Posts by Dr Sendy

Google binning SMS MFA at last and replacing it with QR codes

2FM (2Factor Malware)

So you log in and pick up your phone and then find the QR code is a link to a driveby phone malware site and the sign in was fake?

Ignorance really is bliss when you’re drowning in information

That's the idea

Two strategies at play

1. Drown you in bullshit, make you tune out, get away with murder

2. Coverup the bullshit, good stories only, claim wins and hide murder.

Depends on who you listen to - but there is two parallel strategies going on.

DARPA asking for ideas on automating money laundering detection

Frankie One, meet DARPA, DARPA, Meet Frankie One.

(The Australians have been working on this for the past 5 or so years, because our largest trading partner had some rather large money laundering problems which we were in the middle of).

Elon Musk tops US political donor list with $270M+ for Team Trump

You mean Trump raises a lot of money for President Musk, don't you?

Sysadmin shock as Windows Server 2025 installs itself after update labeling error

Under Australian consumer law, free upgrade baby - or - Microsoft gets to make good (ie: pay for the rollback).

Incompetent C-Suite: "Do more with less, move fast and break stuff, be more like a start up".

Seasoned IT Staff: "This is what a startup looks like, you sure?"

Cast a hex on ChatGPT to trick the AI into writing exploit code

Everyone knows damn well that security services, and by extensions, some state sanctioned actors already have these models running without the safeguards. Companies don't get 165 billion in funding without some crazy shyte going down.

Tesla recalls over 1.6M electric cars in China for faulty hood lock

Re: Just a suggestion …

Well, I mean the fix when out with release 2024.20.3, which I got over a month ago now.

The quirk is that many countries require these to be issued as "recall" notices - so that if something goes wrong, it is registed that Tesla has a fix, so they are not up for negligence suits for doing nothing about the problem.

Cloud storage lockers from Microsoft and Google used to store and spread state-sponsored malware

Just make a "malware rate"

Figure it out, attribute it, and stick a massive dollar sign on the bill of the relevant state.

Find ransomware relief out of that fund.

They can pay themselves!

Need to move 1.2 exabytes across the world every day? Just Effingo

Clever name

Effingo is latin for duplicate or copy.

Study shock! AI hinders productivity and makes working worse

C-AI

Let me re-frame that question for you.

Why should we not be getting AI to do the C-Level's jobs. At least the AI would be aware of the limitations of technology.

Tesla delays 'Robotaxi' event as Musk 'makes' design 'tweaks'

Did he give in and stick a camera in the bumper?

For his next trick he can figure out how to replace every model Y HW4 with a new bumper with a camera too thanks.

Here we go again. And again. Musk threatens to pull Twitter, SpaceX out of California

Fella needs to sell some cyburtruuurks. He's going to where the market is.

I don't know if he needs to go the the market with Twitter tho - that's already full of flag waving FWs!

Ransomware scum who hit Indonesian government apologizes, hands over encryption key

"Warhead on your forehead"

I'm wondering if the Indonesian government sent them back a picture of who they are, a threat of a kinetic response.

ITER delays first plasma for world's biggest fusion power rig by a decade

Byline should be

"Big oil runs out of 'look over there' excuses to delay renewables rollout"