Language, Thought and Reality
Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf
The pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf (1897–1941) grasped the relationship between human language and human thinking: how language can shape our innermost thoughts. His basic thesis is that our perception of the world and our ways of thinking about it are deeply influenced by the structure of the languages we speak.
@appassionato@bookstodon@linguistics Well, that's a bit too much of hype, because there is very little evidence that Whorf's basic thesis is relevant in the real world. The only artefact I am aware of is a study on colour perception that is different for speakers of languages like Russian that have two words for #blue (denoting #azure and #indigo as basic colours).
"This sounds very much like an acknowledgment that stashing one's data in the Cloud for Sovereignty will not exempt it from prying eyes, although Microsoft insisted: 'The access is typically required in response to customer support requests. In such situations, Microsoft engineers can be granted temporary access with valid business justification'."
Getting into working with #docker and #azure is proving painful thus far. I feel like almost zero of my prior experience is transferable. My time spent managing #linux and #windows servers in the past yields zero benefit. Sure, the Azure CLI is sane enough, because I know how to use the terminal.
Getting an overview of the Azure resources I need is horrible though. I need some 15 different services to get a simple multi-container app with storage and DB to run, and configuration is paaaaain 😣
The article was published September 29, 2023 (9 days ago).
The guide provides every option available, too. Starting with using their Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), to using a Virtual Machine, and even on "Bare Metal" alongside Windows.
That's right, Microsoft now tells you how to dual-boot Linux. 🤯
@Linux_Is_Best - This looks promising, barring a hidden EEE strategy, but there's an interesting bit of information missing. Given MS' trend toward subscriptions and #Azure, anyone wishing to use a #Linux client to connect using the #PCoIP protocol are constrained to use #Ubuntu. Speculation about the reason for this omission could go in several different directions.
out of curiousity has anyone seen data corruption issues with either Azure DevOps Repos (Git only) or #Databricks' Git provider. Specifically interested in during merge conflicts, where a file was changed and the change isn't reflected in Git history. Boosts appreciated #AzDO#azure#azuredevops#git#github
Nice write-up by Microsoft security researchers about new campaign where attackers attempted to move laterally to a cloud environment through a SQL Server instance.
Attackers are now attempting to move laterally into cloud environments via SQL Server instances—a method previously seen in VMs and Kubernetes clusters but not in SQL Server.
After basically the whole #Microsoft#Azure cloud was hacked (see list of related sources on https://karl-voit.at/cloud/ ), the first follow-up incidents went public caused by missing containment actions:
If you didn't understand until now: basically EVERYTHING at Microsoft got hacked and Microsoft can't (or won't) get rid of the intruders. Everything authenticated by Microsoft is tainted. Even #Windows auth.
Wer 2023 immer noch mit #Microsoft in seinem Unternehmen plant, dem sei gesagt: Der Maschinenraum dieser »Titanic« ist bereits voll Wasser gelaufen. Die Datenschützer & Sicherheitsexperten haben schon unzählige Male oben im Tanzsaal Alarm geschlagen. Aber dort wird noch Champagner getrunken, die Kapelle spielt irgendwas. Die hören nicht, dass das Ganze untergeht. 🌊
@kuketzblog Es gibt immernoch sauviele #IT'lerinnen und vorallem [nicht-technische] #Entscheiderinnen die naiv glauben, dass ein #MicrosoftVerbot nicht kommen wird "weil das ja alle nutzen"...
📨 Latest issue of my curated #cybersecurity and #infosec list of resources for week #38/2023 is out! It includes the following and much more:
➝ 🔓 ❌ TransUnion Denies #Breach After Hacker Publishes Allegedly Stolen Data
➝ 🔓 ⚖️ Hackers breached International Criminal Court’s systems last week
➝ 🔓 🤖 #Microsoft#AI researchers accidentally exposed terabytes of internal sensitive data
➝ 🦠 💸 #BlackCat#ransomware hits #Azure Storage with #Sphynx encryptor
➝ 🇮🇷 🇮🇱 Iranian Nation-State Actor OilRig Targets Israeli Organizations
➝ 🇮🇳 #India's biggest tech centers named as #cybercrime hotspots
➝ 🇫🇮 💊 Finnish Authorities Dismantle Notorious #PIILOPUOTI Dark Web Drug Marketplace
➝ 🇨🇦 🇷🇺 Canadian Government Targeted With #DDoS Attacks by Pro-#Russia Group
➝ 🇨🇳 🇺🇸 #China Accuses U.S. of Decade-Long #Cyberespionage Campaign Against #Huawei Servers
➝ 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 China's Malicious Cyber Activity Informing War Preparations, #Pentagon Says
➝ 🇨🇳 🦠 New #SprySOCKS Linux #malware used in cyber espionage attacks
➝ 🇬🇧 🔐 UK Minister Warns #Meta Over End-to-End Encryption
➝ 🇺🇸 🇷🇺 One of the #FBI’s most wanted hackers is trolling the U.S. government
➝ 🦠 🥸 Fake #WinRAR proof-of-concept exploit drops #VenomRAT malware
➝ 🦠 📈 #P2PInfect botnet activity surges 600x with stealthier malware variants
➝ 🦠 📡 Hackers backdoor #telecom providers with new HTTPSnoop malware
➝ 🦠 🐝 #Bumblebee malware returns in new attacks abusing #WebDAV folders
➝ 🔐 #GitHub launches #passkey support into general availability
➝ ☑️ 🐧 Free Download Manager releases script to check for #Linux malware
➝ 💬 🔐 #Signal adds quantum-resistant encryption to its #E2EE messaging protocol
➝ 🍏 🔐 #iOS 17 includes these new security and #privacy features
➝ 🩹 High-Severity Flaws Uncovered in #Atlassian Products and ISC BIND Server
➝ 🩹 😡 Incomplete disclosures by #Apple and #Google create “huge blindspot” for 0-day hunters
➝ 🍏 🩹 Apple emergency updates fix 3 new zero-days exploited in attacks
➝ 🩹 #TrendMicro fixes #endpoint protection zero-day used in attacks
➝ 🩹 #Fortinet Patches High-Severity #Vulnerabilities in FortiOS, FortiProxy, FortiWeb Products
➝ 🔓 Nearly 12,000 #Juniper#Firewalls Found Vulnerable to Recently Disclosed RCE Vulnerability
📚 This week's recommended reading is: "Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It" by Marc Goodman
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