Crims using social media images, videos in 'virtual kidnapping' scams (2025/12/06) Proof of life? Or an active social media presence?
Salesforce has come up with the most credible threat yet to ServiceNow, and Benioff is crowing about it (2025/12/05) Some within the CRM giant balked, but Benioff prevailed
Cloudflare blames Friday outage on borked fix for React2shell vuln (2025/12/05) Security community needs to rally and share more info faster, one researcher says
EU metes out first-ever Digital Services Act fine, dings X for blue check deception (2025/12/05) TikTok, by contrast, satisfied DSA concerns over its ad repository transparency
Microsoft 365 boosts prices in 2026 … to pay for more AI and security (2025/12/05) All those new features won’t fund themselves
Tech leaders fill $1T AI bubble, insist it doesn't exist (2025/12/05) Even as enterprises defer spending and analysts spot dotcom-era warning signs
Asus supplier hit by ransomware attack as gang flaunts alleged 1 TB haul (2025/12/05) Laptop maker says a vendor breach exposed some phone camera code, but not its own systems
Beijing-linked hackers are hammering max-severity React bug, AWS warns (2025/12/05) State-backed attackers started poking flaw as soon as it dropped – anyone still unpatched is on borrowed time
Salesforce finds new AI monetization knobs to twist (2025/12/05) With seat and usage-based deals back on the table, CRM giant tells investors agent prices are going up
Linux 6.18 crowned LTS kernel – and Alpine 3.23 wastes no time adopting it (2025/12/05) Umpteen other distros just put out new versions, but this one is our favorite
Irish Excel whiz sheets all over the competition in Vegas showdown (2025/12/05) Diarmuid Early takes world title after outpacing 11 rivals
UK pushes ahead with facial recognition expansion despite civil liberties backlash (2025/12/05) Plan would create statutory powers for police use of biometrics, prompting warnings of mass surveillance
FreeBSD 15 trims legacy fat and revamps how OS is built (2025/12/05) Project retires 32-bit ports, embraces pkgbase, and modernizes build process
Pension portal launch fail sends Capita running to Microsoft for help (2025/12/05) Union fields member complaints as it presses outsourcer over botched rollout
Cloudflare suffers second outage in as many months during routine maintenance (2025/12/05) Updated The Reg is still standing (this time) despite our best efforts
Bots, bias, and bunk: How can you tell what's real on the net? (2025/12/05) Opinion You can improve the odds by combining skepticism, verification habits, and a few technical checks
Vendor's secret 'fix' made critical app unusable during business hours (2025/12/05) On Call Medical software maker also had a vastly unhealthy approach to security
Proxmox delivers its software-defined datacenter contender and VMware escape hatch (2025/12/05) New ‘Datacenter Manager’ manages VMs across multiple sites or clusters
HPE's server and hybrid cloud revenue go into reverse amid historical hardware splurge (2025/12/05) Never mind, says jolly green giant, we’re a networking-centric company now