“The biggest network security threat today is a remote code execution exploit for Intel’s Management Engine.” “Every computer with an Intel chipset produced in the last decade would be vulnerable to this exploit, and RCE would give an attacker full […]
if you are in control of all the details, stress becomes “just a lot of work” because you pay attention to the details, others might not it also means: if the program was written by you 1) you know what […]
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they are fast, they are small, they use very little energy (less than 30W), the Lenovo ThinkCentre M92p Tiny despite being also pretty old (2012/2013) it still rocks, the naming ain’t sexy, but they work very well. now let’s look […]
let’s face it: the internet has become a gigantic surveillance machine, with hundreds of private companies, trying to collect as much data on the user as possible in order to “predict the market” while also using with AI to analyze […]
“to swap, or not to swap, that is the question”: definitely swap more! Shakespeare! “to encrypt, or not to encrypt” (if it contains valuable data: DEFINITELY ENCRYPT!!!) (general tutorial about lvm (logical volume management) “to lvm, or not to lvm” […]
Brother HL-5450DN most older laser printers are pretty reliable and can made to work with GNU Linux (if they support App Socket / HP JetDirect (asigned fixed IP to printer and give exact IP)) there is even a firmware update, […]
this is a quick bash hack, to set overwrite the current ip with an fixed ip or add an virtual interface for an additional fixed ip this will (brute force) OVERWRITE all mess done by network managers of various origins […]
lancom-systems.de is a major partner of Deutsche Telekom. “Würselen, August 26, 2002 – LANCOM Systems GmbH and Deutsche Telekom AG have agreed to cooperate on the sale of LANCOM Systems products.” https://my.lancom-systems.de/newsroom/presse/archiv/archivansicht/lancom-systems-kooperiert-mit-deutscher-telekom/ that’s how a lot of lancom products end […]
what’s in the (Debian apt) repo concerning RSS (News) Feeds? apt search rss … then manually filtered. akregator/stable 4:20.08.3-1 amd64 RSS/Atom feed aggregator cairo-dock-rssreader-plug-in/stable 3.4.1+git20201022.a0d3415c-1 amd64 RSS Reader plug-in for Cairo-dock chromium-tt-rss-notifier/stable 0.5.2-2.1 all Chromium extension providing toolbar button for […]
Open Source is about enabling users “Amazon, Microsoft, Google” and the White House, want to help make Open Source more secure… https://www.golem.de/news/openssf-150-millionen-us-dollar-sollen-open-source-absichern-2205-165382.html https://www.golem.de/news/openssf-linux-foundation-will-security-praxis-vereinheitlichen-2008-150036.html src of src: “White House OSS Mobilization Plan” 2022: https://openssf.org/blog/2022/05/11/testimony-to-the-us-house-committee-on-science-and-technology/ 2020: “The OpenSSF is a cross-industry collaboration […]
In search for alternatives, decided to test drive “gnome boxes“, which is said, to be an easy-going gui for the libvirt qemu virtualization system. lsb_release -d; # tested on Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) su – root apt update # […]
chm files are basically html files packed into an archive. unpacking them should be possible, but archmage file.chm output “Segmentation” faulted. lsb_release -a; # tested on No LSB modules are available. Description: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) su – root apt […]
this notebook was premium when released aprox. 2003 it still looks with those LEDs and mic and speaker mini-jacks at the front (it even has a wifi hardware switch on the front (blue LED) the screen and speakers are excellent […]
… so to ya’ll who are now using Android, iOS and all those fancy OS, no idea what we had to go through X-D (until finally GNU Linux came along).
it was one of the first mobile phones with color display but… … it also had some problems. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_S25 plus: problems with charging the battery… constantly dead.
these are debian game “bundles” to check out what each bundle contains go: apt show packagename # to install su – root apt install packagename # the list: tuxmath # YES! genious action packed space invaders like defend the penguins […]
cyber is on heightened alarm levels … ya’ll know why. timeline of a successful attack on the most basic tools like: exiftool cve-2021-22204 (failed to properly validate parsed input) This was reported by a security researcher on April 7, 2021, […]
su – root apt update apt install tmux # split vertically CTRL+B % # split horizontally CTRL+B ” # switch to next “pane” window CTRL+B O # no scroll? # activate scroll mode to use PageUp and PageDown to scroll […]
update: major of Berlin fooled by Klitschko LIVE deep fake video conference (actually not so funny) it would mean: do not trust phone calls, even if the number is shown as “police” “doctor” “friend” trust no video conference what can […]
if it’s a great SciFi show or not is up for debate. The title is great. The intro is fantastic. The cover design is great. The plot is (at least partly) pretty confusing and the show ends with an open […]
https://cve.circl.lu/cve/CVE-2019-19781 https://www.healthcare-computing.de/bsi-warnt-vor-schwachstelle-bei-vpn-produkten-von-citrix-a-964940/ https://www.cnblogs.com/lsgxeva/p/12116150.html hits healthcare hospital in Germany, causing death of (at least) 1 person https://www.businessinsider.de/politik/deutschland/hacker-legen-uniklinik-duesseldorf-lahm-staatsanwaltschaft-ermittelt-wegen-todesfall-einer-patientin/
instead of reading massively long passages of text (which can become tiresome fast) it might be nice, to have the computer read out that text? let’s do that 🙂 click play to hear picotts read above text: multiple choices there […]
a word of warning: NEVER EVER INSTALL GAMES ON “FOR WORK” MACHINES! also: NEVER run any downloaded games while being connected to a network of importance (no matter if private or business) (nobody knows what those C++ dlls are up […]
a word of warning: NEVER EVER INSTALL GAMES ON “FOR WORK” MACHINES! NEVER run any downloaded games while being connected to a network of importance (no matter if private or business) (nobody knows what those C++ dlls are up to) […]
“The Duri malware, for example, uses the Javascript blob technique. The attacks are triggered by visiting a website with the malicious code.” (this could be a well known, sincere, but hacked website) “By downloading, the malware can install itself on […]
https://www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2022/03/26-robot-peels-banana.htm
update: there is indeed a small screw missing from the angle grinder: Ersatzteilinformation: part detailed information: 1603300016 Sachnummer: 1603300016 Beschreibung: Sechskantmutter DIN-Text: M7, SW10 Preis * 1,04 €* Preisgruppe 11 * Alle Preise inkl. Mehrwertsteuer zzgl. Versandkosten Always say something […]
Update: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-uses-ai-software-improve-its-surveillance-capabilities-2022-04-08/ https://merics.org/en/merics-briefs/china-2022-look-ahead PSS: PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IT-SECURITY IS TIGHT! & IT WON’T BECOME “SKYNET“ Terminator Skynet AI Network: damn, those Terminator robots have good dentists! “Skynet is a fictional artificial neural network-based conscious group mind[citation needed] and artificial […]
this might sound trivial, but there are multiple approaches: # for (theoretically every) Debian, but not every Debian based system: cat /etc/debian_version 11.3 # for Debian 10 and prior hostnamectl|grep Op Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) # for Debian […]