October 2024

OpenStack Dalmatian debuts with a new dashboard, better security and GPU-wrangling 2024-10-03 at 05:46 By Simon Sharwood If you think VMware has gone to the dogs, maybe check it out? OpenStack Dalmatian, the 30th edition of the open source cloud stack, has bounded out of the kennel.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Get ready: US port strike likely to snarl tech supply chains 2024-10-03 at 04:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo Time to see if industry learned anything from the last shortage crisis Dockworkers at American ports from Maine to Texas have gone on strike, and experts are warning it won’t be long before the tech sector feels a

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Another OpenAI founder moves to arch-rival Anthropic 2024-10-03 at 03:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo Just two of the gang of eleven remain as safety concerns swirl Anthropic has hired yet another of OpenAI’s founders, this time bringing on Durk Kingma in an unspecified role.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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Latest in WordPress war: Automattic says it wanted 8% cut of WP Engine revenue 2024-10-03 at 02:01 By Thomas Claburn Trademark royalties is one way to force support of open source, we guess WordPress developer Automattic on Wednesday published details of its efforts to pressure rival WP Engine to sign a trademark license agreement costing

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700K+ DrayTek routers are sitting ducks on the internet, open to remote hijacking 2024-10-03 at 00:46 By Jessica Lyons With 14 serious security flaws found, what a gift for spies and crooks Fourteen bugs in DrayTek routers — including one critical remote-code-execution flaw that received a perfect 10 out of 10 CVSS severity rating —

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Two simple give-me-control security bugs found in Optigo network switches used in critical manufacturing 2024-10-02 at 23:46 By Iain Thomson Poor use of PHP include() strikes again Two trivial but critical security holes have been found in Optigo’s Spectra Aggregation Switch, and so far no patch is available.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Bank of America app glitch zeroes out people’s balances 2024-10-02 at 23:02 By Iain Thomson What would you like the power to do? Not giving us heart attacks would be good Some US customers using the Bank of America app to keep an eye on their accounts got a shock on Wednesday morning when their

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Tesla trounces shareholders who alleged Autopilot was all share-pumping lies 2024-10-02 at 22:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo It’s easy being Elon Tesla has managed to persuade a California judge to throw out a lawsuit that claimed the automaker misled shareholders about its Full Self-driving (FSD) system’s true capabilities.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Cisco is abandoning the LoRaWAN space, and there’s no lifeboat for IoT customers 2024-10-02 at 21:17 By Dan Robinson Support stretches to end of 2029, no more maintenance beyond 2026 Networking giant Cisco is getting out of the LoRaWAN market for IoT device connectivity, announcing end-of-availability and end-of-life dates for its gateways and associated products,

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Fake Trading Apps Target Victims Globally via Apple App Store and Google Play 2024-10-02 at 20:31 By A large-scale fraud campaign leveraged fake trading apps published on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, as well as phishing sites, to defraud victims, per findings from Group-IB. The campaign is part of a consumer investment

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Gadget designers get chunky option as USB 20 Gbps controller arrives 2024-10-02 at 19:16 By Gavin Bonshor Set to bring mighty performance in a small BGA package Infineon is rolling out its next generation of USB controller designed specifically for peripherals. Simply named the EZ-PD FX20, it will support 20 Gbps Type-C devices, including the

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China-Linked CeranaKeeper Targeting Southeast Asia with Data Exfiltration 2024-10-02 at 19:16 By A previously undocumented threat actor called CeranaKeeper has been linked to a string of data exfiltration attacks targeting Southeast Asia. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, which observed campaigns targeting governmental institutions in Thailand starting in 2023, attributed the activity cluster as aligned to China,

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Fake Job Applications Deliver Dangerous More_eggs Malware to HR Professionals 2024-10-02 at 18:31 By A spear-phishing email campaign has been observed targeting recruiters with a JavaScript backdoor called More_eggs, indicating persistent efforts to single out the sector under the guise of fake job applicant lures. “A sophisticated spear-phishing lure tricked a recruitment officer into downloading

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Satellite phones are coming, but users not happy to pay much extra for the capability 2024-10-02 at 18:16 By Dan Robinson Has someone told all the direct-to-cell investors? Two out of five mobile phone subscribers are unwilling to pay any extra for direct-to-cell satellite services, which may give operators pause for thought as they continue

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Microsoft throws in the towel on HoloLens 2 2024-10-02 at 17:46 By Richard Speed Five years of mixed reality – now just mixed feelings Microsoft has axed its HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset and there won’t be a hardware replacement, The Register can confirm.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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