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Olly 👾<p>:linux: New Koske Linux Malware hides in cute Panda Images.</p><p>Researchers from IT-Security Company AquaSec analyzed Koske and described it as "a sophhisticated Linux threat." Based on the observed adaptive behavior, the researchers believe that the malware was developed using large language models or automation frameworks.</p><p><a href="https://www.aquasec.com/blog/ai-generated-malware-in-panda-image-hides-persistent-linux-threat/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aquasec.com/blog/ai-generated-</span><span class="invisible">malware-in-panda-image-hides-persistent-linux-threat/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/it" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>it</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Ivi Choc<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shortbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shortbreak</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shorts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shorts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/garbage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>garbage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/litter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>litter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/automating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>automating</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trashcan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trashcan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> </p><p>=D Best procrastination project! <br>(just a hint: what if you simply stop buying so much packaged crap?!)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PL0cR-C2wkg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/PL0cR-C2wkg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Olly 👾<p>PerfektBlue Bluetooth Flaws impact <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Mercedes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mercedes</span></a>, <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Volkswagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Volkswagen</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Skoda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Skoda</span></a> Cars.</p><p>Four vulnerabilities dubbed <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/PerfektBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PerfektBlue</span></a> and affecting the <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/BlueSDK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueSDK</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Bluetooth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluetooth</span></a> stack from <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/OpenSynergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSynergy</span></a>. The company confirmed the flaws last year in June and released patches to customers in September 2024 but many automakers have yet to push the corrective firmware updates….</p><p><a href="https://pcacybersecurity.com/resources/advisory/perfekt-blue" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pcacybersecurity.com/resources</span><span class="invisible">/advisory/perfekt-blue</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>car</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/infotainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infotainment</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>system</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/it" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>it</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Olly 👾<p>:apple: Programming Like It’s 1986, For Fun and Zero Profit.</p><p>Some people slander <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> as an old man’s game, just because most of those involved are more ancient than the hardware they’re playing with. But there are veritable children involved too — take the [ComputerSmith], who is recreating Conway’s game of life on a Macintosh Plus that could very well be as old as his parents.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/P4QYKMXJ108" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/P4QYKMXJ108</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macintosh</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/plus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plus</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Olly 👾<p>[Bubble Bobble] looks impressive on the Atari XL/XE, and it's Out Now!</p><p>The BBC Micro to Atari XL/XE conversion, of the hit game of [Bubble Bobble] is published. A game that has infuriated and thrilled us in equal measure at the Arcades and on our home computers since its original release around the year of 1986 to 1987!</p><p><a href="https://vega.atari.pl/main-page/bubble-bobble/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vega.atari.pl/main-page/bubble</span><span class="invisible">-bobble/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/xl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xl</span></a>/xe <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/bubblebobble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bubblebobble</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/pixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pixel</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Olly 👾<p>[Chip-Based 3D Printer] — in the Size of a Coin.</p><p>A MIT Team have engineered a novel 3D printing design on a single computer chip, officially the world's first chip-based 3D printer. The chip emits beams of light into a well of resin to fabricate designs, and will be iterated on to create a fully volumetric 3D printer on a chip.</p><p><a href="https://news.mit.edu/2024/researchers-demonstrate-first-chip-based-3d-printer-0606" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.mit.edu/2024/researchers-</span><span class="invisible">demonstrate-first-chip-based-3d-printer-0606</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/chip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chip</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/based" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>based</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/3dprinter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinter</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/mit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mit</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
st1nger :unverified: 🏴‍☠️ :linux: :freebsd:<p>A Silicon Valley <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of trade secrets worth hundreds of millions of dollars, including crucial <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>.<br>San Jose-based Chenguang Gong, a 59-year-old dual <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> and American citizen, admitted downloading over 3,600 documents from two electronics manufacturers and storing them on personal storage drives. Some of the documents he downloaded included information on sensors used by aircraft to confuse infrared-seeking missiles. Others describe radiation-hardened cameras that the US placed in orbit to give an early warning of rocket launches and track <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hypersonic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypersonic</span></a> vehicles.<br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/engineer_admits_trade_theft/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/07/22/eng</span><span class="invisible">ineer_admits_trade_theft/</span></a></p>
Olly 👾<p>New Konfety Malware Variant poses as Real Apps to take you to Dangerous Sites and flood your Phone with Spam.</p><p>Researchers have discovered this latest Konfety malware strain, which is neither spyware nor a remote access trojan, can pretend it is a legitimate app by copying both the branding and names of real apps from the Google Play Store.</p><p><a href="https://zimperium.com/blog/konfety-returns-classic-mobile-threat-with-new-evasion-techniques" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zimperium.com/blog/konfety-ret</span><span class="invisible">urns-classic-mobile-threat-with-new-evasion-techniques</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/it" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>it</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“This is the biography of an extraordinary family, an impossible sea and an engineering miracle”</p><p>Bella Bathurst’s THE LIGHTHOUSE STEVENSONS tells the story of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ancestors – four generations who designed &amp; built the great lights around Scotland. They were lifesavers &amp; pioneers, &amp; their lives were as full of drama &amp; adventure as anything RLS wrote.</p><p>Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award 1999</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://bellabathurst.com/books/the-lighthouse-stevensons/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bellabathurst.com/books/the-li</span><span class="invisible">ghthouse-stevensons/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lighthouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lighthouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a></p>

“When the lights come out at sundown along the shores of Scotland, I am proud to think they burn more brightly for the genius of my father.”
—from MEMOIRS OF HIMSELF, Robert Louis Stevenson’s uncompleted (indeed, barely begun) autobiography

Thomas Stevenson (1818–1887), lighthouse engineer & father of Robert Louis Stevenson, was born #OTD, 22 July

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My freelance quote for your software project.

50 - if you tell me what you want, I confirm the requirements, and I build it for you
100 - if I have to pry a description of what you want out of you like pulling a tooth
250 - if I have to build it on a "company laptop" you supply
350 - if I have to regularly video call with you for no particular reason
400 - if I have to use JIRA
450 - if I have to use Github
500 - if I have to use Zoom
750 - if I have to use Teams
1,250 - if you ever want to "watch me work" by sharing my desktop
1,500 - if the project is fixing something your employees built for you
1,800 - if it's fixing something a previous contractor built
2,500 - if it's fixing / completing a project a previous, cheaper freelancer failed to complete
19,500 - if it's fixing something created with "AI"

#AI#LLM#quote

Upgrading an old Espresso Machine.

Recently, [Samuel Leeuwenburg] got his paws on a 90’s espresso machine. The second-hand machine still looked pretty good, but its performance was pretty abysmal. After popping the machine open the boiler turned out to be pretty much full of scale. Rather than just cleaning it, the boiler was upgraded to a brass version for better heat retention and other perks.

samsam.dev/modding-my-espresso

I'm a software engineer. I do not have a high opinion of the snake-oil "AI" that my industry is using to pursue self-immolation.

However, I will have more f*cks to give about "vibe coding" *after* we solve the problem of vibe voting, which appears to be at the root of the world's USA Problem.

#software#engineer#AI

🕹️[C64 Game Maker]

Over the last decades I have seen many retro game engine updates, from the C64 with SEUCK, to a constant array of updates for the Amiga with either Backbone, Redpill or the Scorpion Engine. Now, we become a new game engine for the Commodore 64 called [C64 Game Maker] by [AGPX]. “A tool that allows you to generate C++ source code for simple video games.”

agpx.itch.io/c64-game-maker

#c64#game#maker