Security
Ugly, perfect ten-rated bug hits Cisco VPNs
Patch your Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense code before they're utterly p0wned
30 Jan 01:41 | 33
30th > January > 2018 Archive
OSes
Ubuntu reverting to Xorg in Bionic Beaver
Wayland doesn't share nicely, and its crashes are catastrophic
30 Jan 02:59 | 48
Security
Crooks make US ATMs spew million-plus bucks in 'jackpotting' hacks
If you could keep an eye on miscreants cracking open your boxes, that would be great
30 Jan 03:56 | 27
Updated
Maybe you should've stuck with NetWare: Hijackers can bypass Active Directory controls
'DCShadow' attack lets attackers add their own controllers, do some wrecking
30 Jan 05:01 | 14
Science
NASA finds satellite, realises it has lost the software and kit that talk to it
Vanished IMAGE now found. Don't suppose anyone kept a copy of its comms code?
30 Jan 06:05 | 163
AI + ML
When you play this song backwards, you can hear Satan. Play it forwards, and it hijacks Siri, Alexa
Speech recognition systems seduced by masked messages
30 Jan 07:02 | 58
On-Prem
A Dell/VMware acqui-merge? Good luck landing that, big Mike
VMware thrives because it is plausibly independent. Why rob it of that?
30 Jan 07:32 | 9
Personal Tech
The Zuck promises to give you more local news – and so save the world
Techno Jesus posts latest Facebook teaching
30 Jan 08:05 | 30
On-Prem
Equinix CEO bails after ‘poor judgment in employee matter’
A decade of growth and no strategy dispute suggests this wasn't about wearing ugly shorts on casual Friday
30 Jan 08:30 | 17
Opinion
Twilight of the idols: The only philosophy HPE and IBM do these days is with an axe
This is the art of disaster capitalism
30 Jan 09:02 | 67
Bootnotes
Tsk-tsk, fat cat Softcat: Milk-slurping reseller taken to court
£830m listed firm eventually settled its unpaid moo juice bill
30 Jan 10:09 | 36
Security
F-35 flight tests are being delayed by onboard software snafus
American gov auditor uncovers litany of fails and delays
30 Jan 11:24 | 111
On-Prem
Google takes $1.1bn chomp out of HTC, smacks lips, burps
Some 2,000 bods to shift over in talent pump 'n' dump
30 Jan 11:53 | 24
Storage
Samsung preps for Z-SSD smackdown on Intel Optane drives
February reveal for wannabe XPoint killer
30 Jan 12:22 | 12
SaaS
Kaminario flings pay-as-you-go storage software suite at cloudy providers
First output since sealing hardware deal with Tech Data
30 Jan 12:51 | 4
Legal
UK.gov mass data slurping ruled illegal – AGAIN
Another blow for Snooper's Charter
30 Jan 13:27 | 40
Bootnotes
Borked bog forces flight carrying 83 plumbers to bug out back to base
The Morissette meter! It's off the scale!
30 Jan 13:45 | 46
Software
Buzzzz... gulp. What the heck was that? Drone air traffic app maker swallows $4.5m
Altitude Angel to use cash to swoop on Europe, N America
30 Jan 13:59 | 6
Security
Scammers become the scammed: Ransomware payments diverted with Tor proxy trickery
Of course this does nothing for victims' encrypted files
30 Jan 14:32 | 23
Software
SAP slurps up CRM biz Callidus for $2.4bn, pants: Look, cloud bookings are up!
*Cough* Bulk of sales still licences and support *cough*
30 Jan 15:20 | 1
Science
Well, now Nuro: Former Waymo devs reveal cute self-driving van tech
Bijou robo-courier powered by electricity and $92m in VC cash
30 Jan 15:52 | 19
Security
Kremlin social media trolls aren't actually that influential, study finds
дураки вы западники, ничего не знаете
30 Jan 16:29 | 68
Storage
VCs palm Igneous $15m to give its Arm-powered backup boxen a leg up
They'll have to show volcanic growth, though
30 Jan 16:59 | 3
Legal
FYI: That Hawaii missile alert was no UI blunder. Someone really thought the islands were toast
False text probe reveals screw up after screw up
30 Jan 19:51 | 110
Updated
Watchdog: Uh, sit down, AriseBank. This crypto-coin looks more like a $600m crypto-con
SEC looks to freeze upstart to protect investors
30 Jan 21:06 | 13
Networks
California Senate OKs net neutrality law, gives FCC cold hard long stare
F U FCC say lawmakers as bill passes to Assembly
30 Jan 21:39 | 28
Security
Car-share biz GoGet became data share biz after 2017 hack attack
Kept heist secret until cops cuffed bloke. Now suggests – gulp – super-pwned Equifax for the afflicted
30 Jan 21:59 | 7
Security
Unsanitary Firefox gets fix for critical HTML-handling hijack flaw
Versions 56 through 58 need patching, pronto
30 Jan 22:38 | 12
Security
I'll torpedo Tor weirdos, US AG storms: Feds have 'already infiltrated' darknet drug souks
Sessions sets up task force for dopes' dope dope crack down
30 Jan 22:56 | 51
On-Prem
Billionaire bros Bezos, Buffett become bonkers bio brokers: Swap W in AWS for H for healthcare
I'm gonna do to doctors what I did to bookstores!
30 Jan 23:23 | 45
On-Prem
Eggheads: Cities, don't woo rich Amazon with sweetheart HQ deals
File under: 'Good luck with that'
30 Jan 23:59 | 42
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