BusKill Warrant Canary for 2024 H2 🕵️ ( www.buskill.in )
This post contains a canary message that's cryptographically signed by the official BusKill PGP release key...
VMware customers may stay, but Broadcom could face backlash “for years to come” ( arstechnica.com )
Price hikes of over 2x widely expected under Broadcom’s VMware, survey finds...
Joining Fedora Linux to an enterprise domain - Fedora Magazine ( fedoramagazine.org )
New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )
Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections | Ars Technica ( arstechnica.com )
Hopefully this does not affect you but if you are running something like Arch, OpenSUSE tumbleweed, Debian sid or Fedora Rawhide and use SSH for remote access you should do a full wipe.
Microsoft rolls back decision to stop Windows 11 22H2 preview updates ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )
NIST Releases Version 2.0 of Landmark Cybersecurity Framework ( www.nist.gov )
NIST is a US government org that releases industry guidlines on best practices for cybersecurity....
Samba AD via Nix os ( nixos.wiki )
I would never put Nix os into production as it is fairly obscure but since there was a interest here in Samba AD I though this might be interesting
Good hosting? ( mbin.grits.dev )
Does anyone have recommendations for good VPS Linux hosting places? I used to recommend DigitalOcean, but I'm having a subpar support experience currently that sets off some slight alarm bells such that I might want to look elsewhere. What's good?
Anydesk 8 removes TCP Tunneling from the free service. ( kbin.social )
Have been using this for occasional outside broadcasts. It stopped working today. Downgrading to version 7.0.4 fixed it for now. Unfortunately Rustdesk doesn't support reverse tunnels so I'll have to hunt for an alternative method.
ICANN proposes creating .INTERNAL domain ( www.theregister.com )
Leaving VMware? Consider these 5 FOSS hypervisors • The Register ( www.theregister.com )
XCP-NG with XOSTOR working? - Infosec.Pub ( infosec.pub )
Former IT manager pleads guilty to attacking high school network ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )
Broadcom ends VMware perpetual license sales, testing customers and partners ( arstechnica.com )
Just what the world needs, more software subscriptions. /s...
Ukrainian military says it hacked Russia's federal tax agency ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )
The Ukrainian government’s military intelligence service says it hacked the Russian Federal Taxation Service, wiping the agency’s database and backup copies....
The surprising connection between after-hours work and decreased productivity ( slack.com )
From the No-Shit-Sherlock Dpmt .
OpenZFS 2.2.1 Released Due To A Block Cloning Bug Causing Data Corruption - Phoronix ( www.phoronix.com )
Oh boy, here we go
Some Google Drive for Desktop users are missing months of files - The Verge ( www.theverge.com )
“Move to the cloud” they said
Broadcom closes $69 billion VMware deal after China approval ( www.reuters.com )
This motherboard might work well in some rough environments ( www.newegg.com )
I just stumbled across this on Newegg and it looks like a nice board for desktops in rugged environments
"I Had a Dream" and Generative AI Jailbreaks ( thehackernews.com )
From The Hacker News...
University of Michigan employee, student data stolen in cyberattack ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )
The University of Michigan says in a statement today that they suffered a data breach after hackers broke into its network in August and accessed systems with information belonging to students, applicants, alumni, donors, employees, patients, and research study participants.
1Password discloses security incident linked to Okta breach ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )
Microsoft in talks to sign on Amazon as customer in $1 bln cloud tools deal ( www.reuters.com )
Oct 17 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O) is preparing to bring Amazon.com (AMZN.O) as a customer for its 365 cloud productivity tools in a deal worth over $1 billion, news site Insider reported on Tuesday, citing an internal document and a person familiar with the matter....
