2.5 Admins is a podcast featuring two sysadmins called Allan Jude and Jim Salter, and a producer/editor who can just about configure a Samba share called Joe Ressington. Every two weeks we get together, talk about recent tech news, and answer some of your admin-related questions.
2.5 Admins 143: Even Stars Die
Adobe’s vague threats show why open source is often the pragmatic choice, Russians craft a poor man’s ransomware with WinRAR, Chrome drops the padlock icon, Amazon pulls a Google, and using a keyfile with a password manager.
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Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop
Russian hackers use WinRAR to wipe Ukraine state agency’s data
Google Chrome to get rid of padlock icon
Our decision to wind down Amazon Halo
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