California approves cap-and-trade scheme until 2030
State will tighten restrictions on carbon by 40 percent over the next 13 years.
View ArticleWhy we don’t have a ton to say about the Destiny 2 beta
Much of it isnrsquo;t new to us, but that doesnrsquo;t make the brand-new beta bad.
View ArticleGoogle G-Suite spotted erecting stiff member vetting tool
App verification signage aims to give phishing the finger Stung by phishing attacks aimed at Gnbsp;Suite users earlier this year, Google has armored its cloud with extra security layers.…
View ArticleIranian duo charged with hacking US missile simulation software biz
Blokes allegedly lifted, cracked export-restricted rocketry design app to tout it in Iran Two Iranian nationals have been charged with hacking a US defense technology maker to steal and sell its...
View ArticleLet’s harden Internet crypto so quantum computers can’t crack it
Draft blends asymmetric public/private key encryption and one-time pad analogs In case someone manages to make a general purpose quantum computer one day, a group of IETF authors have put forward a...
View ArticleSolaris, Java, have vulns that let users run riot
What's big, red and has 308 patches, 30 of them critical? Oracle's quarterly patch dump Oracle's emitted its quarterly patch dump.As usual it's a whopper, with 308 security fixes to consider.…
View ArticleNuvias Named Oracle PartnerNetwork Platinum Level Partner
Nuvias drives expansion of EMEA Unified Communications PracticeLondon, England: 19/7/17 - Nuvias, a rapidly growing, pan-EMEA, high value distribution business, today announced that it has achieved...
View ArticleTargeted, custom ransomware menace rears its ugly head
No spraying and praying here, just precise, exorbitant attacks Attackers are manually deploying ransomware directly into target networks to maximise the damage and potential payout.…
View ArticleAspect Wins International CTRM Software And Game Changer Awards
London-headquartered software company Aspect is a two-time winner in the 12th Annual ACQ5 Global Awards winning in two international categories, “Gamechanger of the Year (Commodity Trading & Risk...
View Article$30 million below Parity: Ethereum wallet bug fingered in mass heist
Crypto-cash leak made possible by software stuff-up A vulnerability in Parity's Ethereum wallet software has been exploited by thieves to rob victims on a massive scale.…
View ArticleDahua cameras stung by Web interface bug
Long paassssswwwwwoooorrrd risks remote code execution Chinese camera-maker Dahua has flicked out a patch to fix a possible remote code execution vulnerability in its Web admin interface.…
View ArticleRemember that Citadel bank-slurping malware? Its main man was just jailed for...
Trojan was used to swipe $500m from victims' accounts Russian programmer Mark Vartanyan has been sentenced to five years in US federal prison for developing and spreading the Citadel malware that stole...
View ArticleBug of the week: Gnome pic parser can run evil VBScripts
Only if you're running Wine Gnome developers, take a bow: a bug in your image thumbnailer opens up a (not too scary, thankfully) vector for script injection.…
View ArticleYeah, WannaCry hit Windows, but what about the WannaCry of apps?
Patching done proper WannaCrypt crippled 230,000 Windows PCs internationally, hitting unpatched Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 and computers still running Microsoft's seriously old Windows XP,...
View ArticleSurvey says Python is tops with developers
Python, which was already surging in popularity among developers, has received another endorsement, getting the nod as the most popular tool in IT service provider Packtrsquo;s just-released developer...
View Article21 rules for faster SQL queries
Everyone wants faster database queries, and both SQL developers and DBAs can turn to many time-tested methods to achieve that goal. Unfortunately, no single method is foolproof or ironclad.But even if...
View ArticleWhy you should use Apache Solr
Apache Solr is a subproject of Apache Lucene, which is the indexing technology behind most recently created search and index technology.Solr is a search engine at heart, but it is much more than...
View ArticleHMS Frigatey Mcfrigateface given her official name
It's Glasgow, before you lot get too excited The first of the Royal Navy's new Type 26 frigates has been named HMS Glasgow, recycling the name for the fourth time in the last 100 years.…
View ArticleWill East Texas be able to keep patent cases, despite the Supreme Court?
A single work-at-home salesman may be enough to push ahead with a patent trial.
View ArticleNo one still thinks iOS is invulnerable to malware, right? Well, knock it off
As platform's popularity continues to rise, so does its allure to miscreants The comforting notion that iOS devices are immune to malicious code attacks has taken a knock following the release of a new...
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