UK Cabinet Office hands stalled Microsoft migration to another department Project to get off Google remains a red risk, according to government assessment The Cabinet Office, the strategic center of UK government, has handed a much-delayed project to migrate from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 (M365) to another department.… #theregister #IT

UK Cabinet Office abandons stalled Microsoft migration

Updated: Project to get off Google remains a red risk, according to government assessment

Ruh-roh. DDR5 memory vulnerable to new Rowhammer attack Google and ETH Zurich found problems with AMD/SK Hynix combo, will probe other hardware Researchers from Google and Swiss university ETH Zurich have found a new class of Rowhammer vulnerability that could allow attackers to access info stored in DDR5 memory.… #theregister #IT

Ruh-roh. DDR5 memory vulnerable to new Rowhammer attack

: Google and ETH Zurich found problems with AMD/SK Hynix combo, will probe other hardware

Australia to let Big Tech choose its own adventure to enact kids social media ban Suggests using multiple overlapping approaches and being kind to kids who get kicked off Australia’s eSafety commissioner has told social media operators it expects them to employ multiple age assurance techniques and technologies to keep children under sixteen off social media, as required by local… #theregister #IT

Australia to let Big Tech choose kids social media ban tech

: Suggests using multiple overlapping approaches and being kind to kids who get kicked off

Microsoft blocks bait for ‘fastest-growing’ 365 phish kit, seizes 338 domains Redmond names alleged ringleader, claims 5K+ creds stolen and $100k pocketed Microsoft has seized 338 websites associated with RaccoonO365 and identified the leader of the phishing service - Joshua Ogundipe - as part of a larger effort to disrupt what Redmond's Digital Crimes Unit calls the "fas… #theregister #IT

Microsoft, Cloudflare shut down RaccoonO365 phishing domains

: Redmond names alleged ringleader, claims 5K+ creds stolen and $100k pocketed

Li-ion roars can predict early battery failure, MIT boffins say Batteries emit distinct acoustic signatures depending on how they're failing - a bit like people, really When lithium-ion batteries degrade, they emit acoustic signals that reveal what's going wrong inside. Now, MIT researchers say they've figured out how to interpret those sounds, and the subtle creaks and … #theregister #IT

Listening to batteries helps scientists decode faint sounds

: Batteries emit distinct acoustic signatures depending on how they're failing – a bit like people, really

Criminals broke into the system Google uses to share info with cops Talk about an inside job Google confirmed that miscreants created a fraudulent account in its Law Enforcement Request System (LERS) portal, which police and other government agencies use to ask for data about Google users.… #theregister #IT

Google confirms crims accessed its law enforcement portal

: Talk about an inside job

Fiverr cuts 30% of staff in pivot to being 'an AI-first company' 250 people now have the chance to sell their freelance services on the site ai-pocalypse  Freelance services marketplace Fiverr has told around 250 staffers that they are back on the market as it pivots to having "a modern, clean, AI-focused infrastructure from the ground up."… #theregister #IT

Fiverr cuts 30% of staff in pivot to ‘AI-first’

ai-pocalypse: 250 people now have the chance to sell their freelance services on the site

Google unveils master plan for letting AI shop on your behalf Mastercard, American Express, Coinbase, and PayPal sign up at launch Google has given the go-ahead to a plan that lets AI agents make purchases on your behalf and, on Tuesday, released its Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) to make it happen. The system comes with touted safeguards that are intended to prevent thieves fr… #theregister #IT

Google unveils masterplan for letting AI shop on your behalf

: Mastercard, American Express, Coinbase, and PayPal sign up at launch

Small nuke reactors are really coming online by next year, US energy secretary insists That's optimistic based on progress so far US Energy Secretary Chris Wright believes that the country will have at least one small nuclear rector up and running by July 2026, despite the fact that not a single one has been built to date, after multiple failed attempts.… #theregister #IT

DoE Secretary says small nuke reactors online by 2026

: That's optimistic based on progress so far

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'