You don't need a PhD to phish a Brit university: Nonprofit claims 100% hit rate is easy peasy [Fri Apr 5 2019]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 5 April 2019 ***************************************************************** You don't need a PhD to phish a Brit university: Nonprofit claims 100% hit rate is easy peasy And if it ain't that, it's hacked-off students firing out DDoSes ***************************************************************** Business * MIT USA VP: ZTE? OMG, WTF! GTFO Top tech uni also dumps Huawei, refuses money from China, Russia, and Saudis * Frontline workers urged to help stop UK.gov automating data slurps for immigration checks 'Shadowy' data-sharing deals undermine public trust, says pressure group * Stop us if you've heard this one: Microsoft UK enjoys a jump in profits, pays a bit less in tax Software giant's Brit limb reaps pre-tax earnings of £137.5m * UK tech's gender pay gap: HP Inc closest to parity with 1.8% sliver – Civica, Huawei, Siemens straddle 40% chasm Meanwhile, PlusNet and BT pay women more than blokes * Hands up who can tell me which pupil details transfer system has glitched. Yes, Capita's Schools told not to use it 'until further notice' Data Centre * 2019: The year all-flash finally goes lamestream – but you know we were into it before it was cool Analysts predict solid-state array revenue to overtake spinning rust and hybrid * UK.gov: Hi, it looks like you're procuring comms infrastructure. Might we suggest... all vendors? Ministry of Fun review likely to recommend happy shopping Emergent Tech * Lend me your ears and AI will play with your brain: Machine voice imitators outsmart us Brain-scanning boffins find no signals to differentiate real and spoofed speakers Personal Tech * Facebook ad platform discriminates all on its own, say boffins Bigots, racists and haters rejoice! You are going to get bias out of the box Security * Chinese hackers poke the Bayer, but German giant says it withstood attack Pharmaceutical brand says no data lost in Winnti outbreak * Capita bags £13.2m Police Scotland deal for crime-snooping tech Picking up slack from doomed Accenture IT contract i6 * Ethiopia sits on 737 Max report but says pilots followed Boeing drills Promised prelim investigation should be out this week * You don't need a PhD to phish a Brit university: Nonprofit claims 100% hit rate is easy peasy And if it ain't that, it's hacked-off students firing out DDoSes * Yup, it's the new tax year: If you smell a RAT, it's because crims are ramping up tax scams Tell your dad not to open the 'HMRC' Word doc promising a yuge refund * Here's to you: UK.gov praises Reg-reading techies for keeping on top of cybersecurity Tell the boss you're not slacking off – it's vital threat intelligence research * Who needs foreign servers? Researchers say the USA is doing a fine job of harboring its own crimeware flingers Domestic hosts and servers are being used for major attacks, finds Bromium Software * Xen 4.12 shrinks code, beefs up security, rethinks x86 support Plus, it’s now actually two hypervisors in one * Google pholds! Just kidding. But Android Q Beta 2 drop supports those cool bendy mobes Toying with UI, burstin' bubbles Science * Astroboffins may have cracked the mystery of where the photons from weird gamma ray bursts come from A quick flash can light up the observable universe Bootnotes * Prince Harry takes a stand against poverty, injustice, inequality? Er, no, Fortnite Addictive social media should be banned says man who just launched a his and hers Instagram account * Two Arkansas dipsticks nicked after allegedly taking turns to shoot each other while wearing bulletproof vests Trust th'wife to out them to cops ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing, The Cursitor, 38 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1EN, UK The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2019 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: