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Fortinet discloses second firewall auth bypass

February 14, 2025

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Tech News TL;DR

This week’s IT and tech news in 5-minutes-ish or less

Cyber-Security

BadPilot network hacking campaign fuels Russian SandWorm attacks.

DPRK hackers dupe targets into typing PowerShell commands as admin.

Google fixes a flaw that could unmask YouTube users' email addresses.

Fortinet discloses a second firewall auth bypass patched in January.

SonicWall firewall exploit lets hackers hijack VPN sessions; patch now.

US indicts 8Base ransomware operators for Phobos encryption attacks.

Apple fixes zero-day exploited in 'extremely sophisticated' attacks.

Over 12,000 KerioControl firewalls were exposed to exploited RCE flaws.

Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk will withdraw the bid for OpenAI’s nonprofit if its board agrees to terms.

Reddit hints at expanded AI-powered search.

OpenAI pledges that its models won’t censor viewpoints.

OpenAI’s secret weapon against Nvidia dependence takes shape.

DeepSeek iOS app sends data unencrypted to ByteDance-controlled servers.

Google Chrome may soon use “AI” to replace compromised passwords.

Sam Altman: OpenAI is not for sale, even for Elon Musk’s $97 billion offer.

US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit.

Misc

Ignorance is bliss when you’re drowning in information.

T-Mobile goes live with a beta of satellite phone service for the US.

LibreOffice is still kicking at 40, now with browser tricks and real-time collab.

Apple now lets you move purchases between your 25 years of accounts.

A handful of users claim new Nvidia GPUs are melting power cables again.

Devel A handful of users claim new Nvidia GPUs are melting power cables again. Opera creates an endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction.

AMD promises “mainstream” 4K gaming with next-gen GPUs as current-gen GPU sales tank.

Many Americans still don’t understand how easily IoT devices can get bricked.

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Today, I was trying to fix this client's RDP server. They refused to get a proper Windows Server 2016 product key, which broke the server when it expired.

Is anyone else losing their passion for IT in general?

Rant of the day: (anonymous since I still don't know if my coworkers are here; I haven't checked yet, and I probably should)

Our company just informed us IT folks that the IT staff will be transitioning to Win11 at the end of March.

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Why did my mother board not work

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