Fresh curl tomorrow will patch 'worst' security flaw in ages [Wed Oct 11 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 11 October 2023 ***************************************************************** Fresh curl tomorrow will patch 'worst' security flaw in ages It’s bad, folks. Pair of CVEs incoming on October 11 ***************************************************************** On-Prem * Twitter further restricts free tier with option to limit replies to verified accounts The digital town square, but with more pay-to-play curbs * Judge tosses Sonos's $32.5M patent win over Google with savage slam down 'It is wrong that our system was used to punish an innovator and to enrich a pretender' * Google pays Apple $18B to $20B a year to keep its search in iPhone Bernstein estimates value of agreement, warns it and similar deals may end if DoJ wins antitrust case * RISC-V org claims export restrictions would stifle innovation Efforts to deny China access will hurt the 'open' part of open standard, says collab body CEO * Vodafone to fast-track Arm-based OpenRAN for mobile networks Working with Ampere and others in modular approach * IDC: AI is a solution for a PC industry with a sales problem Articulating use cases? Erm, yes but customers are captivated * China's top crypto-mining hardware-maker reportedly furloughs staff Bitmain's 'Antminers' dominate the market – but customers aren't buying Security * It's 2023 and Microsoft WordPad can be exploited to hijack vulnerable systems Happy Halloween! Security bugs under attack squashed, more flaws fixed * SBF on trial: The Python code that allegedly let Alameda hedge fund spend people's FTX deposits And Caroline Ellison says she was told by Bankman-Fried to take $10B from customer accounts * HTTP/2 'Rapid Reset' zero-day exploited in biggest DDoS deluge seen yet Botnet storm drowned last record with 398 million requests per second * Mirai reloads exploit arsenal as botnet embarks on another expansion drive With 13 new payloads it's the biggest update to the botnet in months * Researcher bags two-for-one deal on Linux bugs while probing GNOME component One-click exploit could potentially affect most major distros * Fresh curl tomorrow will patch 'worst' security flaw in ages It’s bad, folks. Pair of CVEs incoming on October 11 * Ransomware attacks register record speeds thanks to success of infosec industry Dwell times drop to hours rather than days for the first time Software * Microsoft reportedly runs GitHub's AI Copilot at a loss Redmond willing to do its accounts in red ink to get you hooked * Microsoft says VBScript will be ripped from Windows in future release It's PowerShell or something similar in the not too distant future * Microsoft extends life support for aging Apache Cassandra 3.11 database But only if you're ready to cozy up in Azure's abode * Incus 0.1 is Canonical's LXD 'containervisor' with Ubuntu integration stripped out Community fork delivers first code for more distro-neutral functionality * SAP customers on brink of ERPocalypse as 2025 support cliff looms for ECC When German vendor promised service until 2027, not everyone qualified * Microsoft does not want ValueLicensing CEO anywhere near its confidentiality ring Perpetual license case perpetually rumbles on * Unity CEO 'retires' in the wake of fee fiasco Ex-Red Hat CEO James M Whitehurst takes the big chair in the interim * Japanese PM says international AI regulations will be here by Christmas G7 to meet after getting ideas from UN’s Internet Governance Forum Special Features * Vietnam accused of Predator spyware attack on EU and US politicians Awkward, seeing as the US and Vietnam just announced a refreshed relationship Offbeat * Swedish tech biz aims to sail past traffic woes on electric hydrofoils But P-12's production timeline is fuzzy * Russian Nauka module plays leak-a-boo with International Space Station Faulty backup radiator is bleeding coolant into the black * New information physics theory is evidence 'we're living in a simulation,' says author But why would a simulation create El Reg? Mmm... pizza ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: