Biden signs sweeping cybersecurity order, just in time for Trump to gut it
Ransomware, AI, secure software, digital IDs there's something for everyone in the presidential directive Analysis Joe Biden, in the final days of his US presidency, issued another cybersecurity order that is nearly as vast in scope as it is late in the game.
The Register: SpaceX resets Days Since Starship Exploded counter to zero
Anyone have any thoughts on Custom Windows builds I've seen a few pass by that are slimmed down with less or no telemetry. Today Windows X-Lite just passed my feed.
While I don't think I would use it for a business use, it is interesting and cool to see what people have done.
I tried one last year that removed almost everything with post install scripts. Ooof that image was a hot mess for me. Big case of too much.
Didn't stop me from looking over their work and take some ideas.
China to probe US chip subsidies as export curbs rattle allies
Beijing investigating claims of unfair competition in mature semiconductors The "chip wars" between the US and China show no sign of cooling off as Beijing prepares to examine whether America is unfairly subsidizing its own semiconductor companies. Meanwhile, Washington's latest export restrictions have angered even some of its
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Fortinet: FortiGate config leaks are genuine but misleading
Competition hots up with Ivanti over who can have the worst start to a year Fortinet has confirmed that previous analyses of records leaked by the Belsen Group are indeed genuine FortiGate configs stolen during a zero-day raid in 2022.
Hacker News: U.S. Sanctions North Korean IT Worker Network Supporting WMD Programs
The Register: China's Salt Typhoon spies spotted on US govt networks before telcos, CISA boss says
Microsoft heeft een bekend probleem opgelost dat ervoor zorgde dat Microsoft 365-applicaties en Classic Outlook crashten op systemen met Windows Server 2016 of Windows Server 2019.
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Clock ticking for TikTok as US Supreme Court upholds ban
With Biden reportedly planning to skirt enforcement and kick the can to Trump, this saga might still not be over The US Supreme Court has upheld a law requiring TikTok to either divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a ban in the United States. The decision eliminates the final legal obstacle to the federal governm
EU demands a peek under the hood of X's recommendation algorithms
Commission insists the timing has nothing to do with Musk meddling in German politics ahead of election The European Commission is stepping up its ongoing investigation of Elon Musk's X with a request to examine recent changes made to the platform's recommendation algorithms.
Hacker News: Python-Based Bots Exploiting PHP Servers Fuel Gambling Platform Proliferation
The Register: GM parks claims that driver location data was given to insurers, pushing up premiums
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Six vulnerabilities in ubiquitous rsync tool announced and fixed in a day
Turns out tool does both file transfers and security fixes fast Don't panic. Yes, there were a bunch of CVEs affecting potentially hundreds of thousands of users found in rsync in early December and made public on Tuesday but a fixed version came out the same day, and was further tweaked for better compatibility the
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Germany unleashes AMD-powered Hunter supercomputer
15 million system to serve as testbed for larger Herder supercomputer coming in 2027 Hundreds of AMD APUs fired up on Thursday as Germany's High-Performance Computing Center (HLRS) at the University of Stuttgart announced the completion of its latest supercomputer dubbed Hunter.
Hacker News: Critical Flaws in WGS-804HPT Switches Enable RCE and Network Exploitation
The Register: AI datacenters putting zero emissions promises out of reach
Mastodons CEO & Creator is handing Control to a new Nonprofit Organization. :mastodon:
The decentralized social network has announced plans to transfer its ownership to a new nonprofit entity. Mastodon will move away from the control of CEO Eugen Rochko, in contrast to the power exerted by other social media CEOs like Meta cofounder Mark Zuckerberg and X owner Elon Musk.
Copilot invades Microsoft 365 Personal and Family for an extra three bucks a month
Many users less than impressed by unexpected arrival of AI assistant in Word Copilot is coming to Microsoft 365 Personal and Family, and Vulture Central has had some hands-on experience with the generative AI assistant's attempts to be helpful.
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Apple solves broken news alerts by turning off the AI
Summaries will return when Apple Intelligence has 'improved' Apple has released a new beta of iOS 18.3 and tacitly admitted that, yes, its AI-generated notification summaries need a bit more work.
Hacker News: How to Bring Zero Trust to Wi-Fi Security with a Cloud-based Captive Portal
The Register: Microsoft eggheads say AI can never be made secure after testing Redmond's own products
IBM swoops in to rescue UK Emergency Services Network after Motorola shown the door
With a near half-billion-pound price hike bringing contract value to 1.4B IBM has secured a deal with the UK Home Office to supply user services for the troubled Emergency Service Network (ESN) upgrade, providing voice and data communications after Motorola withdrew from the project.
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Sure, I wouldn't develop software with "cat > /dev/mem" anymore and I love good tools that help me do my job better, but in general it's not the tool, you fool, why (large) and projects go badly or fail.
The reason projects fail is not because of or , but simply because of incompetent people in charge of a project and bad, bloated and changing requirements (and of course too little time and money).
Garbage in, garbage out.
Medusa ransomware group claims attack on UK's Gateshead Council
Pastes allegedly stolen documents on leak site with 600K demand Another year and yet another UK local authority has been pwned by a ransomware crew. This time it's Gateshead Council in North East England at the hands of the Medusa group.
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Hacker News: New 'Sneaky 2FA' Phishing Kit Targets Microsoft 365 Accounts with 2FA Code Bypass
The Register: Windows Patch Tuesday hits snag with Citrix software, workarounds published
Brit government contractor CloudKubed enters administration
Home Office, Department for Work and Pensions supplier in hands of FRP Advisory A self-described specialist supplier of "transformational data and AI solutions" to the UK government has called in the administrative receivers.
Tech support fill-in given no budget, no help, no training, and no empathy for his plight
Fixed the problem anyway with no approval for a purchase and no permission to use a device On Call When the weekend rolls around, nobody needs permission to do whatever they desire. Unless, of course, they're required to be available to support tech a restriction we mark each week in On Call, the column that cele
Hacker News: European Privacy Group Sues TikTok and AliExpress for Illicit Data Transfers to China