August 2023

Why securing East-West network traffic is so important – and how it can be done 16/08/2023 at 12:34 By Bruce Davie You don’t want to hand your datacenter over to an intruder quite so easily Systems Approach  One of the fun things about being an Australian living in the Northern hemisphere (which was my situation

Lost voices, ignored words: Apple’s speech recognition needs urgent reform 16/08/2023 at 11:52 By Colin Hughes A plea for improvements for disabled people who rely on accessibility features Opinion  As someone who relies on Apple’s Voice Control application to dictate, navigate, and interact with my iPhone and Mac via my voice due to a severe

Boffins reckon Mars colony could survive with fewer than two dozen people 16/08/2023 at 10:39 By Thomas Claburn Taming that unforgiving dust world may be significantly less expensive than anticipated When humans head off to colonize the Red Planet, it’s not entirely clear how many colonists will be needed to keep everyone alive.… This article

Bank of Ireland outage sees customers queue for ‘free’ cash – or any cash al all 16/08/2023 at 10:04 By Simon Sharwood Reports police called to control ATM frenzy after €1,000 added to accounts, by leprechauns maybe Queues have formed at automatic teller machines in Ireland after a local bank allowed withdrawals of sums greater

Bad software destroyed my doctor’s memory 16/08/2023 at 09:32 By Mark Pesce Design this bad should sicken developers – but it’s the rest of us who end up feeling queasy Column  “I have a problem,” my medical specialist said – before he saw the fear on my face and quickly corrected himself. “No, not with

Singapore opens to stablecoins – once they jump through some hoops 16/08/2023 at 08:03 By Laura Dobberstein After regulators are done with them, providers will look a lot like boring old banks The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) endorsed the use of stablecoins on Tuesday, when it released a regulatory framework for the digital assets

Nearly 2,000 Citrix NetScaler Instances Hacked via Critical Vulnerability 16/08/2023 at 07:46 By Nearly 2,000 Citrix NetScaler instances have been compromised with a backdoor by weaponizing a recently disclosed critical security vulnerability as part of a large-scale attack. “An adversary appears to have exploited CVE-2023-3519 in an automated fashion, placing web shells on vulnerable NetScalers

South Korea ‘puts the brakes’ on Google’s app store dominance 16/08/2023 at 05:49 By Simon Sharwood Starts monitoring developer deals after first slapping the G-force with substantial fine South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission today commenced monitoring of Google’s app store operations – an action that follows its April decision to fine the advertising and mobile

Not call: Open source gurus urge you to dump Zoom 16/08/2023 at 03:10 By Thomas Claburn In footsteps of GiveUpGitHub, campaign follows AI ToS fiasco The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) is calling on free and open source software (FOSS) contributors to stop using Zoom video conferencing in light of the software maker’s terms-of-service scandal.… This

Clorox cleans up IT security breach that soaked its biz ops 16/08/2023 at 01:30 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Plus: Medical records for 4M people within reach of Clop gang after IBM MOVEit deployment hit The Clorox Company has some cleaning up to do as some of its IT systems remain offline and operations “temporarily impaired”

Watchdog vows crackdown on ‘harmful’ world of data-broker surveillance 16/08/2023 at 00:32 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Promise of action excites some, others wish America had Cali-style Delete Act for personal info Analysis  An American watchdog today said it will propose fresh rules governing the type of personal information data brokers can collect and sell –

Nikola recalls electric truck fleet over battery fires 15/08/2023 at 23:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo You can still drive ’em, but park outside for … OTA updates, says EV maker Electric semi truck maker Nikola’s fortunes just keep getting worse – after a couple dismal quarters, it’s now recalling nearly all of its battery electric vehicles