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Really, three years should be the bare minimum at this point Matthew Hughes Mon 10 May 2021 // 17:25 UTC Share Copy The Chinese company is promising at least three years of software and security updates for selected premium devices introduced after July. And? It's underwhelming. When it comes to software updates, most smartphone vendors fare dismally. Three years is a decent figure, on par with the Android One programme, although slightly below what Samsung has provided newer Galaxy devices. But the devil's in the details, or lack thereof. In a spectacularly fluffy pie...

On top of all that the SVR is also posing as legitimate red-team pentesters: looking for easy camouflage, the spies hopped onto GitHub and downloaded the free open-source Sliver red-teaming platform, in what the NCSC described as "an attempt to maintain their accesses." There are more vulns being abused by the Russians and the full NCSC advisory on what these are can be read on the NCSC website. The advisory includes YARA and Snort rules. The self-preservation society Separately, the NCSC issued a blog post this morning warning public sector operators of smart city infrastructure to be wary...

On the other hand he was fine Gareth Corfield Thu 6 May 2021 // 09:15 UTC Share Copy Graphic images Everyone knows the trope. The baddies smash their way in and gun down the guard standing in front of the vault. "Dammit," says the lead bad guy, "it's a biometric scanner, we'll never get in!" His most grizzled henchman turns round, holding up the dead guard's lifeless arm. "Oh yes we will…" A Reg reader recreated this scene in real life (bits of it) using his Samsung Galaxy A20 phone – and the severed tip of his index finger, parted from his hand thanks to an indus...

Default passwords, no updates, and your data's flowing through these Gareth Corfield Thu 6 May 2021 // 11:30 UTC Share Copy Consumer org Which? reckons more than two million Britons are connected to the internet through routers that were last updated in 2016. This eye-catching finding came from a Which? survey launched today, seemingly criticising UK ISPs for not complying with a proposed lawwhose first draft hasn't been introduced to Parliament. The proposal in question is Secure by Design, where the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will be asking phone,...

Just one in 5 Googlers plan to swerve the office permanently after COVID-19 Free breakfast, lunch and dinner? Listening to Ryan Reynolds talk shit? Massages for gratis? Why the hell wouldn't they return Paul Kunert Thu 6 May 2021 // 15:15 UTC Share Copy One in five Googlers will be permanently working from home once the pandemic abates but for the majority it seems free meals in staff canteens, guest celebrity speaker appearances, resident gyms and massage therapy are irresistible lures. A pre-Christmas directive from the Chocolate Factory was for the majority of emplo...