October 2023

New Admin Takeover Vulnerability Exposed in Synology’s DiskStation Manager 18/10/2023 at 10:33 By A medium-severity flaw has been discovered in Synology’s DiskStation Manager (DSM) that could be exploited to decipher an administrator’s password and remotely hijack the account. “Under some rare conditions, an attacker could leak enough information to restore the seed of the pseudorandom […]

Atlassian users complain of cloud migration dead ends, especially in UK 18/10/2023 at 09:49 By Simon Sharwood Lack of local clouds and inflexible offers see users depart. Maybe the new ‘Compass’ developer experience tool will be more to their liking The Register’s Monday story about Atlassian’s looming end-of-support deadline for its on-prem server products has

Sony, Honda, tease EV that aims to be a loungeroom on wheels 18/10/2023 at 08:47 By Laura Dobberstein ‘Afeela’ packs Qualcomm kit, screens galore, runs Android and will have an app ecosystem Video  Sony and Honda have unveiled Afeela – a software-defined vehicle the two present as a Qualcomm-powered entertainment system on wheels. Or you

Apple finds another use for USB-C – a cheaper Pencil 18/10/2023 at 07:34 By Simon Sharwood It’s also shorter, lousy under pressure, and needs a dongle Apple has found another reason to embrace USB-C – it’s allowed the iCompany to make a cheaper digital pencil.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

D-Link Confirms Data Breach: Employee Falls Victim to Phishing Attack 18/10/2023 at 07:16 By Taiwanese networking equipment manufacturer D-Link has confirmed a data breach that led to the exposure of what it said is “low-sensitivity and semi-public information.” “The data was confirmed not from the cloud but likely originated from an old D-View 6 system,

X tries charging new users $1 to deter bots 18/10/2023 at 06:18 By Simon Sharwood Won’t make a profit, might stop spammers, will require registration of phone number X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, has started a trial of a $1 fee for new users to cut down on bots that Elon Musk

Google and Qualcomm decide RISC-V’s no risk on wrists in next-gen wearables 18/10/2023 at 05:09 By Simon Sharwood Effort to get developers ready for Arm-snapper are under way, but delivery deadlines are eerily absent Qualcomm has announced it will develop a platform to power devices running Google’s Wear OS, based on the permissibly licensed RISC-V

America extends China chip export bans and acts to cut off backdoor exports 18/10/2023 at 03:18 By Iain Thomson Chips cunningly designed to be less powerful and evade sanctions look to be in trouble The US Department of Commerce has extended sanctions against China – and now other countries – in its bid to block

TSMC abandons plans for 2nm chip plant after Taiwanese locals protest 18/10/2023 at 01:48 By Tobias Mann Foundry giant now searching for new home for high-end fab site Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) will abandon plans to build an advanced chip fab in northern Taiwan after residents opposed the project.… This article is an excerpt