Machine Learning as a way to block ads (that carry malware? specifically crypto-miners)
OK, fess up. Most of you run adblock(plus/adaware/pihole/…). And you love it. Other than Forbes, the world is a kinder gentler place. But recently some of you may have noticed the battery on your laptop is poor, your fans run more. You are a victim of drive-by crypto-mining (probably monero, but could be bitcoin or…
vermut: first time in 10 years w/o
First time in 10 years w/o for me. Have fun all!
Is my password known? A problem
So everyday there is a new site which fesses up that they have been pwned. Someone came in, stole the lot, but don’t worry, they only got something minor. And then a few days later, well, it seems there was a bit more. And by the time you stop caring about the story, it comes…
Security liability for software vendors, open source on end of support? Great ideas France!
This is a tough slog of a read (167 pages), but there is a proposal from France on cyber security (the parent web page here). I tried a machine-translation to English, but, well, the fonts are embedded as images somehow. Hmm, its like a scan, its a set of pictures. Boo. OCR? What is this,…
Self-signed secure boot, the why, the how, the what to look out for
So I am hoping that all of you have not only an encrypted root disk, but also UEFI secure boot enabled. I am guessing that most of you have enabled that with the default (Microsoft) keys. Here I will outline how I changed methodology on my portable, and some of the challenges I ran into.…