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Security Leftovers

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 29, 2022

Only Download Krita From Trusted Places

Third party download sites are outside our control, and can be compromised!

Never-before-seen malware has infected hundreds of Linux and Windows devices [Ed: So the problem is bad passwords and stolen keys, not "Linux"]

SSH infections using password brute-forcing and stolen keys also allow Chaos to spread from machine to machine inside an infected network.

Optus CEO's spin not exactly the best way to handle breach

One wonders what exactly drove Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin to front a media session last Friday, in a bid to spin her way through a damaging development at the telco.

Had she been proficient in the technical aspects of data breaches and was willing to level with people, then it may have done a world of good. Or she could have brought along a technically competent person and let him/her explain things correctly.

But Bayer Rosmarin tried to paint the breach as a sophisticated attack, something that even a politician like Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil was able to shoot it down.

[Crackers] breach tech magazine, send racist push notifications to iPhones

[Attackers] breached the content management system of Fast Company, a monthly business and tech magazine, on Tuesday evening.

The [crackers] reportedly sent two obscene and racist push notifications to followers of the magazine in Apple News.