Compsci boffin publishes proof-of-concept code for 54-year-old zero-day in Universal Turing Machine
Patch your devi... oh, hang on a sec
OSes
Microsoft embraces Linux kernel's eBPF super-tool, extends it for Windows
This early-stage project is not a fork, Redmond insists
Software
When software depends on a project thanklessly maintained by a random guy in Nebraska, is open source sustainable?
Much of the OSS world is critically underfunded yet critically important
Security
Train operator phlunks phishing test by teasing employees with non-existent COVID bonus
Someone at West Midlands Trains approved nasty cybersecurity drill
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Patch Tuesday
Microsoft emits more fixes for Exchange Server plus patches for remote-code exec holes in HTTP stack, Visual Studio
Plus: Grab your updates for Adobe, SAP, Android, Intel
11 May 19:08 |
Think
IBM wheels out AutoSQL, Watson Orchestrate in bid to fend off cloud irrelevance
AI here, there and everywhere
11 May 17:58 |
Bootnotes
Rude awakening for O2 customers after network runs surprise test of emergency mobile alert system
Sorry, there's no nuclear missile inbound. You have to go to work
11 May 17:01 | 11
CyberUK 21
UK's Computer Misuse Act to be reviewed, says Home Secretary as she condemns ransomware payoffs
Priti Patel doesn't say a word about encryption, though
11 May 16:00 | 8
Security
NHS App gets go-ahead for vaccine passport use despite protest from privacy groups
Big Brother Watch warns app contains too much sensitive medical information
11 May 15:15 | 17
Security
App Tracking: Apps plead for users to press allow, but 85% of Apple iOS consumers are not opting in
The data is in: most users do not opt in to third-party tracking
11 May 13:45 | 22
Legal
Proposed collective action aims to take Apple to task over its 30% App Store cut on behalf of 20 million Brits
Spent money in the walled garden since October 2015?
11 May 13:02 | 2
AI + ML
Preliminary report on Texas Tesla crash finds Autosteer was 'not available' along road where both passengers died
Probable cause of accident and fire still under investigation
11 May 12:15 | 76
Personal Tech
Intel throws sand in the face of 'musclebooks' with 10nm Tiger Lake tech
11th-gen Core H has nice new touches, but pitch is usual 'a new PC will be faster and smaller and lighter than an old PC' promise
11 May 11:30 | 9
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Another platform on which Java will not run – platform 1 of Newcastle's Central Station
What is Geordie for bork?
11 May 10:47 | 12
Science
43 years and 14 billion miles later, Voyager 1 still crunching data to reveal secrets of the interstellar medium
Gazing into the void for at least a few more years yet
11 May 10:03 | 38
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Indian government says 5G doesn’t cause COVID-19. Also points out India has no 5G networks
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Software
When software depends on a project thanklessly maintained by a random guy in Nebraska, is open source sustainable?
Much of the OSS world is critically underfunded yet critically important
Updated
US declares emergency after ransomware shuts oil pipeline that pumps 100 million gallons a day
Oil transport by road allowed after Colonial Pipeline goes down, operator says recovery is under way but offers no recovery date
On-Prem
‘Staggering’ cost of vintage Sun workstations sees OpenSolaris-fork Illumos drop SPARC support
Dev team doesn’t have necessary hardware, and even if they could afford it eBay is empty
Who, Me?
Accidentally wiped an app's directory? Hey, just play the 'unscheduled maintenance' card. Now you're a hero
It soothed this raging roomful of wannabe lawyers anyway
Science
43 years and 14 billion miles later, Voyager 1 still crunching data to reveal secrets of the interstellar medium
Gazing into the void for at least a few more years yet
Updated
Namecheap hosted 25%+ of fake UK govt phishing sites last year – NCSC report
Also we fixed SS7 use by British telcos. How? Why? Not saying
Science
Chinese rocket plunges into Indian Ocean, still lands sharp rebuke from NASA
Long March 5B lands 45km from the Maldives
Analysis
As another vendor promises 3 years of Android updates, we ask: How long should mobile devices receive support?
Really, three years should be the bare minimum at this point
Security
Compsci boffin publishes proof-of-concept code for 54-year-old zero-day in Universal Turing Machine
Patch your devi... oh, hang on a sec
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Security
Compsci boffin publishes proof-of-concept code for 54-year-old zero-day in Universal Turing Machine
Patch your devi... oh, hang on a sec
11 May 09:15 | 30
On-Prem
Overdue: After a 2-year £12m delay, Northern Ireland Libraries looks to close chapter on Fujitsu saga
Launches open tender for new £60m deal
11 May 08:30 | 11
Security
Train operator phlunks phishing test by teasing employees with non-existent COVID bonus
Someone at West Midlands Trains approved nasty cybersecurity drill
11 May 07:58 | 93
OSes
Microsoft embraces Linux kernel's eBPF super-tool, extends it for Windows
This early-stage project is not a fork, Redmond insists
11 May 07:26 | 20
Servers
Samsung reveals DDR5 memory module that’s ready for Compute Express Link
Suggests terabyte-packing servers that move data at astounding speed aren’t far off
11 May 06:58 | 5
Personal Tech
China’s digital currency adds support for AliPay – the Alibaba payment app with over 700 million users
And just like that, the Digital Yuan has its route into the mainstream
11 May 05:58 | 7
Personal Tech
Vietnam’s biggest industrial conglomerate quits smartphones and TV biz, bets on electric cars
No breakthroughs left to make in electronics, says CEO as company eyes off IPO-by-SPAC
11 May 04:58 | 3
Black Hat Asia
Tencent research team scores free powerups for electric cars with Raspberry Pi-powered X-in-the-middle attack
Another auto-exploit saw rPi push Telegram messages over CAN bus to brick a car
11 May 04:04 | 6
Security
Indian government says 5G doesn’t cause COVID-19. Also points out India has no 5G networks
But won’t reveal who it wants banned from social media over less obvious disinformation
11 May 02:58 | 14
Security
Trend Micro hosted email service is down, inboxes still stuck in cloudy limbo
Blames spam filters for brownout, warns fix could be 'disruptive'
11 May 01:13 | 5
Personal Tech
Amazon says it destroyed two million knockoffs in 2020, a fraction of the amount it ships
Internet souk said it only approved 6% of new sellers
11 May 00:55 | 26
Science
NASA's first asteroid sample on its way to Earth after OSIRIS-REx boosts for home
Boffins will have to wait until September 2023 to get their hands on the goodies
10 May 21:52 | 4
When you node better, you do better, or that’s the idea: Dell EMC upscales all-flash PowerScale
MemVerge sees petabyte-size memory pools ahead with CXL bus
High Danger of Defect: Machine learning model predicts potential disk failures in Google’s DCs
Toshiba upgrades shingled surveillance disk drive
Servers
LibreBMC project to open source baseboard management controllers with security as a priority
Freely available from the hardware schematics to OpenPOWER cores on an FPGA, to the firmware on top
10 May 20:54 | 2
Kubecon
Kubecon 2021: A largely dry and corporate affair where the best bits involved a spot of Kubernetes-hacking roleplay
But we heard the message loud and clear – it's pretty much the standard runtime platform now
10 May 19:12 |
In Brief
US postal service goes all in on AI
Plus: Google boffin who resigned over AI ethics controversy, joins Apple
10 May 18:15 | 7
Analysis
As another vendor promises 3 years of Android updates, we ask: How long should mobile devices receive support?
Really, three years should be the bare minimum at this point
10 May 17:25 | 74
OSes
'A fair amount of stuff, all over the place': Torvalds closes merge window for Linux 5.13 with support for Apple M1
5.10 lifespan also extended to six years, up from two
10 May 16:37 | 5
Science
NASA ups price of a private stay aboard the ISS to reflect true expense of keeping tourists alive in space
Should cover the cost of the air leaking out of the Russian segment
10 May 15:40 | 27
Software
Microsoft unveils Rust for Windows v0.9, with 'full consumption support' for the Windows API
Rust/WinRT moniker consigned to the garbage collection
10 May 14:33 | 7
Personal Tech
Hear that, Qualcomm? Analyst claims Apple's homegrown 5G modems to land in 2023 'at the earliest'
Securities advisor passes note setting potential date for snipping of Snapdragons to investors
10 May 13:49 | 5
Bootnotes
Meme crypto-coin literally going to the Moon, if Elon Musk is to believed, on DOGE-1 mission courtesy of SpaceX Falcon 9
Rocket marks 10th successful launch and landing, though Dogecoin's descent was a little rougher
10 May 13:02 | 7
Servers
UK's competition watchdog sniffs around AMD's proposed $35bn all-stock buy of Xilinx
Will deal make goods, services less competitive? Regulator wants to hear from interested parties
10 May 12:15 | 18
In brief
Uncle Sam wants 'ethical hackers' to crack its planetary defenses, but don't expect a pay-day from this bug bounty
Plus: Student cripples EU bio lab and IRS goes after cryptocurrency
10 May 11:32 | 23
Software
When software depends on a project thanklessly maintained by a random guy in Nebraska, is open source sustainable?
Much of the OSS world is critically underfunded yet critically important
10 May 10:45 | 102
