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Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3806 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
So much for the I.o.T. Practically impossible to secure so many doors. The most ridiculous example I have seen of this thus far. I think "Nike's firmware update bricked my self-tying $350 IoT sneakers" may have reached Peak First World Problems. I wonder what the symptoms would be... could the wearer be infected with malware to cause them to kick people? Would they walk in circles? Could other components be affected by this causing a Blue Jean of Death? :^p |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24913 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
snipROFLMAO. Levi will probably take umbrage at that. All those women returning their jeans because they couldn't fit into them. If only they listened to the firmware telling them they "require" the correct size. :-) |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24913 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31014 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
https://apnews.com/58b36d6ce9ce4a1cafa25bce0894bee0 BOSTON (AP) — In a sophisticated targeted espionage operation, hackers infected tens of thousands of computers from the Taiwanese vendor ASUS with malicious software using the company’s online automatic update service, security researchers reported Monday. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21241 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Similarly so for a supplier led exploit for certain Microsoft Windows systems: Huawei laptop 'backdoor' flaw raises concerns A flaw in Huawei Matebook laptops, found by Microsoft researchers, could have been used to take control of machines... ... Plus there are LOTs of hype and suspicion and conspiracy in that rather sensational article... Meanwhile, is this more plausible?: Microsoft: Windows 10 devices open to 'full compromise' from Huawei PC driver As part of its effort to protect Windows 10 from the next WannaCry, ... Microsoft discovered a buggy Huawei utility that could have given attackers a cheap way to undermine the security of the Windows kernel. Microsoft has now detailed how it found a severe local privilege escalation flaw in the Huawei PCManager driver software for its MateBook line of Windows 10 laptops. Thanks to Microsoft's work, the Chinese tech giant patched the flaw in January. ... third-party kernel drivers are becoming more attractive to attackers as a side-door to attacking the kernel without having to overcome its protections using an expensive zero-day kernel exploit in Windows... A summary of that and the consequences are eloquently detailed briefly on: YouTube: Why Windows Gets Malware So Easily Judge for yourselves... IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21241 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Intel makes a comeback? (Of sorts...?) Big CPU splash from Intel: And here's Intel's Epyc response: Up-to 56-core, 4GHz 14nm second-gen Xeon SP chips, Agilex FPGAs, persistent mem Amazing what some competition can do: Kicking Chipzilla up the data cache... In a highly orchestrated global maneuver, Chipzilla today launched, to much of its own fanfare, its second-generation Xeon Scalable Processors for servers – chips previously codenamed Cascade Lake. A while ago, executives at Intel-rival AMD, which made a big splash of its own with its 32-core Epyc server-class CPUs, told us they were braced for a response from Chipzilla. And here it is... But at what cost and what price/performance? Here's a few benchmarks: Intel Xeon Scalable "Cascade Lake" Processors Launch - Initial Xeon Platinum 8280 Linux Benchmarks Intel's 2nd Gen Xeon Scalable Cascade Lake processors are officially launching ... this article is a look at what's new with Cascade Lake as well as our preliminary Ubuntu Linux performance figures for the Xeon Platinum 8280 processors... That gives a rather interesting mixed bag. One standout is THE COST!!! ... 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 (56 cores / 112 threads, 2.7GHz base, 4.0GHz turbo, $20018 USD) Phew! Hot stuff!! IT is what we make it... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31014 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Microsoft has now detailed how it found a severe local privilege escalation flaw in the Huawei PCManager driver software for its MateBook line of Windows 10 laptops. Thanks to Microsoft's work, the Chinese tech giant patched the flaw in January. ... third-party kernel drivers are becoming more attractive to attackers as a side-door to attacking the kernel without having to overcome its protections using an expensive zero-day kernel exploit in Windows... If you don't want 3rd party drivers then there is the Apple way ... |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21241 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Microsoft has now detailed how it found a severe local privilege escalation flaw in the Huawei PCManager driver software for its MateBook line of Windows 10 laptops. Thanks to Microsoft's work, the Chinese tech giant patched the flaw in January. ... third-party kernel drivers are becoming more attractive to attackers as a side-door to attacking the kernel without having to overcome its protections using an expensive zero-day kernel exploit in Windows... ... And then there is the "Linux" way whereby there are effectively no 3rd parties... Honest, open, happy families are far more positively productive than rushed (proprietary) secrecy... IT is what we make it... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31014 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Microsoft has now detailed how it found a severe local privilege escalation flaw in the Huawei PCManager driver software for its MateBook line of Windows 10 laptops. Thanks to Microsoft's work, the Chinese tech giant patched the flaw in January. ... third-party kernel drivers are becoming more attractive to attackers as a side-door to attacking the kernel without having to overcome its protections using an expensive zero-day kernel exploit in Windows... Yes, that is correct. They are no devices that can be attached to the computer because there are no drivers for them or any possibility of drivers for them! (Devices are made by 3rd parties and so are their drivers - will all their security violations) |
cRunchy Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3 |
... And then there is the "Linux" way whereby there are effectively no 3rd parties... I always find it a little strange when talking about Linux and no 3rd parties given Linux is created by many including 3rd, 4th, 5th and so on parties. Honest, open, happy families are far more positively productive than rushed (proprietary) secrecy... Proprietary does not have to mean secretive or less productive. After all the firmware in the screen you are looking at or the bios on your PC (even if loaded with Linux) may well be proprietary. We tend to forget that there is a load of proprietary around us that we never consider but if it did not exist our non--proprietary would not exist. Not defending proprietary... Just expanding the argument or idea. Not sure though how a discussion about computers fits into politics? Economics or Technology surely... but Politics? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24913 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Not sure though how a discussion about computers fits into politics? Economics or Technology surely... but Politics?It was put into politics because of its very nature. Too hot for any other board. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31014 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tech/us-senators-introduce-social-media-bill-to-ban-dark-patterns-tricks-idUSKCN1RL25Q WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators introduced a bill on Tuesday to ban online social media companies like Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc from tricking consumers into giving up their personal data. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31014 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Hum, anti-virus maker ... https://apnews.com/8f265dc19c9142f8ab4152aec75526e6 Russian media have reported that the case centered on accusations that Sergei Mikhailov, Dokuchayev’s boss, and Kaspesky Lab executive Ruslan Stoyanov had passed information on an agency probe of a Russian businessman to an analyst allegedly tied to the FBI. Does that mean Kaspesky A/V is used as a tool by Russia? |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21241 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Non-too-good an advert for either BT or Microsoft: BT Tower broadcasts error message to the nation as Windows displays admin's shame Generally a system crash is a private affair, but the BT Tower, one of London's tallest landmarks, spent much of the weekend displaying a Windows error message in a very public fashion... ... banks of LEDs at its summit that act as a very prominent billboard. Sadly for BT over the weekend it was showing what looks very like a Windows 7 error screen... Why oh why use a Windows primary display for a city-wide view 'billboard'?! What happens for the inevitable updates?!! It is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24913 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
In the email sent on Wednesday, the department said new rules would offer "robust data protection conditions", adding: "Government has listened carefully to privacy concerns."Oh, the irony :-) |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3806 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
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betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11416 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
If a broken, generally annoying electronic billboard is the worst problem the world has this week, it will be an excellent week. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31014 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
If a broken, generally annoying electronic billboard is the worst problem the world has this week, it will be an excellent week. At least it wasn't hacked, as some were, to display hardcore porn movie. |
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