Blocklist-Update.sh is a script that I wrote to manage blocklists from bluetack etc to be used in conjunction with Transmission torrent downloader in Linux/MacOS. The script can be taylored to work with Qbittorrent as well, but the placement of the blocklists means you'd have to redirect the blocklist to go somewhere locally manageable as Transmission uses its own blocklist directory in .config. I believe there are about 10 lists there now. It works well for my needs. It can be ran weekly using crontab in standard user profile. To download: blocklist-update.sh To download the others: Github
As seen in a report by the hacker news, yet another Linux trojan has been found. This trojan is using prehacked devices(specifically IoT) to spread spammed email documents. This brings me back to some other security incidents involving Linux. The past year you could say was the year of the kernel flaw. Google stores holding hundreds of malicious apps compatible with Android, various personal exploits, such as the one modeled after the Windows Wannacry were rewritten for Linux. Linux Mint’s own servers getting hacked to allow the attackers access to the Cinnamon edition in an attempt to clone the distro with additional goodies like backdoors. The IT world is full of malicious entities trying to gain access to personal information, including nefarious actors within world governments. Linux has been gaining a following recently and thus, this is why it is being targeted more and more these days. Windows still holds a large margin of the desktop computer share with Windows10