Nearly every AMD CPU since 2017 vulnerable to Inception data-leak attacks [Thu Aug 10 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 10 August 2023 ***************************************************************** Nearly every AMD CPU since 2017 vulnerable to Inception data-leak attacks It's like a nesting doll of security flaws ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Verizon to 'sunset' Blue Jeans vidconf platform Also-ran service done in by ‘changing market conditions in a post-pandemic landscape' On-Prem * Lawsuit: We've got the stats to prove Twitter ax fell unfairly on older, female engineers Seven ex-tweeps bring the receipts, as the kids say * X tries to win back advertisers with brand safety promises Meanwhile, platform keeps paying creators a share of ad revenue, but without similar safety features * Apple, Samsung, and Intel to invest in Arm IPO, and emerge with some control: report SoftBank CFO says news of float is imminent, suggests firm will keep a solid chunk * TSMC and pals chip in for €10B German fab NXP, Infineon, Bosch each nab 10% stake in joint venture Security * Nearly every AMD CPU since 2017 vulnerable to Inception data-leak attacks It's like a nesting doll of security flaws * Rapid7 prepares to toss 18% of workforce to cut costs Operating expenses almost as high as actual turnover in latest quarterly numbers * Northern Ireland police may have endangered its own officers by posting details online in error At least it was a blunder and not a hostile attack, unlike what happened to another UK public body this week * INTERPOL shutters '16shop' phishing-as-a-service outfit Alleged administrator cuffed in Indonesia, associate arrested in Japan, accused of selling fake Amazons for $60 Software * DARPA tells AI world: Make a model that secures software, there's $25M in it for you If you're so smart, prove it by safeguarding our infrastructure * Sparkling fresh updates to Ubuntu, Mint and Zorin on way What's new in the world of Irish Ubuntu derivatives * Google teases Project IDX, an AI-infused code editing thing Rival to CoPilot and CodeWhisperer sees the Big G join the error-ridden robo-coding market * Palantir lobbied UK pensions department for its software to tackle fraud Approach follows successful contracts in the health sector * IBM gives z/OS an AI infusion in major upgrade aimed in part at easing admin chores Big Blue bakes in brainbox tech to get models running – because kids these days don't want a career in big iron Special Features * Ukraine's Victor Zhora: Russia's cyber 'war crimes' will continue after ground invasion ends International laws needed 'to bring accountability' govt chief tells The Reg * CLI-beautifying ANSI escape sequences can also make your log files a security threat When you can't even cat your telemetry safely, who can you trust? * Say hello to Downfall, another data-leaking security hole in several years of Intel chips It is with a heavy heart that we must announce that the boffins are at it again * Can 'Mad Libs for incident response' prevent the next MOVEit fiasco? IBM X-Force lead says yes * It's that time of the year again: The trinity of infosec conferences A quick guide to Hacker Summer Camp Offbeat * Never mind room temperature, LK-99 slammed as 'not a superconductor at all' It may actually be the anti-superconductor, quips one research team * US Supreme Court allows 'ghost guns' to fall under federal purview 3D printers beware, Biden's on the Build-Your-Own-Blunderbuss beat * Researchers discover algorithm to create shapes that roll down pre-determined paths Lopsided solids promise applications in quantum mechanics and medicine * Pope goes fire and brimstone on the dangers of AI We hope the World Peace Day statement was not written by ChatGPT * We need to be first on the Moon, uh, again, says NASA 'I don't want China to get to the south pole with humans and then say: this is ours, stay out' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: