Miscellaneous Tech News
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Google confirms that advanced backdoor came preinstalled on Android devices
After Google successfully beat back Triada in 2017, its developers found a new way in
Criminals in 2017 managed to get an advanced backdoor preinstalled on Android devices before they left the factories of manufacturers, Google researchers confirmed on Thursday. -
Office Configurations Can Now Be Saved to Microsoft's Cloud
Microsoft recently added an improvement to its Office Customization Tool for Office 365 users that lets IT pros save configuration files in Microsoft's datacenters.
The enhancement permits IT pros to "create, edit and access your deployment configurations from one central location, your Office 365 tenant," Microsoft explained in a Wednesday announcement. -
Millions of machines affected by command execution flaw in Exim mail server
In some cases, it's trivial for remote attackers to execute commands with root privileges.
Millions of Internet-connected machines running the open source Exim mail server may be vulnerable to a newly disclosed vulnerability -
The clever cryptography behind Apple’s “Find My” feature
You can track down your stolen MacBook, but no one else can—not even Apple.
When Apple executive Craig Federighi described a new location-tracking feature for Apple devices at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on Monday, it sounded—to the sufficiently paranoid, at least—like both a physical security innovation and a potential privacy disaster. -
Exim mail servers need urgent patching
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@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Exim mail servers need urgent patching
Never even heard of that server.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Exim mail servers need urgent patching
Never even heard of that server.
Never heard of Exim? It's a MTA so it's the mail server software that actually sends and receive emails from other servers.
These are the most popular mail servers on the internet:
- Exim 57%
- Postfix 35%
- Sendmail 4%
http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.201905/mxsurvey.html
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Exim mail servers need urgent patching
Never even heard of that server.
Exim is an MTA just like Postfix. Exim was and is usually tied to Dovecot and other POP3 and IMAP Servers.
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Microsoft Outlines How To Set Up Windows Virtual Desktop
Microsoft experts on Thursday showed how to set up the Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) service, which is currently available at the preview stage.
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The Catch-22 that broke the Internet
Google's big outage also blocked access to the tools Google needed to fix it.
Earlier this week, the Internet had a conniption. In broad patches around the globe, YouTube sputtered. Shopify stores shut down. -
Report: Google argues the Huawei ban would hurt its Android monopoly
Export ban would create a competitor to US operating systems, argues Google.
The Trump administration would probably describe its Huawei export ban as a move that improves national security. -
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Huawei: 'We stand naked in front of the world'
Huawei has denied that it has any links to the Chinese government.
Huawei's cyber-security chief John Suffolk told MPs on Monday that the tech giant had never been asked by China or any other government to "do anything untoward".
Mr Suffolk said Huawei welcomed outsiders to analyse its products and detect engineering or coding flaws.
"We stand naked in front of the world, but we would prefer to do that, because it enables us to improve our products." -
UK phone firms demand clarity over Huawei
The UK risks losing its position as a world leader in mobile connectivity, Britain's mobile operators are warning.
In a draft letter to Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill, seen by the BBC, operators will urge the government to clarify its position over Huawei.
The letter asks for an urgent meeting between industry leaders and the government to discuss their concerns.
Operators say they can't invest in infrastructure while uncertainty over the use of Chinese technology persists. -
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
UK phone firms demand clarity over Huawei
The UK risks losing its position as a world leader in mobile connectivity, Britain's mobile operators are warning.
In a draft letter to Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill, seen by the BBC, operators will urge the government to clarify its position over Huawei.
The letter asks for an urgent meeting between industry leaders and the government to discuss their concerns.
Operators say they can't invest in infrastructure while uncertainty over the use of Chinese technology persists.Of course they can invest, they can upgrade their wiring, the towers and poles, the conduit etc. They just can't realistically purchase any 5G-esk technology or wireless equipment as they can acquire it for cheaper from Huawei than from anyone else.
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https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/06/11/malware-oracle-cryptocurrency-miner/
Security researchers have identified yet another cryptocurrency mining malware. This time it’s installing itself on enterprise application servers, and using a clever trick to remain hidden. If that wasn’t enough, the malware has already claimed its first major victim: Oracle servers.
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Microsoft Delivers Hefty June Security Patch Bundle
Microsoft released its monthly bunch of security patches on Tuesday.
Addressing 88 common vulnerabilities and disclosures (CVEs) for the month. -
Microsoft Announces Wave 2 Plans for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform
Microsoft used the occasion of its Business Applications Summit on Monday to announce its "Wave 2".
The Wave 2 plans included the announcement of three new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities coming this year or the next. -
AMD launches Navi as the $449 Radeon RX 5700 XT
AMD claims performance-per-dollar leadership over Nvidia, but for how long?
AMD took the stage at E3 to announce its "Navi" family of GPUs.
