'Elevated' moisture reading ignored before Heathrow-closing conflagration, says NESO Datacenters kept humming along, but there's plenty of blame to be passed around elsewhere The cause of a power outage that cut the juice to London Heathrow airport in March has been identified - along with a chain of failures that allowed it to happen.… #theregister #IT
NESO: chain of failures led to fire that closed Heathrow
: Datacenters kept humming along, but there's plenty of blame to be passed around elsewhere
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill bankrolls $85M Space Shuttle shuffle NASA science might be cut, but cash can be found to move a 'space vehicle' from museum to museum Lurking in the text contained within the One Big Beautiful Bill, which was passed by the US Senate yesterday, is an $85 million allocation for shifting a "space vehicle" to a new location, widely interpreted as a move of t… #theregister #IT
Trump
: NASA science might be cut, but cash can be found to move a 'space vehicle' from museum to museum
Impact of Microsoft taking over Enterprise Account renewals starts to 'bite' Cutting out middle man dents coffers of larger service providers, helps Redmond offset AI investments The sweeping changes Microsoft is making to its licensing incentives for large service providers is taking hold.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft Enterprise Account renewals move hurts resellers
: Cutting out middle man dents coffers of larger service providers, helps Redmond offset AI investments
US drops sanctions on second Russian bulletproof hosting vehicle this year Aeza Group accused of assisting data bandits and BianLian ransomware crooks The US Treasury has sanctioned Aeza Group, a Russian bulletproof hosting (BPH) provider, and four of its cronies for enabling ransomware and other cybercriminal activity.… #theregister #IT
US sanctions yet another Russian bulletproof hosting outfit
: Aeza Group accused of assisting data bandits and BianLian ransomware crooks
Microsoft's on-prem Exchange and Skype for Business Server go subscription-only Are you sure you wouldn't rather run in our cloud? Microsoft has made Subscription Editions (SE) of Exchange Server and Skype for Business Server generally available, marking an end to year-numbered versions.… #theregister #IT
Exchange, Skype for Business subscription editions launched
: Are you sure you wouldn't rather run in our cloud?
Coming to PostgreSQL: On-disk database encryption Open source initiative aims to offer enterprise security feature without vendor lock-in Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is a popular approach to encrypting data at the storage layer, beefing up database security. While PostgreSQL has steadily climbed in popularity – especially among professional developers – it has so far lac… #theregister #IT
Coming to PostgreSQL – on-disk database encryption
: Open source initiative aims to offer enterprise security feature without vendor lock-in
Cl0p cybercrime gang's data exfiltration tool found vulnerable to RCE attacks Experts say they don't expect the MOVEit menace to do much about it Security experts have uncovered a hole in Cl0p's data exfiltration tool that could potentially leave the cybercrime group vulnerable to attack.… #theregister #IT
Cl0p data exfiltration tool found vulnerable to RCE attacks
: Experts say they don't expect the MOVEit menace to do much about it
UK eyes new laws as cable sabotage blurs line between war and peace It might be time to update the Submarine Telegraph Act of 1885 Cyberattacks and undersea cable sabotage are blurring the line between war and peace and exposing holes in UK law, a government minister has warned lawmakers.… #theregister #IT
UK eyes new laws over cable sabotage
: It might be time to update the Submarine Telegraph Act of 1885
NASA tests shrinking metals to help it find more exoplanets Mysterious β€˜Alloy 30’ gets smaller when heated, which could help stabilize super-sensitive space telescopes NASA is exploring the properties of a metal alloy that shrinks as it is heated, as boffins in its Astrophysics Division think it may be needed if the planned Habitable Worlds Observatory (HBO) is to succee… #theregister #IT
NASA tests shrinking metals to help it find more exoplanets
: Mysterious β€˜Alloy 30’ gets smaller when heated, which could help stabilize super-sensitive space telescopes
Amazon's latest Graviton 4 EC2 instances pack dual 300Gbps NICs And no, that's not a typo Amazon Web Services has cooked up a new Graviton 4-powered instance tuned for network-intensive applications like cloud firewalls and load balancers.… #theregister #IT
Amazon
: And no, that's not a typo