May 2024

AMD’s baby Epycs are nothing more than Ryzens in disguise 2024-05-21 at 23:31 By Tobias Mann Not content with stealing share from Intel at the high-end, the House of Zen is going low AMD unveiled a line of tiny Epyc processors designed to compete with Intel’s entry-level E-2400 Xeons.… This article is an excerpt from […]

Google offers DoJ cash to eliminate jury in web ad monopoly abuse trial 2024-05-21 at 23:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo Nyah, nyah: You can’t sue for damages if we just meet your demands Facing an antitrust jury trial over claims it monopolizes online advertising, Google has chosen to do the most logical thing it can think

Zoom adds ‘post-quantum’ encryption for video nattering 2024-05-21 at 23:01 By Jessica Lyons Guess we all have imaginary monsters to fear Zoom has rolled out what it claims is post-quantum end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for video conferencing, saying it will make it available for Phone and Rooms “soon.”… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Tesla’s oldest factory ignites another headline by catching fire 2024-05-21 at 22:41 By Brandon Vigliarolo Fremont: Come for the toxic fumes and discrimination, stay for marshmallows? A “two-alarm commercial fire” broke out yesterday at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

MX Linux updates Libretto, belts out 23.3, based on Debian 12.5 2024-05-21 at 21:46 By Liam Proven Includes a Raspberry Pi version, which works well on the Pi 5 The latest update to MX Linux is out, and has some small but handy improvements to make it easier to get online and install.… This article

Critical Fluent Bit bug affects all major cloud providers, say researchers 2024-05-21 at 21:01 By Connor Jones Crashes galore, plus especially crafty crims could use it for much worse Infosec researchers are alerting the industry to a critical vulnerability in Fluent Bit – a logging component used by a swathe of blue chip companies and

Critical GitHub Enterprise Server Flaw Allows Authentication Bypass 2024-05-21 at 20:31 By GitHub has rolled out fixes to address a maximum severity flaw in the GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) that could allow an attacker to bypass authentication protections. Tracked as CVE-2024-4985 (CVSS score: 10.0), the issue could permit unauthorized access to an instance without requiring prior authentication.

Google now ‘third-largest’ in datacenter processors 2024-05-21 at 20:16 By Dan Robinson Custom silicon mounting up, says report from semiconductor researcher TechInsights Google announced a long-rumored datacenter CPU last month, but the Chocolate Factory may already be the third-largest designer of datacenter processors, according to research.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

NYC Comptroller and hedge funds urge Tesla shareholders to deny Musk $50B windfall 2024-05-21 at 19:31 By Matthew Connatser Bloc also recommends kicking Elon’s brother and Rupert Murdoch’s son off the board New York City’s Comptroller and seven financial firms are recommending that Tesla shareholders give a thumbs-down to the electric car maker’s ~$50 billion

Financial consequences of ignoring security debt in 2024 2024-05-21 at 19:17 By What might have once seemed like an unavoidable security debt is now leaving vulnerabilities open to exploitation and manipulation. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

5 Top EDR Use Cases 2024-05-21 at 19:02 By Alisha Smith When preventative measures fail, these five actions can save you This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Microsoft extends reach of Copilot AI helpers 2024-05-21 at 18:46 By Thomas Claburn Assistive software is being modified to exchange data with different services At Microsoft, “it’s Copilots all the way down for us.”… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Prepare your audits: EU Commission approves first-of-its-kind AI Act 2024-05-21 at 18:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘High-risk’ AIs will have hoops to jump through if they want to keep doing business in Europe The EU Council has given final approval to the bloc’s landmark AI Act, setting the stage for enactment of a benchmark first-of-its-kind AI

Malware Delivery via Cloud Services Exploits Unicode Trick to Deceive Users 2024-05-21 at 18:16 By A new attack campaign dubbed CLOUD#REVERSER has been observed leveraging legitimate cloud storage services like Google Drive and Dropbox to stage malicious payloads. “The VBScript and PowerShell scripts in the CLOUD#REVERSER inherently involves command-and-control-like activities by using Google Drive and Dropbox as

Hunger for more HBM capacity could cause shortage DRAM-a 2024-05-21 at 18:01 By Laura Dobberstein Analyst’s warns of another unfortunate side effect of AI Industry preference for high bandwidth memory (HBM) has the potential to cause a DRAM supply shortage unless more manufacturing lines are built quickly, TrendForce is warning.… This article is an excerpt

55 years ago, Apollo 10’s crew turned the airwaves blue 2024-05-21 at 17:16 By Richard Speed Shockingly, astronauts can curse when in high-stress situations It has been 55 years since Apollo 10 slipped into lunar orbit. The mission? To rehearse nearly every part of Apollo 11’s landing except the part where it would actually land.…

Private equity offer for MariaDB gets thumbsup from shareholders 2024-05-21 at 17:01 By Lindsay Clark From SPAC and back as 68% say yes MariaDB shareholders have backed a private equity takeover offer for the troubled database vendor.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source