Ivanti patches two zero-days under active attack as intel agency warns customers Vendor says vulns are linked with 2 mystery open source libraries integrated into EPMM product Australia's intelligence agency is warning organizations about several new Ivanti zero-days chained for remote code execution (RCE) attacks. The vendor itself has said the vulns are linked to two mystery open … #theregister #IT
Ivanti patches two 0-days and a critical make-me-admin bug
: Vendor says vulns are linked with 2 mystery open source libraries integrated into EPMM product
Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb 'Legitimate interest' won't wash, says privacy outfit, as Zuck's org claims activists want to 'delay AI innovation' There's a Max Schrems-shaped object standing in the way of Meta's plans to train its AI on the data of its European users, and he's come armed with several justifications for why… #theregister #IT
noyb sends Meta C&D demanding no EU user data AI training
: 'Legitimate interest' won't wash, says privacy outfit, as Zuck's org claims activists want to 'delay AI innovation'
VPN Secure parent company CEO explains why he had to axe thousands of 'lifetime' deals Admits due diligence fell short - furious users cry ‘gaslighting’ Customers are blasting VPN Secure's new parent company after it abruptly axed thousands of "lifetime" accounts. The reason? The CEO admits in an interview with The Register that his team didn't dig deep enough before acquiring the vir… #theregister #IT
VPN Secure parent co CEO explains why lifetime deals axed
: Admits due diligence fell short - furious users cry ‘gaslighting’
Saudi CubeSat gets golden ticket on doomed SLS rocket Trump greenlights slot for Riyadh as NASA's pricey booster teeters on the brink NASA will launch a Saudi satellite aboard what could be its penultimate SLS rocket on the Artemis II mission following a deal announced in Riyadh by US President Donald Trump and de facto Saudi ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.… #theregister #IT
Saudi CubeSat gets golden ticket on doomed SLS rocket
: Trump greenlights slot for Riyadh as NASA's pricey booster teeters on the brink
Go ahead and ignore Patch Tuesday – it might improve your security No rush, according to Gartner chap who says: 'Nobody has ever out-patched threat actors at scale' Patch Tuesday has rolled around again, but if you don't rush to implement the feast of fixes it delivered, your security won't be any worse off in the short term – and may improve in the future.… #theregister #IT
Ignore Patch Tuesday – it might improve your security
: No rush, according to Gartner chap who says: 'Nobody has ever out-patched threat actors at scale'
Europe plots escape hatch from the enshittification of search Plus: How to make Google less unhelpful As search engines are intentionally made worse, and software grows ever bigger and more complex, a possibly unexpected ally emerges: the European Union.… #theregister #IT
OpenWebSearch – a European index for European search engines
: Plus: How to make Google less unhelpful
C-suite at Alphabet make B-A-N-K from 2024 equity awards CEO Pichai slumming it on a measly $10.725M compared to lieutenants The C-suite at Google's parent Alphabet collectively scooped up more than $215 million in compensation for 2024, and the CEO was the worst paid among them.… #theregister #IT
C-suite at Alphabet make B-A-N-K from 2024 equity awards
: CEO Pichai slumming it on a measly $10.725M compared to lieutenants
Everyone's deploying AI, but no one's securing it – what could go wrong? Crickets as senior security folk asked about risks at NCSC conference CYBERUK  Peter Garraghan – CEO of Mindgard and professor of distributed systems at Lancaster University – asked the CYBERUK audience for a show of hands: how many had banned generative AI in their organizations? Three hands went up.… #theregister #IT
Infosec pros still aren
CYBERUK: Crickets as senior security folk asked about risks at NCSC conference
Post Office finally throttles delayed in-house EPOS project Troubled state biz tenders £410M software and DC-to-cloud migration plan, goodbye to Fujitsu on the Horizon The UK Post Office has confirmed it is ending in-house efforts to replace the troubled Horizon accounting and point of sale system as it launches a £410 million (c $540 million) procurement for alternative suppliers.… #theregister #IT
Post Office finally throttles delayed in-house EPOS project
: Troubled state biz tenders £410M software and DC-to-cloud migration plan, goodbye to Fujitsu on the Horizon
EuroHPC lines up AI upgrade for Leonardo supercomputer And it's Eviden who has no reason to moan over LISA upgrade - though questions over funding remain Italy's Leonardo supercomputer is to get an AI upgrade to beef up support for the development of Large Language Models (LLMs) and multi-modal generative AI, in addition to the 13 AI factories now being procured around the EU.… #theregister #IT
EuroHPC awards contract for Leonardo super
Updated: And it's Eviden who has no reason to moan over LISA upgrade - though questions over funding remain