Security Leftovers
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Only Download Krita From Trusted Places
Third party download sites are outside our control, and can be compromised!
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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.
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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.
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[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.