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Hackers steal data from millions of airport customers Three major UK airports have been hit by a "cyber security incident" in which criminal hackers accessed the data of almost nine million people and demanded a ransom.... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7v4…

EU compliance, delivered globally: Anthropic to watermark Claude's output worldwide Anthropic will invisibly watermark all of Claude's text and file output from 2 August to meet EU AI Act transparency rules, with the marking applied globally... euronews.com/next/2026/08/11…

Microsoft Fixes 400 Flaws on August Patch Tuesday Microsoft turned up the heat on sysadmins for the second month in a row on August 11 with a Patch Tuesday comprising 400 CVEs, including one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability..... infosecurity-magazine.com/ne…

Not yet Cyber Essentials certified? It's the government-backed standard that shows customers you take security seriously — and it's increasingly required to win contracts. We deliver Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus. Learn more → infotech.uk.com/cyber-essent…

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Singapore's banks to ditch texted one-time passwords: Accessibility be damned, preventing phishing is the priority After around two decades of allowing one-time passwords (OTPs) delivered by text message to assist log ins to bank… dlvr.it/T9V2SC [@regvulture]

China's APT41 crew adds a stealthy malware loader and fresh backdoor to its toolbox: Meet DodgeBox, son of StealthVector Chinese government-backed cyber espionage gang APT41 has very likely added a loader dubbed DodgeBox and a backdoor… dlvr.it/T9V2RB [@regvulture]

OpenSSH bug leaves RHEL 9 and the RHELatives vulnerable: Newly discovered flaw affects OpenSSH 8.7 and 8.8 daemon The founder of Openwall has discovered a new signal handler race condition in the core sshd daemon used in RHEL 9.x and… dlvr.it/T9T5q6 [@regvulture]

Microsoft killed my online life after I called Gaza: Palestinians calling home to Gaza on Skype are being blocked and banned from using Microsoft products. dlvr.it/T9RdYz [@BBCTech]

Will K-pop's AI experiment pay off?: Some of the genre's biggest names are now using artificial intelligence, but fans are divided. dlvr.it/T9RdYs [@BBCTech]

You had a year to patch this Veeam flaw and now it's going to hurt: LockBit variant targets backup software - which you may remember is supposed to help you recover from ransomware Yet another new ransomware gang, this one dubbed… dlvr.it/T9RdYf [@regvulture]

Japanese space agency spotted zero-day attacks while cleaning up attack on M365: Multiple malware attack saw personal data acessed, but rocket science remained safe The Japanese Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) discovered it was under… dlvr.it/T9RdXn [@regvulture]

Samsung becomes first tech giant to launch a smart ring: The devices have high profile users, including Kim Kardashian and and some England footballers. dlvr.it/T9Qjpy [@BBCTech]

Microsoft hiking Xbox Game Pass prices by up to 25%: The gaming giant said its PC Game Pass subscription would increase by £2 to £9.99 per month. dlvr.it/T9Qjpl [@BBCTech]

Moment Ariane-6 rocket blasts into space on first flight: The vehicle set off from a launchpad in French Guiana on a demonstration mission. dlvr.it/T9Qjmh [@BBCTech]

Snowflake lets admins make MFA mandatory across all user accounts: Company announces intent following Ticketmaster, Santander break-ins A month after incident response giant Mandiant suggested the litany of data thefts linked to… dlvr.it/T9QjkY [@regvulture]

Malware that is 'not ransomware' wormed its way through Fujitsu Japan's systems: Company says data exfiltration was extremely difficult to detect Fujitsu Japan says an unspecified "advanced" malware strain was to blame for a March data… dlvr.it/T9Qjk3 [@regvulture]

Tech giant Samsung workers to strike indefinitely: A union for almost 25% of the firm's South Korean workers called the walkout over pay and benefits. dlvr.it/T9PDq1 [@BBCTech]

Japan declares victory in 'war' on floppy disks: The use of the floppy disk, which was still used in some government agencies in Japan, has now been scrapped. dlvr.it/T9PDpR [@BBCTech]

Big Tech's eventual response to my LLM-crasher bug report was dire: Fixes have been made, it appears, but disclosure or discussion is invisible Column  Found a bug? It turns out that reporting it with a story in The Register works… dlvr.it/T9PDlH [@regvulture]