[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 71 points 23 hours ago

Oracle should have lost the trademark due genericization. Everyone uses the term JavaScript.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 5 points 1 day ago

Even though Google Search is turning to crap, most people would still choose Google Search if prompted to choose a search engine.

As for Google Play Store integration, this might lead to Android phones having to choose a store in install like picking a browser for Windows.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 2 points 5 days ago

I taught computer science a long time ago. I have a tendency to simplify concepts to be more easily understood. Most people appreciate this.

I don't even remember what it was I was trying to explain, maybe database sharding.

I was accused of mansplaining when I took the time to answer someone's question in a meeting. So from that point on when that person that accused me of mansplaining was around I just gave direct definitions. If that person had additional questions, I gave the vaguest answer possible, I repeat the question as an answer, I basically tell them to Google things they should know.

What is SEO? Please look it up. We only have a certain amount of time for this meeting.

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The threat actors use a variety of distribution channels, including malvertising, spearphishing, and brand impersonation in online gaming, cryptocurrency, and software, to spread 50 malware payloads, including AMOS, Stealc, and Rhadamanthys.

Victims are lured into downloading malicious software by interacting with what they are tricked into believing are legitimate job opportunities or project collaborations.

On Windows, HijackLoader is used for delivering Stealc, a general-purpose lightweight info-stealer designed to collect data from browsers and crypto wallet apps, or Rhadamanthys, a more specialized stealer that targets a broad range of applications and data types.

When the target uses macOS, Marko Polo deploys Atomic ('AMOS'). This stealer launched in mid-2023, rented to cybercriminals for $1,000/month, allowing them to snatch various data stored in web browsers.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 67 points 2 months ago

There are Linux phones available. I,m going to guess popularity of those devices to increase soon.

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Transport for London, the city's public transportation agency, revealed today that its staff has limited access to systems and email due to measures implemented in response to a Sunday cyberattack.

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"After an initial chat conversation, the attacker sent a ZIP file that contained COVERTCATCH malware disguised as a Python coding challenge," researchers Robert Wallace, Blas Kojusner, and Joseph Dobson said.

The malware functions as a launchpad to compromise the target's macOS system by downloading a second-stage payload that establishes persistence via Launch Agents and Launch Daemons.

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American car rental giant Avis disclosed a data breach after attackers breached one of its business applications last month and stole customer personal information.

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Tracked as CVE-2024-45195 and discovered by Rapid7 security researchers, this remote code execution flaw is caused by a forced browsing weakness that exposes restricted paths to unauthenticated direct request attacks.

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The malvertising activity, observed in June 2024, is a departure from previously observed tactics wherein the malware has been propagated via traditional phishing emails, Unit 42 researchers Mark Lim and Tom Marsden said.

Definitions:

Malvertising - Internet advertising whose real intention is to deliver malware to the PC when the ad is clicked.

-wordnik

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reported a massive increase in losses to Bitcoin ATM scams, nearly ten times the amount from 2020 and reaching over $110 million in 2023.

Bitcoin ATMs are typically located in convenience stores, gas stations, and other busy areas, but instead of dispensing cash like the traditional ATMs they resemble, they allow you to buy and sell cryptocurrency.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 95 points 3 months ago

I know this is !fuckcars@lemmy.world but I really hate driving these modern trucks. The hood is too high, the windshield is too narrow, and the height is too high. You really can't tell how close something. It's really dangerous.

On top of all that the assholes that drives these things have the brightest lights in the world. That shouldn't be allowed in the city.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 150 points 3 months ago

Why the fuck would people close to Diaper Dump Trump talk to the press about this?

They want to give you a false sense of security.

Vote like your world depends on it.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 67 points 5 months ago

Also the "Think about the children!" states but force birth on minors, don't give healthcare or food to kids, and vote in pedophiles.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 186 points 5 months ago

This is so stupid since several thousand devices can use one IP address. NAT exists.

If I download music in a Starbucks, can they fine the Starbucks CEO then?

Anyway I hope I hope online artists, and authors are able to use this to sue AI companies for stealing their copyrighted works.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 78 points 6 months ago

It's both. I'm sure Puff Daddy, and R Kelly would rather we forget all the horrible things they've done rather than make money off of it. At the same time the NYTimes and the Atlantic would love to make money off their articles about those two people.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 58 points 6 months ago

Barbara Streisand Effect x 8000.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 81 points 7 months ago

Bring them a dumb phone. Ask them to install the app on it for you. Tell then you are not buying a new phone just to use the gym.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 81 points 9 months ago

But when he confronted the unarmed corkers 15 minutes later in another location, he said, according to an audio recording of the interview, “nobody pointed a weapon at me. This is all me. I lost it. I don’t know what happened. I don’t know why I did it. I don’t understand what went wrong with me.”

Even the shooter admitted fault and plead guilty.

Police dispatch records obtained through a public records request show that officers responding to the shooting were advised that “this is an anti-police protest”.

Yeah, the police wanted protesters to die.

The camera captures Beck’s anger and dismay when the police arrived and said they first had to “secure the scene” before ambulances waiting outside the park would be allowed in. “Will you fucking help us!” she can be heard shouting at the officers. “People are dying!”

It's on video.

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