While we fire the boss, can you lock him out of the network? [Mon Jan 15 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 15 January 2024 ***************************************************************** While we fire the boss, can you lock him out of the network? And he would have got away with it, too, if it weren’t for this one tiny backdoor ***************************************************************** On-Prem * Why do IT projects like the UK's scandal-hit Post Office Horizon end in disaster? Lack of skills, funding, and scrutiny – pick three * The week in weird: Check out the strangest CES tech of 2024 Cat flap fever, a streaming service for dogs, and other oddities on display in Vegas this week * Google to lay Asia-Pacific to South America undersea cable Humboldt cable to zoom from Chile to Australia through the South Pacific * US tech innovation dreams soured by changed R&D tax laws But Congress is on top of that, right? * It's uncertain where personal technology is heading, but judging from CES, it smells Our vulture spent a week in Las Vegas – here are his key takeaways * Nvidia can't sell its best chips to China, but India is more than happy to take them Datacenter biz plans to deploy 32,000 Nvidia H100 and H200s next year Security * Number of orgs compromised via Ivanti VPN zero-days grows as Mandiant weighs in Snoops had no fewer than five custom bits of malware to hand to backdoor networks * Why we update... Data-thief malware exploits SmartScreen on unpatched Windows PCs Phemedrone Stealer loots drives for passwords, cookies, login tokens, etc * Exploit for under-siege SharePoint vuln reportedly in hands of ransomware crew It’s taken months for crims to hack together a working exploit chain * Secret multimillion-dollar cryptojacker snared by Ukrainian police Criminal scored $2M in crypto proceeds but ends up in ‘cuffs following property raid * So, are we going to talk about how GitHub is an absolute boon for malware, or nah? Microsoft says it's doing its best to crack down on crims * Data regulator fines HelloFresh £140K for sending 80M+ spams Messaging menace used text and email to bombard people * While we fire the boss, can you lock him out of the network? And he would have got away with it, too, if it weren’t for this one tiny backdoor * Drivers: We'll take that plain dumb car over a flashy data-spilling internet one, thanks Now that's a smart move Software * OpenAI tweaks its fine print, removes explicit ban on 'military and warfare' use PLUS: It's difficult to make a bad LLM turn good; ELVIS Act seeks AI voice clone ban * ‘Technical glitch’ in payroll software sparks riots in Papua New Guinea PLUS: Microsoft taps 700 million new customers in China; AI comes to Korean DMZ; India’s semiconductor sector surges * GitHub Copilot copyright case narrowed but not neutered Microsoft and OpenAI fail to shake off AI infringement allegations * Media experts cry foul over AI's free lunch of copyrighted content US senators want to know how chatbots represent an existential crisis to journalism and democracy * Microsoft suggests command line fiddling to get faulty Windows 10 update installed Unhelpful error codes, complex fixes ... When did Windows turn into Linux? * Your pacemaker should be running open source software Using embedded medical technology, such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, or insulin pump? What's running inside is a complete mystery * Daughter of George Carlin horrified someone cloned her dad with AI for hour special Seven words you can't say – This won't backfire and ruin art forever Offbeat * NASA, Lockheed Martin reveal subtly supersonic X-59 plane Boffins say the quiet part out loud: There's no room for the sonic boom * Going green Hertz: Rental giant axes third of EV fleet over lack of demand Company expects $245 million hit due to depreciation * BOFH: Nice air conditioning system. Would be a shame if anything happened to it How to 'improve your service level' with 'AI' when redundancies loom * Disease X fever infects Davos: WEF to plan response to whatever big pandemic is next Heads up, this isn't about Elon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 © 2024 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: