Coinbase extorted for $20M. Support staff bribed. Customers scammed. One hell of a breach disclosure… One expert tells us: 'It is the most unique breach disclosure I've ever seen' Coinbase says some of its overseas support staff were paid off to steal information on behalf of cybercriminals, and the company is now being extorted for $20 million.… #theregister #IT

Hackers scam Coinbase users and ransom data for $20M

: Expert tells us: 'It is the most unique breach disclosure I've ever seen'

Socket buys Coana to tell you which security alerts you can ignore Sometimes, less information is more In its latest gambit to reduce the noise of unnecessary security alerts, Socket has acquired Coana, a startup founded in 2022 by researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark that tells users which vulnerabilities they can safely ignore.… #theregister #IT

Socket buys Coana to cut security alert overload

: Sometimes, less information is more

Microsoft set to pull the plug on Bing Search APIs in favor of AI alternative Devs told to swap raw results for LLM-generated summaries as August shutdown looms Microsoft is retiring Bing Search APIs on August 11, directing customers toward AI products as an alternative.… #theregister #IT

Microsoft set to pull the plug on Bing Search APIs

: Devs told to swap raw results for LLM-generated summaries as August shutdown looms

Snowflake CISO on the power of 'shared destiny' and 'yes and' Lessons learned from last year's security snafu interview  Being the chief information security officer at Snowflake is never an easy job, but last spring it was especially challenging.… #theregister #IT

Snowflake CISO talks lessons learned from breaches, improv

interview: Lessons learned from last year's security snafu

Next week's SpaceX Starship test still needs FAA authorization Aiming for the stars, but sometimes hitting the Caribbean SpaceX supremo Elon Musk says the next Starship will launch next week, however, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) hasn't yet given it the green light.… #theregister #IT

Next week

: Aiming for the stars, but sometimes hitting the Caribbean

70-knot winds blamed for yacht disaster that killed Brit tech tycoon Mike Lynch Probe indicates it was all over for Bayesian in just 9 minutes An interim report by the UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has indicated that extreme wind was to blame for the sinking of the yacht Bayesian, claiming the lives of UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch, his daughter, and five others.… #theregister #IT

Extreme wind blamed for sinking of Mike Lynch

: Probe indicates it was all over for Bayesian in just 9 minutes

Royal Navy freshens up ships' electromagnetic warfare defenses MEWSIC to Brit crews' ears will see off anti-ship missiles, among other things Britain's Royal Navy is to get updated electromagnetic warfare (EW) capabilities including launchable decoys to help defend its vessels against threats such as modern anti-ship missiles.… #theregister #IT

Royal Navy refreshes electromagnetic warfare capabilities

: MEWSIC to Brit crews' ears will see off anti-ship missiles, among other things

The 'End of 10' is nigh, but don't bury your PC just yet Linux types mobilize website to help people avoid creating more e-waste The "End of 10" website is a cooperative effort to let people know that they have other options besides buying a new computer.… #theregister #IT

The

: Linux types mobilize website to help people avoid creating more e-waste

A year on, Valkey charts path to v9 after break from Redis Fork focuses on stability and inclusion as it preps for more ambitious changes Interview  Version 8.1 of Valkey was recently released, marking a year since the creation of the Redis fork. Valkey's co-maintainer, Madelyn Olson, is looking ahead to version 9 as the project settles down.… #theregister #IT

A year on, Valkey charts path to v9 after break from Redis

Interview: Fork focuses on stability and inclusion as it preps for more ambitious changes

Google DeepMind promises to help you evolve your algos AlphaEvolve may optimize your code in ways you hadn’t thought possible. Or not. Not is possible, too Google's AI shop DeepMind has unveiled AlphaEvolve, its "evolutionary coding agent" powered by large language models to discover and optimize algorithms.… #theregister #IT

Google DeepMind debuts algorithm evolving agent, AlphaEvolve

: AlphaEvolve may optimize your code in ways you hadn’t thought possible. Or not. Not is possible, too