Security Leftovers
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They forked this one up: Microsoft modifies open-source code, blows hole in Windows Defender [Ed: Microsoft puts back doors in all the things, but when it uses FOSS and breaks it it then calls FOSS a security problem. Most of the media (about a dozen articles) did not use this to FUD from the FOSS angle.]
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Old open source bug exposes Windows 10 PCs to hack via Windows Defender antivirus [Ed: Liam Tung found a way to promote Vista 10 while badmouthing FOSS (which Vista 10 is not)]
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Open Source for Everyone?
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Better Cyber Security Problematic, Says US Financial Industry: Power Struggle Over Encryption
A decision to keep third party listeners out of communications on the internet taken by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) at their recent meeting in London elicited an alarmist message from the US financial industry. The premier internet standardisation body would provide “privacy for crooks,” and practically prohibit “bank security guards from patrolling and checking particular rooms” online, BITS, the technology division of the Financial Services Roundtable, argued in a press release last week. Has standardisation gone rogue?
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Confirmed: Intel Will Not Patch Spectre And Meltdown Flaw In Older Processors
Intel has published a microcode update guidance that confirms that it won’t be patching up the Spectre and Meltdown design flaws in all of its processors — mostly the older ones.
The company has rolled out microcode updates to fix the Spectre v2 vulnerability for many of its processors going back to the second generation Core (Sandy Bridge).
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