#rootaccess

2025-06-18

Linux users, a hidden flaw in udisks might be giving attackers an easy route to your system's root access. Are you patched up before it's too late?

thedefendopsdiaries.com/unders

#udisksvulnerability
#linuxsecurity
#rootaccess
#cyberthreats
#patchmanagement

2025-02-21

"Here Are the Digital Clues to What Musk Is Really Up To" in which Zeynep Tufekci explains how the same thing -- in this case root access -- can be a boon or bane depending on who wields it.

nytimes.com/2025/02/21/opinion

#uspol #musk #computers #sysadmin #RootAccess #NYT #ZeynepTufekci

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2024-07-27

Discover run0 for Linux, a passwordless command execution tool. Learn its similarities and differences with sudo, security analysis, installation, and usage for daily tasks and automation.

linuxexpert.org/understanding-

2021-10-22

Oculus Go VR Headset Gets Root Access, No Jailbreak Needed

The Oculus Go, Facebook's first generation standalone VR headset, hit the market back in 2018 but it's taken until now for owners to get an official unlocked OS build. The release was hinted at by former Oculus CTO John Carmack in a recent Tweet as something he had been pushing for years. This opens the hardware completely, allowing root access without the need for an unofficial jailbreak.

Oculus Go headset [image: WikiMedia Commons]The Oculus Go is Android-based and has specifications that are not exactly cutting edge by VR standards, especially since head tracking is limited to three degrees of freedom (DoF). This makes it best suited to seated applications like media consumption. That said, it's still a remarkable amount of integrated hardware that can be available for a low price on the secondary market. Official support for the Go ended in December 2020, and the ability to completely unlock the device is a positive step towards rescuing the hardware from semi-hoarded tech junk piles where it might otherwise simply gather dust.

When phone-based VR went the way of the dodo, millions of empty headsets went obsolete with it for a variety of reasons, but at least this way perfectly-good (if dated) hardware might still get some use in clever projects. Credit where credit is due; opening up root access to old but still perfectly functional hardware is the right thing to do, and it's nice to see it happening.

#virtualreality #jailbreak #oculus #rootaccess #vr

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2021-10-21

Oculus Go VR Headset Gets Root Access, No Jailbreak Needed

The Oculus Go, Facebook's first generation standalone VR headset, hit the market back in 2018 but it's taken until now for owners to get an official unlocked OS build. The release was hinted at by former Oculus CTO John Carmack in a recent Tweet as something he had been pushing for years. This opens the hardware completely, allowing root access without the need for an unofficial jailbreak.

Oculus Go headset [image: WikiMedia Commons]The Oculus Go is Android-based and has specifications that are not exactly cutting edge by VR standards, especially since head tracking is limited to three degrees of freedom (DoF). This makes it best suited to seated applications like media consumption. That said, it's still a remarkable amount of integrated hardware that can be available for a low price on the secondary market. Official support for the Go ended in December 2020, and the ability to completely unlock the device is a positive step towards rescuing the hardware from semi-hoarded tech junk piles where it might otherwise simply gather dust.

When phone-based VR went the way of the dodo, millions of empty headsets went obsolete with it for a variety of reasons, but at least this way perfectly-good (if dated) hardware might still get some use in clever projects. Credit where credit is due; opening up root access to old but still perfectly functional hardware is the right thing to do, and it's nice to see it happening.

#virtualreality #jailbreak #oculus #rootaccess #vr

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2021-07-28

Rooting The Atari VCS 800

The Atari VCS 800 is a modern product, a hybrid of a PC and a games console. Fundamentally, its a bunch of modern chips in a box running Linux that will let you browse the web or emulate some old games. Now, thanks to [ArcadeHustle], you can have persistent root access to the VCS 800 at your leisure.

The trick is simple, and begins by interrupting the systemd startup scripts on boot. One can then merge files into the /etc directory to achieve root access, either by the tty terminal or over TCP. It's all wrapped up in the script available at the Github link above.

You can actually run a variety of OSs on the hardware, as it's powered by an AMD Ryzen R1606G CPU and runs straightforward PC architecture. However, if you want to customize the existing OS to do your bidding, this hack is the way to go.

Hacking to get root access is key if you want to get anywhere with a system. We've seen it done on thin clients as well as car infotainment systems to give the owner full control over the hardware they own. If you've got your own root exploit you'd like to share, do drop us a line, won't you?

#mischacks #atari #atarivcs800 #root #rootaccess

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2020-10-06

Unpatched Apple T2 Chip Flaw Plagues Macs - A researcher claims that the issue can be exploited by attackers in order to gain root access. threatpost.com/apple-t2-flaw-m #blackbirdvulnerability #mobilesecurity #physicalaccess #t2securitychip #unpatchedflaw #rootaccess #appleflaw #checkra1n #jailbreak #bootrom #checkm8 #macbook #apple #mac

2020-03-03

MediaTek Bug Actively Exploited, Affects Millions of Android Devices - An exploit published by a developer is easy to use and has already been used to build malicious ap... more: threatpost.com/mediatek-bug-ac #march2020androidupdate #securityvulnerability #vulnerabilities #mobilesecurity #cve-2020-0032 #cve-2020-0069 #xda-developer #criticalflaw #rootaccess #mediatek #android

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