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That doomsday critical Linux bug: It's CUPS. May lead to remote hijacking of devices [Fri Sep 27 2024]

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That doomsday critical Linux bug: It's CUPS. May lead to remote hijacking of devices

No patches yet, can be mitigated, requires user interaction

 

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Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chip house Ampere, could take control in 2027

Appears to be prioritizing GPUs, not manycore CPUs

Now Dell salespeople must be onsite five days a week

Return-to-office mandate reaches inevitable conclusion

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Short sellers rejoice on report of Supermicro DoJ probe

Alleged inquiry comes amid claims server maker cooked its books

Blackstone invests £10B to build Europe's 'biggest AI datacenter' in UK

Construction slated to begin next year at site of failed BritishVolt plant

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Intel thinks it's got a final microcode fix for recalcitrant Raptor Lake processors

Root cause identified, but it's taken the better part of a year

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SK hynix begins mass production of 36 GB 12-layer HBM3E

Should be Jensen Huang's hands in less than 60 days

Memory-maker Micron predicts new wave of server consolidation

AI boosted revenue last year, demand for more RAM in devices to help in 2025

India extends IT hardware import license scheme that enraged Big Tech

And hints at revised rules to come later this year

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Patch now: Critical Nvidia bug allows container escape, complete host takeover

33% of cloud environments using the toolkit impacted, we're told

HPE patches three critical security holes in Aruba PAPI

More 9.8 bugs? Ay, papi!

That doomsday critical Linux bug: It's CUPS. May lead to remote hijacking of devices

No patches yet, can be mitigated, requires user interaction

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Victims lose $70K to one single wallet-draining app on Google's Play Store

Attackers got 10k people to download 'trusted' web3 brand cheat before Mountain View intervened

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Public Wi-Fi operator investigating cyberattack at UK's busiest train stations

See it, say it… not sorted just yet as network access remains offline

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UK government's bank data sharing plan slammed as 'financial snoopers' charter'

Access to account info needed to tackle benefit fraud, latest bill claims

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FTC sues five AI outfits – and one case in particular raises questions

From allegations of lying about capabilities to fake reviews. Plus: Biden AI robocaller finally fined $6M

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Tor Project wags Tails to mark privacy project merger

Onion Amnesia: Steaming up your digital disguise

OpenAI in throes of executive exodus as three walk at once

Looks like it's going to be the Sam Altman show from now on

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SAP support auto-renewal gotcha: Do nothing now, pay for another year

Single digit price hikes suspected for UK and Europe and double digit mooted for everywhere else

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CrowdStrike's Blue Screen blunder: Could eBPF have saved the day?

Grafana Labs CTO looks at the options

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Apple quietly removed 60 more VPNs from Russian app store, researchers claim

iThing-maker is Putin Kremlin repression ahead of privacy, rights orgs argue

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Infosys scores deal to write code for EV-maker Polestar

HQ in Sweden, made in China, programmed in Bengaluru, but with a traditional offshoring marque

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WordPress.org denies service to WP Engine, potentially putting sites at risk

That escalated quickly

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Cisco Uses CyberArk For Enterprise-Scale Performance and Reliability to Secure and Manage Human and Non-Human Identities

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Starfish Space to tackle orbital junk for NASA with SSPICY Otter

Is this a debris inspection mission or an Ubuntu release?

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Samsung fined just $8K for exposing chip fab workers to X-ray radiation

Nothing says 'oops' like a penalty that won’t even dent the electronics giant’s coffee budget

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NASA's Astrobees need a new buzz – any ideas for the space-dwelling bots?

Hey Reg readers, what would you do with Honey, Queen, and Bumble?

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Uncle Sam accuses Aussie AI startup boss of financial fakery that duped investors

Crikey! $40M of investments in 'digital employees' allegedly went down faster than a frosty Fosters

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