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● Links 07/08/2023: A Week’s Catchup and New Releases

Posted in News Roundup at 8:40 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

GNU/Linux

=> ↺ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-07-30 [Older] Linux Weekly Roundup #246

=> ↺ Make Use Of ☛ 3 Reasons Why Chromebooks Are the Spiritual Successor to Netbooks

• Many people consider netbooks a thing of the past, but they’re still with us in the form of Chromebooks.

Server

=> ↺ SJVN ☛ Mirantis unveils k0smotron: An Open-Source Streamlined Kubernetes Management Project

• In a significant stride towards simplifying Kubernetes management, Mirantis, the well-regarded developer-centric company, has launched an innovative open-source project named k0smotron. This new project empowers Kubernetes operators with enhanced security, flexibility, and efficiency in managing Kubernetes control planes.

• k0smotron is a Kubernetes operator designed to manage the lifecycle of k0s control planes in any distro’s Kubernetes cluster. By running the control plane on a k8s cluster, you can enjoy and leverage the underlying cluster’s high availability and auto-healing functionalities.

• Once in place, K0smotron changes how you provision Kubernetes control planes on Kubernetes. It works by installing the k0smotron operator into an existing Kubernetes cluster. There you can use it to create and manage k0s control planes in that cluster.

• It does this by leveraging the pattern of working with custom resources to manage the k0s control planes’ lifecycle. k0smotron will automatically create all the needed Kubernetes lower-level constructs, such as pods, config maps, etc. It also includes support for remote worker nodes.

=> ↺ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ 2023-08-01 [Older] Edge Computing: Empowering Real-Time Data Processing and Analysis

Audiocasts/Shows

=> ↺ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU World Order 524

• gjs and glade from the l software series of Slackware.

• shasum -a256=31274b36c54c9e2d0adfeda825a044c1378c0ddf5a3fd1a4c3c63219ea829089

=> ↺ 2023-08-02 [Older] FLOSS Weekly 743: Data Is Surprisingly Exciting – Apache SeaTunnel, William Kwok

=> ↺ The TLLTS Podcast ☛ 2023-08-03 [Older] The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 1013

=> ↺ 2023-08-06 [Older] ChromeOS becomes a Linux distro, GNOME Activities changes, Mint 21.3: Linux & Open Source News

=> ↺ 2023-08-05 [Older] LibreBoot & GNU Boot Drama Is Deeper Than Expected

=> ↺ 2023-08-05 [Older] Working On My GitLab Projects – DT LIVE!

=> ↺ 2023-08-04 [Older] Linux SMASHES macOS market share on July’s hardware survey.

=> ↺ 2023-08-04 [Older] It’s gonna be an exciting journey 🐧🚗 #linux

=> ↺ 2023-08-04 [Older] Working On My GitLab Projects – DT LIVE!

=> ↺ 2023-08-04 [Older] MX Linux 23 overview | simple configuration, high stability, solid performance.

=> ↺ 2023-08-03 [Older] Arch Linux’s Python Protects Me From Myself

=> ↺ 2023-08-03 [Older] How to install LeoCAD on Debian 12

=> ↺ 2023-08-03 [Older] Linux Commands in 60 Seconds – The rsync Command

=> ↺ 2023-08-03 [Older] Linux Commands in 60 Seconds – The passwd Command

=> ↺ 2023-08-03 [Older] Oracle Linux 9.2 Quick Overview #shorts

=> ↺ 2023-08-03 [Older] Life Is Awkward…Linux Makes It More Awkward!

=> ↺ 2023-08-03 [Older] Blend OS : The Game-Changing Linux Distro That Ends Distrohopping FOREVER! (NEW)

=> ↺ 2023-08-03 [Older] How to install Krita on Debian 12

=> ↺ 2023-08-02 [Older] Web Environment Integrity Is Being Tested In Chrome!

=> ↺ 2023-08-02 [Older] Access your PCs from ANYWHERE with REMOTE DESKTOPS (Linux, Mac, and Windows)

=> ↺ 2023-08-02 [Older] How to install Zorin OS 16.3 Core

=> ↺ 2023-08-02 [Older] It’s just the beginning :P#linux #terminal

=> ↺ 2023-08-01 [Older] Zorin OS 16.3 Core overview | Make your computer better.

=> ↺ 2023-08-01 [Older] GNOME Finally Embraces Native Tiling!!

=> ↺ 2023-08-01 [Older] Dired, Neotree and True Transparency – Configuring Emacs 05

=> ↺ 2023-08-01 [Older] The “Nebula” PC Case from System76 is Here…Butis it Worth It?

=> ↺ 2023-08-01 [Older] How to install Audacity on Debian 12

=> ↺ 2023-07-31 [Older] How to install Toontown Rewritten on Debian 12

=> ↺ 2023-07-31 [Older] Hidden Features of the Steam Deck you need to know about.

=> ↺ 2023-07-31 [Older] How to install Linux Mint 21.2 Mate

=> ↺ 2023-07-31 [Older] ZIP Domains Are A Disaster & A Scammers Dream

=> ↺ 2023-07-30 [Older] GNU/Linux “Operating System” Isn’t Real | Brodie Reacts

=> ↺ 2023-07-30 [Older] How to install Steam on Debian 12

Applications

=> ↺ Barry Kauler ☛ Zenity incompatibility with Yad

• EasyOS has ‘zenity’ a symlink to ‘yad’. The latter is a fork of the former, and ‘zenity’ is I think an inactive project. ‘yad’ has moved on and no longer completely compatible, so the symlink may not work, as was found here: [...]

=> ↺ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-08-06 Marble: An Open-Source Google Earth Alternative for Linux

=> ↺ HowTo Geek ☛ I Replaced Chrome With GNOME Web, Here’s How It Went

• The GNOME web browser is one of the official GNOME core applications. GNOME core applications are sometimes bundled with GNOME installations. They let you perform some common tasks right from the get-go, once you’ve installed GNOME. Things like the System Monitor and Calculator are core apps.

• GNOME Web is one of the long-standing members of the core group, it’s been around since 2002, when it was forked from another—now defunct—project called Galeon. Until 2012 it used to be called Epiphany. You’ll still see this name in use here and there, like the names of the installation packages.

• GNOME Web conforms to the GNOME human interface guidelines, and it’s written using the GTK toolkits. This delivers an authentic native GNOME appearance and behavior. GNOME Web reflects your current GNOME theme, and it looks and feels like an integral part of GNOME universe, not an add-on.

• Underneath the hood, GNOME web uses Apple’s WebKit framework as its browser engine. This is the layout and rendering engine used in Apple’s Safari browser. It was ported to GNOME as WebKitGTK.

Instructionals/Technical

=> ↺ Make Use Of ☛ service vs. systemctl in Linux: What Are the Differences?

• If you want to know more about init systems, it’s important to first understand the systemctl and service commands and their underlying differences.

=> ↺ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-08-04 [Older] How to Install Debian on VirtualBox

=> ↺ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-08-03 [Older] How to Connect to Wi-Fi Through the Linux Terminal With Nmcli

=> ↺ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-08-01 [Older] How to Fix Bootloader Problems Due to GRUB

=> ↺ Virtualbox, how do I start, shutdown and save a machine state using the terminal in Linux

• To start a virtual machine from the terminal you need to find the uuid of the virtual machine you would like to start.

=> ↺ Red Hat Official ☛ 2023-07-31 [Older] Automating Podman with RHEL system roles

=> ↺ Upcoming webinar: A better way to manage Infrastructure and automate IT tasks

• Most businesses today have a combination of on-premises, cloud, and edge infrastructure, running diverse workloads on bare metal servers, virtual machines, and containers across Kubernetes clusters. They are looking for management and automation software to run on-premises and cloud-based management services to handle the complexity.

=> ↺ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-04 [Older] How to install Mid-Fight-Masses REWORK REMAKE on a Chromebook

=> ↺ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-03 [Older] How to install Friday Night Funkin’ – Psych Engine 0.7 on a Chromebook

=> ↺ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-03 [Older] How to install Krita on Debian 12

=> ↺ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-03 [Older] How to install LeoCAD on Debian 12

=> ↺ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-08-01 [Older] How to install Audacity on Debian 12

=> ↺ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-07-31 [Older] How to install Toontown Rewritten on Debian 12

=> ↺ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-07-30 [Older] How to install Steam on Debian 12

=> ↺ TechTarget ☛ Build a multi-cloud Kubernetes cluster step by step

• It can be complicated for IT teams to manage resources that span multiple clouds. One way to improve management is to set up a multi-cloud Kubernetes cluster that uses a single control plane to manage nodes in multiple cloud environments.

=> ↺ TechTarget ☛ An introduction to Git for network engineers

• Git can be a useful tool for network engineers who manage complex infrastructure, especially as networking increasingly overlaps with software, automation and DevOps.

=> ↺ Network World ☛ Moving tasks from foreground to background and back again

• Moving a command or script that you’re running on the command line to the background so that you can start another job and managing backgrounded processes requires only a handful of commands.

WINE or Emulation

=> ↺ FEX ☛ FEX 2308 Tagged!

• Whoa jeez, another month already? We’ve had our heads down working hard this last month, trying to make FEX-Emu the greatest x86/x86-64 emulator on Linux. A huge focus this month is optimizations because of course what we want is to go fast. We’re all cats and we’ve got the zoomies.

Distributions and Operating Systems

=> ↺ OPNsense 23.7 released

• For more than 8 and a half years now, OPNsense is driving innovation through modularising and hardening the open source firewall, with simple and reliable firmware upgrades, multi-language support, fast adoption of upstream software updates as well as clear and stable 2-Clause BSD licensing.

• 23.7, nicknamed “Restless Roadrunner”, features numerous MVC/API conversions including the new OpenVPN “instances” configuration option, OpenVPN group alias support, deferred authentication for OpenVPN, FreeBSD 13.2, PHP 8.2 plus much more.

• Download links, an installation guide[1] and the checksums for the images can be found below as well.

=> ↺ NuTyX 23.07.0 available with cards 2.6.99

=> ↺ MX Linux ☛ MX-23 “Libretto” now available

• MX-23 is now available for download. MX-23 is built from debian 12 “bookworm” and MX repositories. As in past releases, the MX will default to sysVinit but systemd remains an option for installed systems. Updates from RC and beta to final are fully supported.

• The live boot menus now have a more obvious “check media” function in the top level menu. The media will be checked and boot will continue if things look good.

Fedora Family / IBM

=> ↺ Oracle Cloud Native Environment 1.7 adds KubeVirt, Rook and Oracle Linux 9 support

• The Oracle Linux team is pleased to announce the general availability of Oracle Cloud Native Environment Release 1.7, the scalable and highly available Kubernetes distribution that you can use to deploy your containerized applications across public clouds and on-premises.

• This release includes Kubernetes 1.26, support for the latest Oracle Linux 8 and Oracle Linux 9 releases, Rook Storage Orchestrator for Ceph, and KubeVirt integration. If you are running Kubernetes clusters across public clouds and on-premises, the enhanced cluster management features–including the ability to have a consistent view across all environments–can make it much easier for you to manage your workloads.

Debian Family

=> ↺ Download Debian 12, bookworm. Firmware is now included in the normal Debian installer images

• If you are a new user to Linux, I would avoid touching distributions like Debian until you have had experience installing and using Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions.

• To understand the connection between Ubuntu and Debian please visit https://ubuntu.com/community/debian

• I have used Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions for many years, but only briefly tried to install Debian many years ago. As I remember at the time it was a text based installer.

Open Hardware/Modding

=> ↺ CNX Software ☛ SunFounder Zeus Car Kit review – A fun toy and Arduino learning tool

• SunFounder Zeus Car Kit is an Arduino UNO and ESP32 Cam-based educational kit for children (and adults) that can be used to learn more about electronics, robotics, and programming. It’s a car comprised of four 6cm Mecanum wheels for omnidirectional motion and various sensors that can be controlled with an Android app enabling first-person view (FPV) thanks to the built-in camera. The company sent us a Zeus Car Kit for review and evaluation, and after assembly, we’ll use it in “Play Mode”, or in other words a toy that basically works out of the box, before checking out the “Programing Mode” and related Arduino tutorials to evaluate it’s educational potential.

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

=> ↺ Luca Saiu: p≡p-mail-tool: easy privacy for email with existing Mail User Agents, or p≡p is working with Gnus!

• Freedom of speech and privacy are more and more threatened by governments and hostile corporations working against the public interest. In this season of death of liberty the minimum we can do to respond is making surveillance more difficult, by providing the general public with easy tools to use for private communication.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ How to Define Terraform Variables

• Terraform, an open-source infrastructure as code (IaC) tool developed by HashiCorp, has rapidly gained popularity due to its simplicity, versatility, and cloud provider agnosticism. At the heart of Terraform’s configurability are its variables.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ Understanding Terraform Syntax and Configuration Files

• Terraform, developed by HashiCorp, is a tool widely known for its prowess in Infrastructure as Code (IaC). This comprehensive guide is aimed at giving you an in-depth understanding of the Terraform syntax, focusing particularly on the configuration files.

=> ↺ Medevel ☛ Zeus: Libre Internet Communication Engine

• Zeus is a robust, powerful, and highly efficient Internet Communication Engine that can handle millions of concurrent connections across multiple platforms. Developed using native socket API, Zeus is designed to provide a seamless and uninterrupted communication experience to its users, ensuring high performance and reliability across all devices.

Web Browsers/Web Servers

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ A Beginner’s Guide to POSTing Files Using Curl

• File transfers are a fundamental part of our digital world. Whether it’s uploading an image to a social media platform or sending important documents to a cloud-based storage system, the underlying process is a file transfer.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ How to Set User-Agent String with Curl

• Many developers interact with APIs on a daily basis, and a popular tool for API interactions is cURL, a command-line tool used to transfer data using various network protocols. One of the overlooked features of cURL is the ability to set the User-Agent string.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ Posting Request Body with Curl

• cURL (or “Client for URLs”), is a command-line tool used for transferring data using various network protocols. It’s a powerful tool widely used in scripting languages to connect and communicate with web services. cURL supports a vast variety of protocols including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and much more.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ Passing Custom Headers with Curl: A Practical Guide

• Curl is a powerful command-line tool utilized by developers around the world for transferring data with URLs. A versatile tool, Curl supports various protocols, such as HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and many more. One of the valuable features of Curl is its ability to pass custom headers while making requests.

Chromium

=> ↺ Barry Kauler ☛ Chromium version 113.0.5672.126 compiled in OE

• I am compiling Chromium browser from the recipes maintained by these guys:

• https://github.com/OSSystems/meta-browser

• However, compile of 114.0.5735.198 failed, as ‘libva’ version 2.15.0 or greater is required:

• https://github.com/OSSystems/meta-browser/issues/732

• Oh man, ‘libva’ 2.14.0 was only released on February 22, 2022, just over a year and a half ago. So Chromium is now not going to work on distros with older ‘libva’ — or rather, might not work properly, or might even crash — if you try and run a pre-compiled binary Chromium.

FSFE

=> ↺ FSFE ☛ 2023-08-01 [Older] CRA & IEA +++ SFP episode +++ Summer Meeting

Programming/Development

=> ↺ GTK 4.12 Released

=> ↺ Gentoo ☛ Week 10 report on porting Gentoo packages to modern C

• Hello all, I’m here with my week 10 report of my project “Porting gentoo’s packages to modern C”

• So apart from the usual patching of packages from the tracker the most significant work done this week is getting GNOME desktop on llvm profile. But it is to be noted that the packages gui-libs/libhandy, dev-libs/libgee and sys-libs/libblockdev require gcc fallback environment. net-dialup/ppp was also on our list but thanks to Sam its has not been patched [0] (and fix sent upstream). I’m pretty sure that the same work around would work on musl-llvm profile as well. Overall point being we now have two DEs on llvm profile, GNOME and MATE.

• Another thing to note is currently gui-libs/gtk-4.10.4 require overriding of LD to bfd and OBJCOPY to gnu objcopy, it is a dependency for gnome 44.3.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ JavaScript Code to Detect Web Browser

• Detecting a web browser type can be quite useful for tailoring user experience to different browsers. However, it’s worth noting that browser detection is usually not recommended as the best approach in most cases.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ JavaScript Code to Detect OS (Operating System)

• Today’s increasingly online world requires developers to be equipped with tools and knowledge that enable them to build user-friendly, efficient, and dynamic websites. One crucial aspect of this endeavor involves being able to identify a user’s operating system (OS), which allows for tailored experiences and improved website compatibility.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ JavaScript for loop

• The “for loop” is one of the most fundamental and widely used control flow structures in JavaScript.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ JavaScript while loop

• JavaScript, like many other programming languages, includes several types of loop statements. These loops are used to perform the same operation multiple times until a certain condition is met. One of the most common types of these loops is the “while” loop.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ JavaScript Code to Reverse a String

• JavaScript is a versatile language that allows for an extensive array of operations including the manipulation of text strings. One common operation is reversing a string, or writing it backward. In this article, we’ll explore three different ways of achieving this in JavaScript.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ Java Program to Reverse a String

• In Java, reversing a string involves changing the order of characters in a given string, such that the last character becomes the first, the second-last character becomes the second, and so on. There are several ways to reverse a string in Java, but in this article, we will discuss a simple and straightforward approach.

Python

=> ↺ Python 3.12.0 release candidate 1 released

• This release, 3.12.0rc1, is the penultimate release preview. Entering the release candidate phase, only reviewed code changes which are clear bug fixes are allowed between this release candidate and the final release. The second candidate (and the last planned release preview) is scheduled for Monday, 2023-09-04, while the official release of 3.12.0 is scheduled for Monday, 2023-10-02.

• There will be no ABI changes from this point forward in the 3.12 series, and the goal is that there will be as few code changes as possible.

• Call to action We strongly encourage maintainers of third-party Python projects to prepare their projects for 3.12 compatibilities during this phase, and where necessary publish Python 3.12 wheels on PyPI to be ready for the final release of 3.12.0. Any binary wheels built against Python 3.12.0rc1 will work with future versions of Python 3.12. As always, report any issues to the Python bug tracker.

=> ↺ TecAdmin ☛ Understand Python main() Function

• Before we delve into the topic, it’s essential to note that Python, unlike languages such as C and C++, does not have a built-in main() function.

=> ↺ Converting Float to Int in Python: Precision and Performance

=> ↺ Python Decorators: Enhancing Functions and Methods

=> ↺ Decorators with Arguments in Python: A Deeper Insight

=> ↺ Class Decorators in Python: Adding Functionality to Classes

=> ↺ Mastering Rounding in Python: Precision in Every Calculation

=> ↺ Variable Scopes in Python: The Art of Keeping Variables in Check

=> ↺ Nonlocal Scopes and Variables in Python: Breaking Boundaries

=> ↺ Python Closures: A Functional Programming Gem

=> ↺ Python’s Decimal: A Solution for Precise Computations

=> ↺ Named Tuples in Python: Structuring Data Efficiently

Leftovers

Science

=> ↺ Stuart Langridge: Numeric Pangrams

• A few days ago I had an interesting maths thought which I dropped on Mastodon:

• Today’s interesting maths problem to think about: what is the largest total from a correct maths equation which uses any number of +*- symbols, one =, and the digits from 0-9 once each?

• For example, if we’re doing it for digits 0-4, then 40-12=3 isn’t valid (answer is wrong), 1+3=4 isn’t valid (correct but doesn’t use 0 or 2), 12/4+0=3 is good, and 4*3+0=12 is better (because 12 is higher than 3).

Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

=> ↺ France24 ☛ In Philadelphia, skin-rotting drug ‘tranq’ invades a neighbourhood already devastated by opioids

• Drug users in the Philadelphia neighbourhood of Kensington have increasingly been turning towards a drug called xylazine, or “tranq”, a veterinary sedative often mixed with other drugs such as heroin or fentanyl. But when people begin to use the substance, it quickly causes horrific damage to their bodies – including necrosis and skin tissue rotting. Authorities in Philadephia and across the nation are getting increasingly worried about the drug’s spread and the damage to victims.

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ Japan to start Fukushima water release as early as late August: Report

• Release will likely come after Japan PM Kishida meets Biden and S. Korea President in US next week.

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ Korean man dies in gruesome game of ‘you sleep, you die’

• He and a friend had been engaged in a bizarre duel meant to settle a feud over money.

=> ↺ The Atlantic ☛ America’s Latest Health-Care Debacle Has an Absurd Cause

• Millions of people are losing Medicaid because of paperwork.

=> ↺ The Atlantic ☛ You’re Probably Drinking Enough Water

• If you’re a healthy person worried about hydration, odds are, you’re getting plenty. But no one can say exactly what the right amount is.

=> ↺ Mexico News Daily ☛ Agriculture Minister says US refuses to participate in GM corn studies

• The U.S. has rejected Mexico’s proposal to jointly research genetically modified (GM) corn’s health effects as trade tensions escalate.

=> ↺ The Atlantic ☛ What Does It Mean to Die of Heat?

• Mortality numbers often end up having more to do with politics than science.

Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)

=> ↺ Sam Hartman: AI Tools

• I wrote about how I’m exploring the role of AI in human connection and intimacy. The first part of that journey has been all about learning the software and tools for approaching large language models.

=> ↺ Google Maps Has Become an Eyesore

Pseudo-Open Source

Openwashing

=> ↺ Vox ☛ 2023-08-02 [Older] Why Meta’s move to make its new AI open source is more dangerous than you think [Ed: Openwashing lies]

Security

=> ↺ IT Wire ☛ SolarWinds attackers, now called Midnight Blizzard, take aim at Teams

• At the time, when the attack group was identified by both FireEye and Microsoft, the latter called it Nobelium. In a post dated 2 August, Microsoft Threat Intelligence gave it a new name: Midnight Blizzard. No reason was given for the new name, although it is notable that Microsoft Threat Intelligence in December 2020 also had a different name, being known as Microsoft Threat Intelligence Centre.

• The group — call it Nobelium, Midnight Blizzard or even SUNBURST as some did — is now claimed to have attacked compromised Microsoft 365 tenants owned by small businesses and created new domains that posed as tech support entities.

• It then sent Teams messages to try and steal credentials leveraging multi-factor authentication.

• {loadposition sam08}Microsoft said 40 organisations had been affected by these attacks across the globe, but did not provide any names.

• In its post, the MTI said: “The organisations targeted in this activity likely indicate specific espionage objectives by Midnight Blizzard directed at government, non-government organisations, IT services, technology, discrete manufacturing, and media sectors.

=> ↺ TechCrunch ☛ 2023-08-05 [Older] Android Spyware Maker LetMeSpy Shuts Down After Hacker Deletes Server Data

=> ↺ JURIST ☛ China releases draft regulations requiring data protection audits for certain companies

• The Chinese government released proposed regulations that would require certain data processors to undergo annual or biennial audits on Thursday. The Chinese Cyberspace Office published the first draft text of the proposal, entitled “Administrative Measures for Compliance Auditing of Personal Information Protection” on its website.

=> ↺ Silicon Angle ☛ FBI investigates ransomware attack on California-based healthcare provider [Ed: Windows TCO]

• The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a ransomware attack that disrupted services at a healthcare provider based in California on Aug. 3.

=> ↺ New York Times ☛ Ransomware Attack Disrupts Health Care in at Least Three States [Ed: Windows TCO and breach, not mere "attack"]

• It was not immediately clear how many locations operated by Prospect Medical Holdings were affected but some sites had to cut back services or close.

=> ↺ Silicon Angle ☛ Government services provider Maximus hit by MOVEit attack [Ed: Windows TCO]

• Government services provider Maximus Inc. is the latest victim of the Clop ransomware gang’s targeting of a critical vulnerability in Progress Software Corp.’s MOVEit file transfer software, as data belonging to as many as 11 million people was stolen.

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-04 [Older] CISA Releases its Cybersecurity Strategic Plan

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-02 [Older] Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox and Firefox ESR

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-02 [Older] Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-01 [Older] CISA and International Partner NCSC-NO Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Threat Actors Exploiting Ivanti EPMM Vulnerabilities

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-03 [Older] CISA, NSA, FBI, and International Partners Release Joint CSA on Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities of 2022

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-03 [Older] CISA Releases Five Industrial Control Systems Advisories

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-03 [Older] ​Mitsubishi Electric GOT2000 and GOT SIMPLE

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-03 [Older] ​Mitsubishi Electric GT and GOT Series Products

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-03 [Older] TEL-STER TelWin SCADA WebInterface

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-03 [Older] ​Sensormatic Electronics VideoEdge

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-01 [Older] CISA Releases One Industrial Control Systems Advisory

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-08-01 [Older] ​APSystems Altenergy Power Control

=> ↺ CISA ☛ 2023-07-31 [Older] CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

=> ↺ Forbes ☛ Locking Down Linux: How To Get To Zero-Trust Security [Ed: It says "number of security tools for Linux pale in comparison to Windows," because in Windows security isn't the goal, back doors are the goal, and security gets sold as an "add-on"]

=> ↺ Forbes ☛ Google Chrome: Update Now As 20 New Browser Security Fixes Confirmed [Ed: Longtime Microsoft propagandist Davey Winder (like "drpizza") trying to distract from Windows breaches and back doors, as usual]

=> ↺ TechTarget ☛ CISA details backdoor malware used in Barracuda ESG attacks

• CISA said Friday that ‘Submarine’ is a novel persistent backdoor used in attacks against Barracuda Email Security Gateway appliances vulnerable to CVE-2023-2868.

=> ↺ Computing UK ☛ ‘Zenbleed’ bug leaks data from AMD Ryzen and Epyc Zen 2 chips

• Google security researcher demonstrates that silicon level vulnerability he discovered could enable theft of sensitive data

=> ↺ Bleeping Computer ☛ Hackers increasingly abuse Cloudflare Tunnels for stealthy connections

Defence/Aggression

=> ↺ RFA ☛ Lawsuit in Palau seeks to suspend work on US military radar site

• Angaur state government says land was cleared without an environmental impact assessment, permits.

=> ↺ The Straits Times ☛ North Korea leader Kim Jong Un gives field guidance at major arms factories

• August 06, 2023 7:47 AM

• Mr Kim called for the mass-production of “various kinds of cutting-edge strategic weapon engines”, KCNA reported.

=> ↺ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-08-04 [Older] A Brief Neocolonial History of the Five UN Security Council Permanent Members

=> ↺ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-02 [Older] Liverpool boss slams Saudi Arabia ‘threat’ to European football

=> ↺ Breach Media ☛ 2023-08-01 [Older] Canada denounces ‘autocratic regimes’ while purchasing planes from Saudis

=> ↺ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-08-01 [Older] Joe Biden Wants You to Kill and Die for the Saudi Monarchy

Finance

=> ↺ Axios ☛ The new world of tipping

• Requests for tips are becoming more common, tips themselves are getting larger, and consumers from coast to coast are confused about the new rules.

• Why it matters: The onslaught of tipping requests is fatiguing consumers and pushing them to close their wallets — even in scenarios where tips are a critical part of workers’ wages.

=> ↺ Axios ☛ School supplies, back-to-school spending hit by inflation and higher prices

• Back-to-school shoppers can’t escape inflation as they prepare for the 2023-2024 school year.

• State of play: Higher prices and demand for electronics are taking a bigger bite out of consumer budgets — and driving record spending — according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey.

• Driving the news: The first weekend in August is the biggest for tax-free shopping throughout the nation with nine states holding sales tax holidays this weekend, down from a dozen in 2022.

=> ↺ Counter Punch ☛ 2023-08-03 [Older] The Bi-Partisan Attack on Social Security

Censorship/Free Speech

=> ↺ Reason ☛ Who Can Use Twitter’s Offer of Legal Fees “If You Were Unfairly Treated by Your Employer Due to [Tweets]“?

• More people than one might imagine, chiefly because many states, counties, and cities have laws that ban private employers from discriminating against their employees based on certain kinds of speech.

=> ↺ AntiWar ☛ Shame on Government for Censoring Us

• Alas, federal District Judge Terry A. Doughty’s preliminary injunction against government censorship of us on social media has been put on hold. So rules three members of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. But this stay of the injunction in State of Missouri et al. v. Joseph R. Biden Jr. et al. is temporary.

Civil Rights/Policing

=> ↺ Federal News Network ☛ Striking Nigerian doctors to embark on nationwide protest over unmet demands by country’s leader

• Doctors from Nigerian public hospitals who have been on strike since last week say they will embark on a nationwide protest, accusing the country’s president of ignoring their demands for better work conditions. The protest is scheduled to take place on Wednesday and it became necessary to draw attention to the demands “which have been largely neglected” by the government, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors said Saturday. In a letter to the Nigerian ministry of health, the doctors said they would also picket government offices until their demands are met. The planned protest follows a similar demonstration earlier this week by Nigerian trade unions protesting the soaring cost of living in Africa’s most populous country.

=> ↺ CBC ☛ 2023-08-06 [Older] Woman with pacemaker told she had to be patted down by a male screener or miss her flight

=> ↺ 2023-08-05 [Older] YouTuber Kai Cenat faces criminal charges after giveaway spawns out-of-control crowd in NYC

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-05 [Older] Twitch Star’s NYC Event Devolves Into Chaos, Transforming Union Square Into Thunderdome

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-04 [Older] Google Takes a Page Out of Twitter’s Book: Invites Employees to Sleep ‘On Campus’ for a Fee

=> ↺ The Verge ☛ 2023-08-05 [Older] Where’s My Fainting Couch?

=> ↺ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-08-04 [Older] Google Takes a Page Out of Twitter’s Book: Invites Employees to Sleep ‘On Campus’ for a Fee

=> ↺ International Business Times ☛ 2023-08-03 [Older] Twitter or X Blue subscribers can now hide verification checkmarks

=> ↺ HRW ☛ 2023-08-03 [Older] Saudi Arabia: Psychiatrist Jailed after Salary Dispute

=> ↺ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-08-06 [Older] Saudi soccer: A game of geopolitics and religion, not just sports

Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

=> ↺ APNIC ☛ Worldwide REx

• APNIC’s REx now provides global Internet data, statistics, and measurements.

Monopolies

=> ↺ Silicon Angle ☛ Federal judge narrows scope of Google antitrust lawsuit brought by DOJ and states

• Google LLC will not have to answer allegations by dozens of U.S. states that the design of its search engine results page harms rival platforms such as Expedia Group Inc. or Yelp Inc., a federal judge ruled in an opinion that was unsealed Friday.

Copyrights

=> ↺ Digital Music News ☛ Meta Removes News Content From Canadian Facebook Feeds

• Meta says it will remove news articles from Facebook and Instagram Feeds of its Canadian users. The move follows the introduction of the Online News Act in the country, which requires tech companies like Google and Meta to pay news outlets for the stories they feature in their social feeds.

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