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Researchers pwn automakers' Android apps to remotely unlock cars, honk horns

Researchers pwn automakers' Android apps to remotely unlock cars, honk horns

Theregister • November 9, 2026

The 'first cyber offensive campaign carried out purely for the purpose of sabotage on national territory'

Attackers backdoor trusted AWS integrations to steal secrets

Wiz researchers uncovered the secret-stealing supply-chain attack

From expertise to intelligence: NISCO deploys world's first swarm-intelligence steel model at scale

PARTNER CONTENT: 300+ AI applications delivering surges in core metrics and annual cost reduction of over CNY100m

Researchers pwn automakers’ Android apps to remotely unlock cars, honk horns

Pair of researchers chain WAF bypasses and default logins to command vehicles in Australia and the US

AI echo chambers and sanity in tech leadership: Three case studies

Altman, Torvalds, Yen. One has got his head screwed on. The others could do with some grounding

Insight how 'nature makes no leaps' promises better robot predictions

Landline phones will switch off across Britland in 100 days, no extensions – Openreach

Landline phones will switch off across Britland in 100 days, no extensions – Openreach

Cops bust botnet of 1.3M infected Android TV boxes

Cops bust botnet of 1.3M infected Android TV boxes

British fintech Revolut slashes AI coding costs 10x by cutting out Claude and going self-hosted

British fintech Revolut slashes AI coding costs 10x by cutting out Claude and going self-hosted

Linus Torvalds says Linux kernel is out of 'stabilization phase' and using 'much healthier model' for AI contributions

Linus Torvalds says Linux kernel is out of 'stabilization phase' and using 'much healthier model' for AI contributions

North Korean fake job interview led to $6.3B Binance heist

North Korean fake job interview led to $6.3B Binance heist

VMware returns to low-end server virtualization with 'vSphere Express'

VMware returns to low-end server virtualization with 'vSphere Express'

Microsoft's Azure Linux gets 470-plus security fixes in one almighty patching session A mountain of CVEs, a certificate cleanup, and yet more work for Microsoft's patching teams

Microsoft's Azure Linux gets 470-plus security fixes in one almighty patching session

A mountain of CVEs, a certificate cleanup, and yet more work for Microsoft's patching teams

PyTorch 2.15 tackles the 'one bad GPU' problem Technical debt shoveled aside to make large-scale AI training more resilient

PyTorch 2.15 tackles the 'one bad GPU' problem

Technical debt shoveled aside to make large-scale AI training more resilient

Meta brings Conductor on board its model train Agent orchestration startup gets its exit

Meta brings Conductor on board its model train

Agent orchestration startup gets its exit

Bare metal boom: On-prem server sales for HPC and AI up 20% this year Firms still want kit on-premises, but spike in revenue is as much increased costs as higher sales

Bare metal boom: On-prem server sales for HPC and AI up 20% this year

Firms still want kit on-premises, but spike in revenue is as much increased costs as higher sales

Windows pushed AI PCs, but now it's hit a wall of RAM prices Customers sweating assets amid tight budgets, as Microsoft execs get creative with sales pitches

Windows pushed AI PCs, but now it's hit a wall of RAM prices

Customers sweating assets amid tight budgets, as Microsoft execs get creative with sales pitches

Security Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks PLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!

Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks

PLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!

Security Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack PLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more

Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack

PLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more

Black Hat and DEF CON DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure Voting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included

Black Hat and DEF CON

DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure

Voting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included

Security EQT buys majority in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis Went at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified

EQT buys majority in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis

Went at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified

Malware Month Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career

Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight

On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career

Crowd fave Linux Mint update approaches, fresh from autumn release of Cinnamon desktop Mint 27 to land before Christmas, with stable Wayland display upgrades, as punters try out Cinnamon 6.8

Crowd fave Linux Mint update approaches, fresh from autumn release of Cinnamon desktop

Mint 27 to land before Christmas, with stable Wayland display upgrades, as punters try out Cinnamon 6.8

openSUSE Leap 16.1 gives Linux users the right to remain immutable One installer now offers conventional and read-only systems as separate Micro distro bows out

openSUSE Leap 16.1 gives Linux users the right to remain immutable

One installer now offers conventional and read-only systems as separate Micro distro bows out

Achieving nirvana: Enlightenment 0.28 hits the desktop Very nearly 30something environment gets spruced up… and there's a new Trinity, too

Achieving nirvana: Enlightenment 0.28 hits the desktop

Very nearly 30something environment gets spruced up… and there's a new Trinity, too

Architect creates open source replacement for VM migration tool VMware has hidden OpenVDDK is reportedly already being used in production, at scale

Architect creates open source replacement for VM migration tool VMware has hidden

OpenVDDK is reportedly already being used in production, at scale

AlpineBSD announced – an AI-free FOSS OS Combining the NetBSD kernel with the Alpine Linux userland

AlpineBSD announced – an AI-free FOSS OS

Combining the NetBSD kernel with the Alpine Linux userland

Ubuntu 27.04 may bring a preview of the long-awaited Core Desktop Canonical has a long way to catch up, but it knows who it's chasing

Ubuntu 27.04 may bring a preview of the long-awaited Core Desktop

Canonical has a long way to catch up, but it knows who it's chasing

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