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  Pitney Bowes hit by crypto
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  @DimS said in Pitney Bowes hit by crypto: Well, if the backups were stored off-site, a single days worth of data could have been the only loss there, which is the exact schedule they should be made for a service provider of their scale. Hell yeah, this is a major company with gobs of customer data.
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  Miscellaneous Tech News
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  AT&T charged customers for a corporate tax that it doesn’t have to pay Portland tax exempts utilities like AT&T—but carrier added it to customer bills. AT&T charged customers in Portland, Oregon for a corporate tax that AT&T doesn't actually have to pay. AT&T has agreed to provide refunds to customers who were wrongly charged the tax over the past few months, but it's facing a lawsuit that seeks additional payments of at least $200 to each of those customers. AT&T's mistake relates to Portland's new Clean Energy Surcharge, a 1% tax on retail sales in the city. AT&T has been passing this tax along to its mobile customers, even though the city law exempts utilities such as AT&T from the tax. "The city only recently notified us that we are exempt from the tax," AT&T said a statement Friday, according to The Oregonian. "We will be issuing refunds to our customers."
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  Why big ISPs aren’t happy about Google’s plans for encrypted DNS
  google dns isp fcc dns over https • • scottalanmiller  

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  @Obsolesce said in Why big ISPs aren’t happy about Google’s plans for encrypted DNS: That all said, even though I don't care, I'd still prefer the ISP is totally out of the loop and am for encrypted DNS. Glad to see you come back with this. The old adage, if ya got nothing to hide/done nothing wrong, then what do you have to worry about, Sadly, this is so not true.
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  Google Pixel Phone
  google android smartphone pixel phone • • nadnerB  

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  @iinterval said in Google Pixel Phone: Android phone is Market leader no anyone to compete them Google try to make different type specs but I think that not compete Giving you the benefit of the doubt, but that is gibberish, has nothing to do with this thread, and you posted a spam link. Any more posts like that and your account will be removed without further warning. If you have something to contribute or ask, do so without promotional links please.
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  Office 365 Pro Plus on Windows 7
  windows 10 office 365 licensing windows 7 ms office microsoft licensing • • scottalanmiller  

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  I won't have any Win 7 systems by that time. At least that is the goal. I was thinking it was Jan 20, 2020. Guess I just confabulated that based on the year being 2020. Still have about 40 systems to issue to replace them.
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  Wazo to sponsor Astricon 2019
  asterisk wazo astricon • • JaredBusch  

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  @quintana said in Wazo to sponsor Astricon 2019: @JaredBusch I have a small demo for creating your own call control with our API. Find the source code here, it's in python, but i only use the rest api an websocket in the platform https://github.com/sboily/wazo-demo-programmable. I'm using the application API. http://www.wazo-platform.org/documentation/api/application.html#tag/applications Will look into it later this week. thanks.
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  Itarian/Comodo One No Longer Free
  comodo comodo one itarian comodo endpoint manager itarian endpoint manager • • dbeato  

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  @notverypunny said in Itarian/Comodo One No Longer Free: We've been using it for remote patching. Looking at the paid options for PDQ and the licensed versions of Chocolatey as potential replacements. Been using PDQ Deploy with PDQ Inventory. I have been using PDQ Deploy for several years now (a couple on free and a few on Enterprise) and it saves me so much time. I have over 100 custom packages now.
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  What problems can you solve on a quantum annealer?
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  Shrug I keep reading the headline as a quantum anteater.....
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  AMD Ryzen Pro 3000 series desktop CPUs will offer full RAM encryption
  ars technica amd cpu processor ryzen amd ryzen pro amd ryzen pro 3000 ram encryption • • scottalanmiller  

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  Cisco Security Vulnerability Thread.
  security cisco • • travisdh1  

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  https://www.zdnet.com/article/cisco-warning-these-routers-running-ios-have-9-910-severity-security-flaw/
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  StarWind Free Webinar: Built-in Disaster Recovery Options in vSphere & Hyper-V
  microsoft vmware hyper-v azure vsphere • • Oksana  

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  Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment
  security lenovo • • scottalanmiller  

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  @Dashrender said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment: @brandon220 said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment: I had to laugh about it. Last year I got dinged for not blocking github and the similar sites. This time they tell me I can go on github and get a piece of software that will compare my firewall config and detect any changes. The logic makes ZERO sense. audiors are allowed to make up any damned rules they want. it's just nutz. But companies are alllowed to hire any auditors that they want.
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  Vultr just released Object Storage
  vultr object storage • • fuznutz04  

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  Been using Wasabi for several months now. Was using AWS S3 for several years prior. Haven't had any issue with Wasabi. Using the same tools, as it is S3 compatible.
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  Apple locking down iPhone batteries
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  @Alex-Jones said in Apple locking down iPhone batteries: Someone has an anger fox problem...
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  Wide ransomware virus infection sourced from 3rd party IT's remote agents.
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  @JaredBusch said in Wide ransomware virus infection sourced from 3rd party IT's remote agents.: @Fredtx said in Wide ransomware virus infection sourced from 3rd party IT's remote agents.: @scottalanmiller said in Wide ransomware virus infection sourced from 3rd party IT's remote agents.: @Fredtx said in Wide ransomware virus infection sourced from 3rd party IT's remote agents.: @scottalanmiller said in Wide ransomware virus infection sourced from 3rd party IT's remote agents.: @Fredtx said in Wide ransomware virus infection sourced from 3rd party IT's remote agents.: @scottalanmiller said in Wide ransomware virus infection sourced from 3rd party IT's remote agents.: @Fredtx how did it get determined that it was their agents that did it and not just a coincidence or something? We received several support calls from the whole Oregon area and that was one of the common denominators for all the computers that were infected with that variant. I for one hand did not work with the customer, but that's what our techs saw and found. Tbh, I'm trying to understand how that could happen when most of the ransomware cases involves a self executable file. So many different MSPs, but they all shared one tool? It was only one MSP (PM Consultants) who’s agent spread the infection to their own customers. Their customers called our support desperate for help. What agent was it? Knowing which program was compromised is a big deal, those agents are hosted by the vendor 99% of the time. I was told it was Connect Wise. Old and Unpatched, or weak passwords then. Likely. Attach probably came through an MSP workstation.
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  XCP-ng 8.0 is available
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  @bnrstnr said in XCP-ng 8.0 is available: The xe-guest-utilities package in Fedora, CentOS, RHEL official repo isn't enabled by default. If you update and lose PV, just run systemctl enable --now xe-linux-distribution Will do.
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  Well this is bad... VPN vulnerability release
  • IRJ  

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  @IRJ said in Well this is bad... VPN vulnerability release: This really seems like a backdoor was found http://blog.orange.tw/2019/07/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-1-preauth-rce-on-palo-alto.html And this is an oh got me moment Sounds that way, yeah.
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  StarWind Free Webinar: Containers pros and cons 101
  windows virtualization • • Oksana  

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  Sonicwall Management Vulnerability
  patching management vulnerability sonicwall patch • • dbeato  

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  Lenovo EMC Nas security vulnerability.
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  16TB spinning rust is here
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  @Dashrender said in 16TB spinning rust is here: Many systems today can use JBOD, the system itself takes care of any reliability needs. Exchange added that back in 2013. Everything uses JBOD at some level.
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  “Wow, that’s a new HCI industry high score”
  starwind hyperconvergence intel hci supermicro performance iops hyperconverged infrastructure mellanox • • Oksana  

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  Microsoft alternative - open source project?
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  @DustinB3403 said in Microsoft alternative - open source project?: This is the part that CERN's team is pissed about. TL:DR CERN's contract with Microsoft as an Academic institution pricing was revoked, and priced jacked way the hell up. A prime example is that CERN has enjoyed special conditions for the use of Microsoft products for the last 20 years, by virtue of its status as an “academic institution”. However, recently, the company has decided to revoke CERN’s academic status, a measure that took effect at the end of the previous contract in March 2019, replaced by a new contract based on user numbers, increasing the license costs by more than a factor of ten. Although CERN has negotiated a ramp-up profile over ten years to give the necessary time to adapt, such costs are not sustainable.However, recently, the company has decided to revoke CERN’s academic status, a measure that took effect at the end of the previous contract in March 2019, replaced by a new contract based on user numbers, increasing the license costs by more than a factor of ten. Anticipating this situation, the IT department created the Microsoft Alternatives project, MAlt, a year ago. Yep.
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  Wave to be acquired by H&R Block for $537 million
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  @travisdh1 said in Wave to be acquired by H&R Block for $537 million: The only evenly slight bright side to this: At least it's not Intuit. Or M$
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  Hillary Rodham Clinton - Security Specialist
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  The title of this thread made me chuckle, so thanks for that
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  Apple's New Mac Pro Arrives at $5,999 & iTunes retired.
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  I actually like the case on a mac for once! Still doesnt justify $6k lol
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  SAMIT on Huawei vs Google
  youtube google android samit huawei • • scottalanmiller  

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  @hobbit666 said in SAMIT on Huawei vs Google: One thing I don't get yet is my have Xiaomi, Umidigi and other manufactures from that side of the world not been effect by all this stuff with the US? My thoughts would be if the government have been asking Huawei to but spying/data harvesting stuff in gear wouldn't they be asking all manufacturers? If they go after "all" it would over expose the falseness of the whole thing.
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  CVE-2018-15664
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  It's already patched. These things happen. While I'm a huge believe that Docker-like containerization has little proper use in production (see conversation on NodeBB's forums), this isn't a Docker problem. It's just a mistake that can happen when using containerization. Yes, Docker is more risky by being the brand new, shiny product rather than one with decades of testing and auditing. But it's minor as it was identified and patched very quickly.