Miscellaneous Tech News
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Ubuntu 19.04: The Disco Dingo arrives and will really make your IT dept. happy
Even for non-enterprise users, 19.04 offers a faster, more polished desktop.
Canonical recently released Ubuntu 19.04, the latest version of its flagship GNOME-based Linux desktop. But if you're a desktop user, you might be feeling a little left out. -
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Microsoft Says Organizations Should Use a Different Computer for Admin Tasks
Establish a separate device for administrative tasks that is updated and patched with the most recent software and operating system. Set the security controls at high levels and prevent administrative tasks from being executed remotely.
My friend does this type of thing at home with VMs now - games in his host machine - but surfs, etc in different VMs to protect things from each other.
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Microsoft's May Patches Arrive Along with Intel Fixes for New Processor Flaws
Microsoft released its May security updates on "update Tuesday" today.
but a patching vortex also opened up as Intel disclosed new processor vulnerabilities. -
Microsoft warns wormable Windows bug could lead to another WannaCry
Company takes the unusual step of patching Win 2003 and XP. 7, Server 2008 and 2008 R2 also vulnerable.
Microsoft is warning that the Internet could see another exploit with the magnitude of the WannaCry attack that shut down computers all over the world two years ago unless people patch a high-severity vulnerability. -
@WrCombs said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Does not affect Windows 10.
Is not known to be in the wild. -
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@WrCombs said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Does not affect Windows 10.
Is not known to be in the wild.Or 8, from what I read.
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BBC News - Trump declares national emergency over IT threats
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SanDisk’s 1TB microSD card is now available
The definitive storage upgrade will cost you $449
anDisk’s 1TB Extreme microSD card is the biggest capacity that it’s ever sold. -
BBC News - US supercomputer maker Cray Inc bought in £1bn deal
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
BBC News - US supercomputer maker Cray Inc bought in £1bn deal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48314991Damnit. Might be a sound business decision(I don’t know), but I liked Cray.
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BBC News - Google 'restricts Huawei's use of Android'
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
BBC News - Google 'restricts Huawei's use of Android'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48330310Being a Huawei phone fan (well my current and last 2 have been them) not sure how to take this.
I know it won't take long to get a Modded version that will work on them.
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Veeam Availability Orchestrator v2 is Out
https://www.veeam.com/blog/new-features-availability-orchestrator.html
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
BBC News - Google 'restricts Huawei's use of Android'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48330310Apparently they backed off that today or yesterday.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
BBC News - Google 'restricts Huawei's use of Android'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48330310Apparently they backed off that today or yesterday.
Welcome to this morning's conversation.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
BBC News - Google 'restricts Huawei's use of Android'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48330310Apparently they backed off that today or yesterday.
Welcome to this morning's conversation.
I've been busy!
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Would you pay $1m for a laptop full of malware?
A laptop deliberately infected with six notorious strains of malware, including WannaCry and ILoveYou, is being auctioned in the US as an art project.
At time of writing, the highest bid for the device was $1.1m (£800,000).
The auction states that the Samsung laptop's internet connectivity will be disabled when the device is shipped to the auction winner.
The 11-year-old Notebook has been air-gapped - a security measure to isolate it from other networks. -
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Would you pay $1m for a laptop full of malware?
A laptop deliberately infected with six notorious strains of malware, including WannaCry and ILoveYou, is being auctioned in the US as an art project.
At time of writing, the highest bid for the device was $1.1m (£800,000).
The auction states that the Samsung laptop's internet connectivity will be disabled when the device is shipped to the auction winner.
The 11-year-old Notebook has been air-gapped - a security measure to isolate it from other networks.Layer 8 failure. How is this a good idea?
