RedPacket SecurityCVE Alert: CVE-2020-36979 - Atheros - Coex Service Application - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/cve-alert-cve-2020-36979-atheros-coex-service-application/
#OSINT #ThreatIntel #CyberSecurity #cve-2020-36979 #atheros #coex-service-application
nickbeardedTried running BashCore live USB on an old Acer Aspire One D160 (2009) as a minimal home server (VPS-style).
Everything worked… until the Atheros Wi-Fi chip (ath9k) crashed the system in a loop.
Not BashCore’s fault — just unreliable legacy hardware.
Blacklisting the driver solved it. 👊
BashCore proves itself again:
💡 Lightweight
⚙️ Transparent
💻 Runs even on decade-old machines.
#BashCore #LiveUSB #Linux #Debian #HomeServer #Netbook #Acer #Atheros #ath9k #VPS #SelfHosting #LinuxOnOldHardware
st1nger 
🏴☠️ 
#Linux sole #Wireless #WiFi driver maintainer is stepping down. Kalle Valo who has been a #Qualcomm #Atheros engineer for more than the past decade and contributor to the Linux #kernel since 2008 during the Linux 2.6 kernel days has decided to step down https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Wireless-Maintainer-2025
Mike Rochefort 
If anyone has run into issues with the Atheros device drivers preventing their system from suspending correctly I'd be interested to hear about it.
In my case it's a negatively unbalanced coin toss as to whether the system will actually suspend cleanly. It more often attempts to suspend about three times (I hear disks spinning down and up) then drops back to the lock screen.
The journal always points to the device driver completely losing its mind.
Astro#Atheros pivots from usable WiFi chips to AI? Dislike.
AliveDevilPlease send help. (Qualcomm Atheros QCA9550)
daemon.notice hostapd: phy1-ap1: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED X
daemon.info hostapd: phy1-ap1: STA X IEEE 802.11: disassociated due to inactivity
daemon.info hostapd: phy1-ap1: STA X IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Kevin Karhan 
@pmdj don't #intel's wireless-ax chips offer that?
Cuz they just work flawlessly on #Linux.
I'm not shure if #FreeBSD even got #80211ac support running.
Last time I checked they only supported the old #Atheros chips and could barely do dual-band #80211n.
In fact, the #WiFi chip on the #PS5 & #PS4 are dedicaded #SoC's that act like a USB 3.0-Ethernet Adapter and barely expose any managment interface.
Oliver Grimm 🇪🇺I am looking for a #USB #wifi adapter for #debian #linux that works out of the box. I have read recommendations for the #atheros #AR9271 chipset that is built into some adapters from #alfa. Does anyone have some experience with either this chipset or the Alfa devices?
https://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=faq#what_is_the_best_wireless_card_to_buy
Marcel BischoffSince the #BCM4360 in my 2013 #MacBookAir is not supported in #OpenBSD or #FreeBSD but is mounted in a slot and can therefore be removed, I wonder if anyone more knowledgeable than me can tell we whether it's possible to exchange it for an #Atheros based card for example. Since there are only two USB ports on the machine, I'd hate to block one for Wi-Fi. Also, the #Realtek one I got works but mysteriously maxes out at 1 MB/s throughput.
projectmoonDoes anyone know a reliable place (preferably in the EU) that I can buy an Atheros QCNFA222 wifi card? I bought one off Amazon, but it was a dud (and is being returned)?
