Human Folly about “malware”

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Watch that Windows update FTDI drivers are killing fake chips (hackaday.com):
the original #FTDI #malware #security problem
on 02024-10-15
Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft here is how to disable that (neowin.net):
report of #Microsoft making #Edge into #malware that sends them every image you view so they can substitute a falsified “superresolution” version
on 02023-06-12
Item (news.ycombinator.com):
discussion of #Microsoft installing #malware with #Edge
on 02023-06-12
Your computer isnt yours (sneak.berlin):
on #Apple #malware in the new Big Sur release for Apple Silicon: “On modern versions of macOS, you simply can’t power on your computer, launch a text editor or eBook reader, and write or read, without a log of your activity being transmitted and stored.”
on 02020-11-18
How the coffeemachine took down a factories (reddit.com):
#Malware on a coffee machine disabled a chemical plant control room. #security
on 02017-08-06
Xinjiang China police set checkpoints ensure government mandated Jingwang spyware installed (privateinternetaccess.com):
#China mandates installation of #censorship #malware "Jingwang" on everyone’s #cellphone in #Xinjiang using police checkpoints. #human-rights
on 02017-08-06
Why the silencing of KrebsOnSecurity opens a troubling chapter for the net (arstechnica.com):
today’s KrebsOnSecurity #DoS #censorship via #IoT #malware overwhelmed #Akamai with 620 Gbps. #security
on 02016-09-24
FTDI drivers break fake chips again (hackaday.com):
#FTDI pushed #malware drivers again. #security
on 02016-05-06
Gionta acsac14 (enck.org):
A #paper about exploiting #virtualization to do “off-host” memory-scanning of guest VM memory for #malware. #censorship
on 02015-08-12