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Palo Alto kit sees massive surge in malicious activity amid mystery traffic flood
Malicious traffic targeting Palo Alto Networks' GlobalProtect portals surged almost 40-fold in the space of 24 hours, hitting a 90-day high and putting defenders on alert for whatever comes next.…
Systemd 259 release candidate flexes musl support – with long list of caveats
Along with new functionality, systemd is broadening its distro support even further, which will surely delight members of the wider Linux community.…
Manchester hits snooze again on joining Palantir-run NHS data platform
Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (ICB) has again put off its adoption of an NHS data platform prescribed by the UK government and run by Palantir until there is more evidence that it will be in the "best interests" of the city's population.…
Eleven years after Lenovo acquired IBM’s x86 server biz, profits are still elusive
Lenovo has again said its enterprise hardware business is on the cusp of becoming consistently profitable, despite the division again posting a loss after massive revenue growth.…
Palo Alto CEO tips nation-states to weaponize quantum computing by 2029
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora has suggested hostile nation-states will possess quantum computers in 2029, or even a little earlier, at which point most security appliances will need to be replaced.…
US, UK, Australia sanction Lockbit gang’s hosting provider
US, UK, Australia sanction Lockbit gang’s hosting provider ‘Bulletproof’ hosts partly dodged the last attack of this sort Cybercrime fighters in the US, UK, and Australia have imposed sanctions on several Russia-linked entities they claim provide hosting services to ransomware gangs Lockbit, BlackSuit, and Play.…
It's a good time to be the arms dealer for the AI boom
Nvidia kicked the can labeled "AI bubble" down the road on Wednesday.…
Fortinet 'fesses up to second 0-day within a week
Fortinet has confirmed that another flaw in its FortiWeb web application firewall has been exploited as a zero-day and issued a patch, just days after disclosing a critical bug in the same product that attackers had found and abused a month earlier.…
Devs gripe about having AI shoved down their throats
Some software developers complain that they're being required to use AI tools to the detriment of code quality and their own skills.…
Senators propose to let users sue tech giants for harmful algos
A pair of bipartisan senators wants to hold social media giants accountable for pushing content that radicalizes Americans.…
Pegasus XL rocket dusted off to rescue NASA’s Swift observatory from fiery demise
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, facing the risk of an uncontrolled dive back to Earth, is set for a rescue ride on a Pegasus XL, the air-dropped rocket that hasn't flown since 2021.…
Amazon security boss: Hostile countries use cyber targeting for physical military strikes
interview Warfare has become a joint cyber-kinetic endeavor, with nations using cyber operations to scope out targets before launching missiles. And private companies, including shipping, transportation, and electronics manufacturers, are getting caught in the crossfire, according to Amazon.…
DARPA making low-hanging satellites that use air to move
DARPA is on the verge of reaching a new low - an orbital one - as the Defense Department's research arm moves its Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) Otter satellite program into the production phase. …
Canada ups its European Space Agency bet 10x with $376M
Canada will boost its investment in European Space Agency (ESA) programs by CA$528.5 million ($376 million USD), a tenfold increase, according to the Canadian Space Agency.…
Ford rolls into the Xen Project as hypervisor gears up for autos
The Xen Project today delivered a major release of its hypervisor and associated tools, including contributions from automaker Ford, which quietly joined the project in June.…
US pumps $1B into Three Mile Island nuclear plant reboot to keep AI datacenters fed
The Trump administration is so eager to get extra power into the grid that it is offering a $1 billion loan to Constellation Energy to help it restart the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear facility.…
San Jose's 'warrantless' license plate queries land cops in court
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC) are suing the City of San Jose and its police department over alleged abuses of automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) technology.…
Mastodon CEO steps down with €1M payout and a deep sigh
Eugen Rochko, CEO and founder of decentralized social network Mastodon, is stepping down after nearly a decade at the helm and walking away with a sizable exit payment.…
Commodity memory prices set to double as fabs pivot to AI market
Memory prices could soon be double what they were earlier this year as chipmakers switch to advanced products to target the AI market, leaving a shortfall of more mature chips such as those meeting the LPDDR4 standard.…
Microsoft-SAP pact aims to keep Euro cloud running in a crisis
SAP and Microsoft have struck a partnership designed to provide safeguards for users of the US vendor's cloud services in Europe during "times of crisis."…