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Dutch insurers demand nudes from breast cancer patients despite ban

woensdag 14 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

No photos? No, second operation Updated  Dutch health insurers are reportedly forcing breast cancer patients to submit photos of their breasts prior to reconstructive surgery despite a government ban on precisely that.…

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Just one bad DNS packet can bring down a public DNSSEC server

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

'You don't have to do more than that to disconnect an entire network' El Reg told as patches emerge A 20-plus-year-old security vulnerability in the design of DNSSEC could allow a single DNS packet to exhaust the processing capacity of any server of…

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Dutch insurers demand nudes from breast cancer patients despite ban

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

No photos? No, second operation Updated  Dutch health insurers are reportedly forcing breast cancer patients to submit photos of their breasts prior to reconstructive surgery despite a government ban on precisely that.…

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US patents boss cannot stress enough that inventors must be human, not AI

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

You can use neural networks to help, sure, but not do all the work The US Patent and Trademark Office this week repeated loud and clear it will only accept patent applications that list actual real humans as the inventor and not AI.…

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RIP John Walker, software and hardware hacker extraordinaire

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Creator of the Hacker Diet and sponsor of pre-Web hypermedia system Xanadu Obit  Polymath, pioneering developer of software and hardware, a prolific writer, and true old-school hacker John Walker has passed away.…

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ALPHV blackmails Canadian pipeline after 'stealing 190GB of vital info'

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Gang still going after critical infrastructure because it's, you know, critical Updated  Canada's Trans-Northern Pipelines has allegedly been infiltrated by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware crew, which claims to have stolen 190 GB of data from the oil …

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ALPHV blackmails Canadian pipeline after 'stealing 190GB of vital info'

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Gang still going after critical infrastructure because it's, you know, critical Canada's Trans-Northern Pipelines has allegedly been infiltrated by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware crew, which claims to have stolen 190 GB of data from the oil distribut…

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Infosys enjoyed a boom in UK government invoices in 2023

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Linked to the prime minister's wife, the Indian firm achieves contract wins in open and fair process Tech services biz Infosys enjoyed a 49 percent increase in its invoices from the UK government for 2023, according to research figures.…

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Venus has a quasi-moon and it's just been named 'Zoozve' for a sweet reason

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

The Small Bodies Nomenclature Working Group has just given 29 space rocks names The Small Bodies Nomenclature Working Group (WGSBN) – the folks responsible for assigning names to minor planets and comets – last week published a bulletin in which it …

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Chrome engine devs experiment with automatic browser micropayments

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

I'd buy that for a $0.00000001 The team behind Chromium – the open source engine of Google Chrome and other browsers – is working on a way to enable those surfing the web to pay for the stuff they read or watch without any interaction.…

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FCC Commissioner calls for crackdown on Apple's iMessage gatekeeping

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Demands investigation into iPhone maker for potentially breaching regulations over Beeper Mini Brendan Carr of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has called on the authority to take a closer look at Apple's actions in the Beeper Mini aff…

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Biden admin keeps O-RAN dream alive with $42M funding for R&D facility

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

AT&T, Verizon leading new initiative to finally commercialize OpenRAN technology, sans timeline The Biden administration is keeping America's dreams of a future filled with open radio access network (OpenRAN) kit alive after awarding $42.3 million t…

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Flipper Zero takes to the big screen

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

RP2040-based Video Game Module brings game controller functionality and video output A Video Game Module (VGM) containing a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller is out today for the Flipper Zero pentester multi-tool.…

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Microsoft might have just pulled support for very old PCs in Windows 11 24H2

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Time to look elsewhere for an operating system for that ancient CPU If you're running a very old PC but have managed to persuade Windows 11 to boot, it looks like the rug could soon be pulled from under you, judging by a post claiming that Microsoft…

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Crooks hook hundreds of exec accounts after phishing in Azure C-suite pond

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Plenty of successful attacks observed with dangerous follow-on activity The number of senior business executives stymied by an ongoing phishing campaign continues to rise with cybercriminals registering hundreds of cloud account takeovers (ATOs) sin…

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Tesla's Cybertruck may not be so stainless after all

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

'Literally bulletproof' but needs constant cleaning to stave off corrosion It's only been a few months since Tesla's long-awaited Cybertruck made its way to those at the front of the queue, but the arrival has been tarnished for some.…

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Infosys enjoyed a boom in UK government invoices in 2023

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Linked to the prime minister's wife, the Indian firm achieves contract wins in open and fair process Tech services biz Infosys enjoyed a 49 percent increase in its invoices from the UK government for 2023, according to research figures.…

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ChatGPT? Sure, I've heard it. But is AI coming for my job?

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Some users will pay for AI tools, but more worry about their future employment prospects What a difference a year makes. Analysts at Jefferies have run a survey showing that nearly all US office workers have heard of ChatGPT - up from just over half…

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RIP John Walker, software and hardware hacker extraordinaire

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Creator of the Hacker Diet and sponsor of pre-Web hypermedia system Xanadu Obit  Polymath, pioneering developer of software and hardware, a prolific writer, and true old-school hacker John Walker has passed away.…

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Unit4 software's budget bungle leaves schools counting the cost

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

MP calls on council to ensure education teams can plan their financial futures A letter from a former government minister to the head of education for one of the UK's largest local authorities reveals the financial disruption caused by the implement…

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NHS in Wales bets big on Microsoft with deal worth nearly half a billion

dinsdag 13 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Forget historic cloud downtime, latest contract with reseller to offer 'agile and flexible' approach The NHS in Wales has decided to send up to £450 million ($568 million) of taxpayers' hard-earned cash into the bank account of Microsoft via one of …

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