Microsoft tweaks Windows Out of Box Experience for enterprises to adjust control freakery Administrators can get patches installed via Intune before the first login From next month, Windows administrators will be able to inflict Microsoft's quality updates on users via the Out of Box Experience (OOBE) by default.… #theregister #IT

Microsoft adds updates to the Windows OOBE for enterprises

: Administrators can get patches installed via Intune before the first login

Citrix patches trio of NetScaler bugs – after attackers beat them to it Criminals already abusing its latest zero-days Citrix has pushed out fixes for three fresh NetScaler holes – and yes, they've already been used in the wild before the vendor got around to patching.… #theregister #IT

Citrix patches trio of NetScaler bugs

: Criminals already abusing its latest zero-days

ESA engineers trace anomaly in silent Juice spacecraft to a bug in the code Timer fail blamed for probe going quiet as Venus looms The European Space Agency (ESA) is breathing easier after communications with Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) were restored – the spacecraft is currently barreling toward Venus for a gravity-assist flyby on August 31.… #theregister #IT

ESA engineers trace anomaly in silent spacecraft to code bug

: Timer fail blamed for probe going quiet as Venus looms

Google to require dev verification for all Android apps by 2027 Sideloaders face ID checks, fees, and paperwork as Chocolate Factory tightens gates Google will extend developer verification to all Android apps, not just those installed from the Play Store, beginning with Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand in September 2026, and followed by global rollout in 2027 a… #theregister #IT

Google to restrict Android app sideloading to verified devs

: Sideloaders face ID checks, fees, and paperwork as Chocolate Factory tightens gates

Asahi, Nikkei sue AI search outfit Perplexity for copyright infringement Tokyo filing adds to mounting actions against startup AI search outfit Perplexity has been hit with yet another copyright lawsuit, this time courtesy of Japan's Nikkei and Asahi media companies.… #theregister #IT

Asahi, Nikkei sue Perplexity AI for copyright infringement

: Tokyo filing adds to mounting actions against startup

Crypto thief earns additional prison time for assaulting witness Remy Ra St Felix led a vicious international crime ring A violent home invader and gunpoint cryptocurrency thief will now spend more than 50 years behind bars after being found guilty of assaulting a witness.… #theregister #IT

Crypto thief gets six more years after assaulting witness

: Remy Ra St Felix led a vicious international crime ring

Two scrubs, one Starship: Third time lucky for SpaceX? We've going to Mars! Oh no – anvil clouds! Elon Musk's monster rocket, Starship, remains firmly on the launchpad after two scrubs in a row, first due to an oxygen leak and then some clouds.… #theregister #IT

Two scrubs, one Starship: Third time lucky for SpaceX?

: We've going to Mars! Oh no – anvil clouds!

Docker Desktop bug let containers hop the fence with barely a nudge Isolation? We've heard of it Docker has patched a critical hole in Docker Desktop that let a container break out and take control of the host machine with laughable ease.… #theregister #IT

Docker Desktop bug let containers hop the fence with ease

: Isolation? We've heard of it

Farmers Insurance harvests bad news: 1.1M customers snared in data breach Crims raided third-party systems and lifted personal data, including license numbers and partial SSNs US insurance giant Farmers Insurance says more than a million customers had personal data nicked after a third-party vendor was compromised.… #theregister #IT

1.1M Farmers Insurance customers snared in breach

: Crims raided third-party systems and lifted personal data, including license numbers and partial SSNs

Silver State goes dark as cyberattack knocks Nevada websites offline Phone lines also down as officials rely on social media to issue updates The state of Nevada is now two days into a cyberattack that has brought down many of its digital services.… #theregister #IT

Cyberattack on state systems keeps Nevada’s office closed

: Phone lines also down as officials rely on social media to issue updates