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[ENG/ITA] Python and Hive: My First Attempt with a Bot

18 Aug 2024 12 minute read 0 comments Arc7icWolf

La versione italianasi trova sotto quella inglese The italian versionis under the english one   Python and Hive: My First Attempt with a Bot   Let's start right away with a small premise: I am not a programmer. I have studied anything but that in...

CrowdStrike Global Outage: Unpacking the Fallout and Future

30 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist

The Cybersecurity Vault - episode #36, with guest Ira Winkler Today we are going to talk about the massive global IT outage, effecting over 8 million devices, caused by the cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike.  Although not a cyberattack, this incident...

Failures of CrowdStrike Quality Testing

27 Jul 2024 1 minute read 2 comments Matthew Rosenquist

Details emerge on how a bad CrowdStrike update was allowed to land on Windows systems and cause over 8 billion computers to fail. I discuss their leadership and break down the preliminary Post Incident Review document to reveal the point of failure...

Learning from CrowdStrike’s Quality Assurance Failures

25 Jul 2024 1 minute read 2 comments Matthew Rosenquist

Let’s talk about CrowdStrike’s quality assurance failures! Thanks to Help Net Security for publishing my opinion piece. Take a look for a more in-depth explanation of how the bad update made it to over 8 million devices and caused widespread global...

Microsoft in Cybersecurity Leadership Crisis – Open Letter to the CEO

9 Jul 2024 2 minute read 2 comments Matthew Rosenquist

There is no indication that the root of Microsoft’s cybersecurity issues is being addressed. In fact, all indications are that the executive team is somewhat worried and bewildered at the diverse and numerous issues arising. After many embarrassing...

Elon Musk will Ban OpenAI-ed Apple

10 Jun 2024 1 minute read 8 comments Debesh Choudhury

Today, Elon Musk announced a decision about OpenAI and Apple. "If Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, then Apple devices will be banned at my company. That is an unacceptable security violation," posted Elon Musk today. Screenshot Source  It...

Open Source Software and GNU/Linux

15 May 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Debesh Choudhury

Replay my podcast chat with Tux. I had a virtual chat on different aspects of GNU/Linux and Open Source Software with the cheerful penguin named Tux, the logo of Linux. I tried to make the conversation interesting, informative, and funny. Screensh...

My experience: running decentralized services

29 Apr 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Georg Engelmann

I have been running blockchain infrastructure for a while on dedicated servers. I have been running Bitcoin nodes on various devices since 2010.I also hosted my own social media (identi.ca copy) back in 2011 and now I am running my own Mastodon insta...

Would You Pet a Penguin?

7 Jan 2024 2 minute read 2 comments Debesh Choudhury

How many of you are pet lovers? How many of you live with a cat or dog in your home? I am sure many of you love having a pet. Some of us do not have a pet due to several reasons. Those are personal reasons, and we don't have to discuss it.     If I...

Breathe new life into old Macs!!!

2 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments tokyobitcoiner

Got an old Mac running Intel macOS? Envious of new OS like Monterrey, Ventura and Sonoma? Checkout OpenCore Legacy Patcher. You need: - some patience - a USB thumb drive (say 16GB) - a backup if you decide to install onto your computer OR an external...