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Submission + - No-Show for RPC Exploit: A Day of Attacks against an SMB/RPC Windows Honeypot

Submitted by UnderAttack
UnderAttack writes: After Microsoft patched and went public with CVE-2022-26809, the recent RPC vulnerability, the SANS Internet Storm Center set up a complete Windows 10 system exposing port 445/TCP "to the world." The system is not patched for the RPC vulnerability. But so far, while it has seen thousands of attacks against SMB a day, nothing yet for the new RPC vulnerability. Looks like all the noise was just that: Noise. But still, attackers are heavily hitting other vulnerabilities like of course still ETERNALBLUE

Submission + - Microsoft fixes Point of Sale bug that delayed Windows 11 startup for 40 minutes (theregister.com)

Submitted by ellithligraw
ellithligraw writes: The Register reports Microsoft fixes Point of Sale bug that delayed Windows 11 startup for 40 minutes. A Windows 11 patch slipped out overnight as an optional update, but contains an impressively long list of fixes for Microsoft's flagship operating system.

One bug addressed in KB5012643 could leave Point of Sale terminals hanging for up to 40 minutes during startup. Microsoft stated, "We fixed an issue that delays OS startup by approximately 40 minutes." So much for the express lane at check-out. Microsoft described the fixes as "improvements"...yeah, Windows 11 is great as a POS...

Submission + - SPAM: Europe Developing 'Battery Passport' for EVs

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: OUT: United States of Europe Means No Passports
IN: “A group of German automakers, chemical concerns, and battery producers have announced the joint development of a ‘battery passport’ designed to help government regulators trace the history of the cells.”

"According to the German economic ministry, officially the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, the overarching plan is for the EU to mandate traceable hardware be installed in all batteries used in the continent by 2026. Those intended for use in electric vehicles are up first, with the passport scheme also serving to chronicle everything from the vehicle’s repair history to where the power cell’s raw materials were sourced."

"I’m also a little concerned that this could eventually end up as another arrow in the quiver of industries that are trying to hoard ownership rights on products they’ve already sold to the consumers."

"As vehicles and other products have become perpetually connected to the internet (beaming out your private data FYI), manufacturers have begun trying to put up roadblocks for anyone hoping to fix their own vehicle or utilize an independently owned repair shop. Despite the right-to-repair movement doing its utmost to prevent this, it’s fighting on too many fronts and is going against well-funded corporate lobbyists possessing longstanding relationships with government legislators. Meanwhile, the European Union seems far more interested in exerting new regulatory controls under the auspices of environmentalism and safety than backing a grass-roots movement comprised of people who still want to fix things."
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Submission + - New Linux NTFS driver may be orphaned after a year (phoronix.com)

Submitted by UnknowingFool
UnknowingFool writes: In 2020, Paragon Software announced they wanted to upstream their previously proprietary NTFS driver into Linux. After a year of review, the NTFS3 driver was added to the Linux 5.15 kernel. While Paragon pledged to maintain their driver, there have been no major updates to the driver despite a growing list of patches that have submitted. Developer Kari Argillander has raised his concerns on the mailing list that the driver is orphaned, and that the Paragon maintainer has not responded to any messages about fixes. An offer to co-maintain the driver has also been met with "radio silence".

Submission + - Facebook Doesn't Know What It Does With Your Data, Or Where It Goes (vice.com)

Submitted by em1ly
em1ly writes: Facebook is facing what it describes internally as a “tsunami” of privacy regulations all over the world, which will force the company to dramatically change how it deals with users’ personal data. And the “fundamental” problem, the company admits, is that Facebook has no idea where all of its user data goes, or what it’s doing with it, according to a leaked internal document obtained by Motherboard.

Comment Does it really matter? (Score 2, Interesting) 189

by ma1wrbu5tr (#57625844) Attached to: Can Facebook Keep Large-Scale Misinformation From the Free World?
Claiming that "misinformation" and "junk news" on social media has any widespread impact on how a majority of people vote is a red herring (and on HRC's very long list of "reasons" why she lost). Most of the people I know that vote in every election cycle don't even use social media. Old people vote much more frequently than young ones. This is an undeniable and time proven fact. Old people also use social media at almost unquantifiably small rates.

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