JJ

@guitarfosec@cyberplace.social
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Be kind, creative, and curious.

Background art credit: Malneyugn on deviantart.com (watermark got cut off... I suppose I should also mention it's Gaia's Navel from Secret of Mana)

What you think What Zelda
Zelda looked like looked like
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Jamming to this musical gem this morning. Ocarina of Time music converted into a prog rock concept album with nods to Pink Floyd and Dream Theater, among others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDH3g6rRjM8

The soundtrack of Ocarina of Time, but it's a prog rock concept album

What would Ocarina of Time sound like if it was written in the style of a prog rock concept album? "Tempo of Time" is a medley by myself and @Marc_Papeghin ...

YouTube

SafeBreach security researcher Alon Leviev has released his Windows Downdate tool, which can be used for downgrade attacks that reintroduce old vulnerabilities in up-to-date Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server systems.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-downdate-tool-lets-you-unpatch-windows-systems/

Windows Downdate tool lets you 'unpatch' Windows systems

SafeBreach security researcher Alon Leviev has released his Windows Downdate tool, which can be used for downgrade attacks that reintroduce old vulnerabilities in up-to-date Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server systems.

BleepingComputer

“South Korean telecom company attacks torrent users with malware” - in other words: we care about copyright so much more than we care about our customers

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/south-korean-telecom-company-attacks-torrent-users-with-malware-over-600000-people-report-missing-files-strange-folders-and-disabled-pcs

South Korean telecom company attacks customers with malware — over 600,000 torrent users report missing files, strange folders, and disabled PCs

ISP sends malware to hundreds of thousands of customers to stop them from using a file-sharing service.

Tom's Hardware
This is a damning story: Microsoft knowingly chose its own profits over fixing a major SSO vulnerability that allowed the SolarWinds hack to take place. #technology #security https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-solarwinds-golden-saml-data-breach-russian-hackers
Microsoft Chose Profit Over Security and Left U.S. Government Vulnerable to Russian Hack, Whistleblower Says

Former employee says software giant dismissed his warnings about a critical flaw because it feared losing government business. Russian hackers later used the weakness to breach the National Nuclear Security Administration, among others.

ProPublica

Kali Linux has released version 2024.2, the first version of 2024, with eighteen new tools and fixes for the Y2038 bug.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/linux/kali-linux-20242-released-with-18-new-tools-y2038-changes/

Kali Linux 2024.2 released with 18 new tools, Y2038 changes

Kali Linux has released version 2024.2, the first version of 2024, with eighteen new tools and fixes for the Y2038 bug.

BleepingComputer

Spotify tells customers that its Car Thing dashboard accessory will stop working on December 9, less than a year after it went on sale, without offering refunds (Chris Welch/The Verge)

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24163383/spotify-car-thing-discontinued-december-2024
http://www.techmeme.com/240523/p36#a240523p36

Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold

Car Thing, Spotify’s first and only hardware product, will be rendered inoperable as of December 9th. Owners aren’t getting any credit or refunds.

The Verge
@molly0xfff @maxeddy nobody wants this. I don’t even want it as a forensic analyst.