longcat

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Malicious versions of Nx and some supporting plugins were published(github.com)
443 points by longcat 1y ago|433 comments
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by longcat 2y ago
Same for the sysadmins/scripts that create C:\Temp on Windows, there is nothing temporary about that directory.
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by longcat 3y ago
In both situations Okta and Cloudflare a generic or system account has been compromised. CloudFlare would have had to upload or provide a session tokens or secret to Okta's support system.
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by longcat 3y ago
great taste in music @hatf0
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by longcat 3y ago
Plus a lot of vulnerabilities in Windows 10 or 11 also exist in Windows XP but they're no longer mentioned.
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by longcat 3y ago
Windows XP on it's own, behind Windows Firewall and a router firewall not doing anything too controversial may be fine. Where the risks become higher is when you have many machines across the network. That one host would lower the over
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by longcat 4y ago
What makes today's English so great is what has been borrowed and adapted from foreign languages. Everything adapts and grows with the cultures around them.
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by longcat 4y ago
PassKey is great but also may cause vendor lock-in looking at Google and Apple in particular. Does anyone have any insights to how enterprises will be managing passkeys for corporate accounts with the potential of creds being leaked to pote
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by longcat 4y ago
I'm interested to know more around how a third-party was able to access the data with for others to learn and provide use-cases to increase security controls in areas where there may be deficiencies.
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by longcat 4y ago
As someone who works within an operations team, the telemetry that is seen within MEM/365 is extremely useful for detecting issues and providing overall health of the environment. While MS does not help itself with some of the more inv
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by longcat 4y ago
Legislation on e-waste, serviceability is extremely important to prevent this kind of preventable waste.
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by longcat 7y ago
This only impacts 1903 and 1909 releases of Windows, so any Windows Server LTSC 2016 and 2019 aren't affected.
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by longcat 7y ago
That would never happen because HK is already part of China, while it's political system differs than Mainland China - It's still effectively China. It has PLA garrisons all around HK. Would highly recommended reading about Taiwan
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by longcat 7y ago
sadly the CCP don't play by any rules