When management went nuclear on an innocent software engineer On Call It says 'Do Not Touch,' not 'Rip Out My Guts'
Broadcom to 'focus on rapid transition to subscriptions' for VMware Offers comforting vision for core customers, products, channel – though warns efficiencies are coming
GitHub saved plaintext passwords of npm users in log files, post mortem reveals Unrelated to the OAuth token attack, but still troubling as org reveals details of around 100,000 users were grabbed by the baddies
How to reprogram Apple AirTags, play custom sounds Voltage glitch here, glitch there, now you can fiddle with location disc's firmware
Stolen university credentials up for sale by Russian crooks, FBI warns Forget dark-web souks, thousands of these are already being traded on public bazaars Cyber-crime27 May 2022 |
Big Tech loves talking up privacy – while trying to kill privacy legislation Study claims Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft work to derail data rules Personal Tech27 May 2022 | 2
SEC probes Musk for not properly disclosing Twitter stake Meanwhile, social network's board rejects resignation of one its directors Personal Tech27 May 2022 | 2
Cloud security unicorn cuts 20% of staff after raising $1.3b Time to play blame bingo: Markets? Profits? Too much growth? Russia? Space aliens? CSO27 May 2022 | 6
Talos names eight deadly sins in widely used industrial software Entire swaths of gear relies on vulnerability-laden Open Automation Software (OAS) Patches27 May 2022 |
Despite global uncertainty, $500m hit doesn't rattle Nvidia execs CEO acknowledges impact of war, pandemic but says fundamentals ‘are really good’ Systems27 May 2022 | 1
Another AI supercomputer from HPE: Champollion lands in France That's the second in a week following similar system in Munich also aimed at researchers HPC27 May 2022 |
Workday nearly doubles losses as waves of deals pushed back Figures disappoint analysts as SaaSy HR and finance application vendor navigates economic uncertainty SaaS27 May 2022 | 9
UK monopoly watchdog investigates Google's online advertising business Another probe? Mountain View is starting to look like a pincushion at this rate Legal27 May 2022 | 3
Microsoft slows some hiring for Windows, Teams, and Office 'Making sure the right resources are aligned to the right opportunity' ahead of next fiscal year Software27 May 2022 | 5
Recession fears only stoking enterprise tech spending for Dell, others Staving off entropy with digital transformation, hybrid office, and automation projects On-Prem27 May 2022 |
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GitHub saved plaintext passwords of npm users in log files, post mortem reveals Unrelated to the OAuth token attack, but still troubling as org reveals details of around 100,000 users were grabbed by the baddies Security27 May 2022 | 9
This Windows malware uses PowerShell to inject malicious extension into Chrome And that's a bit odd, says Red Canary Research27 May 2022 | 9
Spam is back with a vengeance. Luckily we can't read any of it Something for the Weekend It's a shame still nothing can be done about all the false positives, though Bootnotes27 May 2022 | 42
Clonezilla 3: Copy and clone disk images to your heart's content Even non-sysadmins may find this Linux live ISO handy Storage27 May 2022 | 22
BOFH: Where do you think you are going with that toner cartridge? Episode 10 Did that printer service person just sell you 10 overpriced boxes of the wrong paper? BOFH27 May 2022 | 65
When management went nuclear on an innocent software engineer On Call It says 'Do Not Touch,' not 'Rip Out My Guts' Software27 May 2022 | 157
Lenovo infrastructure group and Alibaba Cloud both make first annual profits Chinese giants' enterprise businesses do well despite lockdowns. Other segments? Strap in for a bumpy ride Off-Prem27 May 2022 |
Let's play everyone's favorite game: REvil? Or Not REvil? Another day, another DDoS attack that tries to scare the victim into paying up with mention of dreaded gang Cyber-crime27 May 2022 | 2
World’s smallest remote-controlled robots are smaller than a flea Video So small, you can't feel it crawl Science27 May 2022 | 28
IBM-powered Mayflower robo-ship once again tries to cross Atlantic Whaddayaknow? It's made it more than halfway to America AI + ML27 May 2022 | 59
Revealed: The semi-secret list of techs Beijing really really wishes it didn't have to import I think we can all agree that China is not alone in wishing it had an alternative to Microsoft Windows On-Prem27 May 2022 | 22
Huawei claims it’s halved the time needed to build a 1,000-rack datacenter Promises modular kit gets you up and running in six to nine months, with AI-powered ops to make it efficient Off-Prem27 May 2022 | 5
China offering ten nations help to run their cyber-defenses and networks Sure, they’re small Pacific nations, but they’re in very strategic locations Security27 May 2022 | 24
Broadcom to 'focus on rapid transition to subscriptions' for VMware Offers comforting vision for core customers, products, channel – though warns efficiencies are coming Virtualization27 May 2022 | 29
Why do hackers keep coming back to attack you? Because they can Here’s why relying on manual tooling is like putting your hands up Webinar
How to reprogram Apple AirTags, play custom sounds Voltage glitch here, glitch there, now you can fiddle with location disc's firmware Research27 May 2022 | 2
Ransomware encrypts files, demands three good deeds to restore data Shut up and take ... poor kids to KFC? Research26 May 2022 | 9
Microsoft Azure to spin up AMD MI200 GPU clusters for 'large scale' AI training Microsoft Build Windows giant carries a PyTorch for chip designer and its rival Nvidia AI + ML26 May 2022 |
New York City rips out last city-owned public payphones Y'know, those large cellphones fixed in place that you share with everyone and have to put coins in. Y'know, those metal disks representing... Bootnotes26 May 2022 | 25
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Cheers ransomware hits VMware ESXi systems Now we can say extortionware has jumped the shark Research26 May 2022 | 3
Twitter founder Dorsey beats hasty retweet from the board As shareholders sue the social network amid Elon Musk's takeover scramble Personal Tech26 May 2022 | 12
Snowflake stock drops as some top customers cut usage You might say its valuation is melting away Storage26 May 2022 | 3
Amazon investors nuke proposed ethics overhaul and say yes to $212m CEO pay Workplace safety, labor organizing, sustainability and, um, wage 'fairness' all struck down in vote Off-Prem26 May 2022 | 70
Confirmed: Broadcom, VMware agree to $61b merger Unless anyone out there can make a better offer. Oh, Elon? Virtualization26 May 2022 | 12
Perl Steering Council lays out a backwards compatible future for Perl 7 Sensibly written code only, please. Plus: what all those 'heated discussions' were about Devops26 May 2022 | 40
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Amazon investors nuke proposed ethics overhaul and say yes to $212m CEO pay Workplace safety, labor organizing, sustainability and, um, wage 'fairness' all struck down in vote
When management went nuclear on an innocent software engineer On Call It says 'Do Not Touch,' not 'Rip Out My Guts'
Broadcom to 'focus on rapid transition to subscriptions' for VMware Offers comforting vision for core customers, products, channel – though warns efficiencies are coming
Minimal, systemd-free Alpine Linux releases version 3.16 A widespread distro that many of its users don't even know they have
GitHub saved plaintext passwords of npm users in log files, post mortem reveals Unrelated to the OAuth token attack, but still troubling as org reveals details of around 100,000 users were grabbed by the baddies
Ransomware encrypts files, demands three good deeds to restore data Shut up and take ... poor kids to KFC?
Ex-spymaster and fellow Brexiteers' emails leaked by suspected Russian op A 'Very English Coop (sic) d'Etat'
Elon Musk needs more cash for Twitter buy after Tesla margin loan lapses Entrepreneur now looking at $33.5b bill if he wants to complete $44b purchase
Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 splashes down on Win Server 2022 I don't think it's going to happen, I don't think it's going to happen... It happened
Clonezilla 3: Copy and clone disk images to your heart's content Even non-sysadmins may find this Linux live ISO handy
Campaigners warn of legal challenge against Privacy Shield enhancements Schrems III on the cards unless negotiators protect better oversight of US data access requests Security26 May 2022 | 17
Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 splashes down on Win Server 2022 I don't think it's going to happen, I don't think it's going to happen... It happened Software26 May 2022 | 7
'Sharp' chip inventory correction looms on horizon, warns investment banker Double ordering, overheating of semiconductor sector, inflation, growing stockpiles = trouble ahead Systems26 May 2022 | 16
Elon Musk needs more cash for Twitter buy after Tesla margin loan lapses Entrepreneur now looking at $33.5b bill if he wants to complete $44b purchase Networks26 May 2022 | 46
The cyber threat isn’t going anywhere, but the fight back starts in London CyberThreat 22 returns this September
Your digital heritage doesn’t need to be a digital dilemma The first step to solving it? Getting things in (Micro) focus
The future is unwritten, but here’s how you can start preparing for it right now Shivvy Jervis kicks off Lenovo’s futurist keynote series this month
Does ever increasing storage demand mean you still face the same old storage challenges? It might be time to shake hands with Ceph
Minimal, systemd-free Alpine Linux releases version 3.16 A widespread distro that many of its users don't even know they have OSes26 May 2022 | 43
Verizon: Ransomware sees biggest jump in five years We're only here for DBIRs Research26 May 2022 | 6
Slack-for-engineers Mattermost on open source and data sovereignty Interview Control and access are becoming a hot button for orgs Networks26 May 2022 | 1
Internet went offline in Pakistan as protestors marched for ousted prime minister Two hour outage 'consistent with an intentional disruption to service' said NetBlocks Networks26 May 2022 | 1
Suspected phishing email crime boss cuffed in Nigeria Interpol, cops swoop with intel from cybersecurity bods
Broadcom buying VMware could create an edge infrastructure and IoT empire Comment Hypervisor giant too big to be kept ticking over like CA or Symantec. Instead it can wrangle net-connected kit
Ex-spymaster and fellow Brexiteers' emails leaked by suspected Russian op A 'Very English Coop (sic) d'Etat'
UK opens national security probe into 2021 sale of local wafer fab to Chinese company Government has power to unwind transactions such as sale of Newport facility to China-controlled Nexperia Legal26 May 2022 | 40
Ransomware grounds some flights at Indian budget airline SpiceJet Incident comes a week after 'SAP glitch' kept some planes on the taxiway Cyber-crime26 May 2022 | 5
Mitsubishi Electric again admits to widespread quality control cheating Nifty slogan and more software suggested as the rectification Legal26 May 2022 | 12
Walking away from ransomware unscathed. Can you? Really? Hear how from Wendi Whitmore and more at Rubrik’s FORWARD conference Sponsored Post
As Microsoft's $70b takeover of Activision nears, workers step up their organizing This week: Subsidiary's QA staff officially unionize, $18m settlement disputed, and more Personal Tech26 May 2022 | 3
Nvidia shares tumble as China lockdown, Russia blamed for dent in outlook Sure, stonking server and gaming sales, but hiring and expenses to slow down, too AI + ML26 May 2022 | 1
Millions of people's info stolen from MGM Resorts dumped on Telegram for free Meanwhile, Twitter coughs up $150m after using account security contact details for advertising Cyber-crime25 May 2022 | 11
DuckDuckGo tries to explain why its browsers won't block some Microsoft web trackers Meanwhile, Tails 5.0 users told to stop what they're doing over Firefox flaw Personal Tech25 May 2022 | 33
Atos pushes out HPC cloud services based on Nimbix tech Moore's Law got you down? Throw everything at the problem! Quantum, AI, cloud...
In record year for vulnerabilities, Microsoft actually had fewer Occasional gaping hole and overprivileged users still blight the Beast of Redmond
Vehicle owner data exposed in GM credential-stuffing attack Car maker says miscreants used stolen logins to break into folks' accounts Security25 May 2022 | 29
Foxconn factory fiasco could leave Wisconsinites on the hook for $300m What's Mandarin for 'Where's my money?' On-Prem25 May 2022 | 60
Original killer PC spreadsheet Lotus 1-2-3 now runs on Linux natively As Google guru who ported it points out, the operating system did not exist when 1-2-3 came out in 1983 Applications25 May 2022 | 93
ServiceNow takes aim at procurement pain points Purchasing teams are a bit like help desks – always being asked to answer dumb or inappropriate questions SaaS25 May 2022 |
HPE, Cerebras build AI supercomputer for scientific research Wafer madness hits the LRZ in HPE Superdome supercomputer wrapper HPC25 May 2022 | 2
We have bigger targets than beating Oracle, say open source DB pioneers Advocates for MySQL and PostgreSQL see broader future for movement they helped create Databases25 May 2022 | 12
Beijing needs the ability to 'destroy' Starlink, say Chinese researchers Paper authors warn Elon Musk's 2,400 machines could be used offensively Security25 May 2022 | 126
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