Cloudflare says it has blocked a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at just under 2 Tbps, making it one of the largest ever recorded. From a report: The internet company said in a blog post that the attack was launched from approximately 15,000 bots running a variant of the original Mirai code on exploited…

Flaw allowed ‘an attacker to publish new versions of any npm package’ GitHub said it has fixed a longstanding issue with the NPM (Node Package Manager) JavaScript registry that would allow an attacker to update any package without proper authorisation.… …read more Source:: Register

Commentary: I was late to the Harry Potter craze, but that hasn’t made the books and movies any less enchanting. …read more Source:: CNet

Commentary: The best Star Wars game of all time is getting a remake, but the original is still a glorious RPG experience… despite a few creaky elements. …read more Source:: CNet

Coincidentally, the same day President Biden signed the infrastructure bill Two massive real estate investment trusts (REITs) that both focus on data centre buildouts, management and financing will both be taken over in $10bn+ acquisitions.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Mandiant says the government is likely to blame for anti-NATO campaigns, and more. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Walmart’s models and global experience have given the retailer a lot of experience with how inflation can alter supply and demand. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Qualcomm is looking to seriously beef up its PC processors, with the company announcing plans for a next-generation Arm-based SoC “designed to set the performance benchmark for Windows PCs” that would be able to go head to head with Apple’s M-series processors. From a report: Dr. James Thompson, Qualcomm’s chief technology officer, announced the plans…

The announcements, made at the SAP TechEd conference, are part of a broader rollout for developers. …read more Source:: ZDNet

It’s one of the most intriguing questions about the Solar System from the last five years: Is there a large planet, lurking out in the cold dark reaches, on an orbit so wide it could take 20,000 years to complete? The answer has proven elusive, but a new study reveals what could be traces of…