Russian admits being Ebury botnet herder, now jailed for 46 months

Malware used to take down Linux Foundation and make millions A Russian man has been imprisoned for 46 months after admitting to using the Ebury malware to create a massive botnet for fun and profit.…

Hacked Chrome web dev plugin maker: How those phishers tricked me

I'm a bloody idiot, says programmer after failing to turn on two-factor authentication The chap behind Chrome Web Developer, a popular third-party extension that was briefly hijacked to inject ads into browsers, today confirmed he was the victim of …

She's back! Jessica Rosenworcel returns to FCC as America's net neutrality row heats up

Comms watchdog back up to full strength America's broadband watchdog, the FCC, is finally back to its full complement of five commissioners following the confirmations of Brendan Carr and Jessica Rosenworcel by the US Senate.…

Internet's backroom boffins' big brainwave: Put people first in future

IETF draft hopes to balance netizens' needs and corporate interests in future standards The Internet Engineering Task Force is being asked to formally adopt its informal philosophy that when it comes to new standards and protocols, end users' needs …

Internet's backroom boffins' big brainwave: Put people first in future

IETF draft hopes to balance netizens' needs and corporate interests in future standards The Internet Engineering Task Force is being asked to formally adopt its informal philosophy that when it comes to new standards and protocols, end users' needs …

Toshiba presenteert single package-ssd met dikte van 1.3mm

Toshiba brengt een compacte nvme-ssd op basis van zijn 3d-tlc-nand met 64 lagen uit. Het gaat om een ssd zonder dram, waardoor de omvang beperkt en de kosten laag kunnen blijven. De dikte bedraagt 1,3mm.

Linux kernel hardners Grsecurity sue open source's Bruce Perens

Our customer contract doesn't violate GPLv2, biz insists in defamation lawsuit In late June, noted open-source programmer Bruce Perens warned that using Grsecurity's Linux kernel security could invite legal trouble.…

Programmer's < fumble jeopardizes thousands of medical reports

Oh Danny boy, the typos, the typos are galling A bug in code that generates medical reports could force patients in Ireland to repeat their hospital and clinic scans.…

FBI arresteert Britse onderzoeker die WannaCry-uitbraak stopte

De Brit Marcus Hutchins is woensdag door de FBI aangehouden om onbekende redenen. De man was onder het pseudoniem MalwareTech verantwoordelijk voor de ontdekking van de killswitch in de ransomware WannaCry. Hierdoor werd de verspreiding een halt toe…

WannaCry kill-switch hero Marcus Hutchins collared by FBI on way home from DEF CON

Chap who stopped ransomware spread cuffed in Nevada Marcus Hutchins, the unassuming Brit who found and activated the kill switch in the WannaCry ransomware, has been arrested by the FBI in America.…

Yelp gives up on food ordering with sale of Eat24 to GrubHub

After layoffs, GoPro’s business appears to be back on track

Onderzoek: Xiaomi is marktleider wearables

In het afgelopen kwartaal groeide Xiaomi uit tot marktleider op het gebied van wearables. Dankzij groei in de verkoop van goedkope fitnessbandjes wist de fabrikant een marktaandeel van 17 procent te halen volgens onderzoek.

Dekking 4g stijgt in België naar 94,5 procent

België heeft in de afgelopen jaren een flinke inhaalslag gemaakt met de uitbreiding van 4g-dekking. De dekkingsgraad is gestegen van 67,8 procent in 2014 naar 94,5 procent vorig jaar. Inwoners maken echter relatief weinig gebruik van snel mobiel int…

Pale Moon 27.4.1

Er is een update voor versie 27.4 van Pale Moon uitgekomen. Deze webbrowser maakt gebruik van de broncode van Mozilla Firefox, maar is geoptimaliseerd voor moderne hardware. De Windows-versie van Mozilla Firefox wordt namelijk ontwikkeld met een zo …

CrystalDiskInfo 7.1.0

Crystal Dew World heeft een nieuwe versie van CrystalDiskInfo uitgebracht. Dit programma, dat onder de MIT-licentie wordt uitgebracht, geeft uitgebreide informatie over de drives in de computer. Er is ondersteuning voor traditionele harde schijven, …

Delphix dishes out Dynamic Data Platform with masking

Virtualises structured data for copies and cloud migration Analysis  Database copy virtualiser Delphix has relaunched itself as a Dynamic Data Platform supplier of personal virtualised data environments, covering on-premises and public cloud environ…

Toshiba invests $1.76bn in flash fab production line, WD kinda peeved

Star-crossed lovers secretly kicking each other to death Toshiba and Western Digital Corp negotiating makes for bizarre viewing. Billions of dollars are at stake, goodwill is laughably absent and one of the world's best flash production partnerships…

Delphix dishes out Dynamic Data Platform with masking

Virtualises structured data for copies and cloud migration Analysis  Database copy virtualiser Delphix has relaunched itself as a Dynamic Data Platform supplier of personal virtualised data environments, covering on-premises and public cloud environ…

Toshiba invests $1.76bn in flash fab production line, WD kinda peeved

Star-crossed lovers secretly kicking each other to death Toshiba and Western Digital Corp negotiating makes for bizarre viewing. Billions of dollars are at stake, goodwill is laughably absent and one of the world's best flash production partnerships…

The next stop for NASA's Pluto spacecraft may be a duck-shaped space rock