Google fuses SQL, Python, and Spark in Colab Enterprise push Move comes as Snowflake and Databricks chase the same all-in-one analytics dream Google is promising a single notebook environment for machine learning and data analytics, integrating SQL, Python, and Apache Spark in one place.… #theregister #IT

Google fuses SQL, Python, and Spark in Colab Enterprise push

: Move comes as Snowflake and Databricks chase the same all-in-one analytics dream

‘An attacker's playground:’ Crims exploit GoAnywhere perfect-10 bug Researchers say tens of thousands of instances remain publicly reachable Security researchers have confirmed that threat actors have exploited the maximum-severity vulnerability affecting Fortra's GoAnywhere managed file transfer (MFT), and chastised the vendor for a lack of transparency.… #theregister #IT

Exploits using GoAnywhere perfect-10 bug confirmed

: Researchers say tens of thousands of instances remain publicly reachable

LockBit's new variant is 'most dangerous yet,' hitting Windows, Linux and VMware ESXi Operation Cronos didn’t kill LockBit – it just came back meaner Trend Micro has sounded the alarm over the new LockBit 5.0 ransomware strain, which it warns is "significantly more dangerous" than past versions due to its newfound ability to simultaneously target Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi environ… #theregister #IT

LockBit

: Operation Cronos didn’t kill LockBit – it just came back meaner

Software CEO tells Catholic uni panel AI won't take out jobs, but it could take out brains As exorcist convention decries AI's potential for 'necromancy' The CEO of a software testing company told a panel at Catholic University of America that AI will not create mass unemployment – though it could make people more stupid.… #theregister #IT

Software CEO tells Catholic uni panel AI won

: As exorcist convention decries AI's potential for 'necromancy'

Prompt injection – and a $5 domain – trick Salesforce Agentforce into leaking sales More fun with AI agents and their security holes A now-fixed flaw in Salesforce’s Agentforce could have allowed external attackers to steal sensitive customer data via prompt injection, according to security researchers who published a proof-of-concept attack on Thursday. They were aided by an… #theregister #IT

Salesforce Agentforce tricked into leaking sales leads

: More fun with AI agents and their security holes

Volvo North America confirms staff data stolen following ransomware attack on IT supplier The downstream consequences of Miljödata’s ransomware attack continue to affect major organizations Volvo North America is the latest large organization to announce attackers accessed employee data after a ransomware attack struck its HR system provider.… #theregister #IT

Volvo NA staff data stolen in third-party ransomware attack

: The downstream consequences of Miljödata’s ransomware attack continue to affect major organizations

SpaceX Dragon huffs, puffs... and fizzles out as NASA aborts ISS boost Meanwhile, Katalyst wins $30M contract to stop Swift telescope falling out of the sky NASA has made progress with plans to boost the rapidly decaying orbit of the Swift observatory while calling an abrupt halt to an attempt to reboost the International Space Station (ISS) using SpaceX's Dragon.… #theregister #IT

NASA and SpaceX abort ISS reboost attempt

: Meanwhile, Katalyst wins $30M contract to stop Swift telescope falling out of the sky

Microsoft digs up Vista-era animated wallpaper for Windows 11. Here's how to get it Debuted in 2007, an old feature is coming back hands on  If you're tired of staring at the same old static wallpapers in Windows 11, there's help on the way. Microsoft has just added support for animated video backgrounds in the latest Insider builds of its popular operating system, heralding … #theregister #IT

Windows 11 gets Vista-era animated wallpaper: How to get it

hands on: Debuted in 2007, an old feature is coming back

UK and US security agencies order urgent fixes as Cisco firewall bugs exploited in wild CISA gives feds 24 hours to patch, NCSC urges rapid action as flaws linked to ArcaneDoor spies Cybersecurity agencies on both sides of the Atlantic are sounding the alarm over Cisco firewall vulnerabilities that are being exploited by an "advanced threat actor."… #theregister #IT

Critical Cisco firewall holes under active attack

: CISA gives feds 24 hours to patch, NCSC urges rapid action as flaws linked to ArcaneDoor spies

UK to roll out mandatory digital ID for right to work by 2029 Prime Minister Starmer revives controversial scheme despite past denials, sparking civil liberties backlash The UK government plans to issue all legal residents a digital identity by the end of the current Parliament, which could run until August 2029, with its use required to get a job.… #theregister #IT

UK to roll out digital ID for right to work by 2029

: Prime Minister Starmer revives controversial scheme despite past denials, sparking civil liberties backlash