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Why we didn’t mention pocket fluff when we talked about USB-C charging issues, Microsoft abandons its promising underwater data center experiment and didn’t monitor it’s SSL certs, why you should be careful which WordPress plugins and themes you install,an Australian ISP’s tech debt comes due, and remoting into desktop Linux.

 

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Microsoft ends Project Natick underwater data center experiment despite success

Microsoft declares its underwater data center test was a success

Shouting in the Datacenter

Backdoor slipped into multiple WordPress plugins in ongoing supply-chain attack

Coding error in forgotten API blamed for massive data breach

Microsoft hits snooze again on security certificate renewal

 

 

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Vulnerabilities in Asus hardware make us think there should be some regulations about what can be sold as a router, a VPN feature that we hadn’t heard of is removed from Windows, and why we don’t believe that Microsoft will ever take security as seriously as they claim.

 

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High-severity vulnerabilities affect a wide range of Asus router models

Dear Asus router user: You’ve been pwned, thanks to easily exploited flaw

Microsoft to remove DirectAccess from Windows, recommends switching to Always On VPN

Microsoft fixes hack-me-via-Wi-Fi Windows security hole

CVE-2024-30078

Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI

Pluralistic: Microsoft pinky swears that THIS TIME they’ll make security a priority

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tailscale

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Automox

Check out the brand new Autonomous IT podcast. Listen in as a variety of experts in the IT Operations space discuss the latest Patch Tuesday releases, mitigation tips, and custom automations to help with CVE remediations. Listen now on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.

 

 

 

 

 

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It’s our episode 200 free consulting special. Jim and Allan answer your questions about hard drive availability, USB-C robustness, ZFS performance on a VPS, cold storage with a 2.5″ form factor, how we gained our level of knowledge, disk enclosure issues, and monitoring Windows servers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tailscale

Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/25a and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.

 

1Password

Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/25a

 

 

 

 

 

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How to prepare for your loved ones to have the access they need if the worst unexpectedly happens, Joe’s weird issues with wireless access points, and dealing with email accounts that shouldn’t exist.

 

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After you die, your Steam games will be stuck in legal limbo

EAP225 AC1350 wireless access point

 

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Microsoft is tightening up SMB security in Windows which might break access to your old NAS, a Cogent root-server mysteriously goes out of sync without them spotting it, and protecting hard drives from electromagnetic pulses.

 

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Installing Windows 11 24H2 might mean binning that old NAS

A root-server at the Internet’s core lost touch with its peers. We still don’t know why

 

 

 

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Linux kernel developers were infected with malware for 2 years, another nail in the coffin of proper federated email as Exchange Server moves to a subscription model, followup on zfsbootmenu and IPv6, and learning unfamiliar topics.

 

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Linux maintainers were infected for 2 years by SSH-dwelling backdoor with huge reach

Exchange Server SE to debut just before 2019 support ends

Newbie struggling with zfsbootmenu

 

 

 

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Microsoft’s new Copilot+ feature will record everything you are doing on your computer for some reason, but it will only work on new Arm hardware for now. Plus Apple’s weird iOS bug that restored deleted files and photos, and sharing files over the Internet from a NAS on your LAN.

 

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Allan was on Linux Dev Time

 

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New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC

Microsoft’s “Copilot+” AI PC requirements are embarrassing for Intel and AMD

Apple needs to explain that bug that resurfaced deleted photos

 

Free Consulting

We were asked about sharing files over the Internet from a NAS on your LAN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tailscale

Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/25a and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.

 

Automox

Check out the brand new Autonomous IT podcast. Listen in as a variety of experts in the IT Operations space discuss the latest Patch Tuesday releases, mitigation tips, and custom automations to help with CVE remediations. Listen now on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.

 

 

 

 

 

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Why Windows 10 might be gaining users at Windows 11’s expense, an old DHCP option is a potential risk for VPN users, we should probably say “renting” rather than “buying”domains, and avoiding tracking when using IPv6.

 

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Jim was on Late Night Linux again

 

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Has Windows 11 really lost marketshare to Windows 10?

Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose

 

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We were asked about avoiding tracking when using IPv6.

 

 

 

 

 

Tailscale

Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/25a and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.

 

Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps.  It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/25a to learn more.

 

 

 

 

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Mastodon’s link previews are causing downtime for web servers without properly configured caching, locking down DNS inside Windows networks, why using write-once backup media is a bad idea, and increasing the performance of a Microsoft SQL Server with SSDs and ZFS.

 

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Mastodon delays firm fix to solve link preview DDoS

Mastodon Is DDoSing Me 

Microsoft plans to lock down Windows DNS like never before

 

 

Free Consulting

We were asked about write-once backup media, and increasing the performance of a Microsoft SQL Server with SSDs and ZFS.

 

 

 

 

 

Tailscale

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How a smart TV broke a Windows machine on the same network by pretending to be hundreds of different TVs, Jim’s alarming theory about AI malware, and encrypting offsite backups.

 

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Is your PC having trouble? Your smart TV might be to blame

 

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We were asked about encrypting offsite backups.

 

 

 

 

 

Tailscale

Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/25a and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.

 

Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps.  It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/25a to learn more.