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Cisco's cloud network push will tie licensing change to generational product refreshes

Fri, 08/12/2023 - 4:58am
Bundled support has already come to Catalyst – but don't bother asking how it works

Cisco has quietly introduced changes to the licensing model for its Catalyst range, and will bring it to more products over time.…

Amazon's game-streamer Twitch to quit South Korea, citing savage network costs

Fri, 08/12/2023 - 2:58am
The idea that Big Content should pay network operators is in trouble

Amazon’s game-streaming business Twitch has announced it will quit South Korea, citing network access costs ten times higher than those it pays in any other nation.…

Five Eyes nations warn Moscow's mates at the Star Blizzard gang have new phishing targets

Fri, 08/12/2023 - 1:31am
The Russians are coming! Err, they've already infiltrated UK, US inboxes

Russia-backed attackers have named new targets for their ongoing phishing campaigns, with defense-industrial firms and energy facilities now in their sights, according to agencies of the Five Eyes alliance.…

Meta trials Purple Llama project for AI developers to test safety risks in models

Thu, 07/12/2023 - 11:37pm
Security boosted and inappropriate content blocked in large language models

Meta has launched Purple Llama – a project aimed at building open source tools to help developers assess and improve trust and safety in their generative AI models before deployment.…

Broadcom to divest VMware's end-user computing and Carbon Black units

Thu, 07/12/2023 - 10:50pm
Warns of $1.3 billion charge for cutting Virtzilla's costs, rapid shift to subs and sales of the whole vStack rather than individual pieces

Updated  Broadcom CEO Hock Tan has announced his intention to divest VMware's end-user computing and Carbon Black units, and signalled a rapid shift to subscription licenses of bigger software bundles.…

Attacks abuse Microsoft DHCP to spoof DNS records and steal secrets

Thu, 07/12/2023 - 10:11pm
Akamai says it reported the flaws to Microsoft. Redmond shrugged

A series of attacks against Microsoft Active Directory domains could allow miscreants to spoof DNS records, compromise Active Directory and steal all the secrets it stores, according to Akamai security researchers.…

Chinese boffins pitch quadcopter for Mars sample return mission

Thu, 07/12/2023 - 8:30pm
In the race for the Red Planet, NASA is falling behind

Inspired by the success of NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter, Chinese boffins are proposing a more capable extraterrestrial flier for a planned Mars sample return mission. …

Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairability

Thu, 07/12/2023 - 7:31pm
Middling performance, but check out the longevity

Fairphone has retained top marks for repairability, with the Dutch manufacturer's fifth iteration scoring high for software longevity, even if some components are starting to get a little more "conventional."…

US and EU infosec authorities pen intel-sharing pact

Thu, 07/12/2023 - 6:28pm
As Cyber Solidarity Act edges closer to full adoption in Europe

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has signed a working arrangement with its EU counterparts to increase cross-border information sharing and more to tackle criminals.…