Posts by sanmigueelbeer

Robocall scammers sentenced in US after netting $1.2M via India-based call centers

Re: I let the scammers in once...

The game was up when they pressured me for a credit card and I refused. I should have had a disposable card number ready from privacy.com, see how much money they would try to take.

I watched a YT of a Brit security researcher who had a VM ready-n-waiting for calls like this. (He even made sure the VM had different icons and shortcuts all over so as not to arouse suspicion.)

The "jewel" of them all was an icon of a JPEG file. The JPEG file was a trojan horse. Click that and the worm will spread throughout the network and encrypt every friggin file. And to make it worth the scammer's time, the JPEG file was called "creditcard".

One day, he got a scam call. As proof of payment, he sent the "picture of my credit card" to the scammers. The last thing the Brit heard from the scammer were "oh, no. What is going on? Why did you do that? What did you just sent me?" And the line went dead.

Scattered Spider traps 100+ victims in its web as it moves into ransomware

Re: The race is ON!

A new, forever home with lake view or perhaps one of the desert

And they can have `em.

Lower torso goes to the desert. Upper torso into the lake (minus a finger for "proof").

You get the message.

The race is ON!

Hitting MGM put a big f*cking target over themselves.

The race is now, officially, on. If law enforcers do not get to them first, a different kind of "enforcers" might.

(And one of them takes the meaning of "take no prisoners" literally.)

Airbus suffers data leak turbulence to cybercrooks' delight

An attempt to download an unauthorized version of the Microsoft .NET framework was blamed for the infection

Would it be safe to assume that someone tried to install a "not legitimate" software (like a keygen)?

China caught – again – with its malware in another nation's power grid

It is another example why CNI should never be connected to the internet.

IBM Software tells workers: Get back to the office three days a week

spend more meaningful time together

We have the go ahead from corporate. Your place or mine?

Watt's the worst thing you can do to a datacenter? Failing to RTFM, electrically

Re: But surely

I'm currently feeling wired ...

Don't worry. You're fine. Just solder on. You still have some spark left.

Re: But surely

I'm laughing so hard it hertz.

DXC Technology named as participant in bid-rigging cartel

Swift has now been ordered to pay a penalty

When the penalty is paid, in full, that is newsworthy to me.

Farewell WordPad, we hardly knew ye

Kids nowadays ... Sigh!

WordStar for the go! FTW!

Profits just keep rolling in at T-Mobile US. So only thing to do is axe 5,000 workers

NOT about foisting more work on fewer people

But, rather, foisting more work on those who remain.

If you're Russian to the Moon, expect traffic: Moscow's Putin a lander into orbit

Re: Look at me!

The mission primarily serves Russian propaganda: look at us, we can still send rockets to the moon!

One step at a time. Watch them design tanks that sends turrets up in the air.

FTX crypto-clown Sam Bankman-Fried couldn't even do house arrest. Now he's in jail

Re: He really can't just shut the fuck up, can he ?

The prosecutors could drop the hint

Do not drop anything, particularly a bar of soap.

Judge denies HP's plea to throw out all-in-one printer lockdown lawsuit

Re: To add to this...

Whatever brand of printer you buy, NEVER update the firmware.

For those still loyal to HP, all printer models that end with an "e" means Instant Ink.

A handful of Brother printers can still work with 3rd party ink, however, as long as the printer firmware remains as is.

There's a good chance your VPN is vulnerable to privacy-menacing TunnelCrack attack

Re: Network routing working as intended

I can see why vendors aren't treating it with much expediency

Because of two (absent) words: "actively exploited".

So many examples have demonstrated, time and time again, that vendors or code writers priorities changes when the bug or exploit is actively/aggressively being engaged.

UK voter data within reach of miscreants who hacked Electoral Commission

Re: How was this made possible?

you take private data home and leave it in your flat?

They are all well hidden. In the bathroom.

North Korean hackers had access to Russian missile maker for months, say researchers

So who has NOT hacked the Russians just yet?

Top Russian Submarine Design Bureau Hit By Cyber Attack With Chinese Characteristics

Tech support scammers go analog, ask victims to mail bundles of cash

A lot of alternatives, such as:

1. White powder

2. Extra strong sneezing powder (in case they are stupid enough to snort #1)

3. Cash? You want "cash"? I thought you said you said, "cachet".

Red Hat's open source rot took root when IBM walked in

People are going to disagree but I always think of HP/HPE and IBM as modern-day "IP trolls": They buy a large company and s*ck out (or live-off) the finance (of the newly acquired company) and when the finances run dry, they discard the carcass and move on to the next victim.

(The only time this has "buck the trend" is when HP acquired Aruba but I think this was pure luck.)

India's space agency set to launch lunar lander, rover

Can the Indian government not be too over ambitious and aim for something which has a higher chance of success, like faxing infosec incidents to CERT-IN?

The option to fax incident reports to CERT-In also raised eyebrows.

Indian telecoms leaps from 2G, to 4G, to 6G – on a single day

The anti-6G coalition is watching with intent.

Pitchforks are ready. Flaming torches are lit.

The 6G cell towers stand no chance.

California man's business is frustrating telemarketing scammers with chatbots

And I've got one (since 2016) that answers the phone with, "Hello, this is Lenny."

I used to get one scam call per month. After turning Lenny loose, I was getting one a year!

Comms watchdog to probe errors that left Brits unable to make emergency calls

Re: Local time?....

(This actually happened somewhere in the UK.)

A pensioner called the nearby police station to report a break-in. The police replied with, "We're busy at the moment. Can you please call back a few hours from now?".

A few minutes later, he rang the police again and said, "Don't worry (about the call). I have taken care of them." and hung up the phone.

Within minutes, with sirens blaring from several vehicles, in bullet-proof vests, full riot gear, the police came screaming around the pensioner's property and arrested the burglars.

"You said you took care of them," spluttered the police.

"And you said you were busy," replied the pensioner.

Amazon confirms it locked Microsoft engineer out of his Echo gear over false claim

Guilty until proven otherwise

We've not heard back.

Your correspondence to Amazon has been misinterpreted. TheRegister is now in Amazon's siht-list until then.

And no, that goes for your Amazon Echo too.

Despite declines, DXC Technology boss awarded $20.3m in 2023

and expanding Margin

Keep "expanding Margin" by paying your staff "peanuts". See what kind of monkeys you'll attract.

but delivering higher-quality revenue

As opposed to "lower-quality revenue"? Sounds like my drug dealer.

Cisco promises to unify its net management silos in the next three to five years

Pull the other leg, son.

Simplified licenses for Cisco's catalyst are also in the works, with one deal to cover hardware and software.

Uh-huh. Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure. "simplified license" is a Cisco's euphemism for "introducing more complication to a dog's-breakfast called Cisco Smart License"?

Buckle up for meetings on the road as Cisco brings Webex to Audi autos

And in the topic of Cisco, a shameless plug

FN - 72578 - Cisco IOS XE - Smart Licensing Using Policy Might Cause High CPU/Memory Usage

"presents people with "access to elevated work experiences blood pressure that can be personalized to fit destroy their lifestyles"

TFTFY, TYVM.

Worse than driving while drunk.

Worse than "driving drunk while on WebEx"?

Re: WebEx

That's DweebEx (and not WebEx).

Same clown. Different names.

Re: What could go wrong?

What could go wrong?

WebEx could "crash" the car's OS.

Re: What could go wrong?

What could go wrong?

Requires Cisco Smart License -- A marriage made in heaven hell.

Rackspace datacenter infrastructure took 12-hour nap in London, Sydney, Hong Kong

Put your trust in the cloud, they say.

What could possibly go wrong?

Dump these insecure phone adapters because we're not fixing them, says Cisco

Cisco inserted a short-lived root CA certificate called QuoVadis in one of their vulnerability update. Naturally, when the certificates expired in March 2021, the 112/122 became useless. Cisco used the convenient excuse that the 112/122 are past end-of-support and did nothing.

I believed Cisco deliberately inserted a certificate with a very short expire date because the 112/122 were not alone. There were WAPs with certificates expiring in 2022 but Cisco was forced to release a software fix with an extended certificate (up to 2099).

Working from home could kill career advancement, says IBM CEO

Here are the reasons to get fired (or RA-ed) from IBM:

Over 60 (age)

Over 50 (age)

Over 40 (age)

Over 30 (age)

Over 29 (age)

Over 28 (age)

Over 27 (age)

Over 26 (age)

Over 25 (age)

Been with IBM for the last 40 years

Been with IBM for the last 30 years

Been with IBM for the last 20 years

Been with IBM for the last 10 years

Been with IBM for the last 5 years

Been with IBM for the last 4 years

Been with IBM for the last 3 years

Been with IBM for the last 6 months (or less)

Top sales record for the last 10 years (or more)

Top sales record for the last 5 years

Top sales record for more than 6 months

Have I forgotten anything?

Beware of geeks bearing gifts, so check the fine print on Cisco's latest financing deal

Just heard through the analogue grapevine that a DNAC user was able to get a license renewal cost down to $40k.

They told Cisco that there were throwing out their DNAC appliance because they could not justify paying for the renewal fee. Cisco came back a few days later with the counter-offer of $40k.

It is not just about "buy now, pay later" but, rather, the unrealistic cost of Cisco-branded products.

How much again for the cost to renew DNAC license? How much, $500k?

Red Hat layoffs spark calls to unionize, CEO wades in

Red Hat has been a profitable company for years

Then why the layoffs?

Tesla ran over worker rights, again, US labor judge finds

When I worked for EDS, we used to call it "every day s*cks".

IBM pauses counting its billions to trim Red Hat staff

Re: Can't believe people still go take jobs at IBM

Because some people are desperate.

Desperate to put food on the table that they will have to make a deal with the the likes of IBM, HP, Crapita, etc. and their questionable hiring "practices".

British govt tech supplier Capita crippled by 'IT issue'

Payback is a b*tch!

Somewhat related ... Revealed: How Hackers Used DXC to Get Inside Australian Fintech, Latitude Financial

Australian FinTech takes itself offline to deal with cyber incident that caused data leak

Revealed: How hackers used DXC to get inside Latitude Financial

Revealed: How hackers used DXC to get inside Latitude Financial

Do you use comms software from 3CX? What to do next after biz hit in supply chain attack

Someone asked Nick some (tough) questions (PICTURE) to which Nick replied (PICTURE) and then ban the person from the 3CX forum.

Another year, another North Korean malware-spreading, crypto-stealing gang named

Not sure if this is "related", since we are talking about North Korean hackers, but ...

Hackers compromise 3CX desktop app in a supply chain attack

A 3CX spokesperson didn't reply to a request for comment when BleepingComputer reached out earlier today.

3CX's response: https://imgur.com/gallery/OUtncdw

Errors logged as 'nut loose on the keyboard' were – ahem – not a hardware problem

Re: Aaaaargh!

Every technical service manager loves metrics. Metrics is how their yearly bonus is calculated.

There is this multi-billion dollar, American company that introduced a metric which measures how long each ticket is sitting in "Waiting for Customer", "Waiting for the Tech", etc. To the eyes of the VP for Operations, "Waiting for Tech" is really bad (for the company) because it would make it look like the tickets are not being looked after. So the challenge was handed down to the technical support managers to bring those minutes down.

One ingenious way was for the tech handling the case to send an email to the customer. Internal system will immediately flag the status of the case to "Waiting for Customer". Another method is to send RFI emails when it is night time (for the customer) or approaching beer-o-clock on a Friday. No matter how good the information the customer have provided, the tech agents always will always find a way to send the case into Waiting for Customer.

At the end of the day, all the executives got their bonuses at the cost of customers' experience.

Journalist hurt by exploding USB bomb drive

Re: We need a bigger kaboom.

Flamethrower now an option on S. African cars

Casting a man-high fireball, reportedly with no damage to the paint, the Blaster has been placed on 25 South African vehicles since its introduction

More adult question: How do you want your cajones cooked, rare or crispy?

South Korea fines McDonald's for data leak from raw SMB share

South Korea fines fries McDonald's for data leak from raw SMB share

McDonalds responds with: Do you want an upsize with that order fries with that?