Confused by the SEC's IT security breach reporting rules? Read this 'Clarification' weighs in on material vs voluntary disclosures CSO22 May 2024 | 2
Top AI players pledge to pull the plug on models that present intolerable risk Seoul Summit follows up Bletchley Declaration with more non-binding and vague promises AI + ML22 May 2024 | 15
Uncle Sam to inject $50M into auto-patcher for hospital IT Boffins, why not simply invent an algorithm that autonomously fixes flaws, thereby ending ransomware forever Public Sector22 May 2024 | 33
Google offers DoJ cash to eliminate jury in web ad monopoly abuse trial Nyah, nyah: You can't sue for damages if we just meet your demands Public Sector21 May 2024 | 8
Prepare your audits: EU Commission approves first-of-its-kind AI Act 'High-risk' AIs will have hoops to jump through if they want to keep doing business in Europe AI + ML21 May 2024 | 7
HMRC must grow 'intelligent client' function to sort out post-Brexit tech issues – watchdog Already delayed, IBM and Deloitte's 'Single Trade Window' presents SaaSy challenge's to tax collector Public Sector20 May 2024 | 36
Chinese telco gear may become verboten on German networks Industry reportedly pressuring digital ministry not to cut the cord Public Sector20 May 2024 | 15
Gawd, after that week, we wonder what's next for China and the Western world Kettle For starters: Crypto, import tariffs, and Microsoft shipping out staff Public Sector18 May 2024 | 6
Tax helpline callers left on hold for nearly eight centuries HMRC forgot to tell Brits about its digital support channels Public Sector16 May 2024 | 32
US senators' AI roadmap aims for $32B in R&D spending 'Reads like it was written by Sam Altman and Big Tech lobbyists,' say critics AI + ML15 May 2024 | 4
Brexit border system outage puts perishable goods transport in peril Saturday's power failures toppled border-check system offline Public Sector15 May 2024 | 192
Biden admin shells out $120M to return chip startup to US ownership Korean-controlled silicon slinger could be coming back to the fold Systems13 May 2024 | 7
AI red-teaming tools helped X-Force break into a major tech manufacturer 'in 8 hours' RSAC Hint: It's the 'the largest' maker of a key computer component Spotlight on RSA13 May 2024 | 7
US semiconductor building boom means staff shortages and talent slipping away McKinsey's solution? Reach out to middle schoolers On-Prem12 May 2024 | 25
Critical infrastructure security will stay poor until everyone pulls together Interview Claroty CEO Yaniv Vardi tells us what's needed to defend vital networks Public Sector11 May 2024 | 12
Iran most likely to launch destructive cyber-attack against US – ex-Air Force intel analyst Interview But China's the most technologically advanced Spotlight on RSA10 May 2024 | 8
'Four horsemen of cyber' look back on 2008 DoD IT breach that led to US Cyber Command RSAC 'This was a no sh*tter' Spotlight on RSA10 May 2024 | 4
Ex-White House election threat hunter weighs in on what to expect in November Interview Spoiler alert: We're gonna talk about AI Public Sector09 May 2024 | 36
UK opens investigation of MoD payroll contractor after confirming attack China vehemently denies involvement Cyber-crime08 May 2024 | 50
MITRE promises a cute little 17-PFLOPS AI super for the rest of Uncle Sam's agencies No child process left behind HPC08 May 2024 | 1
America's War on Drugs and Crime will be AI powered, says Homeland Security boss RSAC Or at least it might well be if these trial programs work out, with some civil lib oversight etc etc etc Spotlight on RSA07 May 2024 | 25
TikTok sues America to undo divest-or-die law Nothing like folks in Beijing lecturing us on the Constitution Security07 May 2024 | 12
Council claims database pain forced it to drop apostrophes from street names What next, trouble at tmill? Software07 May 2024 | 273
Three years on from Biden infosec EO, and we're still trying to check all the boxes interview It's taking time, but isn't a dead issue, US Government Accountability Office security director Marisol Cruz Cain says Public Sector06 May 2024 |
Indonesia sneakily buys spyware, claims Amnesty International A 'murky' web sees many purchases run through Singapore in a way that hides potential users Public Sector03 May 2024 | 2
Chinese government website security is often worryingly bad, say Chinese researchers Exclusive Bad configurations, insecure versions of jQuery, and crummy cookies are some of myriad problems Public Sector03 May 2024 | 28
Florida man gets 6 years behind bars for flogging fake Cisco kit to US military Operation busted after dodgy devices ended up at Air Force Networks02 May 2024 | 41
Think tank: China's tech giants refine and define Beijing's propaganda push Taking down TikTok won't stop the CCP's attempt to control global narratives Public Sector02 May 2024 | 18
REvil ransomware scum sentenced to almost 14 years inside, ordered to pay $16 million After extorting $700 million from thousands of victims Cyber-crime02 May 2024 | 8
Japan will use AI to find out what bears do in the woods Because nobody wants a big surprise Public Sector02 May 2024 | 24
Bill advances to exonerate hundreds in Post Office Horizon scandal 'Their convictions wiped clean from the slate,' minister promises Public Sector01 May 2024 | 63
Politicians call for ban on 'killer robots' and the curbing of AI weapons Video 'This is the Oppenheimer moment of our generation' AI + ML30 Apr 2024 | 56
Australia to fund $620M quantum computer claimed to be first at 'utility-scale' PsiQuantum's coming home Public Sector30 Apr 2024 | 11
UK government faces £17.5M shortfall from UKCloud liquidation Cabinet Office letter also reveals department lost money on unfinished database project Public Sector29 Apr 2024 | 20
State-by-state is the best approach for right to repair, says advocacy leader Interview Gay Gordon-Byrne of the Repair Association says US at least is nearing a tipping point Personal Tech27 Apr 2024 | 41
TikTok ban could escalate US-China trade war, ex-White House CIO tells The Reg interview Doing business in Beijing? 'You need to do a what-if scenario' Personal Tech26 Apr 2024 | 167
UK agriculture department slammed for paper pushing despite tech splurges Defra is counting contractors like sheep Public Sector26 Apr 2024 | 14
FCC votes 3-2 to bring net neutrality back from the dead Law responds again to pings Networks25 Apr 2024 | 16
City council audit trail is an audit fail after disastrous Oracle ERP rollout Europe's largest local authority had no way of knowing if fraud took place Public Sector25 Apr 2024 | 92
Indian bank’s IT is so shabby it’s been banned from opening new accounts After two years of warnings, and outages, regulators ran out of patience with Kotak Mahindra Bank Security25 Apr 2024 | 26
Australia’s spies and cops want ‘accountable encryption’ - aka access to backdoors And warn that AI is already being used by extremists to plot attacks Public Sector25 Apr 2024 | 108
Shouldn't Teams, Zoom, Slack all interoperate securely for the Feds? Wyden is asking Doctorow: 'The most amazing part is that this isn't already the way it's done' Public Sector24 Apr 2024 | 29
If Britain is so bothered by China, why do these .gov.uk sites use Chinese ad brokers? Exclusive One wonders why are there adverts on public-sector portals at all Research24 Apr 2024 | 109
Japanese and Singaporean devs battle over gamified crowdsourced telco maintenance app You read that right – it's a bit like Pokémon Go, but for telephone poles Software24 Apr 2024 | 3
Senate passes law forcing ByteDance to sell off TikTok – or face a US ban Updated Somewhere in Beijing, someone's screaming: Mother, PFACAA! Personal Tech24 Apr 2024 | 88
US government reportedly ponders crimping China's use of RISC-V Permissive licenses may be about to collide with geopolitics Public Sector24 Apr 2024 | 51
White House tweaks HIPAA to shield medical files of those seeking reproductive care In theory, this should make it harder for states to compel data-sharing to enforce anti-abortion laws Personal Tech24 Apr 2024 | 22
Intel Foundry ticks another box in quest to fab mil-spec chips for US DoD Gelsinger and gang certified to court wider array of defense contractors Public Sector23 Apr 2024 |
Meta comms chief handed six-year Russian prison sentence for 'justifying terrorism' Memo to Andy Stone: Don't go to Moscow for your holidays Public Sector23 Apr 2024 | 27
Australia secures takedown order for terror videos, which Elon Musk wants to fight +Comment Yet X remains a supporter of The Christchurch Call, an international agreement to stop video nasties Personal Tech23 Apr 2024 | 62
Japan to draw up routes for roads dedicated to robot trucks Digital reform conference sees PM repeat calls to get online government services right at last Public Sector23 Apr 2024 | 9
FBI and friends get two more years of warrantless FISA Section 702 snooping Senate kills reform amendments, Biden swiftly signs bill into law Public Sector22 Apr 2024 | 9
Germany arrests trio accused of trying to smuggle naval military tech to China Prosecutors believe one frikkin' laser did make its way to Beijing Public Sector22 Apr 2024 | 1
China creates 'Information Support Force' to improve networked defence capabilities A day after FBI boss warns Beijing is poised to strike against US infrastructure Public Sector22 Apr 2024 | 11
Elon Musk's X to challenge Australian content takedown orders in court Asia In Brief PLUS: Samsung in 'emergency mode'; Tim Cook's Asian charm tour; APAC AI spend to surge Public Sector22 Apr 2024 | 60
Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director Interview With little competition at the goverment level, Windows giant has no incentive to make its systems safer Public Sector21 Apr 2024 | 121
Microsoft teases deepfake AI that's too powerful to release VASA-1 framework can turn a still image and a cloned voice file into a plausible video of a person talking AI + ML20 Apr 2024 | 44
Germany cuffs alleged Russian spies over plot to bomb industrial and military targets Apparently an attempt to damage Ukraine's war effort Security19 Apr 2024 | 5
Prolific phishing-made-easy emporium LabHost knocked offline in cyber-cop op Feature Police emit Spotify Wrapped-style videos to let crims know they're being hunted Security18 Apr 2024 | 13
Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain 'addictive and toxic' new app Commissioner Thierry Breton likens click-to-earn version to cigarettes Software18 Apr 2024 | 53