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by Scooby
Tue 22 Nov 2016, 17:28
Forum: Security
Topic: standing ovation for Edward Snowden
Replies: 2
Views: 1513

Re: standing ovation for Edward Snowden

The Snowden Archive http://www.cjfe.org/snowden Yeah but how the F*** does it work when after multiple clicks I come to a link showing a fuzzied out document with selcted textparts readable. Doesn't look like a complete archive to me check https://snowdenarchive.cjfe.org/greenstone/collect/snowden1...
by Scooby
Sun 23 Oct 2016, 18:29
Forum: Security
Topic: Dirty Cow
Replies: 10
Views: 6729

damn it, now I have to re-compile my kernel :(


The PoC's work everytime not like some of the other alleged exploits
on Linux
by Scooby
Sun 23 Oct 2016, 18:05
Forum: Misc
Topic: Program for drawing local network
Replies: 2
Views: 1357

dia is OK. http://dia-installer.de/ . That was exactly what I was looking for, many thanks :!: :!: :!: It is in slacko (salix actually) repo so it will be in most distro's repos I guess. Was already in my repo so just honk and go :) There are plugins for different types of hardware available. Mine ...
by Scooby
Fri 21 Oct 2016, 19:13
Forum: Misc
Topic: Program for drawing local network
Replies: 2
Views: 1357

Program for drawing local network

I need to make a "Blueprint" of a local network that are pretty entangled. Does anyone know of any good programs with easy support to draw up a local network. As a secondary question does anyone know if overlapping routers with the same SSID can cause computers to go "Reduced network ...
by Scooby
Tue 11 Oct 2016, 17:10
Forum: Security
Topic: Targeting users of soft designed for encrypting data & comm
Replies: 2
Views: 763

Good ideas about code-signing but the article is exclusively
about threats on the spyware platform formerly known as Windows
by Scooby
Fri 07 Oct 2016, 17:42
Forum: Security
Topic: Hack Crashes Linux Distros with a mere 48 Characters of Code
Replies: 14
Views: 3039

I switched over from SysV DebianDog to SysD and the boot time more than halved. 28 seconds down to 12 seconds (using LZ4 compressed main sfs on a HDD frugal). so to gain 14 seconds yo u have to bring on this behemoth and crush all independence and modularity of the Linux eco-system. So you can spen...
by Scooby
Thu 06 Oct 2016, 19:38
Forum: Security
Topic: Hack Crashes Linux Distros with a mere 48 Characters of Code
Replies: 14
Views: 3039

drunkjedi wrote:DebianDog has option to boot with systemd I believe.

You can test it there....
No I will not test with systemd, that is for someone else to try.

I rather wear thongs than grapple with systemd!
by Scooby
Thu 06 Oct 2016, 19:34
Forum: Security
Topic: Hack Crashes Linux Distros with a mere 48 Characters of Code
Replies: 14
Views: 3039

Lost in translation, huh?

Alright so what would be the correct way to say it in English?

A pair of tongs? A pair of pliers?
by Scooby
Thu 06 Oct 2016, 16:57
Forum: Security
Topic: Hack Crashes Linux Distros with a mere 48 Characters of Code
Replies: 14
Views: 3039

rufwoof wrote: ...
DON'T RUN IT!!
...
Ahhw, Don't say don't run it.

What is the first thing I did?

I ran it and yes my system got F***ed up.

The question is, Does it not F*** up systemd also?

I won't touch systemd even with a pair of thongs so I cannot
test it.
by Scooby
Thu 06 Oct 2016, 16:50
Forum: Security
Topic: Internet of Things
Replies: 9
Views: 2093

Burn_IT wrote:Quite why everyone NEEDS everything connected puzzles me.
...
It's not for you.

You are actually the product.

It's for companies to know what you have in your fridge etc etc
by Scooby
Thu 06 Oct 2016, 16:48
Forum: Security
Topic: Google, HTTPS and Internet
Replies: 25
Views: 4930

I've never trusted Google, and I never will.
by Scooby
Sat 24 Sep 2016, 11:46
Forum: Security
Topic: Firefox critical update released 21 Sept 2016
Replies: 28
Views: 7598

Does FF do automatic updates of addons? I really h8 that feature in all software. About all this seems to be angled in a certain way. For instance articles are pointing at noScript and 10 other popular addons when in fact the vulnerability is mozilla's doing for letting addons share javascript names...
by Scooby
Fri 09 Sep 2016, 20:29
Forum: Security
Topic: Google Chrome going to issue password warning on bad sites
Replies: 9
Views: 2247

Google should just forbid ads if it want to increase security.

Nowadays a popular attack vector is through bogus ads.
by Scooby
Wed 07 Sep 2016, 16:55
Forum: Security
Topic: FairWare
Replies: 1
Views: 635

Same as http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=108054 The exploit is not SSH-bruteforce and not a Wordpress vulnerability. It attacks unsafely comfigured Redis-servers As explained here: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacked-redis-servers-being-used-to-install-the-fairware-ranso...
by Scooby
Fri 19 Aug 2016, 19:11
Forum: Security
Topic: Shadow Brokers NSA Hack Leaks 0-day Vulnerabilities
Replies: 4
Views: 1180

Files look legit but it's hard to verify if they are from NSA or not? probably a bit dated since they seem to be from pre-2013 NSA or whoever is the Author has surely continued on developing code base since then. A lot of linux tools in file dump that are executable on linux system. Seems exploiters...
by Scooby
Fri 19 Aug 2016, 17:40
Forum: Security
Topic: GnuPG
Replies: 8
Views: 2368

micko are you having any luck getting your less techno-expertly friends using encryption with emails?

I find this hard
by Scooby
Mon 25 Jul 2016, 16:02
Forum: Security
Topic: SKYPE has changed its operations model
Replies: 2
Views: 897

So instead of easy eaves dropping by governments instead
MS controls all the data in the skype network.

You can trust MS, Yeah MS has shown real concern for
privacy in their latest products look no further than such
great ones like Win 10.
by Scooby
Wed 20 Jul 2016, 20:13
Forum: Security
Topic: Ubuntu Forums breached
Replies: 2
Views: 1049

At least the couldn't get a password dump in clear text Affected forum members need to be aware that the attacker, or someone buying the database dump, could still use the information for attacks. Possible scenarios include phishing emails, social engineering, and brute force attacks against popular...
by Scooby
Fri 08 Jul 2016, 15:49
Forum: Security
Topic: Make Google forget embarrassing searches
Replies: 10
Views: 2189

Is that collected while logged in?

And how to delete data they aggretaed on you whilst being logged out?
by Scooby
Mon 04 Jul 2016, 16:05
Forum: Security
Topic: Interesting Lenovo firmware hack
Replies: 2
Views: 960

Interesting Lenovo firmware hack

Check out
http://blog.cr4.sh/2016/06/exploring-an ... enovo.html


Very interesting read.


Makes a mention of it being a possible backdoor planted on purpose?