Barts NHS hack leaves folks on tenterhooks over extortion BlackCat pounces on 7TB of data and theatens to release it Black Hat and DEF CON11 Jul 2023 | 23
LockBit louts unload ransomware at Japan’s most prolific cargo port Nagoya Harbor hit the rocks yesterday but looks to be afloat once more Black Hat and DEF CON06 Jul 2023 | 1
RAM-ramming Rowhammer is back – to uniquely fingerprint devices Just use it sparingly, as it may crash equipment or burn out memory Black Hat and DEF CON05 Jul 2023 | 30
Suspected bank-infecting OPERA1ER crime boss cuffed Cops reckon gang swiped as much as $30M from financial orgs Black Hat and DEF CON05 Jul 2023 |
Let's have a chat about Java licensing, says unsolicited Oracle email Exclusive Don't tell Big Red too much, experts advise Sysadmin Month05 Jul 2023 | 73
Singapore tells crypto operators: act like grown up financial institutions Digital payment skeptics of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but grifters and crims Black Hat and DEF CON05 Jul 2023 | 10
No open door for India's tech workers in any UK trade deal Both countries want it, but respective red lines could torpedo an agreement Sysadmin Month04 Jul 2023 | 219
You've patched right? '340K+ Fortinet firewalls' wide open to critical security bug That's a vulnerability that's under attack, fix available ... cancel those July 4th plans, perhaps? Black Hat and DEF CON03 Jul 2023 | 13
Us, hacked by LockBit? No, says TSMC, that would be our IT supplier So, uh, who's gonna pay that $70M ransom? Black Hat and DEF CON30 Jun 2023 | 3
Microsoft signs 1.5 million seat contract for Office 365 and more $940m agreement with one of world's largest employers is value for money, we are assured Sysadmin Month30 Jun 2023 | 49
This Windows update is snarling up some endpoint security tools Malwarebytes and Trellix upgrades to the rescue Sysadmin Month29 Jun 2023 | 9
The death of the sysadmin has been predicted for years – we're not holding our breath Register Kettle We'd sure like to see a bot unpick a failed update or handle users struggling to find the 'any' key Sysadmin Month28 Jun 2023 | 39
Open source licenses need to leave the 1980s and evolve to deal with AI Opinion Time to get with the program... before artificial intelligence does Sysadmin Month23 Jun 2023 | 92
Small custom AI models are cheap to train and can keep data private, says startup Interview We talk to MosaicML, a startup driving down training costs with open source models Sysadmin Month22 Jun 2023 | 12
AWS makes its hybrid cloud behave a bit more like normal, boring, on-prem servers At last you can pick a dedicated host to run your Amazonian workload Sysadmin Month21 Jun 2023 | 5
Latest SUSE Linux Enterprise goes all in with confidential computing But you'll need the right hardware to take advantage Sysadmin Month20 Jun 2023 | 2
Microsoft Fabric promises to tear into the enterprise analytics patchwork Meanwhile, users are left to figure out how to cut their cloth Sysadmin Month20 Jun 2023 | 7
Astroscale wants to be the world's friendly neighborhood space garbage collector Just as World Economic Forum pushes for five-year deadline to de-orbit junk The Reg in Space16 Jun 2023 | 29
Fresh details on the flash that sits inside Mars Perseverance Rover Plus space-hardened SSDs planned for lunar DC ... if and when that happens The Reg in Space15 Jun 2023 | 5
Phosphates on Enceladus could mean sub-surface oceans teeming with aliens Scientists find last missing precondition for life on Saturnian moon The Reg in Space14 Jun 2023 | 14
James Webb spots the early galaxies responsible for tidying up the universe I can see clearly now reionization's done The Reg in Space14 Jun 2023 | 10
Japan's revised space security plan reportedly considers counterstrike capability What happened to 'for all mankind'? Fear of Russia and China, for starters The Reg in Space14 Jun 2023 | 10
After scaring the world, China shows off 'chute that can aim Long March rockets' descents Tech shrinks landing zones by 80 percent The Reg in Space14 Jun 2023 | 12
Parker Solar Probe uncovers mystery of 'fast' solar winds And just in time for the solar maximum, when wind-generating coronal holes like to point right at Earth The Reg in Space13 Jun 2023 | 4
DoD networks Amazon's off-grid DCs using SES's new MEO sats TLA WTF IMO The Reg in Space12 Jun 2023 |
Beams from brightest gamma ray burst ever seen were pointed directly at Earth Plus: Boffins puzzle over why GRB 221009A's shape is unlike any other astronomical electromagnetic jets The Reg in Space12 Jun 2023 | 20
Family-owned aerospace biz throws a wrench in Boeing IP lawsuit Tool was allegedly used incorrectly to attach parts for the SLS and ISS The Reg in Space12 Jun 2023 | 34
Study recommends mandatory 3-year vacation so astronauts' brains can recover Space isn't something we can just get used to, suggesting a rethink of mission durations and frequency The Reg in Space12 Jun 2023 | 14
Caltech claims to have beamed energy to Earth from satellite Tech has potential to power war-torn spots and remote regions The Reg in Space07 Jun 2023 | 43
Scientists think they may have cracked life support for Martian occupation Outdated ISS system will need an upgrade if we're to go further into space The Reg in Space07 Jun 2023 | 82
James Webb smells someone having barbecue in galaxy 12 billion light years away Most distant smoke and smog discovery could help explain star formation in the early universe The Reg in Space06 Jun 2023 | 14
Uncle Sam wants DEF CON hackers to pwn this Moonlighter satellite in space Feature 'World's first and only' orbiting infosec playpen due to blast off Sunday The Reg in Space03 Jun 2023 | 13
Mars helicopter went silent for six sols, imperilled Perseverance rover Ingenuity's still setting records, but waking it up and chatting are getting harder The Reg in Space30 May 2023 | 42
LIGO cranks up the sensitivity to sniff out gravitational waves The instrument that proved Einstein right is back The Reg in Space26 May 2023 | 23
On the bright side, solar investment finally set to surpass oil spending But fossil fuels won't go down without a fight Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week25 May 2023 | 8
UK told it must double low carbon investment to meet net zero targets Complexity also a problem across 115 funding streams, watchdog says Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week23 May 2023 | 41
Microsoft and Helion's fusion deal has an alternative energy Opinion It’s about power and money alright, just not like that Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week22 May 2023 | 46
Boeing takes flight in sustainability battle with carbon data cruncher Analytics to grok impact of competing greener tech as industry seeks environmentally friendly path Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week18 May 2023 | 2
Electric two-wheelers are set to scoot past EVs in road race Video Micromobility vehicles don't carry any baggage – and that's a good thing Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week18 May 2023 | 76
NASA's electric plane tech is coming in for a late, bumpy landing Internal audit finds cost overruns and delays that mean more sustainable flight is nowhere near a runway Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week18 May 2023 | 77
Microsoft's big bet on helium-3 fusion explained Feature Magnets, not lasers, could be secret to endless power (if it actually works) Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week17 May 2023 | 77
It's time for IT teams, vendors to prioritize efficiency; here's where they should start Hint: Greener gear is only the half of it Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week16 May 2023 | 5
Offshore wind power redesign key to adoption, says Irish firm Add balance and a bit of articulation and you can shave off steel and money Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week16 May 2023 | 26
To quench AI's thirst, the way we build, operate datacenters needs to change AI infrastructure isn't just hot and power hungry, it's uses a prodigous amount of water researchers tell El Reg Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week15 May 2023 | 7
Boffins interrogate sodium ion battery stability mystery The mechanism still isn't completely understood, but research could help resolve SIB lifespan problems Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week15 May 2023 | 7
Another RSA Conf under our belt, here's the stuff we didn't print RSA Conference For the event itself, it's like the COVID-19 pandemic was all just a long-gone bad dream Spotlight on RSA04 May 2023 |
Plugging the infosec holes before the bad guys can sneak in RSA Conference Security posture management gets its due at RSA Spotlight on RSA01 May 2023 | 2
RSA Conference or Black Mirror? Either way, we're doomed ... probably RSA Conference Luckily CrowdStrike's CSO has a brighter outlook than we vultures Spotlight on RSA30 Apr 2023 | 6
You don't have to wait for quantum computing to prepare for it RSA Conference Rapid7 CSO Jaya Baloo on how to tackle this potential looming tech Spotlight on RSA29 Apr 2023 |
Crooks don't need ChatGPT to social-engineer victims, as they're more than happy to demonstrate RSA Conference Not today, AI Spotlight on RSA29 Apr 2023 | 10
Keep calm and carry on when the supply chain goes up in flames RSA Conference Lessons learned from the front-line responders Spotlight on RSA28 Apr 2023 |
Brit fusion magnets set for US gamma ray bombardment test Tokamak Energy off to Albuquerque desert to douse kit in radiation Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week27 Apr 2023 | 10
Eric Idle tells infosec world to always look on the bright side of life RSA Conference Has harsh words for Python fan Musk after losing the blue tick Spotlight on RSA27 Apr 2023 | 22
Future of warfare is AI, retired US Army general warns RSA Conference Imagine fighting swarms – swarms – of autonomous planes Spotlight on RSA27 Apr 2023 | 36
US National Cyber Director: Fending off cyber threats in space is 'urgent,' needs 'high level attention' RSA Conference More public-private collab around this issue coming soon Spotlight on RSA26 Apr 2023 | 5
You can cross 'Quantum computers to smash crypto' off your list of existential fears for 30 years RSA Conference RSA's Adi Shamir thinks we're safe for a generation, but more gnarly keys are still a good idea Spotlight on RSA26 Apr 2023 | 20
Is your AI hallucinating? Might be time to call in the red team RSA Conference Plus: Bias bounties are the new bug bounties Spotlight on RSA26 Apr 2023 | 5
US EV latest: GM, Hyundai compete – in battery plant announcements Qualifying for tax credits will only get tougher, so better plan that state-side manufacturing push now Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week25 Apr 2023 | 8
Menaced by miscreants, critical infrastructure needs a good ETHOS. Ah, here's one RSA Conference OT firms construct handy early-warning info-sharing system Spotlight on RSA25 Apr 2023 | 5
US to focus on stifling online attacks rather than snagging criminal convictions RSA Conference Russia unlikely to give up its crooks, but American CSOs can go to the clink Spotlight on RSA25 Apr 2023 | 1