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   Duane Gran (duanegran@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 22-Jun-2023 11:48:35 JST Duane Gran

   Ransomware, but they install an unlicensed copy of Oracle somewhere in your organization and threaten to tell Oracle about it if you don’t pay up.

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 22-Jun-2023 11:48:29 JST feld

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     You just described VirtualBox
     
     https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/d1ttzp/oracle_is_going_after_companies_using_virtualbox/
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 01:36:33 JST feld

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     • RooneyMcNibNug
     They're on my list of "I will never take a job that requires I interact with this vendor ever again"
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     RooneyMcNibNug (rooneymcnibnug@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 01:36:34 JST RooneyMcNibNug

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     • feld

     @feld @duanegran insufferable fucking company.

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Sunday, 25-Jun-2023 02:16:12 JST feld

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     • Phormix
     Yeah my boss told us when this happened to uninstall and bought everyone who wanted Parallels a license
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     Phormix (phormix@mstdn.ca)'s status on Sunday, 25-Jun-2023 02:16:14 JST Phormix

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     • feld

     @feld @duanegran yup, and since it's just the "extensions" that are the issue you can't even track them down or block with most software management tools. Just have to outright ban vbox, which is a shame.