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VMware gets into apps with Bluetooth-pinging COVID-safe-office tools

I got 99 problems, and all of them are your fault

China slams ‘dirty’ America's ‘clean network’ plan, reminds world of PRISM snoop-fest exposed by Ed Snowden

Frosty the plaintiff: Yeti Data flings surprise trademark sueball at Snowflake

Angular framework support brings Microsoft's Visual Studio into line with its way cooler little brother, VS Code

Greatest crossover of all time: Microsoft, Samsung preview Android on Windows via Your Phone app

UK insurance biz Direct Line drops 'misrepresentation' claims against IBM in £36m database platform lawsuit

Mozilla warns more Firefox website breakage to come because devs just aren't checking for SameSite snafus

Android user chucks potential $10bn+ sueball at Google over 'spying', 'harvesting data'... this time to build supposed rival to TikTok called 'Lockbox'

So you've decided you want to write a Windows rootkit. Good thing this chap's just demystified it in a talk

Chrome Web Store slammed again after 295 ad-injecting, spammy extensions downloaded 80 million times

Trump administration labels WeChat, TikTok ‘threats’ to national security, bans transactions with both

Machine log roller Sumo Logic expands to swallow AWS data-watching, DevOps performance

Microsoft introduces Open Service Mesh for Kubernetes, plans quick donation to CNCF

Are your homegrown business apps as secure, fast and usable as they could be?

New Relic streamlines app monitoring tools, shifts to per-user, pay-as-you-go pricing, adds free tier to lure you in

Rackspace IPO bags $704m, proceeds used to pay down debts to private equity backer

Going for a song: Wales inks £300m in deals after shopping spree for hardware, software, and audio-visual equipment

European Commission: Full-scale probe launched into data-slurping potential of Google's $2.1bn Fitbit buy

You think the UK coronavirus outbreak was bad? Just wait till winter: Study shows test-and-trace system is failing

That's how we roll: OWC savagely undercuts Apple's $699 Mac Pro wheels with bargain $199 alternative

Rejoice! China's smartphone market drops 10% as 5G purchases surge

Toshiba formally and finally exits laptop business

OnePlus Nord is surprisingly fixable compared to earlier stablemates, but common repairs require disassembly

Geek's Guide

Q: What’s big, red and pulses UV light into the cosmos three times a night? A: Mars

Geneticists throw hands in the air, change gene naming rules to finally stop Microsoft Excel eating crucial data

The results are in: Science says the Solar System's magnetic heliosphere looks like a deflated croissant

Austria astroboffins shed a little light on how we might track orbital junk hurtling at spacecraft during daytime

Self-driving car supremo Anthony Levandowski sentenced to 18 months in the clink for stealing trade secrets from Google's Waymo

Singapore to give all incoming travelers wearable tracking device

If you're on invite-only tech-testing scheme, take care with Amazon's Alexa-powered answer to Google's Glass

Microsoft to Cortana: you’re not going out dressed in iOS or Android, young lady!

Verity Stob

Search for 'things of value' in a bank: Iowa cops allege this bloke broke into one and decided on ... hand sanitiser

First alligators, then dogs, now Basil Fawlty is trying to standardise social distancing measures

The Last of Us Part II: Never mind the Metacritic nonsense, Naughty Dog's ultra-violent odyssey is a must-play*

An irritating itch down the back of your neck? Searing midsummer heat? Of course, it can only be SysAdmin Day

Security

Android user chucks potential $10bn+ sueball at Google over 'spying', 'harvesting data'... this time to build supposed rival to TikTok called 'Lockbox'

These are the class-action-suit-joining 'droids lawyers are looking for. (We'll get our coats)

07 Aug 12:23 |

DEF CON

So you've decided you want to write a Windows rootkit. Good thing this chap's just demystified it in a talk

Demirkapi shows how drivers can be misused for deep pwnage

07 Aug 08:15 |

Security

Chrome Web Store slammed again after 295 ad-injecting, spammy extensions downloaded 80 million times

Not exactly the first time this has happened, by a very long chalk

07 Aug 06:02 | 6

Security

Trump administration labels WeChat, TikTok ‘threats’ to national security, bans transactions with both

On grounds that they can track users, conduct corporate espionage and oppress Chinese-Americans

07 Aug 03:32 | 39

Security

Capital One fined $80m for shoddy public cloud security. Yeah, same bank in that 106m customer-record hack

All that money must be wired to the US Treasury immediately

07 Aug 01:22 | 2

Security

Foreshadow returns to the foreground: Secrets-spilling speculative-execution Intel flaw lives on, say boffins

A misunderstanding about the vulnerability means defenses fall short

07 Aug 00:00 | 3

Black Hat

When it comes to hacking societies, Russia remains the master at sowing discord and disinformation online

China can't hold a candle to GRU's shenanigans, says expert

06 Aug 21:49 | 30

Updated

Intel NDA blueprints – 20GB of source code, schematics, specs, docs – spill onto web from partners-only vault

Leaker only 'a bit concerned' about getting sued

06 Aug 19:31 | 17

Security

Think carefully about cyber insurance, says NCSC. But don't worry about buying off ransomware crooks

Should your policy cover that? Well that's up to you

06 Aug 14:00 | 9

Security

National Crime Agency says Brit teen accused of Twitter hack has not been arrested

Bognor Regis man still faces 20 years in clink, though

06 Aug 09:10 | 25

Security

USA decides to cleanse local networks of anything Chinese under new five-point national data security plan

‘Clean Network’ initiative bans use of Chinese clouds, names Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent as compromised

06 Aug 03:31 | 133

Security

Canon not firing on all cylinders: Fledgling cloud loses people's pics'n'vids, then 'Maze ransomware' hits

'We are investigating the situation'

06 Aug 02:18 | 16

Black Hat

US voting hardware maker's shock discovery: Security improves when you actually work with the community

ES&S takes the bold step of not ignoring vulnerability reports

06 Aug 01:09 | 16

Black Hat

Ever wonder how a pentest turns into felony charges? Coalfire duo explain Iowa courthouse arrest debacle

Get. The. Terms. Of. The. Audit. In. Writing

05 Aug 23:08 | 32

Black Hat

America was getting on top of its electronic voting machine security – then suddenly... A wild pandemic appears

'We need to prepare for a number of scenarios that may not come to fruition' says Prof Blaze

05 Aug 21:06 | 12

Updated

UK data watchdog having a hard time making GDPR fines stick: Marriott scores another extension, BA prepares to pay 11% of £183m penalty threat

COVID-battered businesses win reprieve from Information Commissioner's Office

05 Aug 11:25 | 41

Security

NSA warns that mobile device location services constantly compromise snoops and soldiers

It might be best not to ask how the NSA knows this and why it advises most mitigations don’t help

05 Aug 07:29 | 79

Security

China slams President Trump's TikTok banned-or-be-bought plan in the US

Beijing accuses America of working to destroy businesses it doesn't like

05 Aug 06:27 | 72

Security

Chinese debt collectors jailed for cyberbullying under ‘soft violence’ laws

Threatening and insulting WeChat messages and worse earn time inside

05 Aug 02:31 | 12

Security

Microsoft forked out $13.7m in bug bounties. The reward program's architect thinks the money could be better spent

'A secure dev lifecycle has a much higher ROI than letting the public do the bug detection work for you'

04 Aug 23:43 | 20

VMware gets into apps with Bluetooth-pinging COVID-safe-office tools

I got 99 problems, and all of them are your fault

China slams ‘dirty’ America's ‘clean network’ plan, reminds world of PRISM snoop-fest exposed by Ed Snowden

Frosty the plaintiff: Yeti Data flings surprise trademark sueball at Snowflake

Angular framework support brings Microsoft's Visual Studio into line with its way cooler little brother, VS Code

Greatest crossover of all time: Microsoft, Samsung preview Android on Windows via Your Phone app

UK insurance biz Direct Line drops 'misrepresentation' claims against IBM in £36m database platform lawsuit

Mozilla warns more Firefox website breakage to come because devs just aren't checking for SameSite snafus

Android user chucks potential $10bn+ sueball at Google over 'spying', 'harvesting data'... this time to build supposed rival to TikTok called 'Lockbox'

So you've decided you want to write a Windows rootkit. Good thing this chap's just demystified it in a talk

Chrome Web Store slammed again after 295 ad-injecting, spammy extensions downloaded 80 million times

Trump administration labels WeChat, TikTok ‘threats’ to national security, bans transactions with both

Machine log roller Sumo Logic expands to swallow AWS data-watching, DevOps performance

Microsoft introduces Open Service Mesh for Kubernetes, plans quick donation to CNCF

Are your homegrown business apps as secure, fast and usable as they could be?

New Relic streamlines app monitoring tools, shifts to per-user, pay-as-you-go pricing, adds free tier to lure you in

Rackspace IPO bags $704m, proceeds used to pay down debts to private equity backer

Going for a song: Wales inks £300m in deals after shopping spree for hardware, software, and audio-visual equipment

European Commission: Full-scale probe launched into data-slurping potential of Google's $2.1bn Fitbit buy

You think the UK coronavirus outbreak was bad? Just wait till winter: Study shows test-and-trace system is failing

That's how we roll: OWC savagely undercuts Apple's $699 Mac Pro wheels with bargain $199 alternative

Rejoice! China's smartphone market drops 10% as 5G purchases surge

Toshiba formally and finally exits laptop business

OnePlus Nord is surprisingly fixable compared to earlier stablemates, but common repairs require disassembly

Q: What’s big, red and pulses UV light into the cosmos three times a night? A: Mars

Geneticists throw hands in the air, change gene naming rules to finally stop Microsoft Excel eating crucial data

The results are in: Science says the Solar System's magnetic heliosphere looks like a deflated croissant

Austria astroboffins shed a little light on how we might track orbital junk hurtling at spacecraft during daytime

Self-driving car supremo Anthony Levandowski sentenced to 18 months in the clink for stealing trade secrets from Google's Waymo

Singapore to give all incoming travelers wearable tracking device

If you're on invite-only tech-testing scheme, take care with Amazon's Alexa-powered answer to Google's Glass

Microsoft to Cortana: you’re not going out dressed in iOS or Android, young lady!

Search for 'things of value' in a bank: Iowa cops allege this bloke broke into one and decided on ... hand sanitiser

First alligators, then dogs, now Basil Fawlty is trying to standardise social distancing measures

The Last of Us Part II: Never mind the Metacritic nonsense, Naughty Dog's ultra-violent odyssey is a must-play*

An irritating itch down the back of your neck? Searing midsummer heat? Of course, it can only be SysAdmin Day

Security

Android user chucks potential $10bn+ sueball at Google over 'spying', 'harvesting data'... this time to build supposed rival to TikTok called 'Lockbox'

So you've decided you want to write a Windows rootkit. Good thing this chap's just demystified it in a talk

Chrome Web Store slammed again after 295 ad-injecting, spammy extensions downloaded 80 million times

Trump administration labels WeChat, TikTok ‘threats’ to national security, bans transactions with both

Capital One fined $80m for shoddy public cloud security. Yeah, same bank in that 106m customer-record hack

Foreshadow returns to the foreground: Secrets-spilling speculative-execution Intel flaw lives on, say boffins

When it comes to hacking societies, Russia remains the master at sowing discord and disinformation online

Intel NDA blueprints – 20GB of source code, schematics, specs, docs – spill onto web from partners-only vault

Think carefully about cyber insurance, says NCSC. But don't worry about buying off ransomware crooks

National Crime Agency says Brit teen accused of Twitter hack has not been arrested

USA decides to cleanse local networks of anything Chinese under new five-point national data security plan

Canon not firing on all cylinders: Fledgling cloud loses people's pics'n'vids, then 'Maze ransomware' hits

US voting hardware maker's shock discovery: Security improves when you actually work with the community

Ever wonder how a pentest turns into felony charges? Coalfire duo explain Iowa courthouse arrest debacle

America was getting on top of its electronic voting machine security – then suddenly... A wild pandemic appears

UK data watchdog having a hard time making GDPR fines stick: Marriott scores another extension, BA prepares to pay 11% of £183m penalty threat

NSA warns that mobile device location services constantly compromise snoops and soldiers

China slams President Trump's TikTok banned-or-be-bought plan in the US

Chinese debt collectors jailed for cyberbullying under ‘soft violence’ laws

Microsoft forked out $13.7m in bug bounties. The reward program's architect thinks the money could be better spent

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Intel NDA blueprints – 20GB of source code, schematics, specs, docs – spill onto web from partners-only vault

Microsoft introduces Open Service Mesh for Kubernetes, plans quick donation to CNCF

US voting hardware maker's shock discovery: Security improves when you actually work with the community

Geneticists throw hands in the air, change gene naming rules to finally stop Microsoft Excel eating crucial data

USA decides to cleanse local networks of anything Chinese under new five-point national data security plan

Mozilla warns more Firefox website breakage to come because devs just aren't checking for SameSite snafus

EY to outsource compute function, sending 800 staff into the loving arms of... IBM

Ever wonder how a pentest turns into felony charges? Coalfire duo explain Iowa courthouse arrest debacle

Google to pull plug on Play Music, its streaming service that couldn't beat Spotify, in favour of YouTube Music

Well, that was quick: Google brutally culls Pixel 4 and 4 XL before successor hits market

As the world descends into madness, it's good to see some things never change: Monthly Android patches

They say the tooth will set you free... so Brit dentist trade union tells members: 'Bad news – we've been hacked'

Uncle Sam blames best pal China as Taidoor crew's dirty RAT takes aim at Western orgs, some have their doubts

Doctor, doctor, got some sad news, there's been a bad case of hacking you: UK govt investigates email fail

Leaky AWS S3 buckets are so common, they're being found by the thousands now – with lots of buried secrets

Days after President Trump suggests pausing election over security, US House passes $500m for states to shore up election security

UK Defence Committee chair muses treating TikTok like Huawei: So eyeball its code then ban it from the country?

Linux Foundation rolls bunch of overlapping groups into one to tackle growing number of open-source security vulns

'We stopped ransomware' boasts Blackbaud CEO. And by 'stopped' he means 'got insurance to pay off crooks'

Oh cool, more Cisco patches to apply. Happy Monday

Who was behind that stunning Twitter hack? State spies? Probably this Florida kid, say US prosecutors

First rule of Ransomware Club is do not pay the ransom, but it looks like Carlson Wagonlit Travel didn't get the memo