How a nightmare wormable, wireless, automatic hijack-a-nearby-iPhone security flaw was found and fixed
You're probably all patched by now, which is just as well
03 Dec 2020
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New study: DNS spoofing doubles in six years ... albeit from the point of naff all
Boffins see more interference with domain-name look-up system, wonder why DNSSEC is taking so long
01 Dec 2020
The price is right? Capita confirms Education Software back in talks with new bidder
Must have lowered the asking price to one that isn't higher than entire group's market cap
27 Nov 2020
Marmite of scripting languages PHP emits version 8.0, complete with named arguments and other goodies
Hallucinate, Desegregate, Mediate, Try not to hate: INXS of 25 years on, PHP liberates the number eight
26 Nov 2020
IBM Power9 processors beset by Cardiac Osprey data-leaking flaw as Spectre still haunts speculative chips
UpdatedPatch if you can: Fix available
20 Nov 2020
Facebook sues to shut down alleged Instagram clone maker over scraping and sharing personal info for cash
Developer in Turkey accused of using 30,000 accounts to nab Instagram files
20 Nov 2020
US Senate approves deepfake bill to defend against manipulated media
Proposed legislation calls for research to detect synthetic shams online
19 Nov 2020
Compsci guru wants 'right to be forgotten' for old email, urges Google and friends to expire, reveal crypto-keys
DKIM 'makes us all more vulnerable to extortion, blackmail,' argues Green
19 Nov 2020
The ones who brought you Let's Encrypt, bring you: Tools for gathering anonymized app usage metrics from netizens
Tech tackles two things: 'Aggregate statistics to improve an application, maintain the privacy of the people'
18 Nov 2020
Apple Arm Macs ship, don't expect all open-source apps to work without emulation – here's what you need to know
Good thing Rosetta 2's x64-to-ARM64 translation is all right because you may be using it a lot
18 Nov 2020
Apple's privacy pledges: We sent dev checks over plain HTTP, logged IP addresses. We bypass firewall apps
AnalysisBig Sur highlights shortcomings in OCSP comms, APIs
17 Nov 2020
New lawsuit: Why do Android phones mysteriously exchange 260MB a month with Google via cellular data when they're not even in use?
Ad giant sued after mobile allowances eaten by hidden transfers
14 Nov 2020
Election security fears doused with reality: Top officials say Nov 3 'was the most secure in American history.' The end
'No evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised'
13 Nov 2020
Apple drops macOS Big Sur on the world – and it arrives with a thud, sound of breaking glass, sirens in the distance...
Server problems mar operating system version 11 rollout
13 Nov 2020
Python swallows Java to become second-most popular programming language... according to this index
Coincidentally, Python creator Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft
12 Nov 2020
Microsoft emits 112 security hole fixes – including the cure for a Google-disclosed kernel vuln exploited in the wild
Patch TuesdayAndroid, Adobe, SAP, Red Hat join the bug-busting party
11 Nov 2020
Apple wants privacy 'nutrition labels' on all new and updated apps in its software store from next month
How many grams of carbo-spy-drates are in your favorite applications?
06 Nov 2020
Hey, over here, I'm talking... Academics help computers figure out which way you're facing when you speak
VideoWhich could be useful for AI assistants as they'll know whether you're barking orders at them or the kids or the TV
06 Nov 2020
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