7th July 2021 Archive • The Register

Software

Biden to sign exec order calling for right-to-repair rules for farmers, maybe rest of us

I've got a brand new combine harvester an' I'll give you the firmware update key

07 Jul 00:40 | 19

Legal

Evidence planted on laptops of jailed Indian activists, says forensics firm Arsenal Consulting

NetWire malware used to deliver incriminating letters into obscure directories users could not see

07 Jul 02:02 | 8

Security

Kaseya’s VSA SaaS restart fails, service restoration delayed by at least ten hours

CEO comes out swinging, says 'people make the story and make the impact of this larger than what it is'

07 Jul 02:48 | 16

Updated

Microsoft patches PrintNightmare – even on Windows 7 – but the terror isn't over

No fixes yet for Windows 10 version 1607, Windows Server 2016, or Windows Server 2012

07 Jul 05:20 | 40

Updated

Mega-distie SYNNEX attacked and Microsoft cloud accounts it tends tampered

Republican National Committee said to be a victim, with Cozy Bear in the frame for the attack

07 Jul 06:32 | 10

Science

Kepler spots four rogue Earth-mass exoplanets floating in space, unbound to any star

Data from NASA's 'scope may be years old now though discoveries keep on coming

07 Jul 06:41 | 46

Security

Citing cross-border data transfer and privacy concerns, China promises security blitz on securities

Beijing wants tech companies that list offshore to get serious about compliance

07 Jul 07:00 | 2

Offbeat

Gov.UK vows to chop red tape in the digital sector. What could possibly go wrong?

Answers on a postcard below

07 Jul 07:45 | 45

Feature

Robots still suck. It's all they can do to stand up – never mind rise up

Simultaneous localisation and mapping is hard so for the foreseeable future ’bots will remain bolted down

07 Jul 08:33 | 55

On-Prem

Five consultancies with severe branding difficulties win spots on UK government's £580m 'transformation' services framework

Outsourcing the decision to outsource?

07 Jul 09:17 | 10

Bork!Bork!Bork!

The black screen of BIOS borkage haunts Space Shuttle Discovery's new home

They can put a man on the Moon, but can't change the battery in this Dell?

07 Jul 10:02 | 23

Science

Australian geoboffins have zoomed in and enhanced CSI-style soil analysis: Bung it in a machine, find the crime scene

New approach could lead to a system for geolocating dirt samples

07 Jul 10:47 | 6

Offbeat

Jackie 'You have no authority here' Weaver: We need more 50-somethings in UK tech

Lack of older workers probably means they need to reskill, says BCS survey

07 Jul 11:15 | 93

Software

Audacity fork maintainer quits after alleged harassment by 4chan losers who took issue with 'Tenacity' name

Pseudonymous engineer claims people were coming to his house

07 Jul 11:45 | 90

Security

UK's data watchdog probes use of private email to discuss government business at the Department of Health

Information Commissioner cites loss of transparency as reason for inquiry

07 Jul 12:15 | 25

Bootnotes

Hoe yes he did: IT pro record-botherer balances garden tool on his head for 2.5 hours

Adds to soap-stacking, egg-catching, chess-setting, and many more titles

07 Jul 12:50 | 28

HPC

Nvidia launches Cambridge-1, UK's most powerful supercomputer, in Arm's neighbourhood

Plus: free supercomputing for 5 healthcare partners. Charm offensive to support Arm takeover plans?

07 Jul 13:30 | 28

Servers

Boffins say they've improved on algorithm for dynamic load balancing of server workloads

Not too soon, either. Levels of internet traffic seen in 2017 will have tripled by 2022

07 Jul 14:15 | 8

Security

Report shines light on REvil's depressingly simple tactics: Phishing, credential-stuffing RDP servers... the usual

And those multimillion-dollar payouts

07 Jul 15:00 | 5

Offbeat

After 15 years and $500m, the US Navy decides it doesn't need shipboard railguns after all

Pentagon feels it can counter Chinese electromagnetic projectiles with stuff it already has or will have shortly

07 Jul 15:45 | 97

Security

Oi! Our British Airways data breach compo sueball is still going, shouts rival law firm

Yesterday's settlement was just one of the bigger firms

07 Jul 17:10 | 2

Science

NASA readies commands to switch on Hubble's back-up hardware

Observatory might be able to spot distant stars, but it can't hear a bunch of engineers holding their breath

07 Jul 17:55 | 18

Updated

Microsoft struggles to wake from PrintNightmare: Latest print spooler patch can be bypassed, researchers say

I pity the spool

07 Jul 18:18 | 45

Software

Microsoft defends intrusive dialog in Visual Studio Code that asks if you really trust the code you've been working on

'All the subtlety of a GDPR cookie banner and the charm of Clippy'

07 Jul 18:55 | 67

Personal Tech

Florida Man sues Facebook, Twitter, YouTube for account ban

Golf fan has opinions on America's First Amendment and Section 230

07 Jul 20:20 | 154

Software

Amazon Lumberyard is dead, long live the permissively licensed Open 3D Engine

Company donates the whole shooting match to the newly formed foundation, joins as founding member

07 Jul 20:43 | 12

On-Prem

Prime Minister says national security advisor will probe Chinese acquisition of UK's top chip maker

Newport Wafer Fab sale to Wingtech goes under microscope

07 Jul 21:37 | 30

Security

Bogus Kaseya VSA patches circulate, booby-trapped with remote-access tool

Phishing campaign aims to capitalize on slow fix deployment, it seems

07 Jul 23:03 | 3

Security

You've patched that critical Sage X3 ERP security hole, yeah? Not exposing the suite to the internet, either, yeah?

Details of flaws now public for miscreants to exploit

07 Jul 23:56 | 1

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7th > July > 2021 Archive

Biden to sign exec order calling for right-to-repair rules for farmers, maybe rest of us

Evidence planted on laptops of jailed Indian activists, says forensics firm Arsenal Consulting

Kaseya’s VSA SaaS restart fails, service restoration delayed by at least ten hours

Microsoft patches PrintNightmare – even on Windows 7 – but the terror isn't over

Mega-distie SYNNEX attacked and Microsoft cloud accounts it tends tampered

Kepler spots four rogue Earth-mass exoplanets floating in space, unbound to any star

Citing cross-border data transfer and privacy concerns, China promises security blitz on securities

Gov.UK vows to chop red tape in the digital sector. What could possibly go wrong?

Robots still suck. It's all they can do to stand up – never mind rise up

Five consultancies with severe branding difficulties win spots on UK government's £580m 'transformation' services framework

The black screen of BIOS borkage haunts Space Shuttle Discovery's new home

Australian geoboffins have zoomed in and enhanced CSI-style soil analysis: Bung it in a machine, find the crime scene

Jackie 'You have no authority here' Weaver: We need more 50-somethings in UK tech

Audacity fork maintainer quits after alleged harassment by 4chan losers who took issue with 'Tenacity' name

UK's data watchdog probes use of private email to discuss government business at the Department of Health

Hoe yes he did: IT pro record-botherer balances garden tool on his head for 2.5 hours

Nvidia launches Cambridge-1, UK's most powerful supercomputer, in Arm's neighbourhood

Boffins say they've improved on algorithm for dynamic load balancing of server workloads

Report shines light on REvil's depressingly simple tactics: Phishing, credential-stuffing RDP servers... the usual

After 15 years and $500m, the US Navy decides it doesn't need shipboard railguns after all

Oi! Our British Airways data breach compo sueball is still going, shouts rival law firm

NASA readies commands to switch on Hubble's back-up hardware

Microsoft struggles to wake from PrintNightmare: Latest print spooler patch can be bypassed, researchers say

Microsoft defends intrusive dialog in Visual Studio Code that asks if you really trust the code you've been working on

Florida Man sues Facebook, Twitter, YouTube for account ban

Amazon Lumberyard is dead, long live the permissively licensed Open 3D Engine

Prime Minister says national security advisor will probe Chinese acquisition of UK's top chip maker

Bogus Kaseya VSA patches circulate, booby-trapped with remote-access tool

You've patched that critical Sage X3 ERP security hole, yeah? Not exposing the suite to the internet, either, yeah?

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