August 2024

NASA pops repair kit in the mail so astronauts can fix leaky ISS telescope 2024-08-01 at 14:31 By Richard Speed Upcoming spacewalk should help NICER see more nicely NASA is preparing to launch a repair kit to the International Space Station (ISS) for a telescope that was never designed to be tinkered with by astronauts.… […]

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Obfuscation: There Are Two Sides To Everything 2024-08-01 at 14:31 By How to detect and prevent attackers from using these various techniques Obfuscation is an important technique for protecting software that also carries risks, especially when used by malware authors. In this article, we examine obfuscation, its effects, and responses to it. What Is Obfuscation?

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Microsoft services partly down Down Under for Kiwi users 2024-08-01 at 13:46 By Richard Speed Maybe time to play the cloud hokey cokey? You put your workload in. You take your workload out… Microsoft Azure went down for customers in New Zealand earlier today, taking with it parts of Microsoft 365 and bite-sized chunks of

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Google Chrome Adds App-Bound Encryption to Protect Cookies from Malware 2024-08-01 at 13:01 By Google has announced that it’s adding a new layer of protection to its Chrome browser through what’s called app-bound encryption to prevent information-stealing malware from grabbing cookies on Windows systems. “On Windows, Chrome uses the Data Protection API (DPAPI) which protects

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Beetle mania: How bugs are inspiring the next gen of robot aviators 2024-08-01 at 12:46 By Lindsay Clark Deploying and folding wings without power might be useful in a tight spot The rhinoceros beetle turns out to be an unlikely source of engineering inspiration for tiny flying robots that can fold their wings when resting

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Linux updates with an undo function? Some distros have that 2024-08-01 at 11:31 By Liam Proven Snapshots, failover, recovery, and uninstallation on a plate The big names mostly can’t yet, but some lesser-known Linux distributions offer the ability to undo updates and recover from damage, even automatically.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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UK court rules in Intel’s favor in R2 Semi power patent case 2024-08-01 at 10:46 By Tobias Mann Legal woes are still ongoing in Italy, France, and Germany A UK High Court has sided with Intel in a multinational patent dispute brought by R2 Semiconductor alleging the x86 giant infringed on its voltage regulation tech.…

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Facebook Ads Lead to Fake Websites Stealing Credit Card Information 2024-08-01 at 10:16 By Facebook users are the target of a scam e-commerce network that uses hundreds of fake websites to steal personal and financial data using brand impersonation and malvertising tricks. Recorded Future’s Payment Fraud Intelligence team, which detected the campaign on April 17,

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Arm’s lackluster Q2 outlook overshadows strong Q1 revenue growth 2024-08-01 at 09:46 By Tobias Mann Execs blame gap in licensing revenues for lost momentum, while hawking AI Brit chip design champ Arm posted its fourth consecutive quarter of growth on Wednesday with Q1 revenues up 39 percent year-over-year to $939 million and profits of $233

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Germany names China as source of attack on government geospatial agency 2024-08-01 at 09:16 By Simon Sharwood Meanwhile, US apparently considers further AI hardware sanctions Germany’s government has named China-controlled actors as the perpetrators of a 2021 cyber attack on the Federal Office of Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) – the official mapping agency.… This article

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Xen hypervisor quadruples its possible core count for version 4.19 2024-08-01 at 08:31 By Simon Sharwood Pesky test infrastructure woes seem to be solved, too The Xen Project has delivered a new cut of its open source hypervisor.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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Infosys denies it owes $4 billion in taxes to India 2024-08-01 at 07:31 By Laura Dobberstein Taxman disagrees with the outfit that built the tax portal IT services giant Infosys is facing a demand for almost $4 billion in tax demand from Indian state of Karnataka, relating to expenses incurred by its overseas branches.… This

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