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If at first you don't succeed... Rackspace files IPO papers to go public once again, hopefully with better timing

Rip and replace is such a long Huawei to go, UK telcos plead, citing 'blackouts' and 'billion pound' costs: Are Vodafone and BT playing 'Project Fear'?

Smile? Not bloody likely: Day 6 of wobbly services and still no hint to UK online bank's customers about what's actually wrong

Where do you stand on self-service and automation? Tell us the pros and cons from your viewpoint

Android 11 will let users stop device-makers from killing background apps, says Google

So Darned Kind of you, Facebook: SDK bug sends popular iOS apps crashing earthwards

Microsoft to pull support for PHP: Version 8? Exterminate, more like...

The reluctant log trawler: The buck stops with the back-end

An email banning our staff from using TikTok? Haha, funny story about that, we didn't mean it – Amazon

Tony Blair tells Russian infosec conference that cross-border infosec policies need more gov intervention

TomTom bill bomb: Why am I being charged for infotainment? I sold my car last year, rages Reg reader

Digicert will shovel some 50,000 EV HTTPS certificates into the furnace this Saturday after audit bungle

Continuous Lifecycle Online is this Thursday: Get your ticket while you can, and tune into these fantastic sessions

Rancher rides off into the SUSE-set after acquisition by Linux outfit

Microsoft integrates Azure Functions with Dapr – for when you run Azure Functions outside Azure. Confused yet?

Languishing lodash library loophole finally fitted for a fix: It's only taken since October to address security bug

Software biz Advanced set to lay off 6% of its workforce, blames that virus

South Korea joins the ‘we’re going to be self-sufficient in more tech and then export bucketloads’ club

Tata Consultancy Services says pandemic's most powerful punches landed in Q1 - and it's still dancing

Philippines government tech agency seeks 750 percent budget boost for COVIDigital transformation

Soft press keys for locked-down devs: Three new models of old school 60-key Happy Hacking 'board out next month

Pandemic proves just the tonic for PC sales as shipments shoot upwards

A volt from the blue: Samsung reportedly ditches wall-wart from future phones

Lovely new dongles and lusciously lengthy cables are Intel's new offerings

Geek's Guide

The world's nonsense keeping you awake in middle of the night? Good news. Go outside and see this two-tail comet

Spotted the ISS in the sky yet? How about pulling out some spare kit and giving it a listen?

If the Solar System's 'Planet Nine' is actually a small black hole, here's how we could detect it... wait, what?

Mars InSight to stretch its arm and look around as mole-mashing ops are paused

We've paused Sigfox roof aerial payments, says WND-UK, but we'll make you whole after COVID

Privacy watchdogs from the UK, Australia team up, snap on gloves to probe AI-for-cops upstart Clearview

Heir-to-Concorde demo model to debut in October

FYI: You do all know that America's tech giants, even Google, supply IT to the US military, right?

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Hungry? Please enjoy this delicious NaN, courtesy of British Gas and Sainsbury's

Cereal Killer Cafe enters hipster heaven, heads online: Coronavirus blamed for shutters being pulled down

Boolean bafflement at British Airways' Executive Club: Sneaky little Avioses - Wicked, Tricksy, False!

Another anti-immigrant rant goes viral in America – and this time it's by a British, er, immigrant tech CEO

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An email banning our staff from using TikTok? Haha, funny story about that, we didn't mean it – Amazon

Shock TikTok block clocked, unblocked as poppycock amid media aftershock

11 Jul 00:20 | 22

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Tony Blair tells Russian infosec conference that cross-border infosec policies need more gov intervention

Just what Vladimir Putin's favourite bank wanted to hear, no doubt

10 Jul 15:30 | 29

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TomTom bill bomb: Why am I being charged for infotainment? I sold my car last year, rages Reg reader

Mazda shrugs off ex-owner's bizarre involuntary data retention story

10 Jul 10:25 | 167

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Digicert will shovel some 50,000 EV HTTPS certificates into the furnace this Saturday after audit bungle

You've got less than 42 hours to regenerate your certs

10 Jul 00:29 | 38

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FYI: Someone's scanning gateways, looking for those security holes Citrix told you not to worry too much about

Hackers hit honeypots hours after CISO downplays risk, proof-of-concept exploit code emerges

09 Jul 20:32 | 9

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How to build a cyber threat intelligence program while cutting through the noise

Tune in this month to hear from Anomali – and get a handle on separating good data from clutter

09 Jul 16:00 |

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If you haven't potentially exposed 1000s of customers once again with networking vulns, step forward... Not so fast, Palo Alto Networks

Getting to be a real PAN in the OS

09 Jul 10:12 | 6

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Microsoft sues coronavirus phishing spammers to seize their domains amid web app attacks against Office 354.5

A very busy six months for Redmond's Digital Crimes Unit

08 Jul 22:07 | 21

Reader survey

One surefire way to get the boss's attention on network security is to get hacked. But there must be a better way?

And there is – check out our latest survey findings

08 Jul 18:00 |

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Criminals auction off stolen domain admin credentials for up to £95k. Your bank account details? Barely get £50

Dark web dwellers can pick and choose from billions - billions - of logins

08 Jul 17:26 | 7

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Citrix tells everyone not to worry too much about its latest security patches. NSA's former top hacker disagrees

Eleven flaws cleaned up including one that may be exploited to sling malware downloads

08 Jul 10:55 | 6

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Shopped recently in a small online store? Check this list to see if it was one of 570 websites infected with card-skimming Magecart

Jeepers, Keeper

07 Jul 23:35 | 44

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Fret not, Linux fans, Microsoft's Project Freta is here to peer deep into your memory... to spot malware

Shining a Rust-based forensic light into the darker corners of images

07 Jul 16:32 | 10

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Social media giants move to defy Hong Kong's new national security law

Plus: US govt says it's 'looking at' banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok

07 Jul 10:45 | 45

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Hundreds of forgotten corners of mega-corp websites fall into the hands of spammers and malware slingers

DNS entries left pointing to Azure-hosted server names snatched by miscreants for mischief

07 Jul 06:35 | 20

Want to kill all the weak passwords? This may be the tool for you

Specops tames password resets in Windows environments

07 Jul 05:00 |

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Your 2.3m Instagram fans won't stop the FBI... Web star accused of plotting to launder millions from cyber-crime

Bloke calling himself Hushpuppi extradited, allegedly conspired to steal $100m from English Premier League soccer club among others

06 Jul 22:35 | 12

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You may be distracted by the pandemic but FYI: US Senate panel OK's backdoors-by-the-backdoor EARN IT Act

Proposed Section 230 shake-up passes committee stage with amendments

06 Jul 20:42 | 70

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Think of a number: A tale of iffy discount codes, supermarket loyalty cards and Hotels.com

Points-powered getaways could cost booking site dear

06 Jul 15:15 | 9

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Three UK: We're sending you this SMS to warn you not to pay attention to unsolicited texts

So ... CLICK HERE to find out more!

06 Jul 10:45 | 39

If at first you don't succeed... Rackspace files IPO papers to go public once again, hopefully with better timing

Rip and replace is such a long Huawei to go, UK telcos plead, citing 'blackouts' and 'billion pound' costs: Are Vodafone and BT playing 'Project Fear'?

Smile? Not bloody likely: Day 6 of wobbly services and still no hint to UK online bank's customers about what's actually wrong

Where do you stand on self-service and automation? Tell us the pros and cons from your viewpoint

Android 11 will let users stop device-makers from killing background apps, says Google

So Darned Kind of you, Facebook: SDK bug sends popular iOS apps crashing earthwards

Microsoft to pull support for PHP: Version 8? Exterminate, more like...

The reluctant log trawler: The buck stops with the back-end

An email banning our staff from using TikTok? Haha, funny story about that, we didn't mean it – Amazon

Tony Blair tells Russian infosec conference that cross-border infosec policies need more gov intervention

TomTom bill bomb: Why am I being charged for infotainment? I sold my car last year, rages Reg reader

Digicert will shovel some 50,000 EV HTTPS certificates into the furnace this Saturday after audit bungle

Continuous Lifecycle Online is this Thursday: Get your ticket while you can, and tune into these fantastic sessions

Rancher rides off into the SUSE-set after acquisition by Linux outfit

Microsoft integrates Azure Functions with Dapr – for when you run Azure Functions outside Azure. Confused yet?

Languishing lodash library loophole finally fitted for a fix: It's only taken since October to address security bug

Software biz Advanced set to lay off 6% of its workforce, blames that virus

South Korea joins the ‘we’re going to be self-sufficient in more tech and then export bucketloads’ club

Tata Consultancy Services says pandemic's most powerful punches landed in Q1 - and it's still dancing

Philippines government tech agency seeks 750 percent budget boost for COVIDigital transformation

Soft press keys for locked-down devs: Three new models of old school 60-key Happy Hacking 'board out next month

Pandemic proves just the tonic for PC sales as shipments shoot upwards

A volt from the blue: Samsung reportedly ditches wall-wart from future phones

Lovely new dongles and lusciously lengthy cables are Intel's new offerings

The world's nonsense keeping you awake in middle of the night? Good news. Go outside and see this two-tail comet

Spotted the ISS in the sky yet? How about pulling out some spare kit and giving it a listen?

If the Solar System's 'Planet Nine' is actually a small black hole, here's how we could detect it... wait, what?

Mars InSight to stretch its arm and look around as mole-mashing ops are paused

We've paused Sigfox roof aerial payments, says WND-UK, but we'll make you whole after COVID

Privacy watchdogs from the UK, Australia team up, snap on gloves to probe AI-for-cops upstart Clearview

Heir-to-Concorde demo model to debut in October

FYI: You do all know that America's tech giants, even Google, supply IT to the US military, right?

Hungry? Please enjoy this delicious NaN, courtesy of British Gas and Sainsbury's

Cereal Killer Cafe enters hipster heaven, heads online: Coronavirus blamed for shutters being pulled down

Boolean bafflement at British Airways' Executive Club: Sneaky little Avioses - Wicked, Tricksy, False!

Another anti-immigrant rant goes viral in America – and this time it's by a British, er, immigrant tech CEO

Security

An email banning our staff from using TikTok? Haha, funny story about that, we didn't mean it – Amazon

Tony Blair tells Russian infosec conference that cross-border infosec policies need more gov intervention

TomTom bill bomb: Why am I being charged for infotainment? I sold my car last year, rages Reg reader

Digicert will shovel some 50,000 EV HTTPS certificates into the furnace this Saturday after audit bungle

FYI: Someone's scanning gateways, looking for those security holes Citrix told you not to worry too much about

How to build a cyber threat intelligence program while cutting through the noise

If you haven't potentially exposed 1000s of customers once again with networking vulns, step forward... Not so fast, Palo Alto Networks

Microsoft sues coronavirus phishing spammers to seize their domains amid web app attacks against Office 354.5

One surefire way to get the boss's attention on network security is to get hacked. But there must be a better way?

Criminals auction off stolen domain admin credentials for up to £95k. Your bank account details? Barely get £50

Citrix tells everyone not to worry too much about its latest security patches. NSA's former top hacker disagrees

Shopped recently in a small online store? Check this list to see if it was one of 570 websites infected with card-skimming Magecart

Fret not, Linux fans, Microsoft's Project Freta is here to peer deep into your memory... to spot malware

Social media giants move to defy Hong Kong's new national security law

Hundreds of forgotten corners of mega-corp websites fall into the hands of spammers and malware slingers

Want to kill all the weak passwords? This may be the tool for you

Your 2.3m Instagram fans won't stop the FBI... Web star accused of plotting to launder millions from cyber-crime

You may be distracted by the pandemic but FYI: US Senate panel OK's backdoors-by-the-backdoor EARN IT Act

Think of a number: A tale of iffy discount codes, supermarket loyalty cards and Hotels.com

Three UK: We're sending you this SMS to warn you not to pay attention to unsolicited texts

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Microsoft to pull support for PHP: Version 8? Exterminate, more like...

Android 11 will let users stop device-makers from killing background apps, says Google

An email banning our staff from using TikTok? Haha, funny story about that, we didn't mean it – Amazon

Soft press keys for locked-down devs: Three new models of old school 60-key Happy Hacking 'board out next month

Spotted the ISS in the sky yet? How about pulling out some spare kit and giving it a listen?

The world's nonsense keeping you awake in middle of the night? Good news. Go outside and see this two-tail comet

Rip and replace is such a long Huawei to go, UK telcos plead, citing 'blackouts' and 'billion pound' costs: Are Vodafone and BT playing 'Project Fear'?

Tony Blair tells Russian infosec conference that cross-border infosec policies need more gov intervention

So Darned Kind of you, Facebook: SDK bug sends popular iOS apps crashing earthwards

If at first you don't succeed... Rackspace files IPO papers to go public once again, hopefully with better timing

Make sure you've patched your F5 BIG-IP gear. Exploit code for scary bug pair is so trivial, it fits in a tweet

Barclays Bank appeared to be using the Wayback Machine as a 'CDN' for some Javascript

Fighting BEC and EAC: Why whack-a-mole won’t work

F5 emits fixes for critical flaws in BIG-IP gear: Hopefully yours aren't internet-facing while you ready a patch

Holy Guacamole! Researchers find Apache remote desktop software was silently pwnable for snooping on sessions

Euro police forces infiltrated encrypted phone biz – and now 'criminal' EncroChat users are being rounded up

Hold off that rush into the July 4 weekend – you may need this: Microsoft patches pwn-by-picture pitfalls in Win 10

Users who don't understand how to encrypt their emails won't do it

Cisco SMB kit harbors cross-site scripting bug: One wrong link click... and that's your router pwned remotely

Details of Beijing's new Hong Kong security law signal end to more than two decades of autonomy

Tune in and watch live right here this week – it's your email encryption wake-up call

Things that happen every four years: Olympic Games, Presidential elections, and now new Mac ransomware