Santander downplays 'hack' of PagoFX cash transfer biz, says nothing to worry about
In briefPlus: US govt sanctions Russia for refinery-bothering malware
27 Oct 2020 | 2
Iain is The Register's US news editor, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also covers computer security, and other topics.
Is it Iran or Russia's hackers we need to worry about? The Russians, definitely the Russians, says US intelligence
Energetic Bear team caught breaking into govt systems, no harm done to Nov 3 elections
22 Oct 2020 | 50
Top tip, everyone: Chinese hackers are hitting these 25 vulns, so make sure you patch them ASAP, says NSA
Plus this Chrome one being exploited in the wild, we note
20 Oct 2020 | 13
First, Patch Tuesday. Now, Oh Hell, Monday: Microsoft emits bonus fixes for Visual Studio, Windows 10 security bugs
In briefPlus: A warning to SharePoint operators
19 Oct 2020 | 6
Another month, another cryptocurrency exchange hacked and 'millions of dollars' stolen by miscreants
In briefPlus get patching your Palo Alto kit, there's a nasty crit out there
14 Sep 2020 | 6
You Musk be joking: A mind-reading Neuralink chip in a pig's brain? Downloadable memories? Telepathy? Watch and judge for yourself
Video'The future's going to be weird' says startup's founder Elon
29 Aug 2020 | 119
That's ride on time: Lyft, Uber to continue taxi app service in Cali after appeals court hits pause on AB5 brouhaha
Fight over driver employment rights to rumble into October amid threats to pull plug on Golden State
20 Aug 2020 | 10
Dell trims workforce, says it's taking 'proactive steps to prepare for uncertainties' mid-pandemic
Some argument over exact numbers affected
30 Jul 2020 | 5
Better get Grandpa off Windows 7 because zero-day bug in Zoom allows remote code execution on vintage OS
In briefPlus: Kazakh man charged with corporate mega-hack, and more
13 Jul 2020 | 19
If at first you don't succeed... Rackspace files IPO papers to go public once again, hopefully with better timing
Private equity looks to cash in on managed cloud services biz
10 Jul 2020 | 2
Like life for a lot of us, Google's 2020 was going relatively fine until March hit. Ad sales nosedive, but yay for cloud and Chromebooks?
Does anything really matter when you have $100bn in the bank and pocketing nearly $7bn a quarter in profit?
29 Apr 2020 | 3
Watch now the three UFO videos uncovered by Blink-182 star – and today officially released by the Pentagon
VideosRock and roll at 30,000 ft at hypersonic speeds
27 Apr 2020 | 61
Grab your Bitcoin while you can because Purse.io is shutting up shop in June and you could lose the lot
Amazon, the government, economics? Startup schtum on sudden closure
17 Apr 2020 | 26
UK enters almost-lockdown: Brits urged to keep calm and carry on – as long as it doesn't involve leaving the house
Use delivery services, PM urges, electronics shops shuttered amid coronavirus pandemic
23 Mar 2020 | 185
Microsoft's Bill Gates defrag is finally virtually complete: Billionaire quits board to double down on philanthropy
You look like you have coronavirus, can I help you with that?
13 Mar 2020 | 107
Starship bloopers: Watch Elon Musk's Mars ferry prototype explode on the pad during liquid nitrogen test
Video‘We'll just buff it out’ says SpaceX biz baron
03 Mar 2020 | 48
Roses are red, IBM is Big Blue. It's out of RSA Conference after coronavirus review: IBMers will not attend infosec event over 'health concerns'
UpdatedWho will join the IT giant in staying away from San Francisco?
14 Feb 2020 | 16
What a terrible result from this year's Super Bowl. Can you believe it? Awful. Yes, we're talking about the tech ads
CommentVerizon's hypocrisy, Amazon's negging, odd targeting from Google
04 Feb 2020 | 53
Curse of Boeing continues: Now a telly satellite it built may explode, will be pushed up to 500km from geo orbit
DirecTV's Spaceway-1 to head off into the void before its batteries detonate
24 Jan 2020 | 97
From Soviet to science fiction icon, the weird life of Isaac Asimov 100 years on
CommentNot perfect, but pretty damn good
06 Jan 2020 | 143
This isn't Boeing very well... Faulty timer knackers Starliner cargo capsule on its way to International Space Station
What a clock-up
20 Dec 2019 | 113
Another free web course to gain machine-learning skills (thanks, Finland), NIST probes 'racist' face-recog – and more
RoundupVarious bits and bytes ahead of the Christmas break
20 Dec 2019 | 7
Buzz kill: Crook, 73, conned investors into shoveling millions into geek-friendly caffeine-loaded chocs that didn't exist. Now he's in jail
Scammer and pals blew the cash on cosmetic surgery, jewelry, swanky pads, flash motors
16 Dec 2019 | 80
This week, we give thanks to Fortinet for reminding us what awful crypto with hardcoded keys looks like
RoundupPlus more from the world of infosec
28 Nov 2019 | 33
