The Brutalist Report

The Register

• Get root on a musl Linux system by slamming it with an overly long password [2h]
• October crypto-tracker hack: Access cracked, law enforcement tokens packed [3h]
• openSUSE Leap 16.1 gives Linux users the right to remain immutable [3h]
• OpenAI releases GPT-6 Cyber, and promises this one stays within 'rules of engagement' [4h]
• Copilot Chat has usage caps, and Microsoft would rather you found them by hitting them [4h]
• Tobacco company got smoked by leaving secret recipes on a file share [5h]
• Memory makers mint megabucks while buyers beg for mercy [6h]
• Microsoft fixed Excel 2016 copy-paste bug. Then reintroduced it. Now it's fixed again [7h]
• 'Stop dirty datacenters': Europe-wide protests planned demanding building moratorium [7h]
• Anthropic won't fix a Claude Dispatch flaw that could let attackers execute remote commands across corporate boundaries [8h]
• New York's Queens Public Library battles ransomware crims: Wi-Fi, checkouts, and website go dark [9h]
• Norway's aid agency pwned and all users' data is stolen [9h]
• SAP promises to open out data flows in both directions [10h]
• Royal London plans IT outsourcing shake-up as staff brace for redundancies [11h]
• When datacenters lose power, generators should kick in. That didn’t happen for Google in London [14h]
• VMware quietly offers European users extended sales and support for low-end vSphere [16h]
• Microsoft admits certifications can be a drag, launches creds that recognize skills [17h]
• Uber says it alone can make robotaxis pay, hours after Waymo quit its app [19h]
• Meta brings Conductor on board its model train [20h]
• Building AI factories at enterprise scale [21h]
• Apple turns iCloud into spy cloud, will start looking at public share links [23h]