2023 - Week reads - 44

Nov 2, 2023 weekreads reading

I haven’t posted for quite some time, here are some interesting reads.

• Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/never-before-seen-linux-backdoor-is-a-windows-malware-knockoff/

• Intel’s Glass Substrates Advancements Could Revolutionize Multi-Chiplet Packages https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intels-glass-substrates-advancements-could-revolutionize-multi-chiplet-packages

• You can scrub your personal information from Google searches. Here’s how to do it https://www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/10/24/how-to-scrub-personal-information-from-google-search.html

• Names, Addresses and Routes https://blog.ipspace.net/2023/09/names-addresses-routes.html

• Reversing ‘France Identité’: the new French digital ID. https://www.reversemode.com/2023/10/reversing-france-identite-new-french.html

• New ‘Looney Tunables’ Linux bug gives root on major distros https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-looney-tunables-linux-bug-gives-root-on-major-distros/

• AUKUS: Australia’s ‘French Cut’ Moment? https://thegeopolitics.com/aukus-australias-french-cut-moment/

• A first look at starlink performance https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3517745.3561416

• Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking above 398 million rps https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/google-cloud-mitigated-largest-ddos-attack-peaking-above-398-million-rps

• Comment un jeune ingénieur a livré à Veolia des documents secrets de Suez https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/entreprises/comment-un-jeune-ingenieur-a-livre-a-veolia-des-documents-secrets-de-suez_AN-202310190023.html

• Israël/Palestine : d’un double standard à l’autre https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1354485/deux-poids-une-mesure.html

• SMW-5 maintenance leads to higher latencies between Europe and Asia https://www.kentik.com/analysis/smw-5-maintenance-leads-to-higher-latencies-between-europe-and-asia/

• Khawaja Tower in Dhaka’s Mohakhali district houses several international internet gateway (IIG) service providers, data centers and IXPs. https://www.kentik.com/analysis/fire-in-dhakas-khawaja-tower-causing-internet-outages-in-bangladesh/

• Chiffrement post-quantique : la Banque de France a trouvé la clef https://www.cio-online.com/actualites/lire-chiffrement-post-quantique-la-banque-de-france-a-trouve-la-clef-15228.html

• Wagnergate, l’audacieuse opération des services ukrainiens pour piéger des mercenaires russes https://www.revueconflits.com/wagnergate-laudacieuse-operation-des-services-ukrainiens-pour-pieger-des-mercenaires-russes/

• Driving Innovation: Alibaba and Cisco Co-dev SRv6 SONiC Router https://sonicfoundation.dev/driving-innovation-alibaba-and-cisco-co-dev-srv6-sonic-router/

• Souveraineté dans le cloud : les divergences s’accentuent entre France et Allemagne https://www.euractiv.fr/section/donnees/news/souverainete-dans-le-cloud-les-divergences-saccentuent-entre-france-et-allemagne/

• Unlocking QUIC’s proxying potential with MASQUE https://blog.cloudflare.com/unlocking-quic-proxying-potential/