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Puppet shows its hand: All your software is belong to us

Special reportIn the future code is going to be managed and deployed by other code

Como–D'oh! Infosec duo exploits OCR flaw to nab a website's HTTPS cert

Pair abused typo blind spot to game certificate authority

Lessons from the Mini: Before revamping or rebooting anything, please read this

How not to throw the baby out with the bathwater

DNS devastation: Top websites whacked offline as Dyn dies again

Security

Pacemaker maker St Jude faces new security flaw claims from biz short-selling its stock

This is not the way to get vulnerabilities fixed
10 Comments
22 Oct 12:30
Bootnotes

Judge nailed for trying to bribe Fed with fizzy water (aka Bud Light)

Attempt to steal wife's text messages gets all watered down
40 Comments
22 Oct 09:04
Artificial Intelligence

Machine-learning craze reaches freelancers: AI skills sought for gigs

Fed up with artificial intelligence hype? The blather is only just beginning
21 Oct 22:08
News Bytes
AT&T wants Time Warner
21 Oct 19:18
Duck Google's data grab
21 Oct 19:05
Banks don’t give a 2FA
15 Comments
21 Oct 09:08
Internet of Things

Today the web was broken by countless hacked devices – your 60-second summary

Updated IoT gadgets behind tens of millions of IP addresses flooded DNS biz Dyn
139 Comments
21 Oct 21:45
Security

Como–D'oh! Infosec duo exploits OCR flaw to nab a website's HTTPS cert

Pair abused typo blind spot to game certificate authority
22 Comments
21 Oct 20:40
Science

Smoking hole found on Mars where Schiaparelli lander, er, 'landed'

Pic 4KM plummet to surface shattered Euro spacecraft
57 Comments
21 Oct 19:27
Data Networking

DNS devastation: Top websites whacked offline as Dyn dies again

Twitter, Amazon, AirBnB, Github and many others hit in DDoS attack on infrastructure
67 Comments
21 Oct 18:55
Science

Boffins twist beams of neutrons into pasta to cook up holograms

Fun but it's probably better for measuring really small things
21 Oct 17:42

Don't miss Dirty COW explained: Get a moooo-ve on and patch Linux root hole

Storage

Gartner's seers pass judgement on storage industry leaders

Quadrantic magicians do their square rating thingy
21 Oct 17:12
Storage

Acronis: Yep, we're using blockchain for backup now

Blockchain timestamped hashing fraud check
21 Oct 16:02
Cloud

OpenStack-flinger Mirantis signs landmark NTT deal

Private cloud - as a service, sir?
21 Oct 15:31
Servers

EMC moves into Dell house: Where'd I put the spoons?

Comment Check the Org chart, will you
21 Oct 15:05
The Channel
Man throws briefcase in the air happily on the beach. Photo by Shutterstock

Hewlett Packard Enterprise gives UK boss control of Ireland

No, not the whole country, just the whole country operation
21 Oct 14:47
Security

Dyn dinged by DDoS: US DNS firm gives web a bad hair day

Reddit, Github, Airbnb and pals affected
24 Comments
21 Oct 14:23
Bootnotes
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 04, 2014: Pogba of France and Hoewedes of Germany during the World Cup Quarter-finals game between France and Germany in the Estadio Maracana. NO USE IN BRAZIL.

New measurement alert. The Pogba: 1,200Pg = NHS annual budget

Reg Standards Bureau You gotta have standards
25 Comments
21 Oct 14:01
Bootnotes

Today is the 211th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar

Toast the Immortal Memory of Admiral Lord Nelson, shipmates
44 Comments
21 Oct 13:43
Security

Hax0rs sow Discord by using VoIP service to sling malware at gamers

Not even playtime's safe these days
21 Oct 13:31
The Channel

Computacenter Q3 numbers lifted by weak British Pound

'Hurrah for the Euro and our services biz in Germany' cheers reseller titan
21 Oct 12:58
Broadband

Hapless Network Rail contractors KO broadband in Uxbridge

30 cables cut and countless masts out of action
42 Comments
21 Oct 12:29
Business

No matter who becomes US president, America's tech giants are going to be quids in

Both parties promising massive tax break on overseas earnings
27 Comments
21 Oct 11:56
Security

Hack us and you're basically attacking America, says UK defence sec

And we'll attack you back, promises Defence Secretary
36 Comments
21 Oct 11:43
Broadband

Meet the slimeballs who are openly sabotaging Virgin Media

Amazingly slow Shropshire attack causes sluggish services
45 Comments
21 Oct 11:17
Business

UK fintech firm reaches for Ireland Brexit escape hatch

Seeks passporting clarity
30 Comments
21 Oct 10:58
Bootnotes

Lessons from the Mini: Before revamping or rebooting anything, please read this

How not to throw the baby out with the bathwater
131 Comments
21 Oct 10:24
Bootnotes
Boris saying 'I am invincible'! Pic: Eon Productions

Oh joy. You can now buy a gold plated quadcopter drone

And fly it at more than 16 times the legally permitted height, we're told
22 Comments
21 Oct 10:02
Bootnotes
Statler and Waldorf - copyright - The Walt Disney company - the muppets studio

What will happen when I'm too old to push? (buttons, that is)

Something for the Weekend, Sir? Glitzy gadgets begin to lose their appeal
120 Comments
21 Oct 09:35
Business
Woman serves at beginning of tennis game. Photo by Shutterstock

Sky’s CEO drops MVNO bombshell at results conference

Firm's sure to use its sports lure to bring in the punters
14 Comments
21 Oct 09:02
Business

Hardware ain't hard, money is: Crowdfunding, bootstraps and startups

Radbot Can you rattle the tin for marketing? Really?
21 Oct 08:24
Business

Sysadmin flees asbestos scare with disk drive, blank pay cheques, angry builders in pursuit

On-Call And he needed rather obscure controllers to get anything working again
57 Comments
21 Oct 08:02
Data Centre

AMD is a rounding error on Intel's spreadsheet and that sucks for us all

Zen biz's only hope is to avoid Chipzilla's wrath, it seems
41 Comments
21 Oct 07:36
DevOps

Puppet shows its hand: All your software is belong to us

Special report In the future code is going to be managed and deployed by other code
18 Comments
21 Oct 07:17
Government

Glued-shut IT wallets hindered UK govt's programmes – study

Viewing big initiatives as tech projects not helpful, say Brunel researchers
21 Oct 07:01
Security

Slack whacks global account hijack holes

For a while there your Slack account could be hijacked with just a username
21 Oct 06:30
Virtualization

Rogue sysadmins the target of Microsoft's new 'Shielded VM' security

VMware's also trying to stop Dennis Nedry in vSphere 6.5, but both trail the NSA and Xen
11 Comments
21 Oct 05:55
Security

Fruity hacking group juiced by Microsoft's October patch parade

Get your patching done, people, this Font-borne bug is being actively exploited
15 Comments
21 Oct 05:29
Science

Two new dinosaurs walked from South America to Australia, via Antarctica

Skeleton suggests beast as long as a London bus
21 Comments
21 Oct 04:56
Security

Spam scum ping global blacklists to wreck rep

Email pests seek clean machines for better hit rates.
21 Oct 04:02
Government

IBM throws ISP under a bus for Australia's #Censusfail

Big Blue claims ISP allowed DDoS. ISP says IBM rejected DDoS advice and services
14 Comments
21 Oct 02:38
Security

Dirty COW explained: Get a moooo-ve on and patch Linux root hole

Code dive Widespread flaw can be easily exploited to hijack PCs, servers, gizmos, phones
83 Comments
21 Oct 02:21
Security
Image by 9 George http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-607441p1.html

Google pays $100k to anti-malware crusader Giovanni Vigna

Prolific malware murderer bags Mountain View's Security, Privacy and Anti-Abuse award
21 Oct 01:58
Security
Archer cracks the ISIS mainframe's password

DIY website builder Weebly was secured feebly

43m credentials lifted, plus 58m more at Modern Business Solutions and 22m from FourSquare
21 Oct 00:55
Cloud
Satya Nadella

Microsoft kinda did OK this quarter – but whatever, Wall Street loves Satya Nadella

It's the cloud economy, stupid
14 Comments
21 Oct 00:05
Data Centre

Verizon: Data center sale going nicely. Yahoo! bid? Not so much

Lawyers now working to decide how much to knock off the Purple Palace offer
20 Oct 21:54
Security

Three million debit cards at risk after hackers raid Indian payment systems

It wasn't us, gov! Hitachi Payment Services denies its ATMs were pwned
20 Oct 20:37
Business

Despite best efforts, fewer and fewer women are working in tech

It's not the boardroom that needs a change, it's the classroom
87 Comments
20 Oct 20:25

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