Flight tracker Flightradar24 crash caused by 'international interest' in Ukraine

Updated: The live tracking service is struggling under 10-20 times more traffic than normal. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Companies warned to boost cyber defence in wake of Ukraine crisis escalation

Australian Prime Minister warns the country could face retaliatory cyber attacks as sanctions are placed on Russia. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Frontier is the first ISP to offer 2 Gbps internet across its entire network

Want seriously fast internet speed? If you live in the right area, Frontier can deliver the goods. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

AWS: We are investing in the Rust programming language

AWS engineers explain why developers should build infrastructure software on Rust. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Microsoft 365 compliance center: Communication Compliance

It was always going to come to something like this. But now, everyone at work may be even more concerned about what they write and say. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Linux developers patch security holes faster than anyone else, says Google

Linux programmers do a better job of patching security holes than programmers at Apple, Google, and Microsoft. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Multiple vulnerabilities found in Snap-confine function on Linux systems

According to Qualys, one of the vulnerabilities can be exploited to escalate privilege to gain root privileges. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Microsoft aims to improve anti-phishing MFA for White House 'zero trust' push

Microsoft plans to make it easier for organizations using Azure Active Directory to enforce multi-factor authentication for users from external organizations. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

You Should Change the way you charge your smartphone

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@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

CNCF reports record Kubernetes and container adoption

It's an all containers and Kubernetes IT world and we're just running our cloud applications on it. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Meta's threat to leave Europe hints at waning big tech influence

Zuckerberg is between a rock and a hard place with his company suffering one setback after another. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Why Windows isn't ready for Arm developers

Cross-compilers aren't good enough if you want to encourage developers to port apps for Windows on Arm. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Intel invests in open-source RISC-V with a billion dollars in new chip foundries

In one of the most unlikely tech partnerships since Microsoft declared its undying love for Linux, Intel has joined the open-source hardware RISC-V International and is putting a billion into chip foundry startups. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Brazil changes visa rules to attract digital nomads

Foreign professionals working remotely will be granted one-year visas; the association points to a risk of a "virtual brain drain" of local tech experts. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Raspberry Pi: New 'glorious' 64-bit operating system is available to install

Raspberry Pi 3 and Pi 4 owners can now install the 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Meta estimates Apple's iOS changes will cost it $10B in 2022

Meanwhile, the company accused Apple of favoring Google over app-based platforms like Facebook with its privacy policies | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

FBI urges athletes to use burner phones during Beijing Winter Olympics

The FBI also warned of cyber threats against the event despite no specific intel. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

SLOW5 file format helping researchers reduce DNA analysis time

Processing data produced from DNA nanopore sequencing now takes half a day, instead of two weeks. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Python dominates, but developers are adding new skills to stand out

C++, Go, Rust and cybersecurity shine in O'Reilly Media's analysis, but Python, Java and Javascript still rule. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Employers are desperate for data scientists as demand booms

The demand for data science is growing fast, yet recruiters are struggling to find data scientists that can help them move their digital ambitions forward. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

AI chip startup Ceremorphic comes out of stealth mode

A host of novel chip features including analog computation will deliver a more-efficient, more reliable, more secure AI processor for multiple markets, CEO Venkat Mattel claims. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

QNAP users struggling with Deadbolt ransomware after forced firmware updates

Censys said about 4,000 devices are still infected with Deadbolt ransomware. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

DeFi platform Qubit Finance begs hacker to return $80M in stolen funds

"The exploit and loss of funds have a profound effect on thousands of real people," the company said in a message to the hackers. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Sweeping and silly customer complaints at phone stores

Do people really do this? They do. And quite a lot more. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

When open-source developers go “hell”

JavaScript developer Marak Squires wasn't happy about not making money from his open-source libraries, so he deliberately corrupted them, leaving programmers and end-users with dead-in-the-water programs. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Broward Health warns 1.3M patients, staff of 'medical identity theft'

The hospital system says they waited months to notify victims of the breach because the Justice Department asked them to. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Phishing incident causes data breach at West Virginia hospitals

Attackers accessed email accounts containing Social Security numbers, medical treatment information, and more. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

AWS suffers third outage of the month

Although it may have been a short duration event, AWS' latest outage served as another unwelcome reminder of just how much of the internet AWS can take down with it when it suffers even a localized fault. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Boeing and Airbus join FAA in calling for 5G rollout delays

The two aircraft manufacturers join the fray to counter pro-5G parties like CTIA and the FCC. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Now DuckDuckGo is building its own desktop browser

DuckDuckGo takes aim at Google Chrome but insists it isn't going to fork Google's Chromium project upon which Chrome, Edge and others are built on. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Scammers grabbed $7.7B worth of cryptocurrency in 2021

"The most important takeaway is to avoid new tokens that haven't undergone a code audit," said Chainalysis. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

How to lure employees back to the office? You can't. Not now. Not ever

Many owners and bosses still want employees back with their nose to the cubicle grindstone. Forget that noise! | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Google's top searches: Squid Game, Covid-19 vaccine, Bernie Sanders mittens

Afghanistan, Pete Davidson, and stimulus checks were just a few of the most searched terms on Google in 2021. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Security firm Blumira discovers major new Log4j attack vector

A basic Javascript WebSocket connection can trigger a local Log4j remote code attack via a drive-by compromise. Wonderful. Truly wonderful. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Log4j flaw: Now state-backed hackers are using bug as part of attacks

Microsoft detects a new wave of state-sponsored activity focusing on the Log4j bug. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability in Flash (2008)

Alright, I'm just going to start out with a little background before I start, this particular research was so cool that I've been talking about it all day.  Reading this whitepaper, written by Mark Dowd, was as exciting to me as watching highlights of Michael Jordan sinking that … | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

LOKI: An open-source enterprise cloud to call your own

If you put Linux, OpenStack, and Kubernetes together, you get a great Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud: LOKI. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

AWS misfires once more, just days after a failure

Amazon Web Services had trouble again this morning. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

How to Become a Linux Pro

Now, more than ever, companies want employees with Linux skills. Here's how to get prepared for those jobs. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Microsoft offers Surface repair tools for technicians via iFixit

Microsoft offers repair tools through iFixit to address the biggest problem with Surface repairs: glue. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Security warning: New zero-day in the Log4j Java library is being exploited

Severe vulnerability in Java logging libraries allows unauthenticated remote code execution and access to servers, warn researchers. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Kronos hit with ransomware, warns of data breach and 'several week' outage

The HR management platform has already informed major customers, like the city government of Cleveland, about the attack. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

NIST Records Fifth Straight Year of Record Software Vulnerabilities

A record of 18,378 vulnerabilities was reported in 2021, but the number of high severity vulnerabilities was lower than in 2020. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Log4j RCE activity began on December 1 as botnets start using vulnerability

Cloudflare said the earliest activity for the vulnerability known as Log4Shell was from December 1. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Serverless at re:Invent: Where should Amazon Redshift go?

The introduction of the RA3 instance a couple of years ago set the stage for last week's serverless announcement. Separation of storage and compute enabled Redshift to finally match the elasticity of Snowflake and others. But it also provides leapfrog opportunities down the road. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Edge Impulse wants to bring machine learning at the edge to everyone, raise $34M

55.000 projects, 30.000 developers, $54M funding, and customers including the likes of NASA, in a bit over 2 years. Edge Impulse is riding the wave of machine learning at the edge | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

The strangest Nokia phones ever designed

Nowadays, you have the choice of only one prominent phone design: the 'patented' slate-like touch-screen smartphone. But ten years ago, Nokia mobile devices were diverse, innovative and in some cases downright strange in order to meet consumer demand. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago

Rust takes a major step forward as Linux's second official language

Linux is getting more Rust in it by the day. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 2 years ago