Sam Varghese
Sam Varghese has been writing for iTWire since 2006, a year after the site came into existence. For nearly a decade thereafter, he wrote mostly about free and open source software, based on his own use of this genre of software. Since May 2016, he has been writing across many areas of technology. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years in India (Indian Express and Deccan Herald), the UAE (Khaleej Times) and Australia (Daily Commercial News (now defunct) and The Age). His personal blog is titled Irregular Expression.
Friday, 23 April 2021 09:04
SolarWinds: use of US infrastructure kept NSA out of probe, claims RiskIQ
The use of infrastructure based in the US by the attackers in the first stage of the SolarWinds supply chain compromise is one factor which has inhibited the investigation into the incident, as this meant it was effectively blocked from being pursued by the NSA, the security firm RiskIQ says.
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Security
Friday, 23 April 2021 08:23
Torvalds says submitting known buggy kernel patches is a breach of trust
Linux creator Linus Torvalds says that while the submission of known buggy patches to the kernel team is not a huge deal, it is obviously a breach of trust.
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Open Source
Friday, 23 April 2021 06:46
Court battle to establish who invented bitcoin given go-ahead
A court battle to decide who was the inventor of bitcoin has been given the go-ahead by the London High Court, a Reuters report says.
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Market