Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer Security/Article Watch

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One of the important activities of this project is to manage the list of Categories related to Computer Security.

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Did you know

• 19 Nov 2024 – .zip (top-level domain) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Bobby Cohn (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 08 Nov 2024 – Panorays (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Brandon (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
• 09 Nov 2024 – Tiger Team (TV series) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Donaldd23 (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 17 Nov 2024; see discussion (5 participants; relisted)

Proposed deletions

• 22 Nov 2024 – EFF-Austin (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by HyperAccelerated (t · c): Fails WP: GNG. The external links on the article appear to be primary. I found a couple mentions in some news articles, but nothing more.
• 22 Nov 2024 – .XIP (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by HyperAccelerated (t · c): Fails WP: GNG. I can't find any sources that aren't published by Apple (who developed this file format) that are reliable enough to establish notability.

Good article nominees

• 17 Aug 2024 – Infostealer (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sohom Datta (t · c); start discussion

Requested moves

• 21 Nov 2024 – Transient execution CPU vulnerability (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Transient execution CPU vulnerabilities by SOP9X (t · c); see discussion
• 12 Nov 2024 – Identity management (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Identity and access management by PhotographyEdits (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Nov 2024 – .zip (top-level domain) (talk · edit · hist) move request to .zip by Bobby Cohn (t · c) was not moved; see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 12 Nov 2024 – Spy pixel (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Web beacon by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Nov 2024 – Information assurance (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Information security by Joereddington (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Nov 2024 – Cookiemonster attack (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Session hijacking by Sohom Datta (t · c); see discussion
• 27 Oct 2024 – Farid Essebar (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Zotob by HamburgerRadio (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Sep 2024 – Privacy-invasive software (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Spyware by Jdcooper (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Jul 2024 – Norton 360 (2006–2014) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Norton 360 by Tule-hog (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 16 Feb 2024 – Pretty Good Privacy (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Feb 2023 – Security kernel (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Dec 2021 – Illegal opcode (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Chatul (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 21 Nov 2024 – Draft:SmarterMail (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Weasleyrian (t · c) was declined by Bonadea (t · c) on 22 Nov 2024
• 06 Oct 2024 – Draft:Debian OpenSSL vulnerability (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by WinNT4SP6 (t · c) was declined by Sohom Datta (t · c) on 19 Nov 2024

Recent changes

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22 November 2024

• diffhist .zip (top-level domain) 16:07 −7 Bobby Cohn talk contribs (correction)
• diffhist .zip (top-level domain) 16:06 −2 Bobby Cohn talk contribs (bulleted)
• diffhist .zip (top-level domain) 16:06 +43 Bobby Cohn talk contribs (infobox parameters)
• diffhist .zip (top-level domain) 16:04 −222 Bobby Cohn talk contribs (registered domains in infobox)
• diffhist Transient execution CPU vulnerability 01:22 +4 2401:7400:c804:bfb7:6482:ce41:25e7:340a talk (→2024: Remove contraction)

21 November 2024

• Move log 23:13 PhotographyEdits talk contribs moved page Comparison of wireless data standards to List of wireless network protocols
• diffhist Cyber self-defense 23:10 −18,710 PhotographyEdits talk contribs (this largely overlaps with computer security, redirect there) Tags: New redirect Visual edit: Switched
• diffhist Zero trust architecture 19:09 −978 PhotographyEdits talk contribs (cleanup) Tag: Visual edit
• diffhist Zero trust security model 19:03 +35 PhotographyEdits talk contribs (Retarget redirect to Zero trust architecture) Tags: pageswap GUI Redirect target changed
• Move log 19:03 PhotographyEdits talk contribs moved page Zero trust security model to Zero trust architecture without leaving a redirect (per Google Ngram the WP:COMMONNAME) Tag: pageswap GUI
• Move log 19:03 PhotographyEdits talk contribs moved page Zero trust architecture to Draft:Move/Zero trust security model without leaving a redirect (per Google Ngram the WP:COMMONNAME (Round-robin swap step 1)) Tag: pageswap GUI
• diffhist Talk:Transient execution CPU vulnerability 18:12 +276 Ewx talk contribs (→Requested move 21 November 2024: oppose)
• diffhist Talk:Transient execution CPU vulnerability 17:53 +190 Pppery talk contribs (→Requested move 21 November 2024: Re)
• Deletion log 17:29 CactusWriter talk contribs deleted page Draft talk:Elctrohacker (G8: Talk page of a deleted page)
• Deletion log 17:28 CactusWriter talk contribs deleted page Draft:Elctrohacker (G13: Abandoned draft or AfC submission – If you wish to retrieve it, please see WP:REFUND/G13)
• diffhist Talk:Transient execution CPU vulnerability 02:38 +473 SOP9X talk contribs (plural)

20 November 2024

• diffhist Draft:How to install termux 10:08 +267 HitroMilanese talk contribs (Commenting on submission (AFCH))
• diffhist Draft:How to install termux 10:07 −105 HitroMilanese talk contribs (Declining submission: not - Submission fails Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (AFCH))
• diffhist Draft:How to install termux 10:01 +175 Thecrazyhacker001 talk contribs (Submitting using AfC-submit-wizard)
• diffhist N Draft talk:How to install termux 09:56 +180 Thecrazyhacker001 talk contribs (Adding WikiProject tags (assisted))
• diffhist N Draft:How to install termux 09:53 +3,854 Thecrazyhacker001 talk contribs (-- Draft creation using the WP:Article wizard --) Tags: Possible self promotion in user or draftspace Visual edit

19 November 2024

• diffhist Password management 21:53 −5,100 PhotographyEdits talk contribs (unreferenced for more than a decade and largely overlaps with password manager, redirect there) Tags: New redirect Visual edit: Switched
• Page curation log 16:52 Joe Roe talk contribs marked the article .zip (top-level domain) as reviewed Tag: PageTriage
• Page curation log 14:57 Hey man im josh talk contribs marked the redirect Speculative execution CPU vulnerabilities as reviewed Tag: PageTriage
• diffhist Transient execution CPU vulnerability 14:56 +86 Artem S. Tashkinov talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
• Move log 14:46 Artem S. Tashkinov talk contribs moved page Talk:Speculative execution CPU vulnerabilities to Talk:Transient execution CPU vulnerability over redirect (Revert undiscussed move (WP:RMUM))
• Deletion log 14:46 Artem S. Tashkinov talk contribs deleted redirect Talk:Transient execution CPU vulnerability by overwriting (G6: Deleted to make way for move from Talk:Speculative execution CPU vulnerabilities)
• Move log 14:46 Artem S. Tashkinov talk contribs moved page Speculative execution CPU vulnerabilities to Transient execution CPU vulnerability over redirect (Revert undiscussed move (WP:RMUM))
• Deletion log 14:46 Artem S. Tashkinov talk contribs deleted redirect Transient execution CPU vulnerability by overwriting (G6: Deleted to make way for move from Speculative execution CPU vulnerabilities)
• diffhist Speculative execution CPU vulnerabilities 14:44 −2 Artem S. Tashkinov talk contribs (Undid revision 1258081925 by SOP9X (talk)) Tag: Undo
• diffhist Talk:Speculative execution CPU vulnerabilities 14:43 +655 Artem S. Tashkinov talk contribs (→An article rename and wording: new section) Tag: New topic
• diffhist .zip (top-level domain) 12:01 −37 Bobby Cohn talk contribs (Rm from hatnote)
• diffhist Talk:.zip (top-level domain) 12:00 +1,550 Bobby Cohn talk contribs (Closing requested move; not moved using Move+)
• diffhist .zip (top-level domain) 10:24 +5 JMF talk contribs (→See also: use {{annotated link| to give readers some idea of the material the target article covers)
• diffhist .zip (top-level domain) 10:22 +66 JMF talk contribs (→top: improved wording (IMO))
• diffhist Talk:.zip (top-level domain) 10:14 +281 JMF talk contribs (→Requested move 19 November 2024: i have added {{redirects|.zip|the internet domain|.zip (top-level domain)}})
• diffhist Talk:.zip (top-level domain) 04:55 +370 Adumbrativus talk contribs (→Requested move 19 November 2024: Oppose)
• diffhist Talk:.zip (top-level domain) 03:33 +630 Paintspot talk contribs (→Requested move 19 November 2024: Oppose (STRONGLY)) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
• diffhist Talk:.zip (top-level domain) 03:07 +208 Raladic talk contribs (Added note about notifying WikiProject about requested move using Move+)
• diffhist Talk:.zip (top-level domain) 03:05 +256 Raladic talk contribs (→Requested move 19 November 2024: Strong oppose, likely snow)
• diffhist .zip (top-level domain) 03:05 −4 Raladic talk contribs (→Security concerns: clear up wrong DAB link)
• diffhist .zip (top-level domain) 02:16 +46 Bobby Cohn talk contribs (−Category:Top-level domains; +Category:Generic top-level domains; +Category:Google top-level domains using HotCat)
• diffhist .zip (top-level domain) 02:05 −46 Bobby Cohn talk contribs (→Security concerns: resolved? Addressing tag by Launchballer)
• diffhist .zip (top-level domain) 02:00 +45 Launchballer talk contribs (→Security concerns: tag) Tag: Visual edit
• diffhist .zip (top-level domain) 01:56 +14 Bobby Cohn talk contribs (Changing short description from "Top-level domain" to "Generic TLD operated by Google") Tag: Shortdesc helper
• diffhist Talk:.zip (top-level domain) 01:53 +91 Bobby Cohn talk contribs (Nominated for DYK, see Template:Did you know nominations/.zip (top-level domain) (DYK-wizard))
• diffhist Talk:.zip (top-level domain) 01:48 +546 Bobby Cohn talk contribs (submitting an RM)
• diffhist Talk:.zip (top-level domain) 01:45 +59 Bobby Cohn talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Internet, Computing, Computer Security (Rater))
• diffhist .zip (top-level domain) 01:42 +32 Bobby Cohn talk contribs (added Category:Top-level domains using HotCat)
• diffhist Draft:.zip 01:42 −113 Bobby Cohn talk contribs (correct R after publishing) Tag: Redirect target changed