Five years after US promised crackdown on ticket-snaffling bots, the first prosecutions are in... and are a slap on the wrist
Miscreants hit with $31m fines tho only pay what they can afford: $3.7m
22 Jan 21:02 | 2
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Scottish enviro bods shrug off ransomware gang's extortion attempt as 4,000 files dumped online, saying it's nothing big
Awa' an bile yer heid, SEPA tells ransomware scum
22 Jan 19:00 | 7
Clop ransomware gang clips sensitive files from Atlantic Records' London ad agency The7stars, dumps them online
Updated Medium-sized firm, big revenues, big target
22 Jan 17:23 | 3
Honor has flown the nest: Announces first phone as an independent firm, inks deals with supply chain big dogs
Proud parent Huawei probably sobbing in the car
22 Jan 16:23 | 2
Microsoft Edge goes homomorphic: Nobody will see your credentials... but you'll need to sign in to use it
Has your password been pwned? MS browser will tell you
22 Jan 15:07 | 15
Google's Alphabet sticks a pin in its Loon internet broadband service
It never really took off (commercially), apparently
22 Jan 14:02 | 13
Legacy IT kit is behind 80% of UK taxman's pandemic costs, says spending watchdog
HMRC spent £53.2m maintaining creaky tech estate – report
22 Jan 13:03 | 17
Reg reader's XXXbox oddity: The BBC4 topless thumbnail trauma whodunnit
NSFW-ish 'Not us, guv' from all involved – except TiVo, which fixed it while blaming nameless third party
22 Jan 12:00 | 16
Must 'completely free' mean 'hard to install'? Newbie gripe sparks some soul-searching among Debian community
Project members discuss conflict between principles and pragmatism because of need for non-free drivers
22 Jan 11:15 | 134
Nothing new since the microwave: Let's get those home tech inventors cooking
Something for the Weekend, Sir? You might want to wash the rolling pin first
22 Jan 10:32 | 76
BOFH: Are you a druid? Legally, you have to tell me if you're a druid
Episode 1 Er, I mean, droid. In the far reaches of the world, under a lost and lonely hill, lies the OFFICE OF NEVERMORE
22 Jan 09:30 | 54
You can drive a car with your feet, you can operate a sewing machine with your feet. Same goes for computers obviously
On Call Mice do like cheese after all
22 Jan 08:15 | 79
It's 2021 and you can hijack a Cisco SD-WAN deployment with malicious IP traffic and a buffer overflow. Patch now
And also fix up these other holes that can be exploited via HTTP requests, SQL injection, etc
22 Jan 07:04 | 7
We'll explore Titan with a methane submarine, a methane submarine, a methane submarine...
Saturn moon's largest liquid sea mapped by radar – and soon, robots?
22 Jan 06:09 | 21
We're gonna bounce back, says Intel's Gelsinger: Don't worry, most of our chips will be made by us... in 2023
Updated Financial figures released minutes ahead of schedule after 'hacker' swipes and shares infographic
22 Jan 04:09 | 5
As the world turns to big names in cloud and IT to get through the pandemic, IBM still manages to shrink
Red Hat and off-prem see growth while revenue, profit down overall
22 Jan 02:12 | 10
And just like that, Amazon Web Services forked Elasticsearch, Kibana. Was that part of the plan, Elastic?
Fork that noise, says cloud giant amid licensing drama
22 Jan 00:50 | 34
Judge denies Parler an injunction to force AWS to host the antisocial network for internet outcasts
Deplatformed again, huh? Maybe take the hint
21 Jan 23:39 | 130
President Biden selects Jessica Rosenworcel to head up FCC as acting chairwoman
Net neutrality, internet-for-students advocate awaits Senate confirmation
21 Jan 21:55 | 18
LowKey cool: This web app will tweak your photos to flummox facial-recognition systems, apparently
Boffins develop improved image poisoning technique to preserve privacy
21 Jan 21:18 | 20
Android 10 ported to homegrown multi-core RISC-V system-on-chip by Alibaba biz, source code released
AOSP effort could help bring GUIs to industrial, IoT, embedded gear
21 Jan 18:58 | 22
Laptops given to British schools came preloaded with remote-access worm
Updated Department for Education says: 'We believe this is not widespread'
21 Jan 17:32 | 82
Microsoft SolarWinds analysis: Attackers hid inside Windows systems by wearing the skins of legit processes
Thorough counter-detection methods laid bare by Redmond
21 Jan 16:58 | 17
Got three weeks to spare? You could deploy the supercomputer you’ve always dreamed of
Webcast Tune in this month and learn about the promise of SuperPOD with DDN
21 Jan 16:00 |
We turn away for a second and Corellium is already showing off Ubuntu on Apple Silicon
Groovy Gorilla 'completely usable' but some of the hardware remains off-limits
21 Jan 15:55 | 10
'We're storing how this material should behave': Boffins' 3cm 'm-bit' cubes demonstrate programmable wunderstuff
Raising possibility of buildings that flex in earthquakes, and much more
21 Jan 14:58 | 10
Visual Studio 16.9 Preview 3 brings Chromium WebView debugging, noisy tests for visually impaired, and more
Also: Survey shows IDE's dominance among .NET Core developers, despite cross-platform options
21 Jan 14:13 | 6
Loser Trump's last financial disclosure docs reveal Tim Cook gave him $5,999 Mac Pro, the 'first' made in Texas
But that's fake news
21 Jan 13:01 | 96
Bye-bye Bridenstine: Outgoing chief leaves NASA in good shape, though Boots on Moon by '24 goal looks doubtful
Former NASA test engineer steps into the hot seat as acting head
21 Jan 12:16 | 20
Negative Trustpilot review of law firm Summerfield Browne cost aggrieved Briton £28k
The most expensive 119 words he's ever going to write
21 Jan 11:17 | 93
AWS has been doing things that are 'just NOT OK since 2015,' says Elastic as firm yanks Apache 2.0 licence
So are ya open source or aren't ya?
21 Jan 10:15 | 20
UK Prime Minister Johnson knows not when 400k+ deleted records from police DB will be back
And the possible impact of erased DNA and fingerprint data on live police investigations? Nope, doesn't know that either
21 Jan 09:30 | 58
Chip fab Intel said to be using better chip fab TSMC to make 5nm Core i3 processors, 20% of its non-CPU parts
And 3nm mid-to-high-end silicon to follow, claims analyst house
21 Jan 08:14 | 20
Raspberry Pi Foundation moves into microcontrollers with the $4 Pi Pico using homegrown silicon
Dual-core Arm Cortex-M0+ board for hobbyists and power users alike
21 Jan 07:00 | 80
So what can we expect from a Joe Biden White House when it comes to tech? We'll try to answer that right now
As Amazon tells the President: Vaccinate our staff, and we'll help you distribute it to everyone else
21 Jan 03:55 | 39
Maker of crowd-sourced coronavirus spread tracker app sues Apple for 'arbitrary and capricious' iOS store snub
Offer to challenge rules a 'scam', too, we're told
21 Jan 02:07 | 11
With depressing predictability, FCC boss leaves office with a list of his deeds... and a giant middle finger to America
Analysis A last gasp for the era of alternate facts
20 Jan 23:52 | 85
The next-generation data center is here today
Sponsored Look to the future or your past will drag you down, says Huawei
20 Jan 23:00 |
On his way out, Trump emits exec order suggesting US cloud giants must verify ID of all foreign customers
Know-your-client demand may just be ignored by incoming Biden admin
20 Jan 21:58 | 40
Leaked memo suggests LG is thinking about quitting the smartphone biz in 2021
'The employment will be maintained, so there is no need to worry,' says CEO
20 Jan 21:09 | 11
To plug gap left by CentOS, Red Hat amends RHEL dev subscription to allow up to 16 systems in production
'First of many new programs,' says biz, but it is no substitute for free CentOS
20 Jan 20:04 | 35
US comms regulator slaps down petition to block Ligado's nationwide L-band 5G network by 3 to 2
We must put long-underused spectrum to its best use, says outgoing chairman
20 Jan 19:17 | 4
Top engineer who stole trade secrets from Google's self-driving division pardoned on Trump's last day as president
As recommended by Peter Thiel
20 Jan 18:30 | 127
SpaceX powers through bad case of wind to nail Falcon 9's eighth droneship landing
Rapid reuse in sight, as are yet another batch of Starlink satellites
20 Jan 17:46 | 18
Wherever your apps, users and data are heading, is your backup keeping up?
Webcast Let’s think about what data management should look like in the future – tune in here next week
20 Jan 17:00 |
OVH rises to Europe data sovereignty challenge (and AWS) with tape-as-a-service
Storage cost saver combines IBM tape, Atempo software and OVH data centres
20 Jan 16:17 | 4
London calling: 5G coverage in British capital grew during second half of last year with fastest speeds on Vodafone
O2 regained lost ground, while EE continued to assert its dominance
20 Jan 15:27 | 10
Malwarebytes says its Office 365, Azure tenancies invaded by SolarWinds hackers, insists its tools are still safe to use
Points finger at privilege escalation via application rights in Azure AD, which Microsoft says is as designed
20 Jan 14:44 | 7
One minute you're a peripheral maker chugging along nicely, the next the world can't seem to get enough of Logitech's kit
Nearly every division enjoyed double or triple-digit growth for Q3 '21
20 Jan 14:01 | 7
Virgin Orbit finally lives up to its name after second attempt with LauncherOne rocket
In brief Also: Qualifying Starliner and Blue Origin gets ready for humans
20 Jan 13:15 | 27
Slack has entered the Matrix: Element builds a bridge to realm of encrypted, decentralised comms
Element Matrix Services adds to the messaging interoperability toolbox
20 Jan 12:29 | 9
Former NCSC chief says US sanctions made Britain strip Huawei from mobe networks
Scrutiny system worked OK until firm was forced off western chip tech
20 Jan 11:47 | 24
Windows Product Activation – or just how many numbers we could get a user to tell us down the telephone
A confession from ex-Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer. Also: WPA fun in the Registry
20 Jan 11:02 | 111
Google's cloud pulls out in front for best performance overall, while AWS remains most cost-efficient – report
Azure wins on Ultra Disk storage but it's expensive, says Cockroach Labs
20 Jan 10:15 | 7
Screw you, gadget-menders! No really, you'll need loads of screwdrivers to fix Apple's AirPods Max headphones
Surprisingly fixable... with a bulging toolbox
20 Jan 09:30 | 47
Open banking is the future, so let’s secure the APIs
Sponsored Equinix levels the playing field for all fintechs
20 Jan 08:30 |
MediaTek's latest Dimensity phone chippery is 25 per cent faster than its predecessor, supports 200MP cameras
But remember – more pixels doesn't automatically mean better pictures
20 Jan 07:20 | 22
You look for the largest objects in the universe and two come along at once: Astroboffins spot mega radio galaxies dwarfing Milky Way
These things could be more common than first thought
20 Jan 06:32 | 16
Qualcomm crosses '865 Plus' from its Snapdragon chips, scribbles on '870', pushes in a few more MHz
Expect it in handsets from Motorola, iQOO, OnePlus, OPPO, Xiaomi
20 Jan 05:20 |
Dnsmasq, used in only a million or more internet-facing devices globally, patches not-so-secret seven spoofing, hijacking flaws
Get your updates when you can for gear from scores of manufacturers
20 Jan 01:49 | 13
Indian government slams Facebook over WhatsApp 'privacy' update, wants its own Europe-style opt-out switch
Updated Nation's IT ministry wants what Brussels is having
19 Jan 23:57 | 27
Over long US weekend, GitHub HR boss quit after firing Jewish staffer who warned Nazis were at the Capitol
Microsoft-owned code silo admits 'significant errors of judgment and procedure'
19 Jan 22:56 | 72
If my calculations are correct, when Google Chrome hits version 88, you're gonna see some serious... security
Manifest v3 plus JavaScript timer throttling, vuln fixes, FTP killed off, etc
19 Jan 22:01 | 10
FireEye publishes details of SolarWinds hacking techniques, gives out free tool to detect signs of intrusion
Instructions for spotting and keeping suspected Russians out of systems
19 Jan 20:42 | 17
Engineers blame 'intentionally conservative' test parameters for premature end to Space Launch System hotfire
'If this scenario occurred during a flight, the rocket would have continued to fly'
19 Jan 18:35 | 60
Citrix must Wrike what it sees because it's buying project management outfit for $2.25bn
No longer a corpo behemoth holdout
19 Jan 17:45 |
Brave bets on the decentralized web with IPFS browser support for a more peer-to-peer approach
Peer-to-peer protocol promises availability and resilience, but awaits proof of speed and resource thrift
19 Jan 17:00 | 16
Microsoft claims to have 200 million education users as it pushes new hardware and updated Classroom Pen
Stop sniggering at the back! Today's lesson: Actually getting Teams working – aye, Scotland?
19 Jan 15:50 | 14
Plans for Entity Framework Core 6.0 revealed as Microsoft admits it is unlikely to match Dapper for performance
Redmond wants to improve key database library, but then why not just use Dapper?
19 Jan 15:05 | 14
Labour Party urges UK data watchdog to update its Code of Employment Practices to tackle workplace snooping
Key doc hasn't been updated since 2018, warn politicos and trade union
19 Jan 14:21 | 14
Samsung tones down sticky stuff in the Galaxy S21 series, simplifying repairs massively
Glue you! Well not anymore. Early signs are positive ahead of launch, but it's not without issues
19 Jan 13:31 | 23
Openreach out: UK union asks all of its members to back disgruntled cable engineers
BT-owned infrastructure firm workers in dispute over pay and terms
19 Jan 12:47 | 4
Barbs exchanged over Linux for M1 Silicon ... lest Apple's lawyers lie in wait
Updated DMs at dawn
19 Jan 11:48 | 30
Looking for something on which to spend all that bonus Bitcoin? How about The Hoff's very own KITT?
Back when AI meant William Daniels behind the dashboard
19 Jan 11:05 | 35
Police drone plunged 70ft into pond after operator mashed pop-up that was actually the emergency cut-out button
Updated Another unfortunate UAV episode for Sussex cops
19 Jan 10:20 | 117
BT got £106m from £46m contract then won £20m extension on service that overcharged public by £39m
Nice work if you can get it
19 Jan 09:30 | 6
AnyVan confirms digital break-in, says customer names, emails and hashed passwords exposed
Updated Burglary took place 3 months before biz discovered unauthorised entry
19 Jan 08:45 | 20
Give 'em SSPL, says Elastic. No thanks, say critics: 'Doubling down on open' not open at all
Updated Open source users warn adoption of copyleft licence could make use of Elasticsearch, Kibana a business risk
18 Jan 19:17 | 27
Scottish Environment Protection Agency refuses to pay ransomware crooks over 1.2GB of stolen data
Which is exactly what you should do
18 Jan 18:35 | 69
Debut firing of NASA's Space Launch System core stage cut short following 'Major Component Failure'
This is why we test
18 Jan 17:48 | 27
Bye bye, said Trump admin to Huawei: You give a cheque-ie to our techies, but there's no licence to ply
And them good ol' boys revokin' sanction to buy, singin', 'Soon will come the day that we fly'
18 Jan 17:00 | 38
How can you flip your software delivery ops from own goals to meaningful goals?
Webcast Tune in and we'll take you from benchmarking to insight
18 Jan 16:15 |
Euro cloud slingers fight for niches on their own doorstep as AWS, Microsoft and Google inhale market share
Just 16% of cloud spending in Q3 went to local tech services shops, says analyst
18 Jan 15:31 | 22
AWS is creating a 'new open source design system' with React
No documentation yet, but big ambitions for UI components tailored for AWS services
18 Jan 14:44 | 8
Heir today, in the slammer tomorrow: Samsung head honcho Lee Jae-Yong back in jail on bribery charges
Only been out 2 years
18 Jan 14:01 | 1
150,000 lost UK police records looking more like 400,000 as Home Office continues to blame 'human error'
That technical issue the department said it had fixed? It didn't exist
18 Jan 13:15 | 150
Microsoft updates Dev Channel Windows 10, breaks Arm x64 emulation
In brief Also: Departures from Redmond, going big with Surface Hub, and celebrating third place
18 Jan 12:28 | 1
Back to the office with you: 'Perhaps 5 days is too much family time' – Workday CEO
Zoom is great for status update meetings, says big cheese, but as for inspiring a workforce...
18 Jan 11:30 | 134
US gov sets up the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office at the last minute before Trump's presidency ends
In brief Plus: Google trains 1.6-trillion-parameter AI model, popular software used for job screenings scraps facial-recognition feature
18 Jan 10:32 | 30
The hour grows late, the enemy are at the gates... but could Intel's exiled heir apparent ride to the rescue?
Column Pat Gelsinger returning to Chipzilla as CEO is another extraordinary stroke of luck for the company
18 Jan 09:30 | 53
Two clichés, one headline: 'No good deed goes unpunished' and 'It's always DNS'
Who, Me? Oh good, you fixed it. Now, if you could just put your head on that plate...
18 Jan 08:15 | 73
Hallowed Bugtraq infosec list killed then resurrected over the weekend: We heard your feedback, says Accenture
In brief Plus: Watch out for NTFS-corrupting folder, Mimecast hack, and more
18 Jan 07:05 | 8
Facebook tells Portuguese court that a biz called Oink And Stuff makes profile-harvesting browser extensions
Not a machine-generated headline, we swear
17 Jan 08:42 | 31
Hollywood drone pilot admits he crashed gizmo into cop chopper, triggering emergency landing
Idiot faces up to a year in the cooler after FBI tracks him down from SD card found in prang wreckage
16 Jan 11:09 | 128
