Konrad

@retrocomputing
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IT professional, passionate about computing and gaming history.
SonicWall SMA devices hacked with OVERSTEP rootkit tied to ransomware

A threat actor has been deploying a previously unseen malware called OVERSTEP that modifies the boot process of fully-patched but no longer supported SonicWall Secure Mobile Access appliances.

BleepingComputer

With the #CitrixBleed2 patch data I publish it's possible to view the history on Github for each new scan and see when hosts change from vuln to patched.

It's proving incredibly effective at getting orgs to patch. I tried private notifications via HackerOne and such for CitixBleed1 in 2023 and it took months to get orgs to patch. Putting the data public brings accountability for orgs who later get breached - so there's a rush to patch.

It's definitely interesting and may need a scale out.

Well my employer has decided to partner with Palantir, which means it's time for me to find a new job. I was a lot more willing to make 40% less than market rate when I knew my employer wasn't funding concentration camps because they want AI coding tools.

Anyway if you need a UX designer/researcher located around the Minneapolis-St. Paul region of Minnesota, USA who knows his way around US government regulations for CMS quality reporting, healthcare, enterprise software I'm looking!

For all of you who have been so incredibly helpful, I cannot thank you enough!

#FediHire #FediHired #GetFediHired

Commentary: Cory Doctorow: Rubber-Hose Cryptanalysis

If there’s one thing I can’t abide, it’s nontechnical technothrillers. You know the trope: “We’ve got eight minutes to crack this mainframe, but it’s protected with encryption that is rated for ten…

Locus Online

To any Austrailians being misinforned by Sky News, please know that Europe is just fine.

The fact that Sky News has found some social media clips of a few criminals committing crimes in Spain and France does obviously not mean that a continent of 744 million people “has fallen”. All it means is, Australia needs better media.

PSA:

Currently there is a phishing attack (age verification) going around.

See the attached image for an example from mastodon.social.

Don't click on links, don't enter credit card information!

If you come across such posting, please do report those and don't forget to set the checkmark to forward the report to the remote instance to on!

// @ij @M

@Endof10 @RepairCafeInternational Ha ha, love it: "FOSS instead of toss!"

#Linux #EndOf10

I did it! Today I switched from #Windows 10 to #Ubuntu on my Surface Pro and it mostly works. I still have to work out a few kinks, but I'm really happy.
I also managed quite a feat at work and, thanks to a random internet person, learned that there's something called PMDD.
Overall, it was a pretty successful day.
This is what a human hand looks like under a microscope.
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I did it! Today I switched from #Windows 10 to #Ubuntu on my Surface Pro and it mostly works. I still have to work out a few kinks, but I'm really happy.
I also managed quite a feat at work and, thanks to a random internet person, learned that there's something called PMDD.
Overall, it was a pretty successful day.
@LilithElina Congratulations! Our GNU/Linux community is proud to have you as a new member! Please feel free to ask any question you come up with.
@LilithElina
Well done, congrats!
@LilithElina
For Microsoft Surface devices, there is an extra linux-surface project. They have instructions for you on how to install it on their github. You can check it out, if you want to make your touchscreen work. Apparently, Microsoft put some relatively obscure hardware in their Surface line. Not all of the firmware to this hardware has made it to the linux kernel yet. I know someone, who is using it and they are quiet happy.
@LilithElina
Do you still use Windows with that keyboard in the background?
🤣
@fasnix No, that's broken. 😅
@LilithElina
The keyboard or the Window?
😆
@fasnix 😆 The keyboard! But maybe it just doesn't work with computers, only with windows...
@LilithElina Wenn du den SurfaceKernel installiert hast, probiere doch bitte einmal die Kamera aus. Auf dem SG3 erreiche ich nur eine überaus lausige Qualität, die zu nichts taugt, es sei denn zur Abschreckung.
Pen, Touch läuft; Mobilfunk nicht.
@maniabel Ich hab libcamera etc. installiert und hab jetzt eine Front Camera mit lausiger Qualität und eine Back Camera, bei der alles Kopf steht...
@LilithElina Beruhigt, dass es bei dir ähnlich aussieht. Taugt leider nicht für VideoCalls. Ich habe noch keine bessere Lösung, weiß auch nicht mehr, was ich noch tun könnte. Auch deshalb DualBoot. Aber unabhängig ist das nicht.
Und dann stelle ich mir Menschen vor, deren Hauptbeschäftigung nicht darin liegt, irgendwas an der Klappkiste zu frickeln. Sie wollen einfach, dass die Kiste nach der Installation läuft. Bleiben diese Menschen nach einer solchen Erfahrung der Nichtfunktion einzelner Komponenten bei Linux? Wenn an meinem Bike die Bremsen nicht funktionieren, fahre ich damit nicht, auch wenn der große Rest einwandfrei funktioniert...
Danke für das Zuendelesen.
@maniabel Da hast du Recht, das ist auch echt ärgerlich. Mir ist es gerade egal, ich hab auf dem Surface ewig nichts gemacht, wofür ich die Kamera gebraucht hätte. Ich schätze, wenn ich damit Video Calls machen müsste, würde ich mir eine externe Kamera besorgen.
@LilithElina ... die dann leider zu Hause liegt. Extra-Gerödel, obwohl es real verbaut ist?
Damit bekomme ich kaum jemensch überzeugt (nicht überredet), Linux zu nutzen.
Bin selbst sehr hin- und hergerissen. Dazu noch fehlende Software. Gerade nicht einfach.
@maniabel @LilithElina
Kurze Frage zur Anleitung evtl. Als Link
Wie richte ich dualboot ein?
@Holger_Marlow @LilithElina Brauchen oder Haben wollen? Wenn brauchen, dann in der nächsten Woche im Blog.