Malware Attack Hijacks 25,000 Linux/UNIX Servers; Top GitHub Dev Quits Citing Harassment

Can an Old Programmer Learn New Tricks? | The Death of Flash and the Rise of OpenFL To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Malware Attack Hijacks 25,000 Linux/UNIX Servers Top GitHub Dev Quits Citing Harassment Can an Old Programmer Learn New Tricks? The Death of Flash and the Rise of OpenFL Pirate Bay Delivers on Promised 'Veronica Mars' Digital Download Hot Comment: "OMG measles is like a 1700's pirate disease. Nobody..." From the Vault: U.S. Contemplating 'Vehicle Miles Traveled' Tax Watch It: TrustyCon: The 'Rebel' Security Conference Poll Booth: What day of the week is your most productive? Sponsored Resource: Four Myths of Cloud Backup Malware Attack Hijacks 25,000 Linux/UNIX Servers Security researchers from ESET have uncovered a widespread attack campaign that has infected more than 25,000 Linux and UNIX servers around the world. Victimized systems are leveraged to steal credentials, redirected web traffic to malicious sites and send as many as 35 million spam messages a day. Sound Off>> Top GitHub Dev Quits Citing Harassment Describing a culture of sexism and intimidation, prominent engineer Julie Ann Horvath has left GitHub. Several media outlets say the situation has sparked yet another conversation concerning women in technology and startups. Sound Off>> Can an Old Programmer Learn New Tricks? An anonymous reader, who has been programming for the last 18 years, never learned to use a framework or write modular, DRY code and now can't seem to grasp the concepts and utilize them in a practical manner asks: "Am I just too old and too set in my ways to learn something new?" Sound Off>> The Death of Flash and the Rise of OpenFL lars_doucet writes "I am a 15-year Flash veteran and nobody hates to say this more than me: Flash is dying, and the killer is Adobe. Where to now? ... I'm putting my bets on OpenFL, a Haxe-based, fully open-source implementation of the Flash API that might just please both Flash refugees and longtime Flash haters alike." Sound Off>> Pirate Bay Delivers on Promised 'Veronica Mars' Digital Download Warner Bros. promised backers who contributed $35+ to the Veronica Mars Kickstarter campaign "a digital version of the movie within a few days of the movie's theatrical debut." But instead of providing a DRM-free download, the studio is returning original pledges to backers who complain about the format they received. Meanwhile, the download is already available on the Pirate Bay and commercial stores. Sound Off>>  Re:Dumb logic "OMG measles is like a 1700's pirate disease. Nobody catches it anymore. That's ridiculous. The government is just injecting nano-bots into your bloodstream to spy on you and make you eat fatty foods so you die before they can pay you social security and...*cough*...*dies from measles*" -- by slashmydots Read More>>    U.S. Contemplating 'Vehicle Miles Traveled' Tax Three years ago, the Congressional Budget Office released a report saying that taxing people based on how many miles they drive is a possible option for raising new revenue, and that these taxes could be used to offset the costs of highway maintenance. The proposed tax would be enforced through the use of electronic metering devices installed on all vehicles. Read More>> TrustyCon: The 'Rebel' Security Conference When news broke about RSA's reputed $10 million contract with the National Security Agency to make sure the company's encryption software had back doors the NSA could use to spy on people and companies, the backlash was swift. A number of IT security luminaries decided not to speak at this year's RSA conference. And so, TrustyCon -- the Trustworthy Technology Conference -- was born and was held a block away from the RSA gathering. Timothy Lord was able get into the sold-out TrustyCon and spoke to several people there.  Watch the Video>>   What day of the week is your most productive? Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Tomorrow Cast Your Vote>>    Four Myths of Cloud Backup Many popular myths surround cloud backup and recovery including these four: It's impossible to maintain data privacy in the cloud. It's impossible to control access to data in the cloud. The cloud and compliance don't mix. Cloud backup doesn't provide fast data recovery. Learn the truth and find out why the cloud remains not only a viable option for backup but also the best one. Read More>>     Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.