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Ivanti EPMM holes let miscreants plant shady listeners, CISA says

Fri, 2025-09-19 17:23
Unnamed org compromised with two malware sets

An unknown attacker has abused a couple of flaws in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) and deployed two sets of malware against an unnamed organization, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.…

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Microsoft insists Copilot+ PCs are 'empowering the future' – reality disagrees

Fri, 2025-09-19 16:02
Latest marketing blitz for a solution seeking a problem... and a killer app

Comment Microsoft suspects that a "transformative shift" is being driven in personal and enterprise computing by its Copilot+ PCs and an expanding Windows on Arm ecosystem.…

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Turns out Hayabusa2's next asteroid target isn't much bigger than the probe itself

Fri, 2025-09-19 15:15
It's also spinning twice as fast than thought, making a tricky rendezvous even trickier

Japan's Hayabusa2 probe faces a tougher mission after new measurements revealed its target asteroid is nearly three times smaller and spinning about twice as fast as originally estimated.…

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Ding ding: Fortra rings the perfect-10 bell over latest GoAnywhere MFT bug

Fri, 2025-09-19 14:30
Outside experts say the vulnerability has probably already been exploited

Budding ransomware crooks have another shot at exploiting Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT product now that a new 10/10 severity vulnerability needs patching.…

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Court lets NSF keep swinging axe at $1B in research grants

Fri, 2025-09-19 13:44
Judge rules there’s no quick fix for 1,700+ axed grants, leaving labs scrambling for cash while the lawsuit plays out

A US court has cleared the way for the National Science Foundation to press ahead with the cancellation of more than 1,700 research grants worth upwards of $1 billion. …

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Scattered Spider teen cuffed after buying games and meals with extortion bitcoin

Fri, 2025-09-19 13:02
Bad opsec

Thalha Jubair, one of the two UK teens arrested on Tuesday and accused of being members of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime gang, allegedly played a role in bilking more than 100 organizations out of at least $115 million in ransom payments. The cops nabbed him after following a number of clues, including paying for gift cards from a wallet on the same server that also held wallets receiving extortion payments.…

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One token to pwn them all: Entra ID bug could have granted access to every tenant

Fri, 2025-09-19 12:30
Until Microsoft lobbed it into a virtual volcano

A security researcher claims to have found a flaw that could have handed him the keys to almost every Entra ID tenant worldwide.…

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Nice try, sinners: Pope nixes idea of AI pontiff blessing netizens

Fri, 2025-09-19 12:00
Leo XIV voices concerns about AI taking jobs – and not just his own

Pope Leo XIV has crucified the idea of creating an AI version which would've allowed Catholics around the world to have a virtual audience with him – without the need for a trip to Vatican City.…

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User group says SAP's licensing models make cloud migration harder

Fri, 2025-09-19 11:15
DSAG criticizes separate regimes for public, private cloud, says users need more time to upgrade in uncertain times

SAP's German-speaking user group has warned that the enterprise software giant's current licensing regime is creating unwanted difficulties in launching cloud migration and upgrade projects.…

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OpenAI plugs ShadowLeak bug in ChatGPT that let miscreants raid inboxes

Fri, 2025-09-19 10:30
Radware says flaw enabled hidden email prompts to trick Deep Research agent into exfiltrating sensitive data

ChatGPT's research assistant sprung a leak – since patched – that let attackers steal Gmail secrets with just a single carefully crafted email.…

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Charities warn Ofcom too soft on Online Safety Act violators

Fri, 2025-09-19 10:00
Another blow for the legislation as Parliament continues to hear stakeholder views

As UK ministers continue to quiz stakeholders over the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act, one charity chief raised concerns over the robustness of Ofcom's enforcement of the controversial legislation.…

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British spreadsheet wizard will take mad skillz to Vegas after taking national Excel crown

Fri, 2025-09-19 09:06
Q: How many Excel users do you need to correctly set the number formatting of a cell? A: Monday, January 1st, 1900

The inaugural finals of the UK Excel Championship have come and gone, and there is now one spreadsheet wrangler to rule them all, at least in the United Kingdom.…

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Word to the wise: Don't tell your IT manager they're not in Excel

Fri, 2025-09-19 07:30
Contractor sneakily fired after pointing out odious ignorance

On Call Welcome to another installment of On Call, The Register's Friday frolic through your tales of delightful tech support encounters.…

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MI6 reveals 'Silent Courier' dark web portal upgrade it hopes will help it recruit new spies

Fri, 2025-09-19 06:27
YouTube vids explain digital tradecraft to reach spooks over Tor or VPN without blowing your cover

The UK’s Secret Intelligence Service, aka MI6, has created a dark web portal called “Silent Courier” that it hopes would-be foreign informants will find a suitably secure means of sharing secrets.…

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Slack threatened to delete nonprofit coding club’s data if it didn’t pay $50k in a week

Fri, 2025-09-19 05:15
Collaborationware CEO tried to smooth things over, but Hack Club now plans a strategy shift

Slack sent a nonprofit hacking club for teens a demand for $50,000, payable within a week, and threatened to delete the club’s message archive if it did not pay.…

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Pigs will fly: Uber Eats to trial drone delivery

Fri, 2025-09-19 02:56
Teams with UAV operator Flytrex for service that moves meals in minutes

Flying pigs may soon be on their way to some US households, after rideshare and food delivery behemoth Uber teamed with drone operator Flytrex for food delivery services.…

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Humanity now has zero active robots at Venus as Japan ends 15-year ‘Dawn’ mission

Fri, 2025-09-19 01:18
Thanks for the memories, Akatsuki

Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency has decided to abandon its Akatsuki Venus orbiter, after losing contact with the craft last year.…

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Microsoft boasts about humongous datacenter on abandoned Foxconn site in Wisconsin

Thu, 2025-09-18 23:20
In a state known for dairy, football, and broken tech dreams

Microsoft's CEO has claimed the operating system-slinger is building the "world's largest datacenter."…

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Intel and Nvidia sitting in a tree, NVLink-I-N-G

Thu, 2025-09-18 21:35
But still no hero customer for Chipzilla's Foundry biz

Nvidia is set to become one of Intel's largest shareholders after the GPU giant announced on Thursday it would invest $5 billion in the struggling chipmaker under a co-development agreement targeting PCs and datacenter infrastructure.…

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Google stuffs Chrome full of AI features whether you like it or not

Thu, 2025-09-18 20:44
Why browse the web yourself when an AI sidekick can spoon-feed it to you?

Now that it knows it won't be forced to sell its browser, Google is cramming AI into every vacant corner of Chrome it can find, whether you like it or not. …

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