Posts by MilSpec

Iran cyberattacks against US biz more likely following air strikes

Why are we not penetration testing our own systems?

To me, it seems peculiar that malcontent actors are find weak points for remote access into our systems, presumably it's because there's no competent divison of home security engaged in discovering these weak points ourselves?

Linux has nearly half of the desktop OS Linux market

just the wrong DNA....

Personally I think the very idea of combining the numbers of OS's related to linux then state that as Linux use cases is as daft as suggesting of all the 22 species of apes including gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gibbons and humans, only humans are included in population counts even though they all originate from the same family tree as proved by their remarkably similar DNA, but just the wrong DNA.

Shape-shifting cryptominer savages Linux endpoints and IoT

loT devices ARE endpoints

In serveral parts of this article, loT devices are indicated as being somehow different to other endpoints. I thought consensus had moved past this way back. It's a given that continuing with the distinction is asking for trouble.

Google, Apple squash exploitable browser bugs

Chrome and Chromium

Are there any valid concerns about these vulnerabilities regarding MS Edge given it's Chromium base? I say valid concerns meaning as in factually real.

The sad state of Linux desktop diversity: 21 environments, just 2 designs

Brake in the middle & throttle pedal on the right in the footwell below the steering wheel, check. Fuel filler takes universal gas guns, check etc. It is very often the way of things/stuff/interfaces that evolve to a more or less common point to find eventual acceptance, then be subject to little more than cosmetic mods over time. This breeds familiarity, lowers training costs and no doubt rankles UI designers because it's not how they like it. Well lap it up because unless change is going to bring epic increases in productivity things aint gonna change!