GNU FreeDink 109.6

• GNU FreeDink 109.6

  This is the first official announcement for the new 109.x line with updated technologies (SDL2, OpenGL), WebAssembly support and many fixes and improvements.

• GNU's RPG/Adventure Game Updated For SDL2, Defaults To OpenGL Rendering

  Of the many free software projects under the GNU umbrella, there aren't many games. One of the only titles is GNU FreeDink, which is out this weekend with its newest update after several active weeks of development.

Microsoft Now Calls Windows "Linux" (Misleading People)

• Windows 10 Will Let You Access Linux Files Using File Explorer [Ed: Misleading from Bogdan Popa, Microsoft News Editor writing in the "Linux" section of Softpedia. This isn't "Linux", it's Windows.]

• Windows 10 Will Soon Let You Access WSL Linux Files From Explorer, Other Improvements [Ed: Those are not "Linux files" but Windows]

• Updated WSL in Windows 10 version 1903 lets you access Linux files from Windows

• Windows 10 April 2019 Update Brings Linux File Access With Enhanced WSL [Ed: People are now supposed to think Windows is Linux and vice versa. This deliberate confusion serves Microsoft. It serves EEE.]

• Windows 10's File Explorer Will Soon Let You Access Your Linux Subsystem Files [Ed: Longtime (decades-long) Microsoft boosters are boosting this perception too]

Security Leftovers

• MalwareTech loses bid to suppress damning statements made after days of partying

  Hutchins was then taken to jail, where he made two phone calls. Despite being informed the calls were subject to monitoring and recording, Hutchins allegedly "made incriminating statements," court records showed, without elaborating.

  In a motion filed in US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, attorneys for Hutchins moved to suppress the statements and any evidence that may have been obtained as a result of them. Hutchins's grounds are that he didn't waive his Miranda rights against self-incrimination and that his intoxication and limited understanding of the US criminal procedural system made it impossible for him to voluntarily waive those rights.

• Secure Coding in Java

  A comprehensive guide to coding safely and preventing security holes in your applications.

• Understand how to access the Dark Web with Tor Browser [Tutorial]

• Guyana: GPL computers hacked, ransom demanded

  The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) says its computerised systems were hacked last week and a ransom of digital currency was demanded. The cyber-attack resulted in the disruption of some of its services but the Utility Company has assured that the situation is now under control. [...] GPL said the attackers demanded a ransom of bitcoins to remove all encryptions from within the network, however the Company said it will not heed to such request.

• Cyber Security Today: Feb. 15, 2019 — Another huge file of stolen credentials for sale, how bad was 2018 and phony U.S. military web site spotted

  Another huge file of stolen credentials for sale on the dark web, new stats show how bad breaches were in 2018 and a phony U.S. military web site spotted.

• Apple’s macOS Targeted By Windows Malware [Ed: When Microsoft Windows spreads elsewhere, outside Windows (e.g. Mono), trouble is afoot]