Security
IT plonker stuffed 'destructive' logic bomb into US Army servers in contract revenge attack
He's now facing 10 years in prison for act of spite
22 Sep 00:34 | 62
22nd > September > 2017 Archive
On-Prem
Cisco puts UCS director on death row, to be replaced by cloudy 'Intersight'
The Borg assimilates the infrastructure-as-code message
22 Sep 02:34 | 6
Devops
Java SE 9 and Java EE 8 arrive, 364 days later than first planned
Now that all the unpleasantness is behind us, let us code
22 Sep 03:57 | 9
Science
NASA, wait, wait lemme put my drink down... NASA, you need to be searching for vanadium
Bio-boffins urge Red Planet life search to hunt for weird metal
22 Sep 05:02 | 20
Storage
Cloud washes Dell off perch atop storage market
Backup appliance sales go off a cliff, traditional array vendors just aren't growing
22 Sep 05:26 | 10
Legal
First big Privacy Shield review has ended – and yep, it's great! Just don't ask about mass spying
Surprise – a thumbs up to private info flying over the Pond
22 Sep 06:03 | 13
Software
Red Hat pledges patent protection for 99 per cent of FOSS-ware
Company has trove of 2,000 patents and won't enforce any of them if you licence right
22 Sep 06:29 | 18
On-Call
Sysadmin tells user CSI-style password guessing never w– wait WTF?! It's 'PASSWORD1'!
Sysadmin hated making it look so easy, but didn't mind being a hero for saving a payroll run
22 Sep 07:01 | 111
Networks
Microsoft and Facebook's transatlantic cable completed
In 2018 'MAREA' will move ads and Azure from USA to Spain at 160 terabits per second
22 Sep 07:28 | 54
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
You forgot that you hired me and now you're saying it's my fault?
Just install the trial software on 1,000 PCs and I'll be on my way
22 Sep 08:03 | 161
Roundup
Mini-Heartbleed info leak bug strikes Apache, airborne malware, NSA algo U-turn, and more
The security week in review
22 Sep 09:01 | 9
Databases
Database biz MongoDB files to go public, hopes to raise a cool $100m
Revenues are up, but NoSQL firm still burning through cash
22 Sep 09:32 | 7
Networks
The award for worst ISP goes to... it starts with Talk and ends with Talk
Two other big brands, Sky and BT, also in the naughty corner
22 Sep 10:02 | 96
On-Prem
HPE sharpening the axe for 5,000 heads – report
All part of CEO Whitman's 'long-term ops and financial blueprint'
22 Sep 10:14 | 54
Legal
Shock: Brit capital strips Uber of its taxi licence
That could mean 40,000 drivers out of work
22 Sep 10:41 | 177
Legal
How Apple is taming the ad biz. Just don't expect Google or Zuck to follow
Inside ITP, Safari's third-party cookie zapper
22 Sep 11:17 | 31
Security
Ethereum-backed hackathon excavates more security holes
Smart contracts language easy to use and create exploits with
22 Sep 11:51 | 6
Bootnotes
Kebab and pizza shop owner jailed for hiding £179k from the taxman
What a carve-up!
22 Sep 12:19 | 65
On-Prem
Microsoft reveals details of flagship London store within spitting distance from Apple's
Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours
22 Sep 12:48 | 60
Security
Finance sector is littered with vulns, and guess what – most can be resolved by patching
But pen-testers have questioned the figures
22 Sep 13:55 | 11
Legal
UK.gov lays down rules for cross-Whitehall data slurps
Consultation opens on codes of practice for Digital Economy Act
22 Sep 14:58 | 5
Security
IoT botnet Linux.ProxyM turns its grubby claws to spam rather than DDoS
I don't know which is worse
22 Sep 15:28 | 14
Personal Tech
If you need to replace anything other than your iPhone 8's battery or display, good luck
And things are looking even worse for the X
22 Sep 15:49 | 80
Applications
Super Cali goes ballistic, Gatorade app is bogus: Even the sound of it is something quite atrocious
And who's going to stand up for the Arnold Palmer?
22 Sep 18:38 | 23
Updated
NBD: Adobe just dumped its private PGP key on the internet
Change the name to A-d'oh!-be
22 Sep 19:08 | 55
Security
Aw, not you too, Verizon: US telco joins list of leaky AWS S3 buckets
Now is a good time to go check your own Amazon settings. It's OK, we'll wait
22 Sep 20:45 | 13
Analysis
For Facebook, ignorance is the business model: Social net is shocked – SHOCKED – that people behave badly
See no evil, hear no evil, speak of no evil
22 Sep 21:37 | 31
DerbyCon
Want to get around app whitelists by pretending to be Microsoft? Of course you can...
...And here's how
22 Sep 22:27 | 19
Devops
Facebook U-turn: React, other libraries freed from unloved patent license
Hybrid BSD pact will be replaced by MIT deal for some projects
22 Sep 23:07 | 15
DerbyCon
Don’t fear the software shopkeeper: T&Cs banning bad reviews aren’t legal in America
Doesn’t stop them trying to put the frighteners, tho
22 Sep 23:32 | 44
Biting the hand that feeds IT
