UK hospital meltdown after ransomware worm uses NSA vuln to raid IT [Mon May 15 2017]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 15 May 2017 ***************************************************************** UK hospital meltdown after ransomware worm uses NSA vuln to raid IT Docs use pen and paper after computers scrambled amid global outbreak ***************************************************************** Business * Plutus Payroll finally pays up ... but pays people TOO MUCH! Contractors weren't paid for weeks, now some have been paid four times * Head of UK.gov's Common Technology Services Iain Patterson steps down Body count of GDS folk grows bigger following arrival of Kevin Cunnington * O2 continues to splash out on 4G ahead of rumoured IPO Also announces partnership with Cisco to throw £80m at London coverage * All that free music on YouTube is good for you, Google tells music biz Lucky duckies * Beeb hands £560m IT deal to Atos. Again Well it's sustainable ... it's a single source producer... Yep! Boutique massive outsourcing * PC repair chap lets tech support scammer log on to his PC. His Linux PC Fraudster: Is this Windows? And why is it looking up my IP address? Data Centre * If you printed out this week's storage news and laid it end to end, it would stretch to the end of, er, your desk That's still a lot of stuff – and we've summarized it for you * Facebook in the dock: Web giant faces trial for allegedly ripping off data center blueprints Zuck's Open Compute Project stole our designs, claims Brit biz * So your client's under-spent on IT for decades and lives in fear of an audit Oh-so-trendy infrastructure as code could save your bacon * Pleased HPE clutches two hot Java server cups – but oh dear MultiJVM Fell at third x86 benchmark hurdle * Toshiba and WD execs sheathe blades, start talking over memory biz It's make-up time but nobody's kissing yet * The world (of backup) is not enough for Barracuda Combining security and data protection DevOps * DevOps, Containers, CD in Westminster - the countdown begins Want to join the party? Act now * CyberArk splashes $42m on DevOps security whizz Conjur Israeli firm prepares for DevOps deluge Emergent Tech * Amazon's Alexa is worst receptionist ever: Crazy exes, stalkers' calls put through automatically Ability to screen callers, block people Coming Soon™ * Uber may face criminal charges over alleged stolen self-driving tech Judge Alsup denies Waymo arbitration request, refers case to Uncle Sam's legal eagles * Space upstart plans public cloud in low Earth orbit Moving VMs in fleet of micro-sats for virtual geosynchronous satellites Personal Tech * Sweaty fitness bands fall behind as Apple Watch outpaces sales Fashion! Turn to the left... Fashion! Fashion! Security * More UPNP woes: crashable library bites routers and software You know the drill: patch fast or cry slowly * Microsoft to spooks: WannaCrypt was inevitable, quit hoarding Monday wrap: “kill switch” holding for now; new versions emerging; patch what you can * Comey was loathed by the left, reviled by the right – must have been doing something right Three years of the US's top cop in action * 74 countries hit by NSA-powered WannaCrypt ransomware backdoor: Emergency fixes emitted by Microsoft for WinXP+ All you need to know – from ports to samples * WanaCrypt ransomware snatches NSA exploit, fscks over Telefónica, other orgs in Spain EternalBlue now an eternal headache * UK hospital meltdown after ransomware worm uses NSA vuln to raid IT Docs use pen and paper after computers scrambled amid global outbreak * 'Jaff' argh snakes: 5m emails/hour ransomware floods inboxes Locky-style nasty will squeeze you for two whole bitcoins * LastPass resolves UK connectivity blooper Third-party provider blamed * Someone is sending propaganda texts to Ukrainian soldiers Hmm, who has a conflict and IMSI catchers, we wonder * Vanilla Forums has a plain-flavoured zero-day PHPMailer bug leads to remote code execution via HTTP * Google's PHP API client has XSS vulnerability Patch promised Software * Linus Torvalds stops personally signing Linux rc tarballs But Linux 4.12 rc1 made it out before Mother's day anyway, thanks to new kernel.org plan * For now, GNU GPL is an enforceable contract, says US federal judge The software hippies' minds are going to be blown over this one * 'Judge Java' to sueball-slinging smut studio: Test your pirate-hunting tools or walk the plank Alsup wants torrent-chasing biz to work that IP detector hard * Oracle crushed in defeat as Java world votes 'No' to modular overhaul Dire warnings ignored, plea for unity heard * TensorFlow: I want to like you, but you're tricksy Wrestling with Google's machine learning framework Science * Japanese researchers spin up toilet paper gyroscopes for science The way you spin the loo paper roll exposes your business * Warm, wet, mysterious... sound familiar? Ah, yes, you've heard of this second Neptune, too Boffins share findings of strange alien world 440 light years away Bootnotes * US Coast Guard: We're rather chuffed with our new Boeing spy drone Meanwhile Britain is binning it. Well done, admirals * Free whitepaper * Web threats: Challenges and solutions Web threats employ blended techniques, an explosion of variants, and targeted regional attacks. Learn how to to ensure security, regulatory compliance, and business continuity ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, The Lightwell, 12-16 Laystall Street, London, EC1R 4PF, UK The Register and its contents are Copyright © Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: