Intel patches remote code-execution bug that lurked in chips for 10 years | Ars Technica

Flaw in remote management feature gives attackers a way to breach networks.

Source: Intel patches remote code-execution bug that lurked in chips for 10 years | Ars Technica

Do you want to play a game? Ransomware asks for high score instead of money | Ars Technica

A new randomware was doing the rounds, but rather than paying to unlock, it’s asking for a high score in a bullet-hell (think Touhou Project) game. The game is fun anyway, but would you be willing to play it to get your files? High stakes :)

 

Creator apologizes for a “joke” that really requires expert play to unlock files.

Source: Do you want to play a game? Ransomware asks for high score instead of money | Ars Technica

Craving Vacation – Dilbert Comic Strip on 2017-03-15 | Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tine: I hear you have some vacation days coming. Planning anything big? Dilbert: I plan to catch up on all the work I couldn’t get done here because people keep interrupting me. Tina: That’s a sad vacation. Dilbert: Then why am I craving it right now?

Source: Craving Vacation – Dilbert Comic Strip on 2017-03-15 | Dilbert by Scott Adams

FINAL FANTASY 30TH ANNIVERSARY – Timeless Legacy Trailer – YouTube

Has it really been 30 years since Final Fantasy first graces our TV screens? Wow. And all these different versions — not including spin-offs (X-2 , XIII-2, Mystic Quest, and Lightning Returns) and expansions (FFXIV’s Heavensward and upcoming Stormblood, for example) are not included. But the franchise has been going for 3 decades and doesn’t look like it’s stopping any time soon :)

Pets are Family

Next time you or someone else think that pets are family, look at these. Sometimes, pets are more in tune than other humans.

In fact, pets can easily save people’s lives. It might have been too late for Kylie, but not for Eric.

Updating from Cyanogenmod to LineageOS (Samsung S5 – klte)

I have created a guide to update from Cyanogenmod to LineageOS — created as part of my attempt to update my S5.

https://blenderfox.com/updating-from-cyanogenmod-to-lineageos-samsung-s5-klte/

TFL’s French WiFi

So, Transport for London appears to be routing WiFi traffic out to *France* on some underground stations.
 
I was passing through Marble Arch the other day and Swarm was picking me up as about 8K from L’Arc de Triomphe in France
 
and Bond Street showed me as in the neighbourhood of Sevres (11K from L’Arc de Triomphe)
 
Since I was underground, the only method of geolocation was the WiFi endpoint, meaning the traffic was going through to France. But *why* ?