Miscellaneous Tech News

[Obsolesce]

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/wordpress-warning-major-hole-serious-risk-cve/

Oh I didn't read your link all the way to the bottom, the same fix is linked there too.

[JaredBusch]

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/wordpress-warning-major-hole-serious-risk-cve/

WTF WordPress.

[dbeato]

@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/wordpress-warning-major-hole-serious-risk-cve/

WTF WordPress.

Yeah, I was surprised by their answer as if it was not a security vulnerability at all...

[scottalanmiller]

What's new in the Linux 4.16 kernel.

[scottalanmiller]

AMD Raven Ridge APUs due out tomorrow.

[scottalanmiller]

What's coming in Kodi 18 due later this year?

[scottalanmiller]

Oracle still trying to get DTrace on Linux.

[Obsolesce]

Cryptomining Supply Chain Attack Hits Government Websites

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2018/02/cryptomining-javascript-supply-chain-attack/?utm_source=list&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=021118

[scottalanmiller]

@tim_g said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Cryptomining Supply Chain Attack Hits Government Websites

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2018/02/cryptomining-javascript-supply-chain-attack/?utm_source=list&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=021118

So surprised...

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/617/851/56d.gif

[dbeato]

Telegram Zero Day Vulnerability
https://securelist.com/zero-day-vulnerability-in-telegram/83800/

[scottalanmiller]

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Telegram Zero Day Vulnerability
https://securelist.com/zero-day-vulnerability-in-telegram/83800/

[JaredBusch]

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Telegram Zero Day Vulnerability
https://securelist.com/zero-day-vulnerability-in-telegram/83800/

Patched prior to release of article. Telegram accepted the security researchers data and fixed the application.

[dbeato]

http://www.zdnet.com/article/skype-cannot-fix-security-bug-without-a-massive-code-rewrite/

[JaredBusch]

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

http://www.zdnet.com/article/skype-cannot-fix-security-bug-without-a-massive-code-rewrite/

Hahahaha and that is atotally different answer from a different company..

WTF, who cares about security.

[Obsolesce]

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

http://www.zdnet.com/article/skype-cannot-fix-security-bug-without-a-massive-code-rewrite/

At least the System account doesn't have network share access (typically).

[DustinB3403]

Another Zero Day, this time with Adobe Flash and IE.

[black3dynamite]

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-18-04-minimal-install-option

Should've removed Amazon web app too.

[black3dynamite]

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-data-collection-opt-out

[NashBrydges]

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-data-collection-opt-out

This is probably one of the least invasive data collection templates I've seen.

[scottalanmiller]

@nashbrydges said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-data-collection-opt-out

This is probably one of the least invasive data collection templates I've seen.

That's the beauty of open source, make it too painful or intrusive and people will fork you and remove it.