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Microsoft warns: Active Directory FoggyWeb malware being actively used by Nobelium gang Chief security adviser Roger Halbheer says best protection is to 'get off AD FS'

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AWS US East region endures eight-hour wobble thanks to 'Stuck IO' in Elastic Block Store

EC2 instances were impaired, Redshift hurt, and some of you may still struggle to access your data

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Zero Trust Data Management and near-zero RTOs for your VMs Webinar

Cloud Or Colo? The Point When AI Startups Need To Make The Switch Whitepaper

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Activision Blizzard to pay out three days of annual profit to settle sex discrimination case

CEO so 'sorry' after deal with US watchdog

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Cloudflare R2 Storage service takes direct aim at Amazon S3, hits on price and portability

Networking biz says it won't charge for most egress fees, pledges to undercut

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Oracle flexes its hardware muscles with beefed-up Exadata X9M appliance

Kicking sand in the faces of less mighty systems, it is only worth the price tag if stellar performance is a must

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Ofcom unveils broadband switching plans, but providers claim it's not so easy

‘One Touch Switch’ is great, but logistics are an issue for BT, while Virgin cites data protection worries

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Typical. Crap weather halts work on subsea fibre-optic cable between UK and France

Summer was good while it lasted

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UK government isn't keeping track of the risk posed by legacy systems, says Central Digital and Data Office

New system hoped to launch next year that will help prioritise spending

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Australian regulator finds Google dominates adtech, seeks powerup to fight back

Calls for global approach to curtail self-preferencing behaviour, unhelpful opacity that crimps competition

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Engineering metrics that matter Why is it so hard for engineering teams to measure their value?

Remote and branch office and edge IT Adapt to your new reality outside the data centre

Security

ASUS patches ROG Armoury Crate app after researcher spots all-too-common flaw

It tries to load a file from a location any old user can write to

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Latest FinFisher spyware upgrades 'particularly worrying,' says Kaspersky

Eight-month analysis finds four-layer obfuscation, two-stage loader, and a new UEFI attack

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UK umbrella payroll firm GiantPay confirms it was hit by 'sophisticated' cyber-attack

Tech contractors fume at lack of info as company says it will 'try' to get them paid by Friday

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Microsoft warns: Active Directory FoggyWeb malware being actively used by Nobelium gang

Chief security adviser Roger Halbheer says best protection is to 'get off AD FS'

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Q2 2022 should see networking sales boom – when payouts to replace Huawei and ZTE kit start to flow

Netadmins need not assume they can't take a break, as supply chain hassles may persist

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Emails, chat logs, more leaked online from far-right militia linked to US Capitol riot

Plus: Other infosec news from this month

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Blockhead admits to helping North Korea mine crypto-bucks, faces 20 years jail

Also advised on how smart contracts could help DPRK in US nuke talks

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India, Japan flex cyber-defence muscles as China kicks the Quad

Tokyo's new cyber-security policy names China, Russia, North Korea as sources of increasing threat

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Managing JSON workloads at scale without heavy lifting

The advantages of Amazon DocumentDB

Software

Seeing as everyone loves cloud subscriptions, get ready for car-as-a-service future

Chip titans driving shift to paid-for over-the-air feature upgrades

Amazon's AI chips find their way into Astro butler bot, latest wall-hanging display

$1,500 gets you a robo-dog that can't handle stairs ... so here's a flying camera, too

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The indie RPA dream is over for Blue Prism after being gobbled by private equity

UK firm failed to make an impact against the market leaders

tz database community up in arms over proposals to merge certain time zones

Handbags at 12 o'clock! Er, is that with or without daylight saving?

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Offbeat

'Extraordinary' pigs step in to protect Schiphol airport from marauding geese

Plane-wrecking idiot fowl sent packing by heroic porcine defenders of commercial aviation

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Azure Purview is a preview no more: Microsoft is ready to sniff your sensitive data

Governance and compliance are the watchwords here

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Texas cops sue Tesla claiming 'systematic fraud' in Autopilot after Model X ploughed into two parked police cars

Five officers seek $20m in damages from car maker and local restaurant

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A crypto-trading hamster is outperforming the S&P 500, Nasdaq, Bitcoin

As much as I wanted to be Gordon Gekko, I'll always be Mr Goxx

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Chocgate: The fallout. Partially taxpayer-funded £6k+ staff luxury treats land ICO in lukewarm water

But it's OK. What's it gonna do – fine itself?

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Take a look, and you'll see... Windows XP? Bit of Dairy Milk, Fruit and Bork at Cadbury World

It's quite the show at the OTHER chocolate factory

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If anyone can explain why Jupiter's Great Red Spot is spinning faster and shrinking, please speak up

Astronomers are still figuring out how the planet's storm continues to rage

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Microsoft warns: Active Directory FoggyWeb malware being actively used by Nobelium gang [Wed Sep 29 2021]

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Microsoft warns: Active Directory FoggyWeb malware being actively used by Nobelium gang

Off-Prem

AWS US East region endures eight-hour wobble thanks to 'Stuck IO' in Elastic Block Store

Zero Trust Data Management and near-zero RTOs for your VMs

Cloud Or Colo? The Point When AI Startups Need To Make The Switch

On-Prem

Activision Blizzard to pay out three days of annual profit to settle sex discrimination case

Cloudflare R2 Storage service takes direct aim at Amazon S3, hits on price and portability

Oracle flexes its hardware muscles with beefed-up Exadata X9M appliance

Ofcom unveils broadband switching plans, but providers claim it's not so easy

Typical. Crap weather halts work on subsea fibre-optic cable between UK and France

UK government isn't keeping track of the risk posed by legacy systems, says Central Digital and Data Office

Australian regulator finds Google dominates adtech, seeks powerup to fight back

Engineering metrics that matter

Remote and branch office and edge IT

Security

ASUS patches ROG Armoury Crate app after researcher spots all-too-common flaw

Latest FinFisher spyware upgrades 'particularly worrying,' says Kaspersky

UK umbrella payroll firm GiantPay confirms it was hit by 'sophisticated' cyber-attack

Microsoft warns: Active Directory FoggyWeb malware being actively used by Nobelium gang

Q2 2022 should see networking sales boom – when payouts to replace Huawei and ZTE kit start to flow

Emails, chat logs, more leaked online from far-right militia linked to US Capitol riot

Blockhead admits to helping North Korea mine crypto-bucks, faces 20 years jail

India, Japan flex cyber-defence muscles as China kicks the Quad

Managing JSON workloads at scale without heavy lifting

Software

Seeing as everyone loves cloud subscriptions, get ready for car-as-a-service future

Amazon's AI chips find their way into Astro butler bot, latest wall-hanging display

The indie RPA dream is over for Blue Prism after being gobbled by private equity

tz database community up in arms over proposals to merge certain time zones

Offbeat

'Extraordinary' pigs step in to protect Schiphol airport from marauding geese

Azure Purview is a preview no more: Microsoft is ready to sniff your sensitive data

Texas cops sue Tesla claiming 'systematic fraud' in Autopilot after Model X ploughed into two parked police cars

A crypto-trading hamster is outperforming the S&P 500, Nasdaq, Bitcoin

Chocgate: The fallout. Partially taxpayer-funded £6k+ staff luxury treats land ICO in lukewarm water

Take a look, and you'll see... Windows XP? Bit of Dairy Milk, Fruit and Bork at Cadbury World

If anyone can explain why Jupiter's Great Red Spot is spinning faster and shrinking, please speak up

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