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Living Room / Google Removed Over 1.7K Joker Malware Infected Apps from Play Store

« Last post by wraith808 on January 10, 2020, 12:23 PM »

Google Removed Over 1.7K Joker Malware Infected Apps from Play Store

Roughly 1,700 applications infected with the Joker Android malware (also known as Bread) have been detected and removed by Google's Play Protect from the Play Store since the company started tracking it in early 2017.

At least one series of such malicious apps did manage to get into the Play Store as discovered by CSIS Security Group security researchers who found 24 apps with over 472,000 downloads in total during September 2019.

"Sheer volume appears to be the preferred approach for Bread developers," says Google. "At different times, we have seen three or more active variants using different approaches or targeting different carriers. [..] At peak times of activity, we have seen up to 23 different apps from this family submitted to Play in one day."

More at Bleeping Computer.

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: Systemus

« Last post by wraith808 on January 10, 2020, 12:05 PM »

Or I could just leave it and folks will just have to trust me.

-BGM (January 09, 2020, 04:20 PM)

For the record, I gave up caring about false positives in my own software years ago.  If my own software body of work or reputation isn't enough to convince somebody to use my software, I'm perfectly fine with said person not using it.  IMO, it's not worth wasting the cycles on.

-skwire (January 09, 2020, 06:05 PM)

Quoted for Truth.  When I started getting FP in tools that I created for myself, I realized that the AV tools had lost their way.  (Actually before then... but that just sealed it).

I have a piece of diagnostic software that downloads a file, then runs an xslt transformation on it- pretty bog standard stuff.  Got flagged as a trojan.   

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Living Room / Re: Legally Buy & Download Music Easily - Is it even possible any more?

« Last post by wraith808 on January 09, 2020, 09:55 PM »

Bandcamp and Beatport are my two places.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Mark/Highlight Many Different Rows in Text File

« Last post by wraith808 on January 03, 2020, 08:44 PM »

Do you know in advance the names that you want to delete?  Or are you going through the rows anyway to find them.  Just wondering the use case, as if you already have to page through to select, you can delete a word/line pretty easily in many editors.

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Living Room / Re: Happy New Year 2020 -- Soon!

« Last post by wraith808 on January 01, 2020, 01:54 PM »

Saying hello to the Roaring '20s once again!

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / N.A.N.Y. 2020 Release: Mass JSON Editor

« Last post by wraith808 on January 01, 2020, 01:48 PM »

NANY 2020 Entry Information

Application Name	Mass JSON Editor
Version	1.0.0
Short Description	A follow on to last year's NANY project Mass JSON Viewer, I've updated it and added the ability to edit.
Web Page	in progress
Download Link	https://my.pcloud.co...HrpTgNH3tapGe0smPxW7

Description
A follow on to last year's NANY project Mass JSON Viewer, I've updated it and added the ability to edit. Well, it's more like an overhaul, using some techniques and controls as a starting point for the features.  I haven't had as much time as usual, so there's still features that I can add, though the ones that are there are the ones that I needed to begin with, i.e. the ability to see what Newtonsoft did with the JSON, and cut and paste nodes and replace them.  I wanted to add the ability to edit in place, but that one fell by the wayside in the interest of getting it completed for what it was needed.

Features

Select a folder, and the application will iterate the folder, showing the json files contained within.  You can add objects, add arrays, remove any node, and copy and paste the nodes elsewhere - even replacing them.  ou can also edit the values in the area to the side where the type is shown. You can also save the changed file- overwriting your original file, or as a different file.

Screenshots



Installation

Just copy it where you want and run it!

Uninstallation
Just delete the folder.  It creates nothing anywhere else.

Other Notes

It's not very user friendly- if you switch to a different file before saving your changes, it will not warn you.  There is no undo.  It is slower than I'd like, so after you open a folder, there is a bit of a wait for very large JSON files.  I unfortunately haven't found anything with a similar featureset.

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Official Announcements / Re: Upgrading forum Dec 28, 2019

« Last post by wraith808 on December 29, 2019, 12:37 PM »

We definitely appreciate all of the work that you do!

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 ideas

« Last post by wraith808 on December 26, 2019, 11:14 AM »

App for gratitude journaling that without saving sends the written entry to print.

-dmytron (December 26, 2019, 05:41 AM)

Go into this one a bit more...

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to fix "NTLDR is missing" error in Windows 10?

« Last post by wraith808 on December 23, 2019, 01:53 PM »

Unfortunately, the only thing I've seen in Windows 10 if you get NTLDR is to start a clean install.  Not sure if there's another solution... can you get to the repair using a repair disk?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Top 3 programs you use

« Last post by wraith808 on December 21, 2019, 11:08 PM »

Visual Studio
Sublime Text
Visual Studio Code

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General Software Discussion / Phishing Attack Hijacks Office 365 Accounts Using OAuth Apps

« Last post by wraith808 on December 10, 2019, 11:47 AM »

from https://www.bleeping...ts-using-oauth-apps/

A phishing campaign has been discovered that doesn't target a recipient's username and password, but rather uses the novel approach of gaining access to a recipient's Office 365 account and its data through the Microsoft OAuth API.

Almost all Microsoft Office 365 phishing attacks that we see are designed to steal a user's login name and password by impersonating a Microsoft login landing page.

In a phishing campaign discovered by threat intelligence and mitigation firm PhishLabs, attackers are no longer targeting a user's login credentials, but are now using Microsoft Office 365 OAuth apps to hijack a recipient's account.

"This attack method is unique in that it's effectively malware targeting a victim's Office 365 account.  It's highly persistent, will completely bypass most traditional defensive measures, and is difficult to detect and remove unless you know what you're looking for.  It's really quite clever, and extremely dangerous," PhishLabs' Michael Tyler told BleepingComputer in conversations.

More at link.

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General Software Discussion / And another Google Service is biting the dust...

« Last post by wraith808 on November 22, 2019, 04:42 PM »

From: https://arstechnica....-google-cloud-print/

Google is killing Google Cloud Print
After a decade of making printing easy, Google just isn't interested anymore.

Cloud Print is—well, was—pretty cool. Printers are some of the dumbest, most archaic "tech" devices on Earth, but Cloud Print was the missing link, allowing your dumb printer to work with more modern devices. You could print from Chrome and Chrome OS, or print from a phone, or even print remotely over the Internet. The idea was that the Cloud Print server was built into every copy of the Chrome browser, and your printer probably connected to a computer running Chrome at some point, either over a local network or USB cable. Once your printer hit a computer running Chrome and you registered it to your Google account, Google took care of the rest. The printer was accessible from pretty much anywhere via your Google account, as long as the local computer was turned on. Chrome OS and Chrome on the desktop would automatically list Cloud Print printers alongside your local ones. Android supported cloud print throughout the operating system, and on iOS, Cloud Print was built into Gmail, Chrome, and the whole Google Docs suite.


Cloud Print was a huge success, as far as printing services go, and it even ended up being built-in to traditional printers. Google has a list of hundreds of cloud-ready printer models that connect directly to Google's service, no intermediate computer needed. So much for that.

More at link.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Stadia Google

« Last post by wraith808 on November 21, 2019, 02:22 PM »

Who could have predicted this outcome? 

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Living Room / Re: Migrating from Ymail to Gmail

« Last post by wraith808 on November 16, 2019, 12:25 PM »

GMail has a feature to automatically forward messages being received at GMail to a different mail account. I make use of that feature. You should check if Yahoo has a similar feature. If it does (and chances are high, because it is a basic feature that almost all mail server software have built in), that would solve your problem of people stubbornly sending mails to your Yahoo mail account.

-Shades (November 15, 2019, 11:57 PM)

This is what I did to migrate from one GMail account to another, and it worked like aces.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on November 14, 2019, 11:22 PM »

Couldn't bound files be used that way?

-Dormouse (November 14, 2019, 06:16 PM)

We'll see.  I'm going to try it out and see if I like it.  It really depends on how well it works with git.  I've changed the location of the files to my git repo, so I have the database and the individual files in the same repo.  I'll see how it works out.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on November 14, 2019, 04:16 PM »

WM2 has a toggle that you can switch to using a repository.  But it's not inbuilt into the way that it handles files by default in WM2 as it is in WM3.  I never used that feature, nor was it forced on me.

-wraith808 (November 13, 2019, 05:24 PM)

The vast majority of even the most textish programs for writers work with a database. Keeps easy access to fragments, versions, chapters and scenes, characters, research etc. Even MS Word has effectively switched to that with 365 or OneDrive. For those that store separate files, it is generally easier to think of those as backups.

The WM developer seems to have developed WM to support his own writing & says he has done all his writing in WM3 for years. There were programming reasons for the switch to WM3, but I suspect that the change to database + bound files was because it worked much better for him as a writer. I'd concur. It makes it much more attractive to me for substantial use.

-Dormouse (November 14, 2019, 06:43 AM)

While that might be true, in totally changing it so that you can't just work with unbound text files, he's forcing the users into his workflow though.  Which is, in the end totally fine- there are several others who do the same (Atomic Scribbler for one).  But I'm tied to my workflow, which works for me, and makes it so that I don't have to deal with my data being tied up in someone else's idea of what the process should be.  I like using an external previewer for my markdown, and have it so that prowritingaid looks at the output for that preview, all spread out over my computers and monitors.  This doesn't allow that. 

Seeing that he gives you the option of binding to the local text file, I might try it to see if it works- WM was my choice when I wanted to just crank out some prose distraction free, and didn't want the hassle of dealing with a project as I do in Sublime.  It might still work in that fashion, but if not, I still have WM2, and updates don't really matter to me as long as it works.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on November 13, 2019, 05:24 PM »

How about some sort of plain text type wiki system?

-wraith808 (November 13, 2019, 03:45 PM)

I've never really liked wikis. I tend to think of them as a database type solution using a single long text document. But they do tick all the required boxes.

-Dormouse (November 13, 2019, 05:18 PM)

They don't have to be one text document.  In fact, the one that I linked uses separate documents.

WM2 doesn't involve the use of anything other than the files.  There are no supporting files stored on your system.  That's the difference.

-wraith808 (November 13, 2019, 02:49 PM)

Where are the repository and backups and history kept if it's a files only program?

-Dormouse (November 13, 2019, 04:09 PM)

It has a toggle that you can switch to using a repository.  But it's not inbuilt into the way that it handles files by default in WM2 as it is in WM3.  I never used that feature, nor was it forced on me.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on November 13, 2019, 03:45 PM »

How about some sort of plain text type wiki system?  Ema Personal Wiki (https://jwbs-blog.bl...for-android-and.html) allows you to use it for the wiki functionality and work on plain text files.  I work on my wiki outside of the browsing system at times (because the editor is pretty old, and I like to use sublime), but it is very easy to create the links even in a plain text editor.  It's open source, so when I get the time, I was going to add an option to use the editor of your choice instead of the internal editor.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on November 13, 2019, 02:49 PM »

From the WM2 documentation

STANDARD AND CLEAN TEXT FORMAT
For maximum portability your work is stored in standard text files. Writemonkey is fully UTF-8 compatible and will recognize virtually all international characters. Supports other encoding standards ‒ Unicode, ANSII …

-wraith808 (November 13, 2019, 12:05 PM)

They can make the same claim in WM3. It's a plain text database.

-Dormouse (November 13, 2019, 01:20 PM)

WM2 doesn't involve the use of anything other than the files.  There are no supporting files stored on your system.  That's the difference.  And it might be plain text, but that's pushing it.  It's JSON, and definitely not what one thinks of when one says plain text.

However you do it, there are potential problems unless you simply want standalone files and rely on file management tools. But many people want the advantages that can be got from a database solution: eg text search, linking, tagging.

The WM3 file binding feature means that you can have both at the same time.
And the database can be read as text.

-Dormouse (November 13, 2019, 02:18 PM)

You can do the same thing still keeping text files.  This is just how they've chosen to do it.  It's an approach and a design decision- it's not the only approach to solving that problem.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on November 13, 2019, 12:31 PM »

What do you mean a bound file?  It's a text file on disk.  How is that bound?

-wraith808 (November 13, 2019, 12:05 PM)

Their terminology, not mine.
My interpretation is that it's simply synchronising the database copy with the file copy. Doesn't impact editing the file using other programs.

On the basis of your video, my guess is that both versions do this in similar ways, although the details of the implementation vary. But know nothing of V2 since I started with V3.

The advantage of the method is that you have two copies of the file - one in the database, one as the file. Each copy can be worked on separately, but will be synchronised when WriteMonkey is active unless you turn the linking off.

-Dormouse (November 13, 2019, 12:27 PM)

This is not how it's working in WM2.  Check my post that I updated, i.e. from http://www.writemonkey.com/features.php

STANDARD AND CLEAN TEXT FORMAT
For maximum portability your work is stored in standard text files. Writemonkey is fully UTF-8 compatible and will recognize virtually all international characters. Supports other encoding standards ‒ Unicode, ANSII …

I really don't like this direction, personally.

I find it interesting that plain text / markdown solutions like Zettlr keep the files in a database.
WriteMonkey is the same (though documents can be bound to a file).
When I look at WM3 it seems to have all the features required for a zettelkasten, but I've never seen it mentioned in that context. Though it's very rarely mentioned in lists of markdown editors either.

I'm noticing that different types of notes may have different and predictable structures. Vacillating between using templates and autotext insert.

-Dormouse (November 10, 2019, 06:02 AM)

what do you mean by this?  zettlr keeps the files just regular text files in whatever folder you like.  you just open the file or folder.  it has a database maybe for the program itself, but the files are all text files.  the only thing the program seems to do is look for the ID somewhere in the filename or actual file itself.  Is that what you are thinking too?

-superboyac (November 13, 2019, 12:15 PM)

I think we're finally getting on the same page- a lot had to do with the fact that I'm using WM2.  WM3 actually *does* store its files in a database located in (on Windows) c:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Writemonkey 3\writemonkey3_sheets.  It can sync with a local file, but it defaults to just storing everything there.

Which to me, is counterintuitive for a 'plain text' writing solution, and creates issues like this one:

https://github.com/w...onkey/wm3/issues/161

Store locally, operate on that file.  It doesn't matter where the file is, if you just store it as plain text.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on November 13, 2019, 12:05 PM »

What do you mean a bound file?  It's a text file on disk.  How is that bound?

And if that's the direction that they're going with V3, I'm glad I haven't upgraded.

https://github.com/w...king-with-text-files

From the definition of a bound file in this particular part of the documentation for wm3, this is not a bound file.  It is opening a local file.  It is not stored in a database- this is a new thing in WM3.

From the WM2 documentation

STANDARD AND CLEAN TEXT FORMAT
For maximum portability your work is stored in standard text files. Writemonkey is fully UTF-8 compatible and will recognize virtually all international characters. Supports other encoding standards ‒ Unicode, ANSII …

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for Managing the Production of a Magazine

« Last post by wraith808 on November 13, 2019, 12:05 PM »

Trello's real life example of The Telegraph

-Dormouse (November 13, 2019, 10:47 AM)

Great article... thanks!

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on November 12, 2019, 05:40 PM »

there must be an option to open local files

-wraith808 (November 10, 2019, 11:44 PM)

It will open (and save) files. Most opening methods bind the files, but some don't.

-Dormouse (November 11, 2019, 03:17 AM)

And I guess that was my point.  It's an option, not a requirement.

-wraith808 (November 11, 2019, 02:52 PM)

I may have to recant. I can't actually find a way to open a file without it being bound into the database.
You can unbind the file - but that simply discards the link.
You can always edit the bound file with another program - but Writemonkey will give you an alert dialog when you try to open it again.

Text files can also be dragged into repository. New item with file's text is created but there is no link between the file and repository item.

I tried this and it was just a text copy in the repository.

So, afaics, Writemonkey works only on what is in its database. Open and save a file might look like a local file operation, but it isn't: it's importing to the database, binding the file and then saving the bound copy from the database.

-Dormouse (November 12, 2019, 04:41 AM)

I'm using it that way currently. I wasn't going off what you were saying.

In order to show this, I'm uploading a short video.  I figure that will explain what I'm saying better than words at this point.

https://my.pcloud.co...vEyKuqpsjz4nQJUkq5PX

(I tried uploading it to the forum, but it seems to act strangely when I do, redirecting to a blank page after the upload is complete, so excuse the pcloud link for it)

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on November 11, 2019, 02:52 PM »

there must be an option to open local files

-wraith808 (November 10, 2019, 11:44 PM)

It will open (and save) files. Most opening methods bind the files, but some don't.

-Dormouse (November 11, 2019, 03:17 AM)

And I guess that was my point.  It's an option, not a requirement.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on November 10, 2019, 11:44 PM »

Like I said, I've never used it that way, even on WM2.  So there must be an option to open local files.