vulnerabilities
Microsoft updates mitigation for critical “wormable” bug
256,000 devices believed publicly exposed. But are MSMQ bugs really attacked in the wild?
Microsoft
Don't worry software engineers: Bill Gates says your job is safe
Microsoft's engineers won't need to retrain just yet, although Gates does believe that AI will generate "so much extra productivity" that it will "surprise people and require us to rethink.”
labour
Labour vows to smash down datacentre planning "barriers"
Party’s manifesto takes aim at nimbys and deep fakes, promising to cut red tape stopping the building of new tech infrastructure
AWS
Big Iron to Big Cloud? AWS builds out mainframe migration offering with application testing toolkit
On-demand pricing for AWS Mainframe Modernization Micro Focus Runtime using a M2.m6i.8xlarge instance clocks in at $88.80/hour, for what it's worth. Cheaper options are available.
conservative
Tory manifesto tech promises: More high-end compute, NO mobiles in schools, cyber-national service
Tories tell voters that “AI will accelerate human progress in the 21st century" just like steam and electricity did in the Victorian Era
Cybersecurity
💀This malware campaign uses Discord emojis for C2 instructions
Camera emoji? "Take a screenshot of the victim's screen and upload it to the command channel as an attachment."
Patch Tueday
Critical vulnerability and creepy Wi-Fi bug fixed on a rather tame Patch Tuesday
"It’s not clear how many affected systems are exposed. Now would be a good time to audit your networks to ensure TCP port 1801 is not reachable.”
Cloud
Partners? Larry Ellison is ready to kiss and make up with AWS
Oracle has announced a major new partnership with Google Cloud that brings its Database inside GCP. Is AWS next?
Oracle
Oracle declares itself a "high-growth cloud business" after record-breaking Q4
"I started talking about this tipping point four years ago, and you've seen it continue to play out in our results since then.”
net neutrality
Net Neutrality: US prepares for return of Obama-era internet regulation
FCC set to prohibit service providers from "blocking, throttling, or engaging in paid prioritisation of lawful content" from July 22nd
Fortinet
20,000 Fortinet devices breached by Chinese hackers – reboots, firmware updates no defence
"It is important that organizations practice the ‘assume breach’ principle..." YARA rules, hashes etc. available for defenders.
SolarWinds
“Trivially exploitable” bug in SolarWinds file server needs prompt fixing
“CVE-2024-28995 is not known to be exploited in the wild as of 9 AM ET on June 11. We expect this to change."