Showing posts with label debian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label debian. Show all posts

Friday, January 31, 2020

Dogs, Cats, and Ransomware Living Together!



The Sodinokibi ransomware group is sponsoring a hacking contest.
The future is NOW.


Trello info found in Google, boards left open.
Trello's default is closed, so do the math


Speaking of which, 200k WordPress sites vulnerable to plugin flaw.
From observation, the only change here is which vulnerability


The UN was hacked because of an unpatched SharePoint server.
That's it - kick them out.



Know why Gentoo is known as a secure distro?
Because most humans can't install it, no less work it.


Trickbot uses new Win10 UAC bypass to launch quietly
Overall, I'd say the UAC has been a real success


MS detects new Evil Corp malware attacks
C'mon - like they're really separate entities...


Top 14 open source web development tools
No, it doesn't come with instructions on how to leave your buckets open 




LINUX 

You can't stream Picard on linux w/o this workaround
more DRM crap


Snowflake is the SSH GUI you didn't know you needed


Bash break and continue
break and continue is my M.O.


How to install software through Flatpak on Debian 10
I was right! I was right! You have to install Flatpak first!




Friday, November 15, 2019

Amazon Sucks Eggs



To my horror, somebody in my family, who isn't me, was gifted an Amazon tablet. This is not a privacy-friendly device, to put it mildly. Even though it's android, you have to go through Amazon to get apps, which spy as badly as the ones on Google Play. If you've got any tips or tricks, please forward in the comments.



Speaking of linux, TecMint has the top 15 security-centric linux distros of 2019. Interesting to note how many are based on Debian. Or you could just route some or all through Tor (don't forget to contribute, financially or by hosting a node).



The aforementioned PineBook is mentioned and partially reviewed by a Vivaldi browser developer.



How the linux kernel balances the risks of public bug disclosure.



Impeachment hearing reveals White House phone security fail.




Corona Malware

This blog has been suspended for a bit because it's practicing social distancing. Or no one reads it. Or I'm too lazy. Or the str...