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Cautionary tale from the recent SonicWall attacks

Failing to encrypt sensitive data leaves you wide open to attack. During the recent SonicWall attack spree, intruders bypassed multi-factor authentication (MFA) in at least one case, because a user's recovery codes were left sitting in a plaintext file on their desktop.…

There's more than warm power supplies and wonky capacitors

Opinion  The Voyager space probes are dear to the hearts of every geek who can remember the 1980s.…

Breathe deep on internet fumes

Discarded vapes are becoming the new cigarette butts in pollution terms, but a hacker has found a novel way to repurpose the chips they contain to build a web server.…

Study also finds M&A and changes to operating model on the way for sector

More than half of tech companies are considering a complete restructure or changing their operating model in response to AI, according to research from the consulting sector.…

We remind the world yet again that science fiction is usually a warning, not an aspiration

Look to science fiction and you'll find plenty of pathways to create super soldiers. There's cloning or genetic engineering. If that fails, you could try in-utero enhancements, or maybe some cybernetic augmentation. DARPA has a different idea for the real world: inject 'em up with super blood.…

'Wow this is dangerous' says Django co-creator, while others call feature a 'game-changer'

OpenAI has added a beta of Developer mode to ChatGPT, enabling full read and write support for MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools, though the documentation describes the feature as dangerous.…

Doing a simple system reset may not be enough to save you from fines and lawsuits

With the end of Windows 10's regular support cycle fast approaching, and a good five years since the COVID pandemic spurred a wave of hardware replacements to support remote work, many IT departments are in the process of refreshing their fleets. But what they do with decommissioned systems is just as important as the shiny new ones they buy.…

Microsoft removes safeguard hold thanks to updated drivers

Microsoft has resolved a Windows 11 24H2 problem with devices using Dirac audio as the 25H2 update waits in the wings.…

Bank says incident went undetected for over a year before discovery in June

A US fintech biz is writing to nearly 700,000 customers because a former employee may have accessed or acquired their data after leaving the company.…

Kimsuky gang proves that with the right wording, you can turn generative AI into a counterfeit factory

North Korean spies used ChatGPT to generate a fake military ID for use in an espionage campaign against a South Korean defense-related institution, according to new research.…

Chip giant accused of breaching conditions of $6.9B Mellanox takeover

China has dealt Nvidia another blow, finding the chipmaker in violation of the country's anti-monopoly Law and escalating a long-running regulatory headache into a full investigation.…

Downdetector logged 40,000 reports before service flickered back

Elon Musk's Starlink satellite broadband network went dark today as thousands of users around the globe reported connectivity issues.…

As post-cyberattack layoffs begin, labor org argues UK goverment should step in

The UK's chief automotive workers' union is calling on the government to establish a Covid-esque furlough scheme for the thousands of individuals who face losing their jobs due to the cyber-related downtime at Jaguar Land Rover.…

PLUS: Japan woos Micron, again; China launches chip dumping probe; Mitsubishi expands opsec empire; and more!

Asia in Brief  Criminals appear to be moving cyber-scam centers to vulnerable countries.…

Sign 'relationship agreement' as Bharti Mittal and Vittal take non-exec directorships

BT - Britain's former state-owned telecoms monopoly - has confirmed that execs from Bharti Global, its largest shareholder, are joining the board with immediate effect.…

Peers will quiz campaigners on whether Ofcom's new measures will actually work, or just add more compliance pain

The House of Lords is about to put the latest child-protection plans of UK regulator the Office of Communications (Ofcom) under the microscope.…

Ministers concerned Treasury governance team may be distracted about supervising vital efforts

UK ministers have questioned the government's decision to seemingly downgrade huge public sector tech projects as HM Treasury takes a greater role in so-called "mega-projects."…

Student thought she had the hang of this 'Linux' thing and its kooky CLI

Who, Me?  It's Monday morning, and a week of possibilities presents itself to IT pros everywhere. Which is why The Register brings you another edition of Who, Me? It's the reader-contributed column in which we remind you what not to do with your day, your week, and your career, by sharing stories of your worst workplace mistakes and the contortions you made to survive them.…

Virtualization tool for hyperscalers now scales to 8,192 vCPUs

The Cloud Hypervisor project has introduced a No AI code policy.…

PLUS: China's Great Firewall springs a leak; FBI issues rare 'Flash Alert' of Salesforce attacks; $10m bounty for alleged Russian hacker; and more

Infosec In Brief  15 ransomware gangs, including Scattered Spider and Lapsus$, have announced that they are going dark, and say no more attacks will be carried out in their name.…