Re-volting: AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization undone by electrical attack (2021/08/13) Fault injection technique presents risk in cloud environments from rogue admins
China stops networked vehicle data going offshore under new infosec rules (2021/08/13) Hands-off driving detectors required, over-the-air updates to be strictly regulated
Perhaps regretting those Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions, UK watchdog suggests Facebook offloads GIF haven Giphy (2021/08/13) BTW is that pronounced Jiffy or?
FISMA's a fizzer, says Cisco, and calls on Congress to get cyber security policy right – pronto (2021/08/13) Organizational structure, piecemeal approach and hiring practices all need to change, says Borg security bigwig
Alibaba to offer self-defense training in response to sexual assault allegation (2021/08/13) Pledges to 'strengthen organizational guardrails' with raft of new policy and training initiatives
Huawei stole our tech and created a 'backdoor' to spy on Pakistan, claims IT biz (2021/08/13) Allegations of purloined trade secrets, unfair competition, national security threats, and more packed into lawsuit
Facebook now says it won't recall staff to its offices until 2022 due to delta variant (2021/08/13) It's the Social distancing Network™
GitHub picks Friday 13th to kill off password-based Git authentication (2021/08/13) Plus: eBPF Foundation emerges, Exchange severs probed for ProxyShell holes, and more
NASA blames the wrong kind of Martian rock for Perseverance sample failure (2021/08/12) Not a hardware or software bug, for a change
US govt scores a point against Assange in run-up to extradition appeal showdown (2021/08/12) Judge wrong to prevent Uncle Sam from challenging psychiatrist's suicide risk report, says High Court
Thunderbird 91 lands: Now native on Apple Silicon, swaps 'master' for 'primary' password, and more (2021/08/12) Project said to be well resourced, lots of tweaks in new version, plenty more to do
Beige Against the Machine: The IBM PC turns 40 (2021/08/12) 5150: Not just a medical emergency, also the beginning of the office brick
Think your backups will protect you against ransomware? They’re top of the target list (2021/08/12) Zoom in on zero trust by tuning in and finding out
Workday makes Google preferred partner for public cloud weeks after demise of Amazon project revealed (2021/08/12) SaaSy HR firm gets around a bit
Lockbit ransomware attack didn't affect ops, claims Accenture amid lurid payoff rumours (2021/08/12) No word on whether gang got their mitts on data, though
After 15 months in preview, GitHub releases Codespaces – probably the fanciest new shiny since Actions (2021/08/12) Teams and Enterprise only for now
Where's the nearest exit? ServiceNow continues on acquisition spree with interior mapping startup Mapwize (2021/08/12) PostgreSQL acceleration outfit Swarm64 also nabbed
Taiwan president pokes the bear by saying the nation needs to lessen its supply chain dependency on China (2021/08/12) Tsai Ing-wen also expressed desire to attract external tech talent in rare interview
Elementary OS 6 Odin released on a 'pay what you want' basis (2021/08/12) Principled Linux distro with curated apps, but spartan install may flummox newbies
COVID-19 cases surge as do sales of fake vaccination cards – around $100 for something you could get free (2021/08/12) Vaccine deceit is infectious