2.5 Admins 316: BGP Clipboard Hijack

A BGP hijack involved some basic errors, Microsoft teaches people to ignore warnings in Windows, Zoom appears to be reading the clipboard on X11, why a non-US open certificate authority is feasible in theory, and keeping a NAS powered on as little as possible.

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BGP hijack infecting networks caused by a comedy of errors that’s not funny at all (arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/well-executed…)

Windows bug incorrectly tells users that Microsoft Defender Antivirus is turned off (computerworld.com/article/4216582/windows-bug-…)

I noticed today that an update to the #Linux #Zoom client has made it start proactively reading _everything_ written to the X11 clipboard (hachyderm.io/@simontatham/117201594980991062)

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