For Ars staffers, IRC led to love, marriage, and trolling.
Source: Internet Relay Chat turns 30—and we remember how it changed our lives | Ars Technica
Linux Smartphone Librem 5 Will Ship With GNOME 3.32
It seems that Librem 5 developers will now get sufficient time to ship their phone with GNOME 3.32. In a blog post, the project urged the app developers to “use libhandy 0.0.4 and up, use GTK+ 3.24.1 and up and target GNOME 3.32!”
DigesTor – Comparative tool for Tor passive traffic analysis attacks – Deep Dot Web
Optus acquires cybersecurity company
Optus Cyber Security will wholly acquire Hivint to boost Trustwave’s cybersecurity capabilities across the Asia-Pacific region, Singtel has announced.
New Evidence of Hacked Supermicro Hardware Found in U.S. Telecom
The discovery shows that China continues to sabotage critical technology components bound for America.
Source: New Evidence of Hacked Supermicro Hardware Found in U.S. Telecom – Bloomberg
Facebook hack: 29 million accounts were compromised
The company had previously said as many as 90 million accounts could have been compromised.
Source: Facebook hack: 29 million accounts were compromised – Vox
A Mysterious Grey Hat has patched over 100,000 routers
Is grey hat hacking ethical? A Russian-speaking grey hat recently broke into over 100,000 MikroTik routers to patch them. What should we make of this?
Source: A Mysterious Russian Grey Hat Vigilante has patched over 100,000 routers
Tron (TRX) Launches All-In-One Tool Suite for Developers
In order for developers to hit the ground running on the Tron Mainnet, the Tron Foundation has seen it fit to provide them with an all-in-one tool suite to make their creative work much easier on the platform. DApp developers will be key in the Tron (TRX) Project becoming great as we move into the […]
Source: Tron (TRX) Launches All-In-One Tool Suite for Developers – Ethereum World News
Microsoft Open Sources 60,000 Patents to End Linux Patent Wars
In a move that protects Linux and supports developers, Microsoft announces plans to join the the Open Invention Network.
Source: Microsoft Open Sources 60,000 Patents to End Linux Patent Wars
MikroTik Patches Zero-Day Flaw Under Attack in Record Time
MikroTik has released firmware patches for RouterOS, the operating system that ships with some of its routers. The patches fix a zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild.
Source: MikroTik Patches Zero-Day Flaw Under Attack in Record Time