Teens used encrypted chats to recruit for 'violence as a service' murder ring, Europol says Skull emoji knife emoji moneybag emoji Seven people, including a 14-year-old, have been arrested or surrendered to Danish authorities after allegedly using encrypted messaging apps to hire other teenagers for contract killings in what Europol calls a "violence-as-a-service" operation.… #theregister #IT
Seven held in Europe-wide teen murder-for-hire ring
: Skull emoji knife emoji moneybag emoji
Netflix, Apple, BofA websites hijacked with fake help-desk numbers Don’t trust mystery digits popping up in your search bar Scammers are hijacking the search results of people needing 24/7 support from Apple, Bank of America, Facebook, HP, Microsoft, Netflix, and PayPal in an attempt to trick victims into handing over personal or financial info, according to Malwarebytes senior… #theregister #IT
Netflix, Apple, BofA sites hijacked with fake help numbers
: Don’t trust mystery digits popping up in your search bar
New GitHub Copilot limits push AI users to pricier tiers Welcome to bill shock, AI style Microsoft's GitHub this week said paying GitHub Copilot customers will now face monthly limits on certain types of high-powered AI requests, and will have to pay more if they want to surpass those limits.… #theregister #IT
New GitHub Copilot limits push AI users to pricier tiers
: Welcome to bill shock, AI style
US patent office wants an AI to scan for prior art, but doesn't want to pay for it 'The selected vendor must be willing to receive consideration that is primarily non-monetary,' says the USPTO The US Patent and Trademark Office is exploring a plan for using AI at the agency to speed up the process of granting patents - but its initial request for information says that vendors should expect to b… #theregister #IT
US patent office floats plan for AI to scan prior art
: 'The selected vendor must be willing to receive consideration that is primarily non-monetary,' says the USPTO
EDB enhances analytics in PostgreSQL with open source add-ons DataFusion and WarehousePG meant to deal with AI-related workloads, not to compete with analytics data platforms PostgreSQL exponent EDB has enhanced its new data platform, claiming this will help bring transactional, analytical, and AI workloads into a single environment.… #theregister #IT
EDB enhances PostgreSQL analytics with open source add-ons
: DataFusion and WarehousePG meant to deal with AI-related workloads, not to compete with analytics data platforms
Looks like Aflac is the latest insurance giant snagged in Scattered Spider’s web If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck... Aflac is the latest insurance company to disclose a security breach following a string of others earlier this week, all of which appear to be part of Scattered Spider's most recent data theft campaign.… #theregister #IT
Aflac latest victim of
: If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck...
Qilin ransomware top dogs treat their minions to on-call lawyers for fierier negotiations It's a marketing move to lure more affiliates, says infosec veteran The latest marketing ploy from the ransomware crooks behind the Qilin operation involves offering affiliates access to a crack team of lawyers to ramp up pressure in ransom negotiations.… #theregister #IT
Qilin’s
: It's a marketing move to lure more affiliates, says infosec veteran
Eutelsat seeks €1.35B to boost LEO network and take the fight to Starlink French satellite operator plans capital raise backed by state and key investors including Bharti Satellite biz Eutelsat is looking to raise €1.35 billion ($1.55 billion) to grow its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) network to take on Starlink and benefit from anticipated growth in demand for connectivity.… #theregister #IT
France to cough up cash to make Eutelsat a Starlink rival
: French satellite operator plans capital raise backed by state and key investors including Bharti
AI gives the sleeping network switch market a good kick Q1 revenue jumps to $11.7B, with 400 and 800 GbE driving the spike The long-dormant market for datacenter network switches is booming thanks to AI.… #theregister #IT
AI gives the sleeping network switch market a good kick
: Q1 revenue jumps to $11.7B, with 400 and 800 GbE driving the spike
Xlibre fork lights a fire under long-dormant X.org development X11 is very far from dead – no matter if some want it to be Comment  Considerable new activity is happening both in the established X.org X11 server and around its new fork, Xlibre.… #theregister #IT
New version of X.org X11, Xlibre fork gathers support
Comment: X11 is very far from dead – no matter if some want it to be