Prompt injection – and a $5 domain – trick Salesforce Agentforce into leaking sales More fun with AI agents and their security holes A now-fixed flaw in Salesforce’s Agentforce could have allowed external attackers to steal sensitive customer data via prompt injection, according to security researchers who published a proof-of-concept attack on Thursday. They were aided by an… #theregister #IT
Salesforce Agentforce tricked into leaking sales leads
: More fun with AI agents and their security holes
Volvo North America confirms staff data stolen following ransomware attack on IT supplier The downstream consequences of Miljödata’s ransomware attack continue to affect major organizations Volvo North America is the latest large organization to announce attackers accessed employee data after a ransomware attack struck its HR system provider.… #theregister #IT
Volvo NA staff data stolen in third-party ransomware attack
: The downstream consequences of Miljödata’s ransomware attack continue to affect major organizations
SpaceX Dragon huffs, puffs... and fizzles out as NASA aborts ISS boost Meanwhile, Katalyst wins $30M contract to stop Swift telescope falling out of the sky NASA has made progress with plans to boost the rapidly decaying orbit of the Swift observatory while calling an abrupt halt to an attempt to reboost the International Space Station (ISS) using SpaceX's Dragon.… #theregister #IT
NASA and SpaceX abort ISS reboost attempt
: Meanwhile, Katalyst wins $30M contract to stop Swift telescope falling out of the sky
Microsoft digs up Vista-era animated wallpaper for Windows 11. Here's how to get it Debuted in 2007, an old feature is coming back hands on  If you're tired of staring at the same old static wallpapers in Windows 11, there's help on the way. Microsoft has just added support for animated video backgrounds in the latest Insider builds of its popular operating system, heralding … #theregister #IT
Windows 11 gets Vista-era animated wallpaper: How to get it
hands on: Debuted in 2007, an old feature is coming back
UK and US security agencies order urgent fixes as Cisco firewall bugs exploited in wild CISA gives feds 24 hours to patch, NCSC urges rapid action as flaws linked to ArcaneDoor spies Cybersecurity agencies on both sides of the Atlantic are sounding the alarm over Cisco firewall vulnerabilities that are being exploited by an "advanced threat actor."… #theregister #IT
Critical Cisco firewall holes under active attack
: CISA gives feds 24 hours to patch, NCSC urges rapid action as flaws linked to ArcaneDoor spies
UK to roll out mandatory digital ID for right to work by 2029 Prime Minister Starmer revives controversial scheme despite past denials, sparking civil liberties backlash The UK government plans to issue all legal residents a digital identity by the end of the current Parliament, which could run until August 2029, with its use required to get a job.… #theregister #IT
UK to roll out digital ID for right to work by 2029
: Prime Minister Starmer revives controversial scheme despite past denials, sparking civil liberties backlash
Hardware inspector fired for spotting an error he wasn't trained to find Manager's quality control priorities were upside down On Call  Welcome again to On Call, The Register's weekly column in which readers share stories of earnestly trying to fix broken tech, and end up feeling broken afterwards.… #theregister #IT
Hardware inspector fired for identifying a dead device
On Call: Manager's quality control priorities were upside down
Microsoft agrees to 11th hour Win 10 end of life concessions Consumer org forces Redmond to expunge list of requirements for free ESU in Euro Economic Area, just need a Microsoft account Microsoft will give consumers in the European Economic Area no-strings extended support for the soon-to be-EOL Windows 10.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft agrees to 11th hour Win 10 end of life concessions
Updated: Consumer org forces Redmond to expunge list of requirements for free ESU in Euro Economic Area, just need a Microsoft account
Just using open source software isn't radical any more. Europe needs to dig deeper Companies must realize they can be more than pure consumers, and public sector ought to go beyond 'promotion' Feature  It is 2025. Linux will turn 34 and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) 40. For the EU and Europe at large, which is famously experimental with government deployments of open source tech, be… #theregister #IT
Just using open source isn
Feature: Companies must realize they can be more than pure consumers, and public sector ought to go beyond 'promotion'
Brits warned as illegal robo-callers with offshored call centers fined half a million It’s amazing the number of calls Jo, Helen, and Ian get through The UK's data protection watchdog fined two Brit businesses with offshore call centers £550,000 (c $735,000) over illegal automated marketing calls.… #theregister #IT
Brits warned as illegal robo-callers fined £550,000
: It’s amazing the number of calls Jo, Helen, and Ian get through