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Received β€” 11 January 2026 ⏭ The Register – Security

Help desk read irrelevant script, so techies found and fixed their own problem

9 January 2026 at 08:26

As you should, when being told the only remedy is deleting everything and starting again

On CallΒ  2025 has ended and a new year is upon us, but The Register will continue opening Friday mornings with a fresh installment of On Call – the reader-contributed column that tells your tales of tech support.…

Korean telco failed at femtocell security, exposed customers to snooping and fraud

30 December 2025 at 04:34

One cert, in plaintext, on thousands of devices, led to what looks like years of crime

South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT has found that local carrier Korea Telecom (KT) deployed thousands of badly secured femtocells, leading to an attack that enabled micropayments fraud and snooping on customers’ communications – maybe for years.…

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