#update

anonymiss@despora.de

The end of #Windows 10 support could turn 240 million PCs into e-waste

source: https://www.canalys.com/insights/end-of-windows-10-support-could-turn-240-million-pcs-into-e-waste

Canalys estimates that in the nearly two-year period until #Microsoft’s official end-of-support date for Windows 10 – 14 October 2025 – roughly a fifth of devices will become e-waste due to incompatibility with the Windows 11 OS. This equates to 240 million PCs. If these were all folded laptops, stacked one on top of another, they would make a pile 600km taller than the moon.

#pc #laptop #computer #update #upgrade #problem #waste #pollution #news #environment #software #OS

anonymiss@despora.de

Inside the 'arms race' between #YouTube and ad blockers

Source: https://www.engadget.com/inside-the-arms-race-between-youtube-and-ad-blockers-140031824.html

Keeping pace with YouTube will likely become even more challenging next year, when Google’s #Chrome browser adopts the Manifest V3 standard, which significantly limits what #extensions are allowed to do. #Modras said that under Manifest V3, whenever an ad blocker wants to update its blocklist — again, something they may need to do multiple times a day — it will have to release a full #update and undergo a review “which can take anywhere between [a] few hours to even a few weeks.”

“Through #Manifest #V3, #Google will close the door for innovation in the ad #blocking landscape and introduce another layer of #gatekeeping that will slow down how #ad #blockers can react to new #ads and #online #tracking methods,” he said.

Anyone who knows #Firefox and still uses Chrome out of conviction is beyond help.

#software #news #browser #internet #block #adblocker #advertisement #economy #business #money #marketing #problem #surveillance #web #www #evil #extension #addOn

anonymiss@despora.de

#BLUFFS: #Bluetooth Forward and Future Secrecy Attacks and Defenses

Source: https://francozappa.github.io/post/2023/bluffs-ccs23/

TL;DR: If you are within range of a Bluetooth connection, you can force both devices into an insecure #encryption which can be cracked using brute force. The #workaround is to reject weak encryption via #software. Since there are never #updates for devices that have already been sold, any Bluetooth #connection with an old device must be considered insecure. Bluetooth can be monitored up to 100 meters with special antennas.

#bug #fail #security #hack #warning #danger #problem #update #news #CVE-2023-24023 #smartphone #vulnerability

anonymiss@despora.de

#Apple is planing a feature to #update an #iPhone without interaction of the owner. So it is a forced update with which you can bring everything on the iPhone. This is exactly what the #FBI, #NSA and #TSA dream about at night.

Apple is planning a new system for its retail stores that will update the software on iPhones prior to sale. The company has developed a proprietary pad-like device that the store can place boxes of iPhones on top of. That system can then wirelessly turn on the iPhone, update its #software and then power it back down — all without the phone’s packaging ever being opened. The company aims to begin rolling this out to its stores before the end of the year.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-10-15/apple-october-2023-executive-promotions-new-vps-of-retail-software-operations-lnrh4t94

#news #technology #conspiracy #Fnord #security #smartphone #problem #trust

tekaevl@diasp.org

If all goes to plan, Nautilus’ new two-panel look will roll out to all when GNOME 45 is released in September.

The new design extends Nautilus’ sidebar to the full height of the window, gains the title “Places”, and becomes the new home for the file manager’s hamburger menu:
https://www.omglinux.com/nautilus-split-pane-gnome-45/
#gnome #linux #nautilus
#update
#exposed #aEvl_us

anonymiss@despora.de

Easy-to-exploit local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in #Ubuntu #Linux affect 40% of Ubuntu cloud workloads

source: https://www.wiz.io/blog/ubuntu-overlayfs-vulnerability

CVE-2023-2640 and CVE-2023-32629 were found in the #OverlayFS module in Ubuntu, which is a widely used Linux #filesystem that became highly popular with the rise of containers as its features enable the deployment of dynamic filesystems based on pre-built images. OverlayFS serves as an attractive attack surface as it has a history of numerous logical vulnerabilities that were easy to exploit. This makes the new discovered vulnerabilities especially risky given the exploits for the past OverlayFS vulnerabilities work out of the box without any changes.

#security #os #software #update #bug #problem #news #exploit #hack #hacker #server #vulnerability