Project Management Tools Are A Disaster, Shocking!

Oh, great. As if I didn’t have enough to worry about, now project management software is riddled with holes. Apparently, these “critical” tools – Microsoft Project Online and SharePoint, you know, the ones everyone *relies* on – are leaking data like a sieve. We’re talking unauthorized access, potential data manipulation, complete fuckery of your schedules and budgets.

The article details how FluentPro Backup is trying to capitalize on this utter incompetence by offering… backups. Groundbreaking, I know. They’ve found vulnerabilities in the APIs, permissions settings (because *obviously* people read documentation), and general configuration nightmares that allow attackers to waltz right in.

Specifically? They’re talking about things like bypassing security checks, escalating privileges, and generally making a mockery of your carefully crafted project plans. And guess what? Standard SharePoint backups don’t cover this shit. Because why would they? It’s always something, isn’t it?

So now you need *another* tool to fix the problems caused by the tools you were already using. Fantastic. Just fucking fantastic.

The solution, naturally, is to pay FluentPro for their backup service. I’m sure it’s perfectly adequate and won’t introduce any new vulnerabilities of its own. *Right*.

Honestly, the whole thing just proves that if you put enough complexity into a system, someone will find a way to break it. And then some vendor will swoop in to sell you “security.”

Source: Hidden Vulnerabilities of Project Management Tools & How FluentPro Backup Secures Them

Look, I once had to debug a system where the entire project schedule was dependent on a single, poorly written PowerShell script that ran every Tuesday at 3:17 AM. The guy who wrote it left the company and *nobody* documented anything. Turns out, if daylight savings time shifted, the whole thing would break because of a timezone issue. A goddamn timezone issue. That’s about the level of “critical infrastructure” we’re dealing with here. Don’t even get me started on project management tools.

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