2024

CockroachDB tempts legacy databases to crawl into the cloud age 2024-01-29 at 20:05 By Lindsay Clark Distributed system makes a grab for Oracle, Db2 features CockroachDB has released its 23.2 iteration containing new features designed to tempt mainframe and other legacy database users to shift workloads to its distributed cloud-based system.… This article is an […]

X hiring 100 content cops in bid to tame Wild West of online safety 2024-01-29 at 19:17 By Richard Currie Maybe those Twitter cuts ran too deep, huh? Not long after it emerged that X, formerly Twitter, cut 1 in 3 Trust and Safety employees after Elon Musk’s takeover in October 2022, the social media

OSHA cites electric car battery company for workplace hazards 2024-01-29 at 19:01 By The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited a global electric vehicle battery manufacturer for health and safety hazards.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Japan’s lander wakes up, takes blurry snap of Moon 2024-01-29 at 18:22 By Richard Speed Winter Night is coming Japan’s Moon lander has woken up on the lunar surface and begun transmitting data back to controllers at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA.)… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Amazon calls off $1.7 billion iRobot buy, blames regulators 2024-01-29 at 17:46 By Richard Speed Retailer steps back from Roomba-maker and 350 staff will have to step back from a job Amazon’s $1.7 billion bid to buy iRobot is off, and while Jeff Bezos’s business faces a termination fee, almost a third of vacuum maker’s

DEA nabs $150M from dark web drug lord based… in Coventry 2024-01-29 at 17:01 By Connor Jones Plus: Dodgy ex-US official also sentenced for software and database theft in big day for the courts A dark web drug kingpin has handed more than $150 million in cryptocurrency to US authorities and pleaded guilty to selling

Microsoft confirms Windows Server 2025 is on the way 2024-01-29 at 16:10 By Richard Speed Plus: It kills off WordPad once and for all Microsoft is unleashing build 26040 of Windows Server and has revealed the official branding for the product: Windows Server 2025.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Researchers Uncover How Outlook Vulnerability Could Leak Your NTLM Passwords 2024-01-29 at 16:10 By A now-patched security flaw in Microsoft Outlook could be exploited by threat actors to access NT LAN Manager (NTLM) v2 hashed passwords when opening a specially crafted file. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-35636 (CVSS score: 6.5), was addressed by the tech

GPS interference now a major flight safety concern for airline industry 2024-01-29 at 15:32 By Dan Robinson You’re wrong to think that jammin’ was a thing of the past Europe’s aviation safety body is working with the airline industry to counter a danger posed by interference with GPS signals – now seen as a growing

Federal Water and Wastewater Security Incident Response Guide Falls Short 2024-01-29 at 15:02 By Kevin Kerr This week, federal guidelines were published to assist owners and operators in the water and wastewater systems (WWS) sector on best practices for cyber incident response. Guideline are great, but they are just suggestions unless there are the resources

Trusted Domain, Hidden Danger: Deceptive URL Redirections in Email Phishing Attacks 2024-01-29 at 15:02 By Kevin Adriano In this ever-evolving landscape of cyberthreats, email has become a prime target for phishing attacks. Cybercriminals continue to adapt and employ more sophisticated methods to effectively deceive users and bypass detection measures. One of the most prevalent tactics

The real significance of Apple’s Macintosh 2024-01-29 at 14:46 By Liam Proven 40 years on, it’s still widely misunderstood Apple launched the original 128 kB Macintosh around 40 years ago, and in so doing changed the computer industry, in ways that a lot of people still don’t fully understand.… This article is an excerpt from