SonicWall firewalls now under attack: Patch ASAP or risk intrusion via your SSL VPN Roses are red, violets are blue, CVE-2024-53704 is sweet for a ransomware crew Networks14 Feb 2025 | 9
Voda-Three name post-merger top team, keep schtum on layoffs Union estimates up to 1,600 job on the line Networks14 Feb 2025 | 24
HPE says blocking Juniper buy is a sure Huawei to ensure China and Cisco thrive Analyst argues stopping the deal benefits Switchzilla by preventing rise of strong challenger for AI networks Networks14 Feb 2025 | 9
More victims of China's Salt Typhoon crew emerge: Telcos just now hit via Cisco bugs Networks in US and beyond compromised by Beijing's super-snoops pulling off priv-esc attacks Networks13 Feb 2025 | 5
Mysterious Palo Alto firewall reboots? You're not alone Limited-edition hotfix to get wider release before end of month Networks13 Feb 2025 | 6
Cisco says it’s already dug in to protect itself – and customers – if trade war breaks out Also reckons it can dodge DOGE Networks13 Feb 2025 | 4
Yup, AMD's Elba and Giglio definitely sound like they work corporate security Which is why Cisco is adding these Pensando DPUs to more switches Networks11 Feb 2025 | 3
UK, US, Oz blast holes in LockBit's bulletproof hosting provider Zservers Huge if true: Brit Foreign Sec says Putin running a 'corrupt mafia state' Cyber-crime11 Feb 2025 | 41
T-Mobile goes live with beta of satellite phone service for the US Free text messages for users of its own and rival networks during test period Personal Tech10 Feb 2025 | 21
Cloudflare hopes to rebuild the Web for the AI age - with itself in the middle Also claims it’s found DeepSeek-eque optimizations that reduce AI infrastructure requirements Networks10 Feb 2025 | 10
Openreach tests 50 Gbps broadband – don’t expect it anytime soon Download speeds of 41.9 Gbps and upload speeds of 20.6 Gbps achieved, claims BT division Networks06 Feb 2025 | 37
Robocallers who phoned the FCC pretending to be from the FCC land telco in trouble Don't laugh: The $4.5m fine proposed for carrier Telnyx shows how the Trump administration will run its comms regulator Networks06 Feb 2025 | 30
Cisco patches two critical Identity Services Engine flaws One gives root access, the other lets you steal info and reconfig nodes, in the right (or should that be wrong) circumstances Networks05 Feb 2025 |
Boeing, Boeing, burned: Over half a billion dollars by Starliner in 2024 More Catastrophic Capsule than Calamity Capsule for Boeing's beancounters Public Sector05 Feb 2025 | 31
Amazon's Kuiper secures license to take on Starlink in the UK Everybody is going to play nice, OK? Networks04 Feb 2025 | 34
Ontario responds to Trump tariff by pitching Starlink deal into the trash Updated Canadian province 'won't do business with people hellbent on destroying our economy' Networks03 Feb 2025 | 103
Motorola appeal over £200M price cap for Airwave service rejected Profiteering from emergency services comms network in Britain? Not anymore, says CMA Networks03 Feb 2025 | 19
CompSci teacher sets lab task: Accidentally breaking the university Who, Me? Hey! Teacher! Leave our network alone! Networks03 Feb 2025 | 51
BT fiber rollout passes 17 million homes, altnet challenge grows Only 35% of those premises actually hooked up though, plus company reports 'higher competitor losses' Networks31 Jan 2025 | 79
Vodafone aims to offer satellite-to-phone connectivity starting later this year Space 5G should reach regular smartphones in rural area notspots Networks30 Jan 2025 | 11
LibreOffice still kicking at 40, now with browser tricks and real-time collab FOSDEM 2025 Standard FOSS office suite continues to evolve in interesting new directions
Feds want devs to stop coding 'unforgivable' buffer overflow vulnerabilities FBI, CISA harrumph at Microsoft and VMware in call for coders to quit baking avoidable defects into stuff
Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study From the billionaire who said real-time surveillance is good for keeping us in check
After clash over Rust in Linux, now Asahi lead quits distro, slams Linus' kernel leadership I fought the Torv and ... the Torv won
Microsoft open sources PostgreSQL extensions to muscle in on NoSQL Analysis But will it set a real standard for MongoDB alternatives?
Why do younger coders struggle to break through the FOSS graybeard barrier? FOSDEM 2025 The hurdles are higher than you might imagine
The biggest microcode attack in our history is underway Opinion When your state machines are vulnerable, all bets are off
IBM return-to-office order hits finance, ops teams amid push to dump staff for AI Demand described as a 'soft layoff'
I'm a security expert, and I almost fell for a North Korea-style deepfake job applicant …Twice Remote position, webcam not working, then glitchy AI face ... Red alert!
Critical PostgreSQL bug tied to zero-day attack on US Treasury High-complexity bug unearthed by infoseccers, as Rapid7 probes exploit further
Why is my Mitel phone DDoSing strangers? Oh, it was roped into a new Mirai botnet And now you won't stop calling me, I'm kinda busy CSO29 Jan 2025 | 4
Hyperoptic customers left in dark as power outage takes down systems What falls down and doesn't get back up? Full fiber broadband in Glasgow Networks29 Jan 2025 | 10
Zyxel firewalls borked by buggy update, on-site access required for fix Boxes stuck in boot loops and various other malfunctions Networks27 Jan 2025 | 14
Sweden seizes cargo ship after another undersea cable hit in suspected sabotage NATO increasing patrols in the Baltic as region awaits navy drones Networks27 Jan 2025 | 64
Someone is slipping a hidden backdoor into Juniper routers across the globe, activated by a magic packet Who could be so interested in chips, manufacturing, and more, in the US, UK, Europe, Russia... Networks25 Jan 2025 | 78
Who is DDoSing you? Rivals, probably, or cheesed-off users Plus: 'Largest-ever' duff traffic tsunami clocks in at 5.6 Tbps Networks23 Jan 2025 | 7
Trump hits undo on Biden AI safety order, EV mandate, emissions standards, and more Also, prepare for paused wind projects and the Gulf of America from Trump 2.0 – and that's just day 1 Public Sector21 Jan 2025 | 147
How to leave the submarine cable cutters all at sea – go Swedish Opinion Clear rules and guaranteed consequences concentrate the mind wonderfully. Just ask a Russian Networks20 Jan 2025 | 111
BT unplugs plans to turn old cabinets into EV chargepoints Your battery might be flat, but the Wi-Fi signal is going to be great Personal Tech20 Jan 2025 | 98
OpenAI's ChatGPT crawler can be tricked into DDoSing sites, answering your queries The S in LLM stands for Security AI + ML19 Jan 2025 | 31
FCC to telcos: By law you must secure your networks from foreign spies. Get on it Plus: Uncle Sam is cross with this one Chinese biz over Salt Typhoon mega-snooping CSO17 Jan 2025 | 29
IBM swoops in to rescue UK Emergency Services Network after Motorola shown the door With a near half-billion-pound price hike bringing contract value to £1.4B Networks17 Jan 2025 | 62
Brits must prove their age on adult sites by July, says watchdog Regulator asks people to link their credit cards, mobile accounts, or face scans for smut use to protect kids Personal Tech16 Jan 2025 | 258
Crypto klepto North Korea stole $659M over just 5 heists last year US, Japan, South Korea vow to intensify counter efforts Cyber-crime15 Jan 2025 | 13
FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America Hey, Xi: Zài jiàn! Cyber-crime14 Jan 2025 | 31
Miscreants 'mass exploited' Fortinet firewalls, 'highly probable' zero-day used Updated Ransomware 'not off the table,' Arctic Wolf threat hunter tells El Reg Networks14 Jan 2025 | 26
NATO's newest member comes out swinging following latest Baltic Sea cable attack 'Sweden has changed,' PM warns as trio of warships join defense efforts Networks13 Jan 2025 | 52
Pornhub lockdown and fact-free Zuckbots – welcome to 2025 Opinion Think you're good at spotting trends? Try these on for size Networks13 Jan 2025 | 131
Chinese cyber-spies peek over shoulder of officials probing real-estate deals near American military bases Gee, wonder why Beijing is so keen on the – checks notes – Committee on Foreign Investment in the US Cyber-crime10 Jan 2025 | 7
Scammers exploit UK's digital landline switch to swipe cash Old deadline of January 2025 being used to push victims into paying up Networks10 Jan 2025 | 37
Is that a bird’s nest, a wireless broadband base station, or both? Everything in Australia is deadly, in this case giant eagles guarding eggs in places wireless broadband techs need to reach Offbeat10 Jan 2025 | 66
What happens when someone subpoenas Cloudflare to unmask a blogger? This... Ex-politician in UK claims he's been defamed – and goes to court in US for answers Legal09 Jan 2025 | 89
Never mind those Chinese spies: US Air Force picks Verizon for 35 base network upgrades Salt Typhoon? Unpatched network kit? Sorry, I think you're breaking up Networks08 Jan 2025 | 6
Akamai to quit its CDN in China, seemingly not due to trouble from Beijing Security and cloud compute have so much more upside than the boring business of shifting bits Security08 Jan 2025 | 4
FCC boss urges speedy spectrum auction to fund 'Rip'n'Replace' of Chinese kit Telcos would effectively fund grants paid to protect national security Networks08 Jan 2025 | 15
UK gives Openreach £289M for 4 rural broadband contracts in 'gigabit by 2030' push Updated Nation's dominant broadband plumber wins ahead of altnets Networks07 Jan 2025 | 35
Eutelsat OneWeb blames 366th day for 48-hour date disaster Leap year curse strikes satellite broadband vendor Networks06 Jan 2025 | 62
After China's Salt Typhoon, the reconstruction starts now Opinion If 40 years of faulty building gets blown down, don’t rebuild with the rubble Cyber-crime06 Jan 2025 | 41
Taiwan reportedly claims China-linked ship damaged one of its submarine cables More evidence of Beijing’s liking for gray zone warfare, or a murky claim with odd African entanglements? Security06 Jan 2025 | 13
Pornhub pulls out of Florida, VPN demand 'surges 1150%' State masks up finally – its IP addresses, that is Personal Tech05 Jan 2025 | 113
Encryption backdoor debate 'done and dusted,' former White House tech advisor says interview When the FBI urges E2EE, you know it's serious business Cyber-crime04 Jan 2025 | 74
FCC net neutrality rules dead again as appeals court sides with Big Telco No more back-and-forth: Rosenworcel tells Congress the issue needs legislating Networks02 Jan 2025 | 26
Will 2025 be the year satellite-to-smartphone services truly take off? Analysis Connectivity direct to unmodified mobes looms, thanks to Starlink and co Networks02 Jan 2025 | 39
Screwed by the cloud: Hardware vendors looking for that raison d'refresh 40% of world's servers are 6 years +, drink 66% of DC energy, provide 7% of compute. Please refresh, says HPE On-Prem02 Jan 2025 | 14
Next-gen Wi-Fi to trade ludicrous speed for the boring art of actually working Eighth generation of the standard is all about ultra reliability Networks02 Jan 2025 | 40
Can 4G feature phones rise again on the back of QVGA, thin clients, and remote browsers? The developer of the Puffin Browser thinks so – and has a million users to show for it Personal Tech02 Jan 2025 | 32
US Army soldier who allegedly stole Trump's AT&T call logs arrested Brings the arrest count related to the Snowflake hacks to 3 Cyber-crime01 Jan 2025 | 16
Starlink direct-to-cell is coming to Ukraine Cell towers not required when messaging on Musk's finest Networks01 Jan 2025 | 19
Former NSA cyberspy's not-so-secret hobby: Hacking Christmas lights Video Rob Joyce explains how it's done Security25 Dec 2024 | 42
Taiwan in talks to tap Amazon's Project Kuiper space broadband In case of submarine cable failure, call Jeff Bezos Networks18 Dec 2024 | 6
Europe signs off on €10.6B IRIS² satellite broadband deal Service promised by 2030 for bloc's take on Starlink Networks16 Dec 2024 | 41
China's homebrew Bluetooth alternative is on the march as Beijing pushes universal remotes 'Star Flash' is said to include 5G tech and leave rival wireless protocols struggling in the crack of a sofa Personal Tech16 Dec 2024 | 54
Contrary to some, traceroute is very real – I should know, I helped make it work Systems Approach Gather around the fire for another retelling of computer networking history Networks14 Dec 2024 | 76
Iran-linked crew used custom 'cyberweapon' in US critical infrastructure attacks IOCONTROL targets IoT and OT devices from a ton of makers, apparently Research13 Dec 2024 | 15
Android beefs up Bluetooth tag stalker protections Wider ecosystem still has work to do, though Personal Tech13 Dec 2024 | 24
Backup failed, but the boss didn't slam IT – because his son was to blame On Call ISP deserves criticism too for falling over after script kiddie beefing Networks13 Dec 2024 | 31
FCC throws open 6 GHz band to unlicensed low-power gizmos Good news for techies pushing 'education, healthcare, and entertainment' gadgets in the US Networks12 Dec 2024 | 13
Cruise shutdown blastzone increases – Microsoft takes $800M charge General Motors pulling the plug on autonomous taxi biz hits Redmond in the wallet AI + ML12 Dec 2024 | 20
Indian police demand Starlink identify alleged drug smugglers Elon Musk's satellite internet service asked to explain who used its service to navigate to remote islands Networks11 Dec 2024 | 34
China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House No word yet on who was snooped on. Any bets? CSO09 Dec 2024 | 24
Mysterious outbreak with high fatality rate in the DRC could imperil tech supply chains Is the industry ready to be tested if the unidentified deadly pathogen spreads beyond rural Kwango Province? Science09 Dec 2024 | 48
Panic at the Cisco tech, thanks to ancient IOS syntax helper that outsmarted itself Who, Me? Misplaced shortcut led to communication breakdown Networks09 Dec 2024 | 72
Huawei handed 2,596,148,429,267,413, 814,265,248,164,610,048 IPv6 addresses That's 2.56 decillion of them, destined for use in CDNs and the cloud – and APNIC needed 83 decillion more to handle the request Networks06 Dec 2024 | 89
Vodafone and Three permitted to tie the knot – if they promise to behave Merger will create third large operator in UK mobile market Networks05 Dec 2024 | 41
NATO tests aquatic drones to protect cables, coastlines Floating the idea of a robot navy Networks05 Dec 2024 | 10
T-Mobile US CSO: Spies jumped from one telco to another in a way 'I've not seen in my career' Interview Security chief talks to El Reg as Feds urge everyone to use encrypted chat CSO05 Dec 2024 | 54
NetAdmin learns that wooden chocks, unlike swipe cards, open doors when networks can't Who, Me? Burglary skills are surprisingly important when building networks Networks02 Dec 2024 | 95
Submarine cable resilience board announced on same day maybe-cut-by-China Baltic cable repaired ITU thinks time is now for more talk about how to keep data moving beneath the waves Networks02 Dec 2024 | 26
Open source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardware 'Forever unbrickable' Wi-Fi 6 box from Banana Pi comes packaged or in kit form Networks02 Dec 2024 | 52
Tech support chap showed boss how to use a browser for a year – he still didn't get it On Call Every time he needed help, he'd use a loudspeaker to ask for it Networks29 Nov 2024 | 207
AI ambition is pushing copper to its breaking point SC24 Ayar Labs contends silicon photonics will be key to scaling beyond the rack and taming the heat The Future of the Datacenter - 2025 and Beyond28 Nov 2024 | 6
T-Mobile US takes a victory lap after stopping cyberattacks: 'Other providers may be seeing different outcomes' Funny what putting more effort and resources into IT security can do CSO27 Nov 2024 | 9
Starlink gets FCC nod for space calls, but can't dial up full power Authorization conditional on operations not causing harmful interference Networks27 Nov 2024 | 35
UK financial regulator slammed for failed tech transformation Poor software projects among efforts to overhaul FCA that came up short, MPs find Public Sector27 Nov 2024 | 7
Google to wrap up Christmas Island with new subsea cable Connection will tie remote territory to Darwin in North Australia Networks27 Nov 2024 | 11
Trump tariffs transform into bigger threats for Mexico, Canada than China America's neighbors now face 25% because of fentanyl and immigration, China just 10% on top of existing duties Systems26 Nov 2024 | 275
China’s tech giants deliver chips for Ethernet variant tuned to HPC and AI workloads 'Global Scheduling Ethernet' looks a lot like tech the Ultra Ethernet Consortium is also working on Networks26 Nov 2024 | 1
Musk agrees with fan that worries over orbital Starlink traffic a 'silly narrative' Forget the 10x programmer. How about 10x satellites? Networks25 Nov 2024 | 63
Mysteries in polar orbit – space's oldest working hardware still keeps its secrets Opinion It's never aliens, but it could be underground TV repair techs Networks25 Nov 2024 | 52
Why Google's Chrome monopoly won't crack anytime soon Opinion Haven't we heard this story before? Columnists23 Nov 2024 | 77
1,000s of Palo Alto Networks firewalls hijacked as miscreants exploit critical hole Updated PAN-PAN! Intruders inject web shell backdoors, crypto-coin miners, more CSO22 Nov 2024 | 22
Chinese ship casts shadow over Baltic subsea cable snipfest Danish military confirms it is monitoring as Swedish police investigate. Cloudflare says impact was 'minimal' Networks21 Nov 2024 | 47
Brazil hooks up with Chinese satellite broadband service that doesn't operate yet After beefing with Elon Musk, comms minister wants to diversify product choice Networks21 Nov 2024 | 9
We'll answer any questions DoJ has, HPE CEO tells us as Feds probe $14B Juniper buy Takeover still expected to close late 2024 or early next year Networks20 Nov 2024 | 11
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 struggles to take off If only the company in the title knew how to scale servers in the cloud Personal Tech20 Nov 2024 | 42
Europe glances Russia's way after Baltic Sea data cables severed Updated Probe continues into disruption affecting Germany, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania Networks19 Nov 2024 | 58
T-Mobile US 'monitoring' China's 'industry-wide attack' amid fresh security breach fears updated Un-carrier said to be among those hit by Salt Typhoon, including AT&T, Verizon Networks18 Nov 2024 | 2
Trump appoints Musk associate Brendan Carr as FCC chair Likely to look more favorably on Elon's adventures in space-based comms Networks18 Nov 2024 | 35
Mystery Palo Alto Networks hijack-my-firewall zero-day now officially under exploit Yank access to management interface, stat CSO15 Nov 2024 | 28
UK energy watchdog slaps down Capita's £130M smart meter splurge Regulator finds poor planning and overuse of consultants added to costs in ailing rollout Networks15 Nov 2024 | 174