Non-IT News Thread
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Inside the DNSpionage hacks that hijack domains at an unprecedented scale
KrebsOnSecurity details how attackers took control of sensitive domains around the world.
Since the beginning of the year, the US government and private security companies have been warning of a sophisticated wave of attacks that’s hijacking domains belonging to multiple governments and private companies at an unprecedented scale. On Monday, a detailed report provided new details that helped explain how and why the widespread DNS hijackings allowed the attackers to siphon huge numbers of email and other login credentials.
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Nasty code-execution bug in WinRAR threatened millions of users for 14 years
If you're one of the 500 million utility users, now would be a good time to patch.
The vulnerability was the result of an absolute path traversal flaw that resided in UNACEV2.DLL, a third-party code library that hasn’t been updated since 2005. The traversal made it possible for archive files to extract to a folder of the archive creator’s choosing, rather than the folder chosen by the person using the program. Because the third-party library doesn’t make use of exploit mitigations such as address space layout randomization, there was little preventing exploits.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Nasty code-execution bug in WinRAR threatened millions of users for 14 years
Who actually uses WinRAR?
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Nasty code-execution bug in WinRAR threatened millions of users for 14 years
Who actually uses WinRAR?
I keep forgetting that it was a thing.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Nasty code-execution bug in WinRAR threatened millions of users for 14 years
Who actually uses WinRAR?
I keep forgetting that it was a thing.
Right? It's like people who actually bought WinZip.
http://thedoghousediaries.com/dhdcomics/2012-10-29-1c3a818.png
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Nasty code-execution bug in WinRAR threatened millions of users for 14 years
Who actually uses WinRAR?
I keep forgetting that it was a thing.
Dell still uses it on self extracting files sometimes...
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iirc WinZip used to have notifications if you used the free version that said something to the affect of "WinZip is not free software, please consider buying it"
Does anyone else remember that?
I do, at least because I would remove WinZip and install 7Zip
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
WinZip used to have notifications if you used the free version that said something to the affect of "WinZip is not free software, please consider buying it"
I remember that.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
iirc WinZip used to have notifications if you used the free version that said something to the affect of "WinZip is not free software, please consider buying it"
Does anyone else remember that?
I do, at least because I would remove WinZip and install 7Zip
I first ran into WinZip in the mid 90s, when it was the only good compression program for Windows (or so everyone thought at the time, too bad for them.)
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Microsoft, Paradox allow open game modding on Xbox One for the first time
No pre-approval needed for player-made content on Microsoft's console.
This isn't the first time players have been able to add their own modified content to a console game. Bethesda enabled Fallout 4 mods on Xbox One back in May 2016 and on PlayStation 4 months later. Paradox itself followed with a similar modding program for the Xbox One version of Cities: Skylines early last year.
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Norway’s beautiful but treacherous road
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Norway’s beautiful but treacherous road
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190219-norways-beautiful-but-treacherous-roadI have to drive that
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@wrx7m said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Norway’s beautiful but treacherous road
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190219-norways-beautiful-but-treacherous-roadI have to drive that
IKR, totally my thing.
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Boring office wellness alternatives that actually work
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190215-three-trendy-workplace-perks-and-three-boring-ones-that-work -
Bangladesh fire: Blaze kills dozens in Dhaka historic district
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Boring office wellness alternatives that actually work
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190215-three-trendy-workplace-perks-and-three-boring-ones-that-workLOL I remember one time we were super swamped and we were tired and exhausted to the point where we couldn't work. We went to go get food and came back stronger. Sometimes taking a step back to gather your head really helps.
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How did Yoshi’s Island music end up in an official US gov’t Web game?
And is the government liable for copyright infringement for using it?
Recycle City Challenge is an extremely simple educational Web game that asks players to answer basic questions about how to reduce waste and energy use. But yesterday, fan site Nintendo Soup was among the first to publicly notice that the Web game used a looping version of Yoshi's Island DS' "Underground" theme in the background.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
How did Yoshi’s Island music end up in an official US gov’t Web game?
And is the government liable for copyright infringement for using it?
Recycle City Challenge is an extremely simple educational Web game that asks players to answer basic questions about how to reduce waste and energy use. But yesterday, fan site Nintendo Soup was among the first to publicly notice that the Web game used a looping version of Yoshi's Island DS' "Underground" theme in the background.
lol what i love this!
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The first private mission to the Moon may launch Thursday night
"What it means to me is that the responsibility is very high."
The 180kg Beresheet spacecraft, privately developed by SpaceIL in Israel and funded largely through philanthropy, will spend more than six weeks raising its orbit and becoming captured into lunar orbit before finally making the first private attempt to land on the Moon. Until now, only the US, Russian, and Chinese space agencies have ever successfully landed on the Moon.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
The first private mission to the Moon may launch Thursday night
"What it means to me is that the responsibility is very high."
The 180kg Beresheet spacecraft, privately developed by SpaceIL in Israel and funded largely through philanthropy, will spend more than six weeks raising its orbit and becoming captured into lunar orbit before finally making the first private attempt to land on the Moon. Until now, only the US, Russian, and Chinese space agencies have ever successfully landed on the Moon.
Unmanned, but still very cool.
