ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

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



Novel clickjacking attack relies on CSS and SVG

(2025/12/05)

Who needs JavaScript?



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



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