Hey all,
Were we being paranoid? It's not unusual for the uneducated masses to
dismiss people who caution against relying on insecure technologies.
Claims of paranoia and even autism are something I've seen occur when
tech savvy users (e.g. FOSS and Linux people) suggest against using
certain products and services for security reasons.
Fast forward to 2020 and things appear to be changing. Due to my tech
interests the Almighty Algorithm sees fit to recommend the occasional
tech story. Is it just me, or is the rash of foreign hacking spreading
into 2021? In the past most major "exploits" were issues identified in
the software itself and would prompt a panic to "patch" the issue with a
software update.
Over the past year I'm seeing a change in the nature of the attacks.
Rather than people reporting holes and closing them, these incidents
seem to revolve around someone gaining direct access to a server and
doing something with that access. Off the top of my head, here's a list
of what I remember.
- SolarWinds attack (affects everyone relying on SolarWinds)
- Twitter employee tricked into giving login credentials to a hacker so
they could impersonate major politicians and CEO's ( LOL )
- Microsoft email server attack ( How many times have we told people
that MS is bad at security?? )
Now I'm seeing reports about some company called "Verkada" that exposed
sensitive video footage to the internet. I've spent the better part of
my life having to deal with people calling me "paranoid" every time I
mention these types of issues and now it's like watching a damn movie
made of all my predictions stitched together.
These software companies keep making pie-in-the-sky promises and people
blindly trusted them. So I'm gonna go make some popcorn and watch it all
crash and burn. Anyone know a good drink to pair with my bag of
microwaved starch?
-Ben
_______________________________________________
PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org
PLUG mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
