There's a good chance your VPN is vulnerable to privacy-menacing TunnelCrack attack (2023/08/10) Especially on Apple gear, uni team says
Viasat probe into ailing $700M satellite casts shadow over Q1 results (2023/08/10) 'We understand the risks involved in space systems, and have insurance'
Epic snub by Supreme Court in battle to escape Apple App Store payment prison (2023/08/10) This fight over IAP is getting, dare we say, unreal
Microsoft 365 guest accounts + Power Apps = security nightmare (2023/08/10) Black Hat A login, a PA trial license, and some good old hacking are all that's needed to nab SQL databases
Shifting to two-factor auth is hard to do. GitHub recommends the long game (2023/08/10) Black Hat Slow and steady wins this race with users
NASA to test potential 400Mbps laser link for Mars (2023/08/10) High bandwidth comms experiment to fly with Psyche asteroid mission in October
Google AI red team lead says this is how criminals will likely use ML for evil (2023/08/10) DEF CON Prompt injection, data poisoning just to name a couple
Have you ever suspected your colleague doesn't hope this email finds you well?* (2023/08/10) Poll Grrrrrrr.... Why are you sending 15 bloody messages in 10 seconds? Stop pressing return
GNOME 45 beta: Less buggy, more colorful, and still not your grandma's desktop (2023/08/10) Codenamed Riga after the venue for this year's GUADEC conference
Get your staff's consent before you monitor them, tech inquiry warns (2023/08/10) Plus: British government's push to reform data protection is working against the cause
Larry Ellison a major contributor to Blair Institute vaccine database plan (2023/08/10) A relationship forged in UK government IT continues to blossom
Infosys launches 'sonic identity' – an aural logo to 'reinforce brand purpose' (2023/08/10) LogoWatch It’s a 'digital metaphor' that signals the sound of opportunity, apparently
Most distant observed star is blue – and it isn't alone (2023/08/10) Light from Earendel takes 12.9 billion years to reach Earth, and it's serendipitous the JWST can see it at all
Biden administration restricts US investment in tech China's military might employ (2023/08/10) Venture capital is helping Beijing arm and Washington wants that to stop
India launches contest to build homegrown web browser (2023/08/10) Almost certainly based on a FOSS engine, but with tweaks for the nation's particular needs
Lawsuit: We've got the stats to prove Twitter ax fell unfairly on older, female engineers (2023/08/10) Seven ex-tweeps bring the receipts, as the kids say
Ukraine's Victor Zhora: Russia's cyber 'war crimes' will continue after ground invasion ends (2023/08/10) Black Hat International laws needed 'to bring accountability' govt chief tells The Reg
Never mind room temperature, LK-99 slammed as 'not a superconductor at all' (2023/08/10) It may actually be the anti-superconductor, quips one research team
Nearly every AMD CPU since 2017 vulnerable to Inception data-leak attacks (2023/08/10) It's like a nesting doll of security flaws
US Supreme Court allows 'ghost guns' to fall under federal purview (2023/08/10) 3D printers beware, Biden's on the Build-Your-Own-Blunderbuss beat