Check your IP cameras: There's a new Mirai botnet on the rise

Yet another Mirai-family botnet growing by exploiting vulnerabilities in end-of-life devices, highlighting the importance of replacing EOL devices.

Depending on the device and its hardware, users _may_ be able to flash a different operating system or firmware onto a device that is no longer being maintained by the manufacturer to "extend its life."

theregister.com/2024/08/31/ip_…

Check your IP cameras: There's a new Mirai botnet on the rise

Also, US offering $2.5M for Belarusian hacker, Backpage kingpins jailed, additional MOVEit victims, and more

^{Brandon Vigliarolo (The Register)}

Yes, our phones are ‘listening’ to what we say.

“In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention”

futurism.com/the-byte/facebook… #tech #AI

I've always envied Adobe Reader/Acrobat users and tablet apps users who have forever been able to freely write on PDFs as if they are physical sheets of papers. Yes, you can use #Xournal++, but I want it as a streamlined UX built into my day-to-day #GNOME PDF reader app.

Although it was not implemented in #Evince, the #Poppler library has some support for ink-like handwritten #PDF annotations.

I have now put together usecases & broad ideas into this #GNOMEPapers ticket: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/Incubat…

In just over 8 days (12 September) you can watch the twelfth edition of @inclusivedesign24 #id24, a free online event that requires no payment, no sign-up, and no wading through overt product pitches:
inclusivedesign24.org/2024/sch…

Just look at that schedule and those great topics and speakers.

Set up a viewing party. Binge watch them again over the weekend. Participate in real-time to ask questions.

We are now down to 4, I repeat FOUR, open issues for #curl.

github.com/curl/curl/issues

⌨️ prayer for the un-entitled user

"Like the rest of the web platform, interoperability is key to accessibility support. It is safe to say at this time (September 2024) that the display of title attribute content on keyboard focus is not implemented interoperably."

#a11y #WebStandards #WebDev

html5accessibility.com/stuff/2…

Zase se nechala slyšet moje milá paní účetní, že bankovní výpisy v událostech #AbraFlexi jsou sice fayn, ale je to málo. Chce tam všechno ...

Oficiálně tedy vyhlašuji nový projekt abraflexi-isds pro synchronizaci datové schránky s událostmi v AbraFlexi.

Termín realizace zatím není určen ale velmi jej může také ovlivnit váš názor v komentářích.

Aplikace bude jak je mým dobrým zvykem zdarma a #OpenSource.

#ISDS #Datovka

How dumb do you need to be to try to use illegal union-busting tactics against your law faculty?

montrealgazette.com/news/local…

The city of Columbus Ohio got hacked by a ransomware gang, they didn't pay the ransom so the gang released half of the stolen data which included secret police and prosecutor files. The leak exposed countless victims, witness and confidential informants personal info and communications with the city.

The city claimed NO info was leaked. A cyber security enthusiast went to the media and proved otherwise.

bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…

#cybersecurity #Columbus #Ohio #Darkweb

Hallo Fediverse 👋

Ich bin seit wenigen Minuten die neue Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit und damit #neuhier .

Ich freue mich schon auf den Austausch mit euch.

P.S.: Phoenix will ab 13 Uhr meine Vorstellung in der Bundespressekonferenz übertragen.

Yesterday I posted a new entry in my under-engineered sorta-series.

“Under-Engineered Estimated Reading Time Feature”
adrianroselli.com/2024/09/unde…

A rare case where you as an author need to do nothing. Though if you start doing _some_ things you can break it.

If you use React.JS, have ever used React.JS, have ever decided your production team should use React.JS, this one's for you courtesy of @HeydonWorks
briefs.video/videos/what-is-re…

#JavaScript #performance

[Surprised Pikachu.gif]

hechingerreport.org/kids-chatg…

We are updating our CoC to better protect marginalized communities and make our spaces safer.

The newest draft can be found here:
codeberg.org/joinjabber/websit…

Feel free to drop by our xmpp room xmpp:chat@joinjabber.org?join for any suggestions or concerns around the draft.

You don't need to have an xmpp account to chat you can just go to chat.joinjabber.org/#/

#xmpp #joinjabber #diversity #inclusivity #CoC

I once found a mysterious device hanging from the electrical outlet on a train. It turned out to be a 100 W USB PD power supply that somehow lost its cover.
The train staff was apparently too scared to remove it, so they just marked it with a sticker.

With a 3D printer and a person capable of 3D modelling, the charger didn't end up as electronic waste but got a second life!

📢 ❤️ Good news alert: We are proud to announce that Tuta has officially opened it's second office in Munich! 🇩🇪 🥳

Read more about our new office here:
tuta.com/blog/tuta-in-munich

#email #privacy #encryption

Blog about the new curl graph and what is there to see. Plus some blabbing on software estimates.

github.com/icing/blog/blob/mai…

Looking for more internship project ideas for Outreachy (December-March cohort)

GNOME is interested in participating in the Outreachy December-March cohort, and while we already have a few great projects, we are looking for experienced mentors with a couple more project ideas. Hurry up, we have until September 11 to conclude our list of ideas.

Please, submit project ideas on gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/interns…

Feel free to message us on #internships:gnome.org (matrix) if you have any doubts.

feborg.es/looking-for-more-int…

#backtoschool Did you know #MapComplete has a map about education?

You can mark schools, universities and colleges on there, together with a lot of attributes, such as the capacity of the school, gender segregation or applied pedagogy

Try it on mapcomplete.org/education

Some updates on my #Libervia work:

- Kicked off #email #gateway project (nlnet.nl/project/EmailXMPPgate…) using IMAP/STMP. Basic gateway should be coming soon.
- Preparing next major release: web frontend design & internal improvements in progress. The release will be *huge*.
- Started new desktop frontend; more details to follow.
- Aiming to resume blogging and weekly videos this week, if time allows.
- Targeting a Libervia-based service by the end of the year.

#XMPP #nlnet #FOSS #decentralization

NVDA 2024.4 Beta 2 is now available. Changes from Beta 1:

- The stability of NVDA’s Poedit support has been improved with the side effect that the minimum required version of Poedit is now version 3.5.

- NVDA is no longer as sluggish when arrowing up & down through large files in VS Code.

- NVDA no longer freezes while checking for add-on updates.

- Updates to translations.

Please go to nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-4b… for the full what's new & to download.

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Beta #FOSS #ScreenReader

Every once in a long, long while, we enjoy what our town is supposedly famous for

#MalaysianFood #food #MakanApaToday