Miscellaneous Tech News

[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.

[NerdyDad]

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@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.

Talked about getting forked over.

[scottalanmiller]

@nerdydad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@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.

Talked about getting forked over.

Indeed.

[momurda]

So this is like Steam hw survey for Ubuntu?
Seems like it is less data than popularity-contest gets from a system.

[black3dynamite]

https://venturebeat.com/2018/02/14/apple-confirms-homepod-leaves-white-rings-on-wood-surfaces/

[Danp]

Update for Pi-Hole is available

https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/releases

[scottalanmiller]

@danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Update for Pi-Hole is available

https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/releases

Time to run some updates

[JaredBusch]

@danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Update for Pi-Hole is available

https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/releases

and for anyone that never looked, just run

pihole -up

[nadnerB]

This sounds concerning, I don't know if they'll be able to stop at "Just hardware"
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/16/ubuntu_data_gathering_plan/