Beware of Tomato(es)

Routers running Tomato are being probed for default credentials and remote administration, attempting to add it to the Muhstik botnet.

I'm hoping that anyone smart enough to use alternative firmware is smart enough not to use default credentials and leave remote admin on. We shall see.


Recognizing router problems


Final Win7 update gives some users wallpaper problems: installs a black wallpaper. Can you imagine the horrors? All network staff pulled off updates to see to floor staff about this horrendous side effect. All other work stopped, weekend hours authorized. Emergency protocols in effect. Therapists brought in to talk to the users down.


The German government has to pay $887,000 for Win 7 support because they didn't move to Win 10.  As much as I hate MS, it wasn't like they didn't provide notice of end-of-life for Win 7. This really shouldn't have been a shock to anybody.

Speaking of which....
Microsoft discloses security breach of customer support database.
Let's face it - they couldn't get much.




LINUX

The userdel command. It (hold on...) deletes users

dnf-automatic: install security updates automatically in Cent)S 8