GoDaddy is currently investigating claims that it handed complete control of a valid 27-year-old domain to another customer, without requiring them to pass any authentication processes or upload any supporting documents. The sensational allegations come from Lee Landis, a partner at Pennsylvania IT shop Flagstream Technologies, who claims one of his client’s domains “vanished” from…
GitHub employees fixed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in less than six hours last month. Wiz Research used AI models to uncover a vulnerability in GitHub’s internal git infrastructure that could have allowed attackers to access millions of public and private code repositories. “Our security team immediately began validating the bug bounty report. Within…
SAP is prohibiting the use of its APIs to integrate with AI systems outside its endorsed architectures, raising concerns that it is locking out third-party AI tools from customers’ SAP data. The API policy document published earlier this month says that “except through and within the limits of SAP-endorsed architectures, data services, or service-specific pathways…
General Motors is planning to bring Google’s Gemini AI assistant to around four million vehicles across the US. Model year 2022 and newer Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick, and GMC vehicles with Google built-in will be eligible for the AI upgrade, which will be rolled out via over-the-air software updates for GM’s infotainment system “over several months,”…
BORK!BORK!BORK! The keynote gods are a fickle bunch, as SUSE discovered at its annual shindig in Prague. What should have been a slick edge demo instead served up error pages to unsuspecting attendees, while keynote presentations attracted some unwelcome visitors. SUSECON was an otherwise impressive outing for the Linux veteran, keen to show off its…
Thirty ClawHub skills published by a single author are silently co-opting AI agents and creating a mass cryptocurrency mining swarm – without any malware or user consent. Agentic AI security outfit Manifold’s research lead Ax Sharma spotted the skills on ClawHub, a registry and marketplace for OpenClaw skills. A ClawHub user who goes by “imaflytok”…
Hashicorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto has decided GitHub is so unstable it is “no longer a place for serious work,” and will therefore move his current project elsewhere. Hashimoto’s current labour of love is Ghostty, a terminal emulator that The Register has praised for its speed and for adding “some interesting new wrinkles” to a very…
Your next holiday memory might involve humanoid robots losing your luggage. The Register offers that grim prediction after Japan Airlines on Monday announced it will trial humanoid robots for tasks including loading and unloading baggage, cleaning aircraft cabins, and general duties. The carrier notes that Japan suffers from labor shortages and that the myriad pieces…
Amazon has announced two AI services pitched with typical techbro hyperbole, aimed at changing the way you work. The first is “a new experience” for Amazon Quick, taking direct aim at Microsoft Copilot and its ilk, only across a wide variety of software. It requires an email address to get started and a new desktop…
IBM has announced global availability of Bob, the AI coding assistant – sorry partner – which it claims has delivered a productivity boost to the 80,000 big bluers pressed into guinea pig status last year. The GA status coincides with the launch of an IBM Bob Premium Package for Z, “which integrates and enhances the…