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Windows' authentication 'flaw' exposed in detail
Researcher plays lyre, sends Kerberos to sleep
15 Dec 00:52 | 118
15th > December > 2015 Archive
Security
Ashley Madison blackmailers try again with snail mail
AshMad member? Sleeping well? Better hope your partner doesn't open your mail
15 Dec 01:02 | 17
Security
Oxford Uni opens infosec ivory tower in Melbourne
Colos with eight Victoria unis for awesome academic abode.
15 Dec 01:37 | 4
Security
Patch now! Joomla attacked in remote code execution blitzkrieg
Weekend 0day attacks ramp up.
15 Dec 02:02 | 12
On-Prem
Micron slurps the 66% of Inotera it doesn't already own, for US$3.2bn
Exclusive DRAM supply deal was due to expire, bring lower margins, so Micron swooped
15 Dec 04:02 |
SaaS
Walking away from VirtuStream is the right thing for VMware to do
JV with EMC added no appreciable value to Virtzilla's cloud strategy
15 Dec 05:57 | 2
Security
Cisco starts spewing vuln info everywhere, in a good way
API lets you select Borg security data from a menu
15 Dec 06:28 | 1
Personal Tech
How to build a real lightsabre
First, decide how big you want your glowing blade to be
15 Dec 07:01 | 82
Networks
Cisco forgot to install two LEDs in routers
Blinking idiots couldn't remember the blinkenlights, now issuing replacement boxen
15 Dec 07:31 | 37
POLL
Help! What does 'personal conduct unrelated to operations or financials' mean?
We're asking because that's the reason F5 networks just fired its CEO
15 Dec 08:31 | 75
Exclusive
Janet pulls open network info for good after DDoSers exploit it
'Unfortunate' move considered 'necessary to protect' online academic brains trust
15 Dec 09:04 | 23
Networks
New gear needed to capture net connection records, say ISPs
Who's paying for this? Take a guess. Hint: Probably not UK.gov or MI5
15 Dec 09:32 | 67
Comment
HMRC bets the farm on digital. What could possibly go wrong?
Big questions over what that £1.3bn is for, and what it will achieve
15 Dec 10:02 | 25
Security
Who needs CCTV? Get a terrifying slowpoke hoverdrone cam
That tiny bright light hovering above your car is not a UFO
15 Dec 10:32 | 21
Channel
Sophos grabs ATP-thwarter tech firm SurfRight for $32m
This will strengthen its ‘leading endpoint protection technology’, apparently
15 Dec 10:46 | 2
Science
Brit 'naut Tim Peake thunders aloft
Departs Baikonur for ISS atop mighty Soyuz
15 Dec 11:16 | 47
Channel
Dell 'fesses up: We may buy back $3bn+ in VMware tracking stock
Shopping the shares drop
15 Dec 11:48 | 2
Networks
EE tops Ofcom’s naughty list, generates most fixed line broadband complaints
Issues related to faults, billing, and complaints all mentioned
15 Dec 12:02 | 23
Security
3 continents, 8 countries and one cyber attack on a fake petrol company
National Crime Agency: International test proves everything's just hunky-dory
15 Dec 12:17 | 14
Star Wars special
Old jet bits, Vader's motorbike gear, sonic oddness: Hats off to Star Wars' creative heroes
You'll never believe Cantina scene's design
15 Dec 12:35 | 60
Security
UK police cuff suspect over VTech toy hack
Not playing games
15 Dec 13:04 | 15
Comment
Why NetApp shouldn’t buy Solidfire
A contrary view
15 Dec 13:25 | 16
Bootnotes
Windows XP spotted on Royal Navy's spanking new aircraft carrier
Windows for Warships: Time for an upgrade, perhaps
15 Dec 13:38 | 127
Security
Web host Moonfruit defies Armada DDoS crew … by (temporarily) defeating itself
Move follows 45-minute attack last Thursday
15 Dec 13:59 | 1
Devops
Ansible offers starring roles for all in reworked Galaxy
In an automation hub far, far away
15 Dec 14:24 |
Science
Lettuce-nibbling veggies menace Mother Earth
'Three times worse in greenhouse gas emissions than eating bacon'
15 Dec 15:03 | 150
Comment
Nimble CEO: When it comes to all-flash stars, there can be only... six
Vasudevan prophesies fatal supplier all-flash array mayhem
15 Dec 15:31 | 22
Edge + IoT
IBM places Watson's IoT brains in Munich
1,000 staffers
15 Dec 16:01 | 3
Security
Hacktivist pranksters stick it to the European Space Agency
Not to worry, it was all 'for the lulz'. And Christmas
15 Dec 16:28 | 14
Legal
Four sentenced for theft of three million data records
Men get 21 months in the slammer
15 Dec 17:07 | 9
Comment
Oh my Tosh: SanDisk chatted to 3 other buyers before WD slurp
Who are companies A, B, C and D? We have a guess...
15 Dec 18:01 |
Networks
GOP senators push FCC to kill support for local broadband
Brave crusaders stand up for billion-dollar cable monopolies
15 Dec 20:02 | 64
Bootnotes
Man faces 37 years for sarcastic post insulting royal dog
Thailand and social media do not get along
15 Dec 20:35 | 66
Channel
HPE invests $10 million in Scality
Shareholder letter spills golden beans
15 Dec 20:39 |
Networks
EU mobile roaming rules to save customers billions in bills
Carriers, meanwhile, will feel the squeeze from lost charges
15 Dec 21:16 | 19
Storage
Scality hires ex-Cisco chief marketeer
Object storage wars; may the force be with you
15 Dec 21:18 | 1
Software
Microsoft steps up Windows 10 nagging
You upgrading now or tonight? Hey, let's do it now
15 Dec 21:52 | 248
Channel
Crayon UK CEO spies door marked exit, heads towards it - sources
Insiders: Gareth Johnson on way out? He's still among us, responds firm
15 Dec 22:34 |
Storage
Spectra Logic's six-times-faster tape robot
Slow tape gets to streaming drives faster
15 Dec 22:53 | 4
SaaS
Red Hat launches dedicated enterprise cloud platform
Leave your coders to coding for $50k a year
15 Dec 22:55 | 4
Biting the hand that feeds IT
