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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UnbequemeWahrheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnbequemeWahrheit</span></a>: </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIllterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIllterates</span></a> werden solange Opfer von <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Betr%C3%BCgern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Betrügern</span></a> werden solange <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> keine Grundvoraussetzung zum Benutzen jener Technologie darstellt, oder diese nicht mindestens monatlich sich fortbilden müssen!</p><ul><li>Gerade weil <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> wie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Malvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malvertising</span></a> und <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bullshit</span></a> wie <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Antivirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antivirus</span></a>"</em> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scareware</span></a> erlaubt sind!</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZycZPn2gG4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=ZZycZPn2gG4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@cR0w" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cR0w</span></a></span> OFC that <em>is</em> a general problem.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> talked about that violation of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KISSprinciple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KISSprinciple</span></a> in a talk <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGmtP5Lg_t0&amp;t=26m5s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">over a decade ago.</a></p><p>Add to that the horrible track record of many vendors of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scareware</span></a> and we all can see the problem...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://waldvogel.family/@marcel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>marcel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Kensan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Kensan</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@adfichter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>adfichter</span></a></span> die einzig wirksame <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Konsequenz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Konsequenz</span></a> ist, sich konsequent entsprechender <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> als <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Betriebssystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Betriebssystem</span></a> zu verweigern und keine <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scareware</span></a> mit <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Rootkits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rootkits</span></a> zu nutzen!</p><ul><li>Die <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sicherheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sicherheit</span></a> sollte im Zweifelsfalle durch den <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Maintainer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maintainer</span></a> des Betriebssystems / der Distribution bereitgestellt und verifizierbar sein, und wenn jene*r keine Haftung dafür anbietet so ist diese dafür zu disqualifizieren.</li></ul><p>So einfach ist das!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>0xabad1dea</span></a></span> which confirms my own point.</p><ul><li><p>All <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KernelLevelDrivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KernelLevelDrivers</span></a> are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> and should not exist to begin with.</p></li><li><p>There was never a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LegitimateReason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegitimateReason</span></a> to allow said <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kernelhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kernelhacks</span></a> to exist.</p></li><li><p>Noone should've allowed this <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/scareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scareware</span></a> to exist or signed it (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>) nor used it and the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> it was made for (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a>).</p></li><li><p>I sincerely hope they'll be made to face <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consequences</span></a> for this shitshow, and I mean not a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassAction</span></a> aka. <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GetOutOfJailCheque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GetOutOfJailCheque</span></a>"</em> that is insultingly low.</p></li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ruhr.social/@usi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>usi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://troet.cafe/@Thea_gruen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Thea_gruen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tazgetroete" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tazgetroete</span></a></span> also ich sehe das genau andersherum:</p><ol><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> und <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scareware</span></a> wie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CrowdStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrowdStrike</span></a> gehört ausnahmslos verboten und die Entscheider*innen bei beiden Unternehmen &amp; Kundenunternehmen in Regress genommen!</p></li><li><p>Die Tatsache dass irgendwelche Kiddies den Perimeter des Flughafen durchbrechen und aufs Rollfeld und die Taxiways kommen konnten gehört aufgearbeitet, weil das sollte gem. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ICAO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICAO</span></a> denen selbst unter Anwendung von Waffengewalt nicht möglich sein!! Hier haben die Seccies verkackt!!!</p></li></ol>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zug.network/@Zugschlus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Zugschlus</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Cappyjax" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Cappyjax</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@WB2EEE" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>WB2EEE</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://donotsta.re/users/elly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>elly</span></a></span> I disagree to some extend as <a href="https://nondeterministic.computer/@mjg59/112816011370924959" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Windows is in fact part of the Problem cuz on linux this would not have happened</a>...</p><ul><li>OFC allowing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> in decisionmaker positions (regardless if regultors or corporations) is at best wrong and IMHO should he as illegal as hiring a freshly convicted (wire-)fraudster as CFO of a bank.</li></ul><p>The entire <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scareware</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DigitalSnakeoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSnakeoil</span></a> industry should be outlawed as the fraudulent business model it is and security should be procured from the maintainers of the OS only...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pfalz.social/@Saupreiss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Saupreiss</span></a></span> Klar, nur bietet <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> nichtmals ansatzweise die Menge an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Support</span></a> und <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Assurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Assurance</span></a> an die <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> Distros wie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RHEL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RHEL</span></a> (Workstation), <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SLES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SLES</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SLED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SLED</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UbuntuLTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UbuntuLTS</span></a> und <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OracleLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OracleLinux</span></a> abmnbieten obwohl <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> und besonders <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsServer</span></a> deutlich teurer durchzulizensieren ist.</p><p>Außerdem ist das komplette <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Antimalware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antimalware</span></a>"</em> / <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Antivirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antivirus</span></a>"</em> - Business doch einfach nur <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scareware</span></a> die auf <em>kongnitive Dissonanz</em> abzielt weil Leute die <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsDefender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsDefender</span></a> misstrauen nicht gleich die <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> namens Windows mit enstorgen!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pfalz.social/@Saupreiss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Saupreiss</span></a></span> wer <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gvware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gvware</span></a> wie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> und/oder <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scareware</span></a> wie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CrowdStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrowdStrike</span></a> nutzt sollte <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hausverbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hausverbot</span></a> bei <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KRITIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KRITIS</span></a> haben!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@simsus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>simsus</span></a></span> oder ein Bezriebssystem ohne jene <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scareware</span></a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>)...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zug.network/@Zugschlus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Zugschlus</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Cappyjax" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Cappyjax</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@WB2EEE" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>WB2EEE</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://donotsta.re/users/elly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>elly</span></a></span> well, I'd rather not take or stay in a job than commit what I call <em>"Professional <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Malpractice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malpractice</span></a>"</em>!</p><ul><li>I know this makes me an outlier, but the fact that I did my job so well that everything I deployed runs like clockwork to this day amd that I'm not short of offers tells me that being a <em>honest <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a></em> is the way to go morally instead of being a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bootlicker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bootlicker</span></a>!</li></ul><p>Again: We have this entire shitshow because we allow <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> and other dipshits to make up regulations on the spot.</p><ul><li>Also yes, there are means to harden <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> on Sesktops amd Servers beyond the already existing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CommonCriteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonCriteria</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CIS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIS2</span></a> as well as beyond <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCIDSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCIDSS</span></a> compliance and good Distros will even offer a warranty and assurance for that directly - something <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> just won't do for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> no matter the amount of money one shoves down their throat!</li></ul><p>The fact that we even allow that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scareware</span></a> [to even exist, espechally] in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a> when in <em>both</em> cases their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EULA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EULA</span></a> explicitly bans that use-case is a testiment for the false priorities of regulators and their rules.</p><ul><li>So yeah, if a concrete-headed <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterate</span></a> wants that they can have it - but not from or with me!</li></ul><p>And then they all whine about why noone wants to work for them... What a shitshow.</p> <p>Tell you what, I'd rather <a href="https://zug.network/@Zugschlus/112822635158064785" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">welcome such meetings</a>, because the last time some CEO did that (with an absurd office mandate forcing a colleague into a 500km [one-way!] commute twice a week) they basically mobbed out the two best colleagues I had and subsequently imploded the Linux Infrastructure team.</p><ul><li>Last time I checked that company hadn't filled the vacancies and once Recruiters hear the story, they tend to fire said company as a client.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sarcasm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/venting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>venting</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CrowdStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrowdStrike</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Cappyjax" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Cappyjax</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@WB2EEE" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>WB2EEE</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zug.network/@Zugschlus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Zugschlus</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://donotsta.re/users/elly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>elly</span></a></span> </p><p>I disagree with <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Cappyjax/112821333101353573" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">your assessment</a> to some extent, as on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> there's not much of a tolerace or even acceptance of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/rootkits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rootkits</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CorwdStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorwdStrike</span></a> for all the right reasons!</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scareware</span></a> like that has <em>no legitimate reason to exist</em> and the only place I've seen that is on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> because people distrusting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsDefender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsDefender</span></a> and thus <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> are unwilling to to what is <em>evidently the correct solution</em> and yeet Windows for good.</li></ul><p>Cuz it's not about <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fanboyism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fanboyism</span></a>, but a fact that most Windows - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sysadmins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sysadmins</span></a> (or rather decisionmakers for that matter) seem to be high on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copium</span></a> and refuse to take actual <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consequences</span></a> but accept the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> as a fact of life when it's not...</p><ul><li>Or am I the only one who remembers the rightful backclash when <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a> were shoved into <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a> whilst on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows10</span></a> people just seem to shrug their shoulders?</li></ul><p>It's just that this entire shitshow would not have happened on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> because here we don't have an entire ecosystem of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ValueRemoving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ValueRemoving</span></a> <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVirus</span></a>"</em> bs being shoved on Desktops and Servers in the form of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Binaryblob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Binaryblob</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kernelhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kernelhacks</span></a>!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zug.network/@Zugschlus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Zugschlus</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://donotsta.re/users/elly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>elly</span></a></span> I sincerely disagree because on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> there is neither need nor demand for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scareware</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CrowdStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrowdStrike</span></a> and even then noone should allow such garbage in their systems as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/rootkit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rootkit</span></a>!</p><ul><li>In fact, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> has an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ABI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ABI</span></a> for <a href="https://nondeterministic.computer/@mjg59/112816011370924959" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the specific function</a> so no need to shove a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BinaryBlob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BinaryBlob</span></a> into the Kernel and no issues on Linux systems...</li></ul>
Graham Cluley<p>Scareware scam: Restoro and Reimage fined $26 million fine by FTC.</p><p>Read more in my article on the Bitdefender blog: <a href="https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/scareware-scam-restoro-and-reimage-fined-26-million-fine-by-ftc/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsec</span><span class="invisible">urity/scareware-scam-restoro-and-reimage-fined-26-million-fine-by-ftc/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/scareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scareware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/technicalsupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technicalsupport</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a></p>
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