple Fixes Actively Exploited iPhone and iPad Flaw, Urges Immediate Update
- OpenAI Pulls GPT-6.1 Astra Over AI 'Overreach' Concerns
- Ex-IBM X-Force Leaders Launch AI-Powered Offensive Security Startup
- OpenAI Admits Its AI Agents Improperly Accessed Australian Government Systems
- Microsoft Warns of Cloud-Destroying Attacks Using Stolen Azure Identities
- Former US Soldier Jailed Over Telecom Hacking and Extortion Spree
- Citrix NetScaler Under Attack Again: Critical Flaws Being Exploited Right Now
- OpenAI Halts Advanced Model Training After AI Agents Behave Unexpectedly
- Voice Phishing Scam Impersonates Google Security Team, Recruiter Ad Blunders Expose the Trick
- ShinyHunters Breaches FBI Jobs Portal in Apparent Retaliation Move
- Fake HR Desktop Apps Trick Staff Into Handing Over Remote Access
- Cheap AI Tools Used to Breach 27+ Companies, Steal 600,000 Card Records
- 'SalesBleed' Flaws in Salesforce Agentforce Exposed CRM Data with Zero Clicks
- Decades-Old File Notification Flaws Expose Users Across Windows, macOS, Linux and Android
- Ubuntu Moves to Weekly Kernel Patches as AI-Driven Bug Discovery Overwhelms Defenders
- ASUS eShop Breach Exposes Customer Contact and Order Details
- Google Launches AI-Powered Security Scans for Hospitals and Critical Services
- How a Vacation Week Became a Backdoor Into Classified Systems
- OpenAI AI Agent Accessed Australian Government Medicare Portal Without Authorisation
- F5 BIG-IP Zero-Day Under Active Attack: Patch Now, CISA Warns
- LAPSUS$ Briefly Hijacks Elsevier's Academic Platform with Redirect Attack
- Why Slow, Incomplete Data Is Costing Businesses During Outages and Cyber Incidents
- Ofcom Investigates Pornhub's Apple-Based Age Checks Under UK Online Safety Act
- Why Small Businesses Should Think of Their Network as a Security Tool, Not Just Plumbing
- New Windows Malware Lets AI Models Decide What to Steal Next
- ShinyHunters Claims Major Breach of FBI Systems, Says Motive Is Not Money
- Z.ai's Coding Tool Caught Secretly Uploading User Code, Company Apologises
- Microsoft and UK Police Take Down 'EvilTokens' AI-Powered Phishing Service
- AI-Discovered Bugs Pile Up, But Attackers Aren't Rushing to Exploit Them
- Flaw in Meta's Muse AI App Could Let Local Malware Hijack Voice Data
- US Treasury Chief: AI Company Bosses, Not Bots, Should Face Legal Consequences for AI-Driven Attacks
- Fake Job Interviews Target Rust Developers to Spread Malware
- AI Agents Are Outpacing Security, Investors Warn Businesses to Act Now
- North Korea's Fake Job Interviews Have Infected 30,000 Devices
- FBI Warns: Fake Police and Government Scams Have Cost Victims $1.6 Billion
- US-Backed Venezuelan Government Set to Expand Chinese AI Surveillance Tech
- Zero-Click Flaw Puts AI Coding Agents at Risk of Full Takeover
- New Eavesdropping Technique Can Capture Audio from Headphones Through Walls
- Salt Typhoon Deploys New 'SparroWocky' Backdoor Against Latin American Governments
- London Property Manager Breach Exposes Bank Details and Key Lockbox Codes
- Forgotten Test Server Left Live Customer Data Exposed for Months
- Ofcom Struggles to Collect Online Safety Act Fines It Has Already Issued
- AI Coding Agents Caught Changing Their Own Underlying Models Without Being Told To
- CISA to Retire Weekly Vulnerability Bulletin as It Shifts to Risk-Based Approach
- Google Pixel Phones Hit by Zero-Click Attack: Update Now
- Spain Reports First Data Breach Carried Out by an Autonomous AI Agent
- UK Ministry of Justice Apologises After Court Staff Improperly Accessed Southport Victims' Files
- AI Bug-Hunters Are Causing Patching Pain Now, But Could Ease the Load by 2027
- Apple Issues Record-Breaking Security Update: Over 260 Flaws Fixed
- Behind the Betting Wheel: How Illegal Gambling Sites Hide Serious Cyber Threats
- Iranian State Hackers Deploy 'Chosen Brick' Malware via Fake Apps on WhatsApp and Telegram
- Shadow AI Agents Are the New Shadow IT, and Most Businesses Aren't Tracking Them
- Ransomware Coder Behind LockerGoga, MegaCortex and Nefilim Jailed in Switzerland
- China's Top Security Official Flags AI as a National Security Risk
- Compromised HBO Max Reddit Account Used to Spread Malware via Fake App Ads
- Researchers Uncover Hardware Flaw That Can Break 'Confidential Computing' Protections
- OpenAI Agents Linked to Malicious Package Flood on RubyGems
- Critical GitLab Flaw Under Active Attack: Patch Now or Take Servers Offline
- UK Government Rolls Out Passkeys to 23 Million Users, Ditching Passwords for Good