Miscellaneous Tech News
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Homegrown app helping Kabul residents steer clear of danger
Ehtesab tracks turbulence on the ground and sends users alerts on which areas to avoid.
As Kabul fell on Sunday, 20 young Afghan tech workers tracked the Taliban’s advance, broadcasting real-time reports of gunfire, explosions, and traffic jams across the city through a new app. Called Ehtesab, the app relies on ground-level reports from a vetted team of users to a private WhatsApp group. The reports, which are then verified by the app’s fact checkers, range from security incidents, such as fires, gunshots and bombings, to road closures and traffic problems to electricity cuts. Sara Wahedi, the 26-year-old founder of the app, said the team tried to confirm the reports with the interior ministry, “when it used to exist.” -
https://ui.com/phone-system/?mc_cid=14a240d0da&mc_eid=f6b527c2cd
Unifi Released "Plug and Play" VOIP.
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Razor and Asus Windows 10 security bypass...
https://www.pcgamer.com/razer-windows-10-security-flaw-admin/
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Razor and Asus Windows 10 security bypass...
https://www.pcgamer.com/razer-windows-10-security-flaw-admin/
Well I suppose it's, as it's always been, important to lock your device if you walk away so someone can't sneak over to your chair and "wreak all kinds of havoc" on your computer if you aren't already a local admin lol.
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@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Razor and Asus Windows 10 security bypass...
https://www.pcgamer.com/razer-windows-10-security-flaw-admin/
Well I suppose it's, as it's always been, important to lock your device if you walk away so someone can't sneak over to your chair and "wreak all kinds of havoc" on your computer if you aren't already a local admin lol.
So you are saying that all companies should keep their computers locked and only allow IT staff to use the computers and the entire idea of non-admin users should be abandoned?
All these employees just sitting at locked computers, not allowed to use them.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
So you are saying that all companies should keep their computers locked and only allow IT staff to use the computers and the entire idea of non-admin users should be abandoned?
Nope, I'm saying that policies should be in place to lock screens and users should be trained to lock their computers when walking away so nobody other than the device's assigned user can wreak havoc on the device.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Razor and Asus Windows 10 security bypass...
https://www.pcgamer.com/razer-windows-10-security-flaw-admin/
Well I suppose it's, as it's always been, important to lock your device if you walk away so someone can't sneak over to your chair and "wreak all kinds of havoc" on your computer if you aren't already a local admin lol.
So you are saying that all companies should keep their computers locked and only allow IT staff to use the computers and the entire idea of non-admin users should be abandoned?
All these employees just sitting at locked computers, not allowed to use them.
That is 100% not what he said.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Razor and Asus Windows 10 security bypass...
https://www.pcgamer.com/razer-windows-10-security-flaw-admin/
This 100% sounds more like an issue for Windows rather than the hardware manufacturers.
Maybe I'm not considering something, but the article even provides examples of other non Razor devices being able to exploit this process.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Razor and Asus Windows 10 security bypass...
https://www.pcgamer.com/razer-windows-10-security-flaw-admin/
Well I suppose it's, as it's always been, important to lock your device if you walk away so someone can't sneak over to your chair and "wreak all kinds of havoc" on your computer if you aren't already a local admin lol.
So you are saying that all companies should keep their computers locked and only allow IT staff to use the computers and the entire idea of non-admin users should be abandoned?
All these employees just sitting at locked computers, not allowed to use them.
A locked computer screen wouldn't prevent this elevation from occurring.
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Razor and Asus Windows 10 security bypass...
https://www.pcgamer.com/razer-windows-10-security-flaw-admin/
Well I suppose it's, as it's always been, important to lock your device if you walk away so someone can't sneak over to your chair and "wreak all kinds of havoc" on your computer if you aren't already a local admin lol.
So you are saying that all companies should keep their computers locked and only allow IT staff to use the computers and the entire idea of non-admin users should be abandoned?
All these employees just sitting at locked computers, not allowed to use them.
A locked computer screen wouldn't prevent this elevation from occurring.
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Why the downvote on that @JaredBusch? The issue is clearly how windows supports the elevation and allows a user to select anything outside of the intended purpose.
Plugging an device in while locked will still have the same issue, no matter what.
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@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
So you are saying that all companies should keep their computers locked and only allow IT staff to use the computers and the entire idea of non-admin users should be abandoned?
Nope, I'm saying that policies should be in place to lock screens and users should be trained to lock their computers when walking away so nobody other than the device's assigned user can wreak havoc on the device.
That's a start. But assumes that all users can be trusted, which if we trusted them, they'd all have local admin rights.
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Why the downvote on that @JaredBusch? The issue is clearly how windows supports the elevation and allows a user to select anything outside of the intended purpose.
Plugging an device in while locked will still have the same issue, no matter what.
The issue also clearly involves interaction with the GUI.
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
This 100% sounds more like an issue for Windows rather than the hardware manufacturers.
Agreed, it means that Microsoft is automating the installation of unapproved, untested, unsecure software as part of the OS process. Sure, a third party has the flaw, but where is the code review before Microsoft makes it install as part of the OS' pre-approved software list?
Ultimately, yes, MS is definitely the one at fault here.
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@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Why the downvote on that @JaredBusch? The issue is clearly how windows supports the elevation and allows a user to select anything outside of the intended purpose.
Plugging an device in while locked will still have the same issue, no matter what.
The issue also clearly involves interaction with the GUI.
Sure, but the issue will still exist no matter what, regardless of the GUI the system is still vulnerable to being owned.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
So you are saying that all companies should keep their computers locked and only allow IT staff to use the computers and the entire idea of non-admin users should be abandoned?
Nope, I'm saying that policies should be in place to lock screens and users should be trained to lock their computers when walking away so nobody other than the device's assigned user can wreak havoc on the device.
That's a start. But assumes that all users can be trusted, which if we trusted them, they'd all have local admin rights.
Local admin rights isn't just about trusting the user. Simply not giving a user local admin rights doesn't magically keep the user from screwing up the computer for themself or the company.
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@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
So you are saying that all companies should keep their computers locked and only allow IT staff to use the computers and the entire idea of non-admin users should be abandoned?
Nope, I'm saying that policies should be in place to lock screens and users should be trained to lock their computers when walking away so nobody other than the device's assigned user can wreak havoc on the device.
That's a start. But assumes that all users can be trusted, which if we trusted them, they'd all have local admin rights.
Local admin rights isn't just about trusting the user. Simply not giving a user local admin rights doesn't magically keep the user from screwing up the computer for themself or the company.
Sure. But "not a panacea" is never an argument for something.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
This 100% sounds more like an issue for Windows rather than the hardware manufacturers.
Agreed, it means that Microsoft is automating the installation of unapproved, untested, unsecure software as part of the OS process. Sure, a third party has the flaw, but where is the code review before Microsoft makes it install as part of the OS' pre-approved software list?
Ultimately, yes, MS is definitely the one at fault here.
It's up to the installer to dictate how things are done. It would be a horrible idea to be able to install device drivers without local admin privilege's. The software installer needs to run as System.
The problem is that the installer (made by razer) opens up a folder select window as System. That doesn't need to happen, however, it does need to happen if you want to be able to SEE or choose a folder to install to that isn't accessible to standard user.
