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How to run Windows 11 in GNOME Boxes (with UEFI and TPM2 emulation)
”My old tutorial for installing Windows 10 in GNOME Boxes doesn’t work with Windows 11. Here’s how to install Windows 11 as a virtual machine (VM) inside GNOME Boxes. (Some configuration file changes required.)”10 Lightweight Linux Distributions for your Old Hardware in 2022
”We highlight a list of 10 lightweight Linux Distributions ideal for your older PC in 2022. We give you their features and what makes them perfect for reviving older hardware. We believe that you should not throw away any hardware. Ideally, well-designed software should always run on any hardware.”How to Install Apache Tomcat on Debian 11 (Step by Step)
”Apache Tomcat is a free and opensource web server which is widely used for hosting web applications written in Java programing language. It is an implementation of Jakarta Servlet and Jakarta Expression Language (formerly Java Servlet and Java Expression Language) and other Java websocket technologies. Apache Tomcat is not exactly a web server in the sense of Apache or Nginx. It’s an application server that provides a pure Java HTTP ecosystem and Java-based logic to serve Java code.”How to Install and Configure LibreNMS on Ubuntu 20.04
”LibreNMS is a free and open-source network monitoring system built in PHP and MySQL which uses the SNMP protocol. It is a community-based fork of the Observium network monitoring tool. This tool is also a user-friendly monitoring system, it is easy to understand and use. It uses MySQL as its database backend and uses SNMP to discover remote clients.”CrunchBang++ Linux: Ultimate Lightweight Daily Driver [Review]
”The CrunchBang++ Linux is a successor of the unique CrunchBang project, which is now discontinued. ~ We wanted to do a deep dive on this super-thin Linux Distribution in terms of performance, Accessibility and other factors.”Easily Set up Remote Backups With Open Source Duplicati
”Backups are an essential thing to do and manage in today's world, where you can easily expect your data to be hacked or lost because of any internal or external error. At the end, no one wants to suffer through a precious data loss, and the best way to save the day is to have a backup plan! ~ The software runs inside the web browser, while having a background instance that runs the backup processes as you desire. You can backup and file or folder on your system, and then choose where to store them remotely.”Create Linux Disk Partitions With Fdisk
”When you get a fresh disk, you need to create partitions on top of the disk to start using the disk. With Fdisk, you can maintain the complete lifecycle of a partition starting from labeling the partition to either MBR or GPT type among the other supported label types, creating a partition from the drive, resizing a partition, deleting a partition, etc.”Kitty Terminal Emulator: How to Install, Configure, and Use It
”In this guide, we will be looking at how to install, customize and use the Kitty terminal emulator on Linux. ~ A terminal emulator allows you to use the power of the command line on your desktop. ~ It is extremely fast and efficient by nature. ~ Most of Kitty is written almost entirely in Python. The Objective C code is very thin on the ground indeed, and most of it is macro-based or just calling functions in other libraries. ~ On top of that, it is simple to control from the shell prompt, SSH, and scripts.”Enable/Disable Auto Update & Upgrade in Unattended Upgrades on Ubuntu
”Unattended Upgrades software helps us auto-update and upgrade system packages in the background without user interaction to keep up to date with the latest features and security patches.”How I run my blog on a Raspberry Pi
”I set up a Raspberry Pi to act as a web server to host my personal blog on Drupal.”
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Critical Sophos Security Bug Allows RCE on Firewalls
”Cybersecurity stalwart Sophos has plugged a critical vulnerability in its firewall product, which could allow remote code-execution. ~ Sophos did not provide technical details or a CVSS score for the bug, but listed it as "critical." ~ "Customers can protect themselves from external attackers by ensuring their User Portal and Webadmin are not exposed to WAN," according to Sophos.”57% of people can't recall if they ever backed up their important documents
”Discouragingly, the number stating they had done so in the last week, last month and last year, were no more reassuring. And yet, almost 30 per cent of respondents admitted to having lost treasured photos from their smartphone, iPad or home computer because they hadn't done so. Additionally, 14 per cent said they had lost important documents and 11 per cent stated that they had lost emails they needed through not backing up vital content or documents on their devices.”Apple pushes out two emergency 0-day updates
”Apple Bulletin HT213219. Kernel code execution bug CVE-2022-22675 and kernel data leakage bug CVE-2022-22674. ~ Also, as we've pointed out before, kernel code execution flaws are the most broadly dangerous sort of bug on iPhones and iPads.”You Should Probably Stop Using Your Wyze Camera Right Now
”The company's security camera line was reportedly vulnerable to hackers for years and the company knew about it but told no one. ~ "If you've updated the firmware on your V2 or V3 cameras, they are now safe for use. ~ Unfortunately, despite extensive efforts stretching into 2022, we found Wyze Cam v1 couldn't support the necessary security updates.”UK Cops Collar 7 Suspected Lapsus$ Gang Members
”According to security journalist the teen is 17, though the BBC pegs his age at 16. ~ "The City of London Police has been conducting an investigation with its partners into members of a hacking group," according to Detective Inspector Michael O'Sullivan. ~ There could well be more: Another investigator said that security researchers have identified seven unique accounts associated with Lapsus$, "indicating that there are likely others involved in the group's operations." Over the past few months, Lapsus$ has targeted Brazil's Ministry of Health and the gaming giant Ubisoft, crippled the Portuguese media kingpin Impresa, and, in recent weeks, eviscerated tech giants including Samsung, Nvidia, Microsoft and Okta.”
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Citi Projects Metaverse To Capture Five Billion Users and up to $13B
”Citi has high expectations for the metaverse, with the bank's analysts projecting the Web3 economy to reach between $8 trillion and $13 trillion by 2030. ~ "Fundamentally, one of the mistakes that I see a lot of projects and designers making is projecting Web3 technology on Web2 experiences," said the CEO of Legitimate, an ecosystem that links physical products to digital identities, during the Avalanche Summit in Barcelona. ~ "The definition of what counts as money in the Open Metaverse is also likely to be very different from what counts as money in the real world today".”Robinhood Crypto Exec Steps Down After Less Than a Year on the Job
”Christine Brown said she was stepping down from her role as Robinhood Crypto's COO ~ She said she joined Robinhood when the company employed fewer than 100 people, prior to offering its crypto product, and had watched the company grow to serve more than 22 million users.”Axie Infinity's Ronin bridge hacked for over $600M
"We are in touch with security teams at major exchanges and will be reaching out to all in the coming days". According to Axie Infinity's official Discord and Ronin Network's official Twitter thread, along with its Substack page, the Ronin bridge and Katana Dex have been halted after suffering an exploit for 173,600 Ethereum and 25.5 million USD Coin, worth a combined $612 million at Tuesday's prices. ~ All of the AXS, RON and SLP [tokens] on Ronin are safe right now."Solana price up 50% in two weeks, but here's why $120 will be hard to crack
”Sales volume across Solana's NFT marketplaces has dropped by more than 13% in the last 30 days. Solana continued its two-week uptrend on March 30, rising, in part, owing to its integration with OpenSea, the world's biggest nonfungible token marketplace by volume.”Just 2 million Bitcoin left to mine: Bitcoin hits the 19 million milestone
”The 19 millionth Bitcoin was mined, leaving just 2 million BTC to be mined over the next 100 years. ~ Nineteen million Bitcoin are now in circulation, with just 2 million Bitcoin yet to be minted until roughly the year 2140. In block 730002, mined by the 19 millionth Bitcoin entered circulation.”
podcasts@payload:>
S3 Ep76: Deadbolt, LAPSUS$, Zlib, and a Chrome 0-day [Podcast]
Linux Action News: Linux Action News 234
Smashing Security: 268: LinkedIn deepfakes, doxxing Russian spies, and a false alarm
LINUX Unplugged 451: The NixOS Challenge
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