SSH shaken, not stirred by Terrapin vulnerability [Thu Dec 21 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 21 December 2023 ***************************************************************** SSH shaken, not stirred by Terrapin vulnerability No need to panic, but grab those updates or mitigations anyway just to be safe ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Singapore wants datacenters, clouds, regulated like critical infrastructure Even systems located outside city-state could be considered 'foundational' and face performance demands On-Prem * Calculating Pi in the sky: Axiom Space plans to launch 'orbital datacenter' Small rack to lift off in 2027 – we reckon it might be 10U or 12U, which can pack a lot of power * NASA makes purrrr-fect deep space transmission of cat vid Tabby footage crosses millions of miles and was still faster than most folks' home broadband * UK officials caught napping ahead of 2G and 3G doomsday Parking meters and trash collection face disruption as networks switch off * China's GPU contender Moore Threads reveals card that can cope with Nvidia’s CUDA MTT S4000 GPU isn't super-fast, but the 'kilocard cluster' design supporting it looks interesting * India builds massive tech infrastructure to support finance sector ERP for 63,000 small rural lenders, software for 1,800 banks, and better-than-hyperscale cloud for the rest Security * Something nasty injected login-stealing JavaScript into 50K online banking sessions Why keeping your PC secure and free of malware remains paramount * Cybercrooks book a stay in hotel email inboxes to trick staff into spilling credentials Research highlights how major attacks like those exploiting Booking.com are executed * Manchester's finest drowning in paperwork as Freedom of Information requests pile up Enforcement notice issued months after data regulator schooled police force * SSH shaken, not stirred by Terrapin vulnerability No need to panic, but grab those updates or mitigations anyway just to be safe Software * Microsoft prescribes command-line surgery for HP Smart app malady Printer names messed up? Debug It Yourself * Study uncovers presence of CSAM in popular AI training dataset LAION-5B contains 1,008 verifiable instances of illegal pictures of children, likely lots more, say researchers * FTC bans Rite Aid from using AI facial recognition in stores for 5 years Among the mistakes, an 11-year-old girl was misidentified as a shoplifter and searched * Microsoft offers rollback for those affected by Windows wireless futility See, it wasn't just you * Penguins get their Wayland with Firefox 121 Latest version of Mozilla's web browser brings something different depending on your machine Offbeat * Danish techies claim they can predict your next move (and your last) Life's a vector, then you die * Women in IT are on a 283-year march to parity, BCS warns Chartered institute highlights lack of progress in tech role equality * Long-delayed Ariane 6 rocket is 'ready to go' – hopefully – says European Space Agency Latest launch sim went off without a hitch. An upper stage test, not so much ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: