Please use open source systems whenever possible so you can review the source code.

[mikebabcock@floss.social]

Please use open source systems whenever possible so you can review the source code. Encourage vendors you work with to stop keeping their software hidden so it can be audited.

Slovakia discovers Russian backdoors in 279 new traffic cameras — SMS-triggered shell access and passwordless live feeds found in EU-funded rollout | Tom's Hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/slovakia-discovers-russian-backdoors-in-279-new-traffic-cameras-national-security-service-deactivates-offending-units

For those who can read the original:
https://www.sk-cert.sk/sk/varovanie-pred-rizikami-cestnych-meradiel/index.html

#hacking #cybersecurity #surveillance

[jesterchen@social.tchncs.de]

@mikebabcock And always think of this before buying a modern car.

I can't tell you how much I want an EV, but not as long as there is no physical separation between driving systems and infotainment, and the driving system mustn't be connected to the internet, ever. The entertainment should be my choice to connect or not.

[mikebabcock@floss.social]

@jesterchen some of that is valid and some of it isn't (as an EV owner), because most of that applies to every car and has nothing to do with EVs. People think EVs are more electronic but they're not. Your average ICE car is just as electronically controlled. EVs just don't burn gas.

[paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange]

@mikebabcock

yeah... "security through obscurity" never stays secure or obscure for very long.

[nobrainnopain@social.tchncs.de]

@mikebabcock and how do you think the Missad got access to the Iranian traffic cameras?

[elfin@mstdn.social]

@mikebabcock Well, at least someone checked in this case.

[adrianmorales@ieji.de]

@mikebabcock But how do I do that ?! How do I tell my boss to install Linux on all the office machines instead of Windows ?! How do I tell government officials not to use public money to acquire cheap full of viruses and backdoors ?!

[mikebabcock@floss.social]

@adrianmorales you just do. Write to your local counsellors and tell them the advantages of switching to open source and point out the perils of the systems they're already using. Go to council meetings if you can. Tell your boss your concerns around the IT infrastructure you can't modify and the advantages of going with more open solutions in the future.
#IT #sysadmin #computing

[gurre@mastodon.nu]

@mikebabcock @jesterchen
100% this.
It ain't about EV or ICE.
But also, were it up to me, the standard car would be 1990s sized, EV, and have no infotainment built in. No touchscreens. All physical knobs and dials.
All perfectly possible if the car industry was properly regulated.