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Analysts tell El Reg why Russia's operators aren't that careful, and why North Korea wants money AND data

Feature  Ransomware gangsters and state-sponsored online spies fall on opposite ends of the cyber-crime spectrum.…

Einstein’s spooky action at a distance just got an upgrade

Oxford University researchers have taken a significant step toward large-scale distributed quantum computing by demonstrating the first successful quantum teleportation of a controlled quantum gate between two modules.…

Previous NOM4D experiments have gone so well, says project leader, that it's time to get real

After several years of lab-testing ideas for orbital manufacturing technology, the US Department of Defense's research arm has decided to head into orbit for the latest round of experiments. …

'Near-global' initial access campaign active since 2021

An initial-access subgroup of Russia's Sandworm last year wriggled its way into networks within the US, UK, Canada and Australia, stealing credentials and data from "a limited number of organizations," according to Microsoft.…

40 m or 90 m? The difference matters in the case of impact

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to be pointed at asteroid 2024 YR4 to reduce uncertainty regarding the chances of the object impacting Earth in the coming years.…

Will the Pentagon get Luckey with a new IVAS vendor?

Microsoft plans to quit developing augmented-reality headsets for the US Army and have Oculus founder Palmer Luckey's Anduril Industries take over the gig.…

Supply chain and regulatory hurdles likely to shrink figures

US tech sanctions and supply chain readiness for racks of Nvidia's latest gear will likely cause AI server sales to cool-off in 2025.…

Engineer was behind the HEC series and more

Obit  Raymond Bird, who developed the UK's first mass-produced business computer, the Hollerith Electronic Computer (HEC), has died at the digitally apropos age of 101.…

'Stranded' Starliner astronauts set for a March homecoming

The crew of the Boeing Starliner test mission is set to return to Earth ahead of schedule after managers decided to swap the Crew Dragon originally planned for the Axiom-4 flight with Crew-10.…

Only lawmakers can stop them. Plus: software needs to be more secure, but what's in it for us?

Google says the the world's lawmakers must take action against the increasing links between criminal and state-sponsored cyber activity.…

Captain's Log, Stardate 3529.7 – oh yeah, Commish also withdrawing law that would help folks sue over AI harms

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will top up a continental AI push to hit €200 billion ($207 billion).…

Users' sluggish migration of critical apps mean current deadline not workable, says analyst

By 2030, 40 percent of SAP customers currently using its legacy ERP systems will still not have migrated to the latest software, prompting the business apps giant to rethink its support deadline.…

Economy-boosting bit barn? Not in my back yard, some locals expected to say

The British government is pressing ahead with "AI Growth Zones" amid fears the rush to build datacenters to power AI could backfire and leave the countryside littered with expensive high-tech "white elephants."…

Four months since cloud drive kicked the bucket, but resolution comes today... hopefully

Interview  How long can a cloud storage outage continue before customers finally give up the ghost? Management at Murena – /e/OS maker – must have wrestled with this at night, though they hope a fix is around the corner.…

GDPR-compliant service pitched for public sector orgs who can't pipe data offsite

Oracle is launching a Fusion Cloud Applications Suite (FCAS) on its Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud in a move designed to offer app users greater assurance in compliance with the region's data law.…

If only the joy of missing out was easier to achieve

Column  I've never seriously accepted the maxim "ignorance is bliss". Now I'm less sure.…

When your state machines are vulnerable, all bets are off

Opinion  All malicious attacks on digital systems have one common aim: taking control. Mostly, that means getting a CPU somewhere to turn traitor, running code that silently steals or scrambles your data. That code can ride into the system in a whole spectrum of ways, but usually it has to be in memory somewhere at some time, making it amenable to counter-attack.…

Numerous systemic vulnerabilities could scuttle $5.4T industry

Despite the escalating cyber threats targeting America's maritime transportation system, the US Coast Guard still lacks a comprehensive strategy to secure this critical infrastructure - nor does it have reliable access to data on cybersecurity vulnerabilities and past attacks, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) warns.…

Which is why Cisco is adding these Pensando DPUs to more switches

Cisco is cramming into more of its switches Pensando data processing units (DPUs) from AMD, which will be dedicated to handling security, storage, and other tasks.…

More than a decade on, waste experts say the odds of finding those coins are next to nil

Denied permission to excavate a landfill in search of his missing Bitcoin, Newport, Wales resident James Howells has a new plan: buy the soon-to-be-capped dumping site outright from the city council.…