This week we going to play like hackers, as well as look up to free board (this is not pedestal for the Statue of Liberty), and an overview of current security vulnerabilities can not miss too.
We are playing like hackers…
Do you want to be a hacker? Ruler of darknet , which can shut down companies´ and states´ network with one powerful press of Enter? You can! WikiLeaks has published, under code Vault 7, a list of mostly publicly freely available tools and techniques, which was used for spying and “hacking” by the CIA itself. More information
Tails 2.11
And there it is! Another version of the popular distribution Tails, which is focused on privacy protection and maximum safety, has been released. However it is probably the last version of this distribution, which is supported by alternative I2P anonymizing network. Developers are not able to further implement this technology and look for someone to help them with I2P. Otherwise, Tails will close this network support. More information
Free desk
Free Software Foundation has certified another pieces of free hardware. Although this sounds pretty weird, it is really so. Beside from a few very outdated pieces, motherboard ASUS KGPE-D16 is great one. This is the first motherboard, which received certification from the FSF, for regular desktop computers and servers. In the price of 833 EUR this piece will surely please any lover of free software supporters of the GNU Project or worshipers of Richard Stallman. More information
Important safety errors
Slack my dick!
In popular hipster tool for teamwork called Slack had been found a serious bug. It allowed easily kidnaping of a regular user account by spurious code. The error has been already fixed and users should urgently update Slack, therefore. More information
Java again…
More precisely Java framework Apache Struts. This contained a serious vulnerability, which has allowed the attacker to easily launch of a false code on a remote server. The error has been corrected and users have to upgrade the version 2.5.10.1 or 2.3.32. The reason for the rapid transition was mainly in the publication of exploit and attacks are growing rapidly. More information
News from Coolhousing
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Author: Jirka Dvořák
