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Internet Archive wobbles back online, with limited functionality 2024-10-16 at 10:31 By Simon Sharwood DDoS detectives deduce Mirai used to do the deed, using home entertainment boxes in Korea, China, and Brazil The Internet Archive has come back online, in slightly degraded mode, after repelling an October 9 DDoS attack and then succumbing to a […]

Google’s memory safety plan includes rehab for unsafe languages 2024-10-16 at 09:31 By Thomas Claburn Large C and C++ codebases will be around for the ‘foreseeable future’ Google has revealed that its approach to making programming code more memory safe involves both the adoption of memory safe languages and making unsafe languages more secure –

CISA Warns of Active Exploitation in SolarWinds Help Desk Software Vulnerability 2024-10-16 at 08:47 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a critical security flaw impacting SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2024-28987 (CVSS score: 9.1),

GitHub Patches Critical Flaw in Enterprise Server Allowing Unauthorized Instance Access 2024-10-16 at 08:47 By GitHub has released security updates for Enterprise Server (GHES) to address multiple issues, including a critical bug that could allow unauthorized access to an instance. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9487, carries a CVS score of 9.5 out of a maximum

IBM acquires Indian SaaS startup Prescinto to shine a light on renewable energy assets 2024-10-16 at 08:32 By Laura Dobberstein ALSO: Crypto-hub Binance helps Delhi police shut down solar power scam IBM announced on Tuesday it has acquired Prescinto, a Bangalore-based provider of asset performance management software for renewable energy.… This article is an excerpt

WhatsApp may expose the OS you use to run it – which could expose you to crooks 2024-10-16 at 07:31 By Iain Thomson Messaging service creates persistent user IDs that have different qualities on each device An analysis of Meta’s WhatsApp messaging software reveals that it may expose which operating system a user is running,

AT&T and Broadcom may settle VMware support case 2024-10-16 at 06:46 By Simon Sharwood Fresh filing sees Broadcom admit it discounts deeply – music to the ears of all Virtzilla users coming off contract AT&T and Broadcom appear to be close to settling their legal dispute over the provision of support services for VMware software.…

Asian tech ministers fear effective AI regulation will prove elusive 2024-10-16 at 05:32 By Laura Dobberstein New Zealand isn’t bothering. Singapore fears harms are inevitable At a conference in Singapore on Tuesday, ministers from around the world mused that they may have missed the chance to regulate AI effectively.… This article is an excerpt from

Uncle Sam reportedly considers capping AI chip shipments to Middle East 2024-10-16 at 03:31 By Tobias Mann Meanwhile, ASML shares plunge as China export curbs hit forecast Amid fears that Middle Eastern nations are being used to funnel AI accelerators and other sensitive technologies to China, the Biden administration is reportedly considering capping shipments of

Pentagon stumped by mystery drone swarm flying over Langley Air Force Base 2024-10-16 at 02:47 By Iain Thomson Not that there’s anything important there – just F-22s and stuff The former commander of the the Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia, has revealed an unidentified drone swarm buzzed the facility for 17 days last

Cisco confirms ‘ongoing investigation’ after crims brag about selling tons of data 2024-10-16 at 01:46 By Jessica Lyons IntelBroker claims the breach impacts Microsoft, SAP, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile US, and more Cisco has confirmed it is investigating claims of stealing — and now selling — data belonging to the networking giant.… This article is an excerpt

DARPA pays $6M to see fully autonomous Black Hawk helicopters 2024-10-16 at 00:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Resupply like Call of Duty? Not yet – only one planned for now The US military is betting the Black Hawk helicopter of the future won’t need pilots, and it’s giving the bird’s maker Sikorsky $6 million to prove

Digital River runs dry, hasn’t paid developers for sales since July 2024-10-15 at 23:32 By Thomas Claburn Vendor told El Reg the biz’s law firm claims merchant debts aren’t valid obligations Digital River has not paid numerous merchants since midsummer for software and digital products they sold through its MyCommerce platform.… This article is an

Sysadmins rage over Apple’s ‘nightmarish’ SSL/TLS cert lifespan cuts 2024-10-15 at 23:01 By Jessica Lyons Maximum validity down from 398 days to 45 by 2027 Apple wants to shorten SSL/TLS security certificates’ lifespans, down from 398 days now to just 45 days by 2027, and sysadmins have some very strong feelings about this “nightmarish” plan. …

Microsoft teases latest Windows 10 build despite looming end 2024-10-15 at 22:17 By Richard Speed Rearranging the deckchairs as support iceberg approaches Microsoft has released a Windows Insider build of Windows 10 despite the impending end of support for many flavors of the operating system.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

VMware settles securities fraud class suit with $102.5M payout 2024-10-15 at 21:18 By Brandon Vigliarolo Traded its shares between 2018 and 2020? You could cash in Old accusations of securities fraud continue to dog VMware, with the virtualization juggernaut agreeing to pay $102.5 million to settle a shareholder suit over its alleged creation of an

Intel, AMD, team with tech titans for x86 ISA overhaul 2024-10-15 at 20:46 By Tobias Mann Linus Torvalds, Broadcom, Dell, HPE, and Lenovo on the list The shape of the x86 instruction set architecture (ISA) is evolving. On Tuesday, Intel and AMD announced the formation of an ecosystem advisory group intended to drive greater consistency

AMD downplays risk of growing blast radius, licensing fees from manycore chips 2024-10-15 at 20:32 By Tobias Mann House of Zen says it’s done the analysis, and concerns are a ‘little bit’ unfounded As AMD pushes to extend share of the datacenter CPU market, it’s pushing CTOs to consider how many of their aging Intel systems

Microsoft says more ransomware stopped before reaching encryption 2024-10-15 at 20:04 By Connor Jones Volume of attacks still surging though, according to Digital Defense Report Microsoft says ransomware attacks are up 2.75 times compared to last year, but claims defenses are actually working better than ever.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

TrickMo Banking Trojan Can Now Capture Android PINs and Unlock Patterns 2024-10-15 at 20:03 By New variants of an Android banking trojan called TrickMo have been found to harbor previously undocumented features to steal a device’s unlock pattern or PIN. “This new addition enables the threat actor to operate on the device even while it