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Escaping strings in Bash using !:q

This amazing Bash trick comes from Pascal Hirsch on Twitter. It goes like this: Enter a line of Bash starting with a # comment, then run !:q on the next…

Windows server vulnerability.

WINDOWS SERVER VULNERABILITY REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.This has been posted on /r/sysadmin on Reddit: CVE-2020-1472 Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability byu/ugus insysadmin Twitter post explaining it:…

Android: Why this photo is bricking some phones

BBC News is reporting: Dozens of Android phone owners are reporting on social media that a picture featuring a lake, a cloudy sunset and a…

Zoom launches as screensaver in linux SOLUTION

This has been irking me for the past couple of days. I would come back to my laptop (Lubuntu) after a period of time away…

‘Siri, I’m getting pulled over’: A new shortcut for iPhones can automatically record the police

This is quite interesting and I’m pretty amazed it has taken so long for this to be created. (via businessinsider.com) tl;dr A big new feature…

Key Reinstallation Attacks Breaking WPA2 by forcing nonce reuse

Researcher Mathy Vanhoef of imec-DistriNet hax found a critical flaw in the current WPA2 protocol. We discovered serious weaknesses in WPA2, a protocol that secures all modern protected Wi-Fi…

massive Equifax Hack blowback

of course you can “check yourself” at their site A team of lawyers, including former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes, has filed a class-action lawsuit against…