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    • nadnerB
      nadnerB last edited by

      Avira A/V mining crypto currency on PCs
      https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/500m-avira-antivirus-users-introduced-to-cryptomining/

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      • nadnerB
        nadnerB @nadnerB last edited by nadnerB

        @nadnerb said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

        Avira A/V mining crypto currency on PCs
        https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/500m-avira-antivirus-users-introduced-to-cryptomining/

        Haven’t we spent years clearing this crap off PCs?

        I never used avira but a lot of people did/do. So all I have to say is:

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        • nadnerB
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          https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/03/hackers-gaining-power-of-subpoena-via-fake-emergency-data-requests/

          Boils down to the usual scam exploiting known unpatched Layer 8 flaws.

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          • scottalanmiller
            scottalanmiller last edited by

            HP to acquire Poly (Polycom / Plantronics)

            https://press.hp.com/us/en/press-releases/2022/hp-inc-to-acquire-poly.html

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            • EddieJennings
              EddieJennings last edited by

              Curious to see how this ends.
              https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/ubiquiti-sues-journalist-alleging-defamation-in-coverage-of-data-breach/

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              • scottalanmiller
                scottalanmiller last edited by

                Rumour is (from someone in the pool) that 11% of Automox was laid off today. I guess I'm not surprised, COVID is a tough time to be growing a business and they aren't one that we hear about after their initial launch. Kind of lost the mindshare.

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                • scottalanmiller
                  scottalanmiller last edited by

                  That and every time they tell me about their product they talk about all the time I'd save... except it's all stuff already automated so no idea what time they are talking about. Seems like a solution seeking a problem.

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                  • Dashrender
                    Dashrender @scottalanmiller last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                    That and every time they tell me about their product they talk about all the time I'd save... except it's all stuff already automated so no idea what time they are talking about. Seems like a solution seeking a problem.

                    and I can't get their site to load this morning

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                    • scottalanmiller
                      scottalanmiller @Dashrender last edited by

                      @Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                      @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                      That and every time they tell me about their product they talk about all the time I'd save... except it's all stuff already automated so no idea what time they are talking about. Seems like a solution seeking a problem.

                      and I can't get their site to load this morning

                      It's up here.

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                      • Dashrender
                        Dashrender @scottalanmiller last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                        @Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                        That and every time they tell me about their product they talk about all the time I'd save... except it's all stuff already automated so no idea what time they are talking about. Seems like a solution seeking a problem.

                        and I can't get their site to load this morning

                        It's up here.

                        It is now also. It was definitely down when I posted - isitdownrightnow.com said so.

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                        • gjacobse
                          gjacobse last edited by

                          Insteon appears to have shutdown, breaking smart homes

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                          • scottalanmiller
                            scottalanmiller @gjacobse last edited by

                            @gjacobse said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                            Insteon appears to have shutdown, breaking smart homes

                            Wow. Never heard of them, but that's sure a warning to be heeded.

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                            • scottalanmiller
                              scottalanmiller last edited by

                              Anyone remember Fleetsmith? They were a sponsor of SpiceWorld a few years ago (back when conferences were still a thing.) They had a booth and were making an Apple-centric MDM.

                              They just went out of business. Another one bites the dust. It always seemed like a decent product, but the Apple-only MDM model felt unusable.

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                              • JaredBusch
                                JaredBusch @scottalanmiller last edited by JaredBusch

                                @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                Anyone remember Fleetsmith?

                                They just went out of business.

                                Umm what? Apple bought them last year.
                                https://support.apple.com/guide/fleetsmith/welcome/web

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                                • scottalanmiller
                                  scottalanmiller @JaredBusch last edited by scottalanmiller

                                  @JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                  Anyone remember Fleetsmith?

                                  They just went out of business.

                                  Umm what? Apple bought them last year.
                                  https://support.apple.com/guide/fleetsmith/welcome/web

                                  Yes, and shut them down today. They were still operating like a separate company, though. But now they are gone.

                                  Their announcement said "Apple made the decision...". But their FleetSmith service was operating (and I think maintained) as its own entity, just owned by Apple.

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                                  • JaredBusch
                                    JaredBusch @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                    @JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                    Anyone remember Fleetsmith?

                                    They just went out of business.

                                    Umm what? Apple bought them last year.
                                    https://support.apple.com/guide/fleetsmith/welcome/web

                                    Yes, and shut them down today. They were still operating like a separate company, though. But now they are gone.

                                    Meh, don't care about a company staying separate year+ after acquisition. The product still exists though. Or was that cancelled as well?

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                                    • scottalanmiller
                                      scottalanmiller @JaredBusch last edited by

                                      @JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                      @JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                      Anyone remember Fleetsmith?

                                      They just went out of business.

                                      Umm what? Apple bought them last year.
                                      https://support.apple.com/guide/fleetsmith/welcome/web

                                      Yes, and shut them down today. They were still operating like a separate company, though. But now they are gone.

                                      Meh, don't care about a company staying separate year+ after acquisition. The product still exists though. Or was that cancelled as well?

                                      Product is gone as of today. Or more or less. All paid accounts are put into "free" status. So they aren't screwing people. But the free accounts have a time limit. So it's kind of a temporary holding pattern just to give people time to move off to something else. But lots of the features are gone and the team behind is gone.

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                                      • nadnerB
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                                        • JaredBusch
                                          JaredBusch last edited by JaredBusch

                                          macOS Server discontinued after years on life support

                                          Apple is finally killing off the venerable macOS Server, directing users still clinging to Profile Manager toward Mobile Device Management solutions.

                                          The move is arguably long overdue. Much of what made macOS Server a server was deprecated in 2018 as the company announced plans to stop the likes of DHCP and DNS in its product and directed users to handy open-source alternatives.

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                                          • scottalanmiller
                                            scottalanmiller @JaredBusch last edited by

                                            @JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                            macOS Server discontinued after years on life support

                                            Apple is finally killing off the venerable macOS Server, directing users still clinging to Profile Manager toward Mobile Device Management solutions.

                                            The move is arguably long overdue. Much of what made macOS Server a server was deprecated in 2018 as the company announced plans to stop the likes of DHCP and DNS in its product and directed users to handy open-source alternatives.

                                            I thought it was discontinued LONG ago.

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