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richij
·9 maanden geleden·discuss
something-something I have a bridge to sell you something
richij
·9 maanden geleden·discuss
tl;dr: A rogue device plugged into a "trusted" motherboard makes it untrusted.

As the saying goes, "It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway."

Sigh.
richij
·11 maanden geleden·discuss
/me laughs in legitimate-interest
richij
·11 maanden geleden·discuss
Steve is in GDPR land, according to his profile page.
richij
·11 maanden geleden·discuss
Not theft, AFAICS: Creative Commons licensed, with correct attribution given.
richij
·vorig jaar·discuss
And Thunderbird is dead to me
richij
·vorig jaar·discuss
bless you for your correct use of the C-word.
richij
·vorig jaar·discuss
In other words, the threat actors had access to the breached network during the 22-ish months before they were discovered.
richij
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
DUPE of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41434500
richij
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
Or just read the same publication's web page: https://www.thedrive.com/news/how-an-artist-helped-millions-...
richij
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
Fun website, but most of these really don't cross the line from "aggressive marketing" into "dark pattern." If the site reps are listening, why not let me browse the worst offenders first?
richij
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
tl;dr: Send an email message with a carefully crafted file attachment. Triggers a parsing bug (presumably a buffer overflow). Attacker could cause several bad things, including adding a root user. Yikes.
richij
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
Troll detected.
richij
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40233746

(this item was first, but the other has more traction)
richij
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
No, it does not.
richij
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
This one gained more traction: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39856756
richij
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
Do you?

Because I'd guess the true figure would be a bit higher than 75%. Have a think about that.
richij
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
AFAICS, it wasn't the journalist's fault. It was the Swiss PR spokesman. While the company concerned made a mild followup statement implying the journalist misunderstood because of a translation error, both parties spoke Swiss German as a native language.

tl;dr: It was Fortinet's fault and they tried to cover it up: https://securityboulevard.com/2024/02/toothbrush-ddos-botnet...