Ring - Who's There?

A forum and associated livestream is behind a bunch of Ring camera hacks. These are the indoor cameras, not the doorbells. The cameras started 'talking' to people, making nasty comments, and demanding Bitcoin.

I'm having trouble typing (moreso) because of the laughter.


564 Siemens bugs that could allow hackers to pwn power plants.
Let's not speak only of these bugs... let's also speak of incredibly stupid to non-existent security designs.


If you think it's a good idea to replace your Ubuntu-provided VirtualBox installation with Oracle's, here's how. After the article, you might not want to.
In Ubuntu, you get whatever version is current when Ubuntu is released and you won't get an update til the next version. With Oracle, you'll get the regular updates, with the new features.



Google is now banning some linux browsers from their services.
Because they're 'not secure'.
What this means is that javascript is turned off, like the message I get when I try to access a Google site using Firefox, because I turn javascript off by default. Yay Google - help us some more!



7 ways to remember linux commands

Number 8: use all of them every day


Cigna uses AI to check if patients are taking their medications.
Gee, who has access to this data?
Another great push on the handcart to hell.