Tag: Security

October 19, 2022MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

398 – I Hear A Leak, Must Be Android

First up in the news: Debian carries buffer patches, IceWM 3, Wireshark 4, free Ubuntu Pro for all, KDE winds down Plasma 5, VirtualBox 7, Proton drives prices, and dreams of Forky;
In security and privacy: New Chinese malware for everything, Intel springs a leak, and Android’s leak exposed;
Then in our Wanderings: Joe futzes with his 3D printer, while Moss continues to fight with Mint 21;
In our Innards section, we begin a historical journey through Linux distros;
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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October 7, 2022MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

397 – Bye Bye Stadia

First up in the news, Monthly Mintyness, Gnome gnarliness, and KDE K-ness, Ubuntu 22.10 gets fresh, Ubuntu now on AWS, Brave blocks consent, Google kills another app, GNU Toolchain moves, Matrix patches holes, new Shotcut, new Audacity, and more…
In security and privacy, a new virus for Windows and Linux
Then in our Wanderings, Joe is fixing bikes on his audiobookshelf, Moss has more classes, and Bill gets Nextcloud running.
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October 4, 2022MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

396 – Ransomware Goes Wild

First up in the news, Stallman goes manual on C, DNF5 arrives in Fedora, LibreOffice gets fumigated, GNOME comes into its Shell, they have put hair in the Blender, Avast buys your cookies, and Intel fogs the processor market;
In security and privacy, we have multi-stage malware, website leaks, and shell attacks;
Then in our Wanderings, Norbert is cutting corners, Moss tries a different mint, Joe keeps modding, and Bill fixes a broken Arch …again.
In our Innards section, Ransomware goes to school;
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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August 31, 2022MP3, OGG, Podcast

394.5 – A Distro of a Different Kaliber

In our Innards section, Bill falls down a rabbit hole called “pentesting.”
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August 26, 2022MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

394 – With music on our side to break the old hard drives

First up in the news, The Kernel gets a bump, LibreOffice adds a point, Android 13 is out if you have a Pixel, and Gnome has a birthday,
In security and privacy, Discord and your passwords are pythoned, and hard drives apparently have a taste in music
Then in our Wanderings, Joe plays with his handheld, Bill is setting up a new server, Moss skips the assault and gets a couple batteries, and Norbert has had done some things.
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