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by Shaun Nichols on (#4MQXK)
Pakistani bloke extradited to US, accused of masterminding telco hack caper AT&T staff were bribed $1m to slip the codes to unlock two million smartphones to a gang operating out of Pakistan, US prosecutors have claimed.…
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by Gareth Corfield on (#4MQK8)
11m other leaked users' p-words hashed with SHA-1 Passwords were among the 23 million customer records siphoned from CafePress by hackers – and the site was using the less secure SHA-1 hashing algorithm to store half of its users' credentials.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#4MQER)
*Problem In Chair Not In Computer, says report Industry nonprofit the Cloud Security Alliance has published a report on the top threats to cloud computing, concluding that the biggest issues are caused by customers, not by the cloud "solution" providers (CSPs).…
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by Gareth Corfield on (#4MQ9Y)
Now you too can have a Soviet plaything as estate wound up As late Microsoftie Paul Allen's estate is gradually wound down, the gems from his collection of rare and historic aircraft are coming up for auction – including his personal two-seat MiG-29 Russian fighter jet.…
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by Richard Speed on (#4MQ47)
A busy week for Cape Canaveral Air Force Station The 45th Space Wing has a busy few days ahead of it as the team prepares for launches from SpaceX and ULA less than 48 hours apart from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.…
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by Richard Speed on (#4MPZ7)
Amazon CTO not happy. Isn't it ironic... don't you think? While Amazon fumed over Microsoft's licensing changes, the gang in Redmond attempted to soften the blow a little by slicing the pricing of Azure Archive Storage.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#4MPVA)
Top tips to defend against nation-state network intrusion Microsoft's Security Response Center has issued a bunch of recommendations for orgs to protect against nation-state network intrusion via insecure IoT devices.…
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by Gareth Corfield on (#4MPP0)
EU-mandated worker rep group took Big Red to court, lost, appealed, lost again Oracle's EU-area employee rep council has lost its legal battle to force the American company to pay attention to it after Big Red sacked several hundred people and offshored their jobs to Romania.…
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by Max Smolaks on (#4MPKJ)
It makes sense to provide infrastructure for the biggest biz in entertainment Feature For better or worse, it looks like cloud computing is here to stay. Among other things, "someone else's computer" is changing how people buy and consume entertainment, and after murdering television, the cloud is now messing with the very nature of video games.…
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Capita retains software and IT services top spot... for now Amazon Web Services has nearly doubled its footprint in the UK market, turning over £850m last year, according to an analysis by TechMarketView.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#4MPFE)
Wget's? I've had a few.... but then again, it's better to cryptographically check the contents of that executable Brandon Philips, a member of the technical staff at Red Hat, has created a software tool called rget for Linux, macOS, and Windows, to make it easier to determine whether downloaded files can be trusted.…
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by Shaun Nichols on (#4MPD3)
Grab security patches now from chip designer, Google Black Hat It is possible to thoroughly hijack a nearby vulnerable Qualcomm-based Android phone, tablet, or similar gadget, via Wi-Fi, we learned on Monday. This likely affects millions of Android devices.…
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by Shaun Nichols on (#4MPAX)
Why bother go for databases when insecure log files appears to be where all the data is at Trendy online-only Brit bank Monzo is telling hundreds of thousands of its customers to pick a new PIN – after it discovered it was storing their codes as plain-text in log files.…
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by Iain Thomson on (#4MP2M)
Senator Wyden fears tech may be insecure by design, urges billionaire to answer a few Qs After last week's revelations that a hacker stole the personal details of 106 million Capital One credit card applicants from its Amazon-hosted cloud storage, a US Senator has demanded Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos explain what exactly what went wrong.…
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by Iain Thomson on (#4MNX1)
Of all the places to allegedly try this, the J Edgar Hoover HQ ain't one. In fact, no, no building is good. None of them An FBI contractor has pleaded not guilty to charges that he installed a camera under a coworker's desk to satisfy his "voyeur" fetish.…
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by Shaun Nichols on (#4MNS9)
Amazon demands restraining order preventing bod from jumping ship to Chocolate Factory Amazon is suing a former AWS sales exec in the US after he suddenly jumped ship to rival Google Cloud, contrary to the non-compete clause in his contract.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#4MNNQ)
Three key words: File, write, benchmark A week ago, Google released Chrome 76, which included a change intended to prevent websites from detecting when browser users have activated Incognito mode.…
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by Iain Thomson on (#4MNDX)
The noob's guide to Hacker Summer Camp in Las Vegas Black Hat It's that time of year again and the world's white, grey and the occasional black-hat hackers descends into the fetid hell that is Las Vegas in August for a week of conferences, community conflabs and catching up with old friends.…
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by John Oates on (#4MNDZ)
Supermarine Mk IX on four-month slog for RAF centenary A restored and defanged Supermarine Spitfire has just taken off from Goodwood Aerodrome in West Sussex, England, on a round-the-world trip.…
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by Chris Mellor on (#4MN4N)
Flash? Pa-ahh! Better to put dollars into disk Seagate's MACH.2 dual-actuator tech will begin shipping later this calendar year, starting "around" the 20TB capacity point, the firm's CEO Dave Mosley has confirmed.…
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by John Oates on (#4MN4Q)
UK.gov offers £990k for pilotless pilot The UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is coughing up just shy of a million quid to see how drones could help with sea rescue and surveillance operations.…
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by Richard Speed on (#4MMZM)
Also: ISS traffic, Intelsat results, India swings ever closer to Moon Roundup Space fans enjoyed a busy week thanks to a plethora of spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, India continuing its journey to the Moon and SpaceX teasing its next launch.…
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by John Oates on (#4MMZP)
Press 2 for a new van BT is selling its fleet vehicle maintenance and leasing business to German private equity firm Aurelius.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#4MMVE)
Use Microsoft software on dedicated servers hosted on public cloud? Get ready to pay more Microsoft has introduced a preview of Azure Dedicated Host, which provides a physical server hosted on Azure and not shared with other customers.…
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by John Oates on (#4MMQ5)
Data loss is lawyers' gain Code repository GitHub and credit-card-flinger Capital One are facing down a potential class-action lawsuit in the US accusing them of negligence over the loss of 106 million individuals' personal data.…
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by Richard Speed on (#4MMKM)
Open-source command line fun and ga- oh. It crashed again. Microsoft continued its breakneck pace of Windows Terminal development with a major update to its open source command line baby over the weekend.…
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by Gareth Corfield on (#4MMKP)
Three-quarters of email addys already in breach database Twee T-shirts 'n' merch purveyor CafePress had 23 million user records swiped – reportedly back in February – and this morning triggered a mass password reset, calling it a change in internal policy.…
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by Richard Speed on (#4MMGN)
Will the last IE 11 user please turn out the lights? Microsoft is dealing with the seemingly never-ending dribble of security problems with VBScript by muffling its cries. In Internet Explorer 11, at least.…
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by Gareth Corfield on (#4MME8)
Just another few months of others' testimony to go Autonomy Trial The judge in the long-running Autonomy trial has joked that it's a "very strange feeling" not to see the British firm's former CEO in the witness box after Mike Lynch's marathon testimony to the High Court finally ended.…
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by John Oates on (#4MMBK)
Image board cesspit will be back in one way or another Cloudflare has yanked its services from 8chan, the "lawless" 4chan spinoff forum favoured by far-right nuts and paedophiles, after two mass shootings in the US over the weekend left nearly 30 people dead.…
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by Iain Thomson on (#4MM92)
Because it's America, it's 2019, and after more mass shootings, let alone Mandalay Bay, no one's taking chances Black Hat If you're heading off the Black Hat and DEF CON security conferences in Las Vegas, USA, this week, be prepared to have your hotel room searched if - for any reason - you shoo maid service away and stop staff from cleaning your room.…
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by Richard Speed on (#4MM7J)
Code libraries, calculators, that advert and MSDN Magazine gives a final death rattle Roundup While many prepared for a well-earned August holiday, the Microsoft purses were a-flapping and keyboards a-clacking last week. Join us for a round-up of the stories that you might have missed.…
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by Richard Speed on (#4MM53)
Or: yet more uses for CD trays in racked servers Who, Me? The weekend is over, but for some, the knuckle-chewing over a decades-old event still goes on. Welcome to Who, Me?, The Register's confessional for misdeeds and mishaps in the IT world.…
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by Team Register on (#4MM31)
Save £100s with our early-bird tickets, get a wealth of advice from our line-up of experts Event If you’re considering what your organisation could do with serverless or function-based computing, join us in November for three days of practical advice and deep dives – and save now with our early-bird ticket offer.…
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by Shaun Nichols on (#4MM1B)
Plus, Cisco patches up router pwnage vulnerability Roundup Here is a quick roundup of the recent happenings in the world of computer security beyond what we've already reported.…
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by Shaun Nichols on (#4MGQT)
Charges for chip giant cofounder and pal downgraded in special plea deal Broadcom billionaire Henry T. Nicholas III and a pal will avoid a stretch behind bars after cops seized a huge stash of narcotics from their Las Vegas hotel suite.…
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by Shaun Nichols on (#4MGGA)
Back at base, bugs in the software. Flash the message, 'Something's out there'... Floating in the summer sky, 99 Fed balloons go by Uncle Sam is testing a system that uses high-altitude balloons to conduct surveillance over American soil.…
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by Shaun Nichols on (#4MG94)
Scumbag faces up to 20 years in the clink for email fraud An email phisher found hiding in Kenya is facing up to two decades behind bars in America for scamming thousands of dollars from US universities.…
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by Kieren McCarthy on (#4MG55)
Talk about an appealing patent, eh, VirnetX? Apple has lost its fifth legal appeal against the holder of network protocol patents, VirnetX, inching the case forward one judgment at a time.…
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by Kieren McCarthy on (#4MG56)
Just don't ask us to stop recording and storing them, says tech privacy leader Apple has hit pause on contractors listening into and making notes on recordings of people using its Siri digital assistant after the secretive practice was exposed.…
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by John Oates on (#4MG0B)
Definitely going on his Permanent Record Ex-NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden's memoir, Permanent Record, is to be published on 17 September – Constitution Day in the US.…
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Google bows to power of GDPR Germany's data protection commissioner in Hamburg has launched an investigation into Google over revelations that contracted workers were listening to recordings made via smart speakers.…
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by Gareth Corfield on (#4MFQ9)
Third time's a charm? Further details have emerged on the 737 Max flight control software bug discovered at the end of June, with reports suggesting that belated tests by a US regulator found the hitherto unknown bug.…
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by Max Smolaks on (#4MFKN)
Settle in because we are here for the long haul After a short-lived cease fire, the glorious leader of the United States has announced yet another round of tariffs on Chinese imports, due to be imposed in September.…
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by John Oates on (#4MFKP)
Study claims country richer in money is richer in wildlife, too Researchers from the Zoological Society of London and UCL have found a clear link between economic development and improved biodiversity.…
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by Iain Thomson on (#4MFE3)
System tracks who's next, but it's no stand-in for a good bartender's judgment Pics and video A British firm thinks it has found the answer to an age-old problem – how to decide which boozed-up revellers should get served at the bar first.…
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by Max Smolaks on (#4MFE5)
Movement of LEDs and chipmaking gubbins to be slowed The Japanese government has announced it will remove South Korea from its list of trusted export destinations, adding fuel to the fire of the ongoing trade conflict between the two countries.…
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by David Gordon on (#4MF9W)
Our panel is here to help you cut through the thickets of indifference Webcast Security professionals like you have a tough job. You can bang on about risks, threats, attack types and other scary stuff, explain the ins and outs of compliance, issue dire warnings about what might happen if your listeners don’t do the right thing – and they remain supremely unperturbed.…
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BT's digital network biz noticed it wasn't paying out enough BT's Openreach is forking out £14m to refund internet service providers for network outages and faults.…
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by John Oates on (#4MF5P)
Pint icons in comments please If you needed an excuse beyond it being Friday, why not raise a glass to the 11th International Beer Day?…
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