Malicious xz backdoor reveals fragility of open source [Tue Apr 2 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 2 April 2024 ***************************************************************** Malicious xz backdoor reveals fragility of open source This time, we got lucky. It mostly affected bleeding-edge distros. But that's not a defense strategy ***************************************************************** On-Prem * Google will delete data collected from 'private' browsing Declares victory in settlement of class action lawsuit, but individual claims remain possible * US House of Reps tells staff: No Microsoft Copilot for you! At least not until Redmond's government edition is ready to roll * Rickroll meme immortalized in custom ASIC that includes 164 hardcoded programs We're never going to give you up... * TSMC boss says one-trillion transistor GPU is possible by early 2030s Timing predictions aside, multi-chip designs with 3D stacking will be the path forward * Ex-White House CIO tells The Reg: TikTok ban may be diplomatic disaster Theresa Payton on why US needs a national privacy law * You break it, you ... run away and hope somebody else fixes it Enthusiastic young tech decided to simplify the mainframe, with unexpected results Security * Six banks share customer info to help Singapore fight money laundering PLUS: Google Cloud ANZ boss departs; Japan revives airliner ambitions; China-linked attackers target Asian entities * Nearly 3M people hit in Harvard Pilgrim healthcare data theft Also, TheMoon botnet back for EoL SOHO routers, Sellafield to be prosecuted for 'infosec failures', plus critical vulns * AT&T admits massive 70M+ mid-March customer data dump is real though old Still claims the personal info wasn't stolen from its systems Software * Malicious xz backdoor reveals fragility of open source This time, we got lucky. It mostly affected bleeding-edge distros. But that's not a defense strategy * Microsoft, OpenAI may be dreaming of $100B 5GW AI 'Stargate' supercomputer Play it again, Sam * OpenAI claims its software can clone your voice from 15 seconds of you talking Super lab loves to big up things it says it couldn't possibly let loose on the world for now * Microsoft consolidates Power BI licenses in line with Fabric platform Guess what? Some users should look out for expensive surprises ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2024 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: