How fiends abuse an out-of-date Microsoft Windows driver to infect victims [Tue Apr 25 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 25 April 2023 ***************************************************************** How fiends abuse an out-of-date Microsoft Windows driver to infect victims It's like those TV movies where a spy cuts a wire and the whole building's security goes out ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Where are we now – Microsoft 363? Cloud suite suffers another outage Some customers unable to use the search function for online services like Teams and Outlook * How was Google boss's 2022? He got paid $226M as stock awards kicked in Bumper payday for exec as relentless cost-cutting campaign continues On-Prem * Will Arm make and sell its own processors? We're gonna go with no Not for a long while at least, anyway * Appeals court backs Apple over Epic, which isn't as bad as you might think Game maker's success getting anti-steering rules nixed also survived * Samsung to cough up third of a billion bucks for ripping off patent Next on Netlist's hit list? Micron and Google * Let's take a closer look at these claims of anti-ransomware SSDs Inevitably, there's AI involved. Could it work? * Support chap put PC into 'drying mode' and users believed it was real Who annoys auditors? It's like picking on alligators – it won't end well * Microsoft suggests businesses buy fewer PCs. No, really Redmond wants you using Cloud PCs instead because they offer a better sustainability story Security * How fiends abuse an out-of-date Microsoft Windows driver to infect victims It's like those TV movies where a spy cuts a wire and the whole building's security goes out * That 3CX supply chain attack keeps getting worse: More victims found Also, Finland sentences CEO of breach company to prison (kind of), and this week's laundry list of critical vulns Software * US Supreme Court snubs that guy who wants AI recognized as patent inventors No surprise for a panel that appears to enjoy taking away rights rather than granting them * IBM pauses counting its billions to trim Red Hat staff Customers shouldn't even notice, sniffs Linux distro CEO * US Veterans Affairs Dept shoots down $10B Oracle Cerner dream Despite Ellison's health world ambitions, Uncle Sam resets massive project over harm to patient health * Tesla wins key court battle over Autopilot crash blame Anyone else who wants to take on Musk, please take note * American private equity can't wait to gobble up Euro stalwart Software AG Silver Lake set to grab control of firm with legacy from Moon landing era * Google's AI chatbot Bard catches up to generating code NSFW? You'll need to check outputs for accuracy. Plus: OpenAI CEO says massive model era's over, Microsoft said to be building custom AI chip * If you don't get open source's trademark culture, expect bad language Rust never sleeps. Sometimes it dozes at the wheel * UK monopoly watchdog gives Broadcom-VMware probe a tight timetable If the news is bad for chip giant, a remedy will need to be found very quickly indeed * Department of Homeland Security bets on AI to help handle China Secretary worries about critical infrastructure being held to ransom * QEMU 8.0 hatches more support for Arm and RISC-V Sapphire Rapids joins the fun, and there's even something for s390x users * Linux 6.3 debuts after 'nice, controlled release cycle' Preps for Intel's Meteor Lake, improves support for Chinese RISC-V silicon, and gets to the starting line with a racing wheel Special Features * SentinelOne sticks generative AI into its stuff because 2023 gotta 2023 Look, anyone can build these things * From tiny acorns mighty oak trees grow – RSA is back in town Security bods converge on the cool gray city of love Offbeat * Techie sacked after jetting to tropical island on sick leave 'Let me tell you, I recuperated at home, and I followed the doctor's advice to recuperate at home' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 © 2023 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: