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Synology Urges Patch for Critical Zero-Click RCE Flaw Affecting Millions of NAS Devices 2024-11-05 at 11:48 By Taiwanese network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker Synology has addressed a critical security flaw impacting DiskStation and BeePhotos that could lead to remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2024-10443 and dubbed RISK:STATION by Midnight Blue, the zero-day flaw was demonstrated […]

Former Facebook lobbyist joins UK comms regulator as non-exec director 2024-11-05 at 11:33 By Dan Robinson Who better to watch the watchmen? A former Vice President of Public Policy for Facebook is among the new faces to join the board at Britain’s telecoms regulator, Ofcom.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original […]

Broadcom juices VeloCloud SD-WAN for AI networking 2024-11-05 at 10:48 By Simon Sharwood VeloRAIN architecture improves service for fat workloads on the edge VMware Explore  Amid all the drama regarding Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, it’s been easy to forget that the virtualization giant’s SD-WAN outfit, VeloCloud, is now an independent business unit. Broadcom today put […]

VMware by Broadcom finds friends to advance its private cloud and AI visions 2024-11-05 at 10:04 By Simon Sharwood User group members offered more generous discounts and licenses we’re sure nobody would abuse Explore  VMware by Broadcom is continuing its pre-acquisition tradition of using its European conference to make public a handful of product updates.… […]

French govt gives thumbs up to nationalizing Atos 2024-11-05 at 09:33 By Iain Thomson No surrendering of IT giant piece by piece France’s Finance Ministry has approved a proposal to nationalize French tech behemoth Atos and has allocated €70 million to explore the deal.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Google claims Big Sleep ‘first’ AI to spot freshly committed security bug that fuzzing missed 2024-11-05 at 08:48 By Jessica Lyons You snooze, you lose, er, win Google claims one of its AI models is the first of its kind to spot a memory safety vulnerability in the wild – specifically an exploitable stack buffer […]

Malware Campaign Uses Ethereum Smart Contracts to Control npm Typosquat Packages 2024-11-05 at 08:48 By An ongoing campaign is targeting npm developers with hundreds of typosquat versions of their legitimate counterparts in an attempt to trick them into running cross-platform malware. The attack is notable for utilizing Ethereum smart contracts for command-and-control (C2) server address […]

Canadian Suspect Arrested Over Snowflake Data Breach and Extortion Attacks 2024-11-05 at 08:48 By Canadian law enforcement authorities have arrested an individual who is suspected to have conducted a series of hacks stemming from the breach of cloud data warehousing platform Snowflake earlier this year. The individual in question, Alexander “Connor” Moucka (aka Judische and […]

Understanding the security risks of outdated software 2024-11-05 at 07:18 By Increasing software usage makes it harder for businesses to know what they have and where it’s located while aging apps are harder to patch and protect. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Google Warns of Actively Exploited CVE-2024-43093 Vulnerability in Android System 2024-11-05 at 06:03 By Google has warned that a security flaw impacting its Android operating system has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-43093, has been described as a privilege escalation flaw in the Android Framework component that could result […]

Apple ‘broke law’ by pushing out labor-organizing dev 2024-11-05 at 05:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Violation of labor rights? By the iTitan? Surely not! The hot water in which the National Labor Relations Board has been boiling Apple is getting deeper, as the US workers’ rights body has issued yet another unfair labor practice complaint alleging […]

Python dethrones JavaScript as the most-used language on GitHub 2024-11-05 at 04:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Yearly report finds explosion of GenAI projects, new users from outside the coding community responsible for boost There’s been an upset in the Octoverse, as Python has unseated JavaScript as the most-used programming language on GitHub.… This article is an […]

Grindr used RTO to screw union, labor watchdog claims 2024-11-05 at 03:48 By Thomas Claburn Back-to-office order forced dating app staff to swipe left The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Friday issued a complaint against California-based LGBTQ dating app Grindr alleging the biz’s return-to-office order for staff amounted to unfair labor practises.… This […]

Toyota and Joby complete Japan’s first air taxi flight test 2024-11-05 at 02:33 By Laura Dobberstein Automaker bets big on startup while other promising eVTOL companies scrape around for funding Joby Aviation – backed by Japanese automotive giant Toyota – conducted Japan’s first electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) flight test over the weekend, […]

ChatGPT parent OpenAI in talks with California to become for-profit company: report 2024-11-05 at 02:18 By Reuters The move would make the firm more attractive to investors. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Meta’s plan for nuclear datacenter reportedly undone by bees 2024-11-05 at 00:34 By Thomas Claburn Environmental and regulatory obstacles led to the cancellation of an AI bit farm, report claims Meta’s plan to build a nuclear-powered datacenter for AI workloads has been undone by bugs, specifically bees.… This article is an excerpt from The Register […]

CHIPS Act funding in question as House Speaker waffles on plan to repeal bill 2024-11-04 at 22:20 By Tobias Mann Breaking with Trump, Mike Johnson now suggests streamlining regulation out of funding bill The US CHIPS and Science Act’s future may depend on the outcome of Tuesday’s Presidential Election after House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested […]

San Francisco OKs $212M plan to finally replace aging train system run by floppy disks 2024-11-04 at 21:19 By Ariel Zilber The Municipal Transportation Agency board approved a new contract with Hitachi Rail to upgrade its existing train control system. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York […]

Black screens still plague Windows 10 Azure Virtual Desktop users 2024-11-04 at 20:18 By Richard Speed Meanwhile, even Task Manager is no match for the broken patch Even though Windows 10 has less than a year of support remaining, Microsoft has once again demonstrated its ability to break things with a seemingly innocuous update.… This […]