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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Breach 2014, but it is 2017 when you find out?! Yes obviously no daemon to see if the master password file is being downloaded. No security. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
IT, it is what you make it - a man in the middle attack http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-42132804/relay-crime-theft-caught-on-camera |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19402 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Interesting case, even if you are only slightly paranoid, you need to keep your eye on the final decision. Supreme court cellphone case puts free speech – not just privacy – at risk On Wednesday, the supreme court will consider whether the government must obtain a warrant before accessing the rich trove of data that cellphone providers collect about cellphone users’ movements. Among scholars and campaigners, there is broad agreement that the case could yield the most consequential privacy ruling in a generation. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
World Wide Web is about to divide. https://meduza.io/en/news/2017/11/28/russia-s-security-council-tells-the-government-to-develop-a-separate-internet-for-the-brics Russia’s Security Council has instructed the Communications Ministry and Foreign Ministry to develop plans for a separate Internet infrastructure that would serve the five major “emerging national economies†(Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), known as “the BRICS.†According to the magazine RBC, Russia’s Security Council discussed the initiative at a meeting on October 26, and President Putin ordered the government to draw up a proposal by August 1, 2018. https://www.rt.com/politics/411156-russia-to-launch-independent-internet/ |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36816 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Major Apple security flaw grants admin access on macOS High Sierra without password There’s a major flaw in Apple’s macOS High Sierra operating system that allows anyone with physical access to a Mac to gain system administrator access without so much as entering a password. Late Tuesday, Apple confirmed that it’s working on a software update to fix the issue and published step-by-step instructions to help customers protect their machines in the meantime. Cheers. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Open source panacea ... not https://www.designnews.com/content/7-reasons-open-source-software-should-be-avoided/100858102757881 7 Reasons Open Source Software Should Be Avoided |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3806 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
Gary, I think you should enlighten the owners, developers and administrators of earth's top 500 supercomputers, because as of a few days ago, every single one of them are running Linux. (The two AIX holdouts fell off the bottom as of the last update... it was "only" 498 for a year or more.) Those poor people... whatever will they do? //sarc |
Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
Gary, I think you should enlighten the owners, developers and administrators of earth's top 500 supercomputers, because as of a few days ago, every single one of them are running Linux. (The two AIX holdouts fell off the bottom as of the last update... it was "only" 498 for a year or more.) Mr. Kevvy, Is Gary still ranting on about the "horrors" of using open-source software (I don't see his posts anymore)? He is dead set against it. Me? I use open-source software and have no problem with keeping it updated. Siran CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Gary, I think you should enlighten the owners, developers and administrators of earth's top 500 supercomputers, because as of a few days ago, every single one of them are running Linux. (The two AIX holdouts fell off the bottom as of the last update... it was "only" 498 for a year or more.) Mr. Kevvy, the issue isn't the linux kernel, the issue is assuming the over 1+ million other open source projects are run as well. And you have just proven the issue. Might have a read of the article. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Gary, I think you should enlighten the owners, developers and administrators of earth's top 500 supercomputers, because as of a few days ago, every single one of them are running Linux. (The two AIX holdouts fell off the bottom as of the last update... it was "only" 498 for a year or more.) Fun with NULL pointers. https://lwn.net/Articles/342330/ Perhaps not so funny when some open source coder did that mistake some years ago. The check of the password to Linux "root" was then compared to the value of a pointer. Not the content of the pointer. Resulted to that every password was accepted even null ones! |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Gary, I think you should enlighten the owners, developers and administrators of earth's top 500 supercomputers, because as of a few days ago, every single one of them are running Linux. (The two AIX holdouts fell off the bottom as of the last update... it was "only" 498 for a year or more.) I like this from part 2 of that article One way of finding these problems may be the Smatch static analysis tool. Smatch went quiet for some years, but it appears that Dan Carpenter is working on it again; he recently posted a NULL pointer bug that Smatch found for him. If Smatch could be turned into a general-purpose tool that could find this sort of problem, the result should be a more secure kernel. It is unfortunate that checkers like this do not seem to attract very many interested developers; free software is very much behind the state of the art in this area and it hurts us. |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3806 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
<<shrug>> Apple, worth what... $700 billion? And anyone can get into their flagship desktop OS as an admin. by entering "root" as a logon name and clicking the logon button repeatedly. How many hundreds of closed-source mobile apps. had to be pulled for being fake or containing malware again? This is not an open-source issue. It's a human nature issue. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
This is not an open-source issue. It's a human nature issue.Yes. And people who say open source doesn't have human nature issues are the open source issue. |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3806 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
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moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
This is not an open-source issue. It's a human nature issue. That's very true. For instance. I bought a new computer with a newer OS from Microsoft. Naturally I wanted to copy files from my older one. It didn't work over my network The answer I got from Microsoft Support was that their OS where not compatibal. BS answer and if I wanted more "support" they would charge me/company another $10 per hour!!! Anyway. After a while I figured it out. I connected the two computers with a cable instead. Voilà and behold, my precious files where copied:) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Those who scream that the top X computers run linux might be them. Those that scream about millions of eyeballs might be them. Not that they utter it, they say it by other methods. Frequently they say it's open source as if that is a panacea when talking about some project. As you clearly know it is not, nor does it make any difference in the possibility of serious flaws, but to the believers in the myth ...Yes. And people who say open source doesn't have human nature issues are the open source issue. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
The reality: http://thehill.com/opinion/cybersecurity/361855-pentagons-move-toward-open-source-software-isnt-going-to-enhance The expected 2018 Pentagon and Department of Defense (DoD) budget includes a new pilot program which requires at least 20 percent of custom developed code to be released as open source software (OSS). The OSS program holds many advantages, notably reducing costs and increasing code reuse, but one of its claimed benefits — improving security — is not quite as simple as it seems. |
Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
Hey everyone, You know? Someone here is so darned set against OSS (Open-Source Software) that they seem to forget the BIG gorilla when it comes to Operating Systems. Namely Microsoft. Equifax is ALWAYS the go-to scenario in arguments against OSS. It was not the software's fault the breach was made, it was the IT department's lack of applying the update to PREVENT the breach. The issue was fixed before the breach. I'm here to turn-the-tide so-to-speak... How about this security breach: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack. This did NOT happen on Open-Source Software, it happen on Microsoft's own Windows. The issue was discovered and fixed in March this year and the attack started in May. Who's at fault? Not the software. It's individuals and IT departments that are at fault for not applying the patch. Nuf sed. Siran CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Sophisticated malware halts operations at power station in unprecedented attack which experts believe was state-sponsored. In what experts are calling a watershed moment, hackers have infiltrated the critical safety systems for industrial control units used in nuclear, oil and gas plants, halting operations at at least one facility. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/dec/15/triton-hackers-malware-attack-safety-systems-energy-plant https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/12/attackers-deploy-new-ics-attack-framework-triton.html Previous similar cases has been seen against Iran and Ukraine. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36816 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Apple Is Being Sued Over Slowing Down iPhones. Apple is facing two separate lawsuits over its recently disclosed throttling of the performance of older iPhones. The lawsuits, filed in Illinois and California, allege that Apple intentionally slowed down iPhones in order to get consumers to buy new models. Being greedy could cost you big time and more law suits are expected to follow. Cheers. |
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