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Rideshare companies in India are asking for tips before the trip
India’s consumer affairs minister has criticized Uber for adding a feature that allows users to tip their driver before a trip as an incentive to take a job.…
Suspected creeps behind DanaBot malware that hit 300K+ computers revealed
The US Department of Justice has unsealed indictments against 16 people accused of spreading and using the DanaBot remote-control malware that infected more than 300,000 computers, plus operating a botnet of the same name, and appears set to shutter its operations.…
Ivanti makes dedicated fans of Chinese spies who just can't resist attacking its buggy kit
A suspected Chinese government spy group is behind the rash of attacks that exploit two Ivanti bugs that can be chained together to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE), according to analysts at threat intelligence outfit EclecticIQ.…
US Navy sailor charged in horrific child sextortion case
The FBI has filed an affidavit detailing how it identified a US Navy man who was allegedly distributing child sex abuse material (CSAM) through Discord.…
Feds finger Russian 'behind Qakbot malware' that hit 700K computers
Uncle Sam on Thursday unsealed criminal charges and a civil forfeiture case against a Russian national accused of leading the cybercrime ring behind Qakbot, the notorious malware that infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide and helped fuel ransomware attacks costing victims tens of millions of dollars.…
Anthropic Claude 4 models a little more willing than before to blackmail some users
Anthropic on Thursday announced the availability of Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, the latest iteration of its Claude family of machine learning models.…
Space Force tech mission threatened by staff and funding black hole
The US Space Force has been struggling to achieve its technological goals, and Chief of Space Operations General B. Chance Saltzman told senators this week that civilian layoffs and budget cuts aren't helping matters at all. …
Chinese snoops tried to break into US city utilities, says Talos
A suspected Chinese crew has been exploiting a now-patched remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Trimble Cityworks to break into US local government networks and target utility management systems, according to Cisco's Talos threat intelligence group.…
Bain launches datacenter biz for Euros worried about climate change and Trump
Investment biz Bain Capital is getting further into the datacenter sector with the launch of an operation serving hyperscalers in Europe, potentially positioning itself to benefit from customer unease over US hyperscalers.…
SAP users grapple with 50% premium for industry-standard service levels
News that SAP users face a 30-50 percent premium to get some cloud products – including core ERP – to industry-standard service levels threatens to overshadow the German vendor's annual conference as new pricing models, performance, and partner arrangements dominate the conversation.…
Irish Data Protection Commission clears Meta to train AI on EU citizens' data
The Irish Data Protection Commission has cleared the way for Meta to begin slurping up the data of European citizens next week, ongoing legal challenges notwithstanding. …
Russia expected to pass experimental law that tracks foreigners in Moscow via smartphones
Foreigners in Moscow will now be subject to a new experimental law that affords the state enhanced tracking mechanisms via a smartphone app.…
Neptune OS is Debian made easy but, boy, does it need some housekeeping
Neptune is a moderately tweaked Debian remix with KDE Plasma 5, a few alternative app choices, and a longer history than we anticipated.…
Signal shuts the blinds on Microsoft Recall with the power of DRM
Chat app biz Signal is unhappy with the current version of Microsoft Recall and has invoked some Digital Rights Management (DRM) functionality in Windows to stop the tool from snapshotting private conversations.…
AI can't replace freelance coders yet, but that day is coming
Freelance coders take solace: while AI models can perform a lot of the real-world coding tasks that companies contract out, they do so less effectively than a human.…
'Close to impossible' for Europe to escape clutches of US hyperscalers
European organizations wanting to break free of American cloud operators may find their hopes dashed, according to industry analysts, for a number of reasons including a sheer lack of datacenter capacity.…
AROS turns any PC into an Amiga with USB-bootable distro
The FOSS recreation of AmigaOS is making progress. A new edition runs entirely from a USB key, so you can temporarily turn your PC into an Amiga – without any tricky installation process.…
Scottish council admits ransomware crooks stole school data
Scotland's West Lothian Council has confirmed that data was stolen from its education network after the Interlock ransomware group claimed responsibility for the intrusion earlier this month.…
VMware price hikes? Between 800 and 1,500%, claim Euro customers
Broadcom has upped VMware licensing costs by between eight to 15 times since it took over the organization, and a lack of alternatives in the tech industry means trade and end customers have no choice but to play ball.…
Europe is Russian to sanction Putin's pals over 'hybrid' threats
The European Union has sanctioned Russia-linked entities it says jammed GPS signals, sabotaged undersea cables, and ran a web hosting business that aided "information manipulation interference and cyber-attacks."…