Posts by sanmigueelbeer 854 posts • joined 5 Oct 2016
So he's crying now?
He's not crying because he's going to jail. He's crying because he's going to an AMERICAN jail.
If he was given a choice between Hanoi Hilton and an American jail, he won't hesitate to chose the former.
A NEW inmate, with a cockney accent, in an American jail? Let me just say that he will not last 30 seconds after "lights out" -- and that is just "day one".
"If the Americans show a bit of intelligence" and "vote Trump out of office" should never be used in the same sentence.
It would be like saying "If you do not want to see how bad COVID-19 is then slow down the testing for COVID-19. Problem solved." -- oh, wait.
so people in the UK and EU will might still be able to download them
There, FTFY.
The US has a "beef" with China and the American government "encouraged" Allies to go along for the ride (Huawei/ZTE). TikTok and WeChat is not difficult to include in that "list".
'Zerologon' Windows domain admin bypass exploit released
The Zerologon flaw allows an attacker with a foothold on an internal Windows network to simply send a number of Netlogon messages, filling various fields with zeroes, and changing the Active Directory stored password of a Domain Controller.
Secura has also published a Python script on Github to test if a Domain Controller is vulnerable.
U.S. Marine Corps F-35Bs Are About To Go Aboard A British Carrier And They Might Be There To Stay
The UK government spent so much money building an aircraft carrier that it does not have enough money left to buy planes that they have to resort to "renting" out the space to the Americans.
U.S. Marine Corps F-35Bs Are About To Go Aboard A British Carrier And They Might Be There To Stay
The UK government spent so much money building an aircraft carrier but does not have enough money left to buy planes that they have to resort to "renting" out the space to the Americans.
If your business really is that incompetently run that you don't have any backups, then you have no choice but to the pay the ransom and hope. If you do have backups, even if that takes a little longer, you should definitely use those rather than pay the ransom
Australia's Toll Holding got hacked. Twice. In two months.
If I was to believe the murmurs from the industry, Toll Holdings was downsizing and outsourcing their IT to India started from January 2020.
The CIO parted with Toll Holdings not long after the second ransomware incident.
then people will still want to game the system to get them and sell them for a profit
Good point, however, this is easier said than done. Unlike ordinary "people" who buy (and scalp) cheap concert tickets - Singaporean membership to golf clubs are not easy to get. It is not difficult for SICC to check credentials of the golfers claiming their slots.
are now producing excellent products that include locally generated IP
I agree. I've never came across of report(s) of compromised network made by Huawei.
Seriously, I can't wait for paying customers to fly around COMAC C919.
"If the US wanted to compete we'd have a long way to go to catch up."
I disagree.
The Americans can really complete with Chinese made products against "American products equally made in China". Same goes with 5G kit with American brands but made exclusively in China.
It's just a question of greed (and a dash of pride).
Chinese carriers are "encouraged" by their government to use Chinese-made equipment. But this is done "quietly".
The difference with the American policy is broadcasting this across the world and "encouraging" American allies to follow the edict "or else".
It does not help that the American-branded equipment are all made in China, where labor is very cheap, but cost double the price (or more), less feature and less "user friendly".
Servers, no matter what size, shape or form factors they come in, must always "reside" in a secure room or a DC. Unfortunately for me, there are just times when this is not possible or you can't say "no". A JFDI (Just F*ckin' Do It) kind-a thing.
So we have this PC that became a "server" and needs to be connected to the network at all times. And it sat on an empty cubicle. Alone.
One day, during lunch time, I heard a "bing" from the NMS. The server is down. Geez.
I soon discovered that someone has disconnected the server from the network and replaced it with a VoIP phone.
While we were waiting for the dreaded angry calls from the servers "owners", I quickly called that phone extension and the conversation went like this:
ME: Where is the server?
(NOTE: No "pleasantries". I went straight for the kill. Some interrupted my lunch and that made my blood boil.)
Person: I disconnected it ...
ME: (Interrupting) Plug it back in. Now.
(NOTE: By this time, I had two colleagues stop whatever they were doing and eavesdropping my call.)
Person: I need the connect my phone. I am moving to this cubicle.
ME: Plug the server back in.
Person: Excuse me, do you know who you are talking to?
ME: (Trying to calm down.) I don't care. In the next ten minutes, a group of angry people, led by the person sitting in that corner office, will be calling to find out why their precious little server has stopped working. How about I tell to come and see you?
I let that sink in for a bit before ending the conversation with "Last warning: Plug that server back in." and terminated the call.
Two colleagues were standing next to me, arms across their chest and eyes wide open, "Did you just threaten someone?".
Before I could answer, the NMS chimed and we saw the notification of the server disappear. The server is back online.
Got a call one weekend and the conversation went like this:
Caller: My name is <BLAH> and I'm the section head of <WHO CARES> team. Our computers are down and YOU need to fix this ASAP. I've got a report to run.
Sure enough, I had no access to that site ... wait. Something's not right.
Me: What site are you again?
Caller: <BLAH> site. Are you fixing this or should I escalate this to YOUR MANAGER?
I have heard of that site before. Checked my emails ... yup. There it is.
Me: Is there power to the site?
Caller: Uhhhh ... No. They are doing power maintenance downstairs.
Wait for it ... wait for it.
Caller: Oh. <CLICK!>
"Which is where things get interesting, because Chinese diplomats recently warned Australia that its calls for the World Health Organisation to probe the origins of the novel coronavirus could see Chinese consumers lose interest in Australian products."
It is called "coercive diplomacy" (aka "or-else diplomacy").
The backup regime was so slack, the administration was dead in the water without decryption.
I am not surprised at this at all. US-based schools and universities are easy target. Not only are the majority of the IT systems running on antiquated equipment with unpatched OS, they probably have trouble keeping talent on-board due to lack of fundings.
The way I see it, the school has no choice but to pay up.
If any of those pilfered files hit the internet, the school will be paying more from litigation.
On the other side of the world, ASIC sues financial services company for repeated hacks. (And take note the company is an affiliate to an Australian bank.)
In those two cases, a computer was infected with ransomware that rendered the files on it inaccessible, and a network being hacked by remote access resulting in a data breach affecting 226 client groups.
The unknown hacker obtained access via an FFG staff account, and spent more than 155 hours logged into the file server that contained senstive financial information and client identification documents.
KPMG's forensic analysis also found crypto miner malware on the file server, as well as a virtual private network being set up, a peer-to-peer file sharing application, hacking tools and brute-force password cracking software.
I'll let y'all read this article. It's them "what else can go wrong" moment.
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