... And for an ongoing follow-on:


Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director
wrote:

With little competition at the goverment level, Windows giant has no incentive to make its systems safer

Microsoft has a shocking level of control over IT within the US federal government – so much so that former senior White House cyber policy director AJ Grotto thinks it's fair to call Redmond's recent security failures a national security issue...

... Microsoft had to be "dragged kicking and screaming" to provide [system] logging capabilities to the government by default, and given the fact the mega-corp banked around $20 billion in revenue from security services last year, the concession was minimal at best...

... which allowed spies to gain access to US government emails...

... "The government needs to focus on encouraging and catalyzing competition," Grotto said. He believes it also needs to publicly scrutinize Microsoft and make sure everyone knows when it messes up...

Ain't gonna happen?

Stay safe folks??
Martin

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An ongoing security threat:



Windows vulnerability reported by the NSA exploited to install Russian malware
wrote:

Microsoft didn't disclose the in-the-wild exploits by Kremlin-backed group...

Kremlin-backed hackers have been exploiting a critical Microsoft vulnerability for four years in attacks that targeted a vast array of organizations with a previously undocumented tool, the software maker disclosed Monday.

When Microsoft patched the vulnerability in October 2022—at least two years after it came under attack by the Russian hackers—the company made no mention that it was under active exploitation. As of publication, the company’s advisory still made no mention of the in-the-wild targeting...

Why spoil those 'extra' profits?...

IT is that what we buy...
Martin

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Deadly stuff being foisted upon the world:


See:

Why China Can’t Censor and is Panicking about this EV Disaster



Unfortunately, as well as needlessly risking the lives of people, will all EVs consequently suffer from the bad news?...

All for the sake of unregulated lax incompetence?

Or simple ignorant greed??

Or deliberately corrupt greed?


Stay safe?
Martin

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See new freedom: Mageia Linux
Take a look for yourself: Linux Format
The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3)