NSA helps out Microsoft with critical Exchange Server vulnerability disclosures in an April shower of patches [Wed Apr 14 2021]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 14 April 2021 ***************************************************************** NSA helps out Microsoft with critical Exchange Server vulnerability disclosures in an April shower of patches 114 fixes for the Windows world – plus fixes from SAP, Adobe, FreeBSD, etc ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Salesforce's get-back-to-work strategy starts with 'Volunteer Vaccinated Cohorts' on designated floors Sounds kind of like a vaccination passport for California offices * UK government opens vaccine floodgates to over-45s, NHS website predictably falls over Looks like classic case of failing to scale to meet inevitable demand * Tencent Cloud opens first Indonesian data center Jakarta bit barn offers subset of services - CLI, GPU, some storage services, advanced security services and serverless aren't on offer Offbeat * Who'd have thought the US senator who fist pumped Jan 6 insurrectionists would propose totally unworkable anti-Big Tech law? This one seems as well thought-out as his Capitol rally salute * Beijing steps on Alibaba's Ant Group by forcing it to submit to same regulation as banks Requires Alipay to open to competition but stops short of ordering company break up * NASA writes software update for Ingenuity helicopter to enable first Mars flight Won’t say when flight tests will resume, because uploads and testing are hard when your machine is 15 light minutes away On-Prem * After years of dragging its feet, FCC finally starts tackling America's robocall scourge New law implementation, cease-and-desist letters, and mobile companies asked to detail free blocking tools * What's Red and scale-y and shacked up with NEC? A new Red Hat network function virtualization solution, apparently Living on the Edge as SA networks roll out * Microsoft's Surface Laptop 4 now includes AMD options for biz customers, boasts up to 19 hours of battery life Surface Headphones 2+ also available and a range of 'Modern' kit coming in the next few months * Northrop Grumman's MEV-2 gives Intelsat satellite a new lease on life until the next rescue in another five years After 17 years into a 13-year mission, that's not bad * Nominet chooses civil war over compromise by rejecting ex-BBC Trust chairman Remaining .uk registry board members ignore demands of campaign that has already removed CEO Security * 1Password targets developers with Secrets Automation, acquisition of SecretHub Existing users covered until 2022 * NSA helps out Microsoft with critical Exchange Server vulnerability disclosures in an April shower of patches 114 fixes for the Windows world – plus fixes from SAP, Adobe, FreeBSD, etc * Cracked copies of Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop steal your session cookies, browser history, crypto-coins It's like the 2000s all over again, sighs Bitdefender * Average convicted British computer criminal is young, male, not highly skilled, researcher finds Analysis of Computer Misuse Act cases also draws heavily on El Reg archives * Want to turbo-charge your cybersec skills? It’s time to put yourself on the SPOT That’s Self-Paced Online Training, says SANS Institute Site News * Journalists wanted: News reporter and copy editor Want to write for El Reg or help us polish our output? Apply within Software * You know what? Fork this: AWS renames its take on Elasticsearch to OpenSearch following trademark fight Beta expected in a matter of weeks, production release planned for summer * Unity devs warned of breaking changes ahead in video game engine as team gets to grips with mutating face of .NET Support has fallen behind and fixing it is a challenge * Key Perl Core developer quits, says he was bullied for daring to suggest programming language contained 'cruft' 'After saying this, I immediately received hostile messages' says pumpking of version 5.x * Joint UK government procurement seeks supplier to support controversial Clean Air Zone system A hot £22m for a bit of CAZ-ual software support * So how's .NET 6 coming along? Oh wow, Microsoft's multi-platform framework now includes... Windows BlazorWebView arrives on desktop applications. Too convoluted? * AWS adds local webcam passthrough to both of its remote desktop tools NICE DCV also gets support for Apple's M1 silicon * NHS COVID-19 app update blocked by Apple, Google over location privacy fears New version for England dead on arrival just as UK eases lockdown rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 © 2021 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: