Apple 0-day likely used in spy attacks affected devices as old as iPhone 8 May have been used in 'extremely sophisticated' attacks against 'specific targeted individuals' Apple backported a fix to older iPhones and iPads for a serious bug it patched last month – but only after it may have been exploited in what the company calls "extremely sophisticated" attacks.… #theregister #IT
Apple backports patch to older kit after 0-day exploitation
: May have been used in 'extremely sophisticated' attacks against 'specific targeted individuals'
Key KDE developer Jonathan Riddell quits Former head of Kubuntu and neon says adiós after 25 years Sad news for KDE: one of the core people guiding the project for the whole century so far has left the building.… #theregister #IT
Key KDE developer Jonathan Riddell quits
: Former head of Kubuntu and neon says adiós after 25 years
Self-propagating worm fuels latest npm supply chain compromise Intrusions bear the same hallmarks as recent Nx mess The npm platform is the target of another supply chain attack, with crims already compromising 187 packages and counting.… #theregister #IT
Self-propagating worm fuels latest npm supply chain attack
: Intrusions bear the same hallmarks as recent Nx mess
Users in SAP's heartland call for greater license transparency DSAG players grappling with cloud migration want more consistency with commercial models DSAG, the SAP user group for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, has called for greater transparency in cloud licensing to enable the migration and upgrade of on-prem systems to the cloud.… #theregister #IT
SAP heartland users call for greater license transparency
: DSAG players grappling with cloud migration want more consistency with commercial models
Office 2016 and 2019 face October 14 execution date The Microsoft Axman Cometh While Windows 10 might seem to be the biggest casualty as a result of Microsoft's ax-swinging, Office and recent versions of Windows 11 are also set to be chopped.… #theregister #IT
Office 2016 and 2019 face October 14 execution date
: The Microsoft Axman Cometh
Rust-style safety model for C++ 'rejected' as profiles take priority Safe C++ proposal author claims that 'will not ever work' The C++ standards committee abandoned a detailed proposal to create a rigorously safe subset of the language, according to the proposal's co-author, despite continuing anxiety about memory safety.… #theregister #IT
Safe C++ proposal all but abandoned in favor of profiles
: Safe C++ proposal author claims that 'will not ever work'
'FileFix' attacks use fake Facebook security alerts to trick victims into running infostealers Tech evolved from PoC to global campaign in under two months An attack called FileFix is masquerading as a Facebook security alert before ultimately dropping the widely used StealC infostealer and malware downloader.… #theregister #IT
FileFix attacks trick victims into executing infostealers
: Tech evolved from PoC to global campaign in under two months
Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updates Nothing says ‘circular economy’ like Microsoft stranding 400 million PCs on International E-waste Day European e-waste campaigners are calling on EU leadership to force tech vendors to provide 15 years of software updates, using Microsoft's plan to end Windows 10 support next month — which may make an estimated 400 million PCs obs… #theregister #IT
Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updates
: Nothing says ‘circular economy’ like Microsoft stranding 400 million PCs on International E-waste Day
JLR stuck in neutral as losses skyrocket amid cyberattack cleanup Latest extension to factory closures takes incident response into fourth week Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced a further extension to its multi-site global shutdown, bringing its cyber-related downtime to nearly four weeks.… #theregister #IT
JLR says cyber cleanup to take additional week
: Latest extension to factory closures takes incident response into fourth week
The end of Windows 10 means early Surface Hub hardware will be bricking it Beware the meeting room zombies Beware the meeting room zombies. We don't mean you when you're listening to a colleague reading out a 100-slide PowerPoint presentation, but some expensive Microsoft meeting room hardware that may be obsolete in a few short weeks.… #theregister #IT
End of Windows 10 = the end of early Surface Hub hardware
: Beware the meeting room zombies