Maybe..........
Its an update for the flight deck software , Boings running windows 11 what could go wrong!?
"Im sorry your plane has crashed, please reboot at the nearest airport"
Posts by arachnoid2
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'Windows 11 has been successfully downloaded,' says update for Xbox version of Microsoft Flight Simulator
Windows 11 Paint: Oh look – rounded corners. And it is prettier... but slightly worse
LAN traffic can be wirelessly sniffed from cables with $30 setup, says researcher
Microsoft says Azure fended off what might just be the world's biggest-ever DDoS attack
Schools email marketing company told us to go away when we told them of exposed database creds, say infoseccers
Want to check out Windows 11 but don't want to buy a new PC? Here's how to bypass the hardware requirements
US nuke sub plans leaked on SD card hidden in peanut butter sandwich, claims FBI
Tuesday 12th October 2021 07:45 GMT
Reducing risk
Like any other security system I guess its all about reducing risk of leakage of your information the same as many on here already do every day. Siloing access to specific topics, to specific people and for set periods in time. Also randomly monitoring input and output through software and physical means, so just an expansion on being a system admin.
As to the " foreign power" dobbing them in, I guess if you already have access to these systems handing someone over makes you look clean as fairy snow and saves getting an agent burnt on a set up operation.
Regarding the dead drop ,given they performed this over many months they could have drip fed the details onto many of the storage sites already used by dodgy software and video providers worldwide. Im also thinking rather than uploading documents they could have just made videos of them to upload.
BOFH: You. Wouldn't. Put. A. Test. Machine. Into. Production. Without. Telling. Us.
Firewalls? Pfft – it's no match for my mighty spares-bin PC
Reason 3,995 to hold off on that Windows 11 upgrade: Iffy performance on AMD silicon
Microsoft's problem child, Windows 11, is here. Will you run it? Can you run it? Do you even WANT to run it?
RIP Sir Clive Sinclair: British home computer trailblazer dies aged 81
84-year-old fined €250,000 for keeping Nazi war machines – including tank – in basement
Thursday 5th August 2021 07:03 GMT
Ammunition could be remade if the basic brass shell was available.Bruce Crompton collects and sells all sort of miitaria from uniforms to field weapons to tanks he even gets blank shells made up for tanks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66v5GW0XR8A
Im sure the UK Tank Museum would be interested in his stuff https://tankmuseum.org/
Tesla battery fire finally flamed out after four-day conflagration
We can't believe people use browsers to manage their passwords, says maker of password management tools
Ordinary salaried Brits: Sweet! Payday! Banking giant HSBC: Oh no it isn't
Israeli authorities investigate NSO Group over Pegasus spyware abuse claims
Friday 30th July 2021 07:40 GMT
Re: How does it work?
Command and Control as with much of the malware used to lock systems will be in overall control of the main designer/operator.It will undoubtedly be licensed out on a per-user basis with the end user only having a basic interface, not the actual code required to achieve the access and lock.
That is unless a third party or state nation has somehow copied the code from their servers and is using/selling it themselves or a facsimile which leaves traces of other vendors spyware as a feint if discovered.
So nice of China to put all of its network zero-day vulns in one giant database no one will think to break into
Hubble, Hubble, toil and trouble: NASA pores over moth-eaten manuals ahead of switch to backup hardware
Restoring your privacy costs money, which makes it a marker of class
Friday 16th July 2021 07:26 GMT
You are you friend's worst enemy.
Where people go out of their way to post their ideas and thoughts on social media , forums and seek to get their 15 minutes in the spotlight. Carry devices that can track and continually log their movements to the meter, use payment techniques that track every purchase, they wonder why they have no privacy.
Its only a matter of time before western governments follow the Chinese lead and make compulsory identification of all internet and social media for full tracking to be performed, even when you make a statement about poor Aunty Milly. They will cross-check this data to ensure she is actually ill and not getting government sick pay or other services.
Just am example there is a well known phone app that will tell you all about the caller you're receiving, all the while it will dip into your contacts list and store their data even if they don't own the app or have given permission for it to be used. Get enough hits on the same number or email and they have a semblance of the differing names they go by .
You are your friend's worst enemy.
Lego's Space Shuttle Discovery: No trouble with Hubble, but the stickers will drive a grown man to insanity
Microsoft struggles to wake from PrintNightmare: Latest print spooler patch can be bypassed, researchers say
Audacity users stick the knife – and fork – in to strip audio editor of unwanted features
IT management biz Kaseya's VSA abused to infect businesses with ransomware
The PrintNightmare continues: Microsoft confirms presence of vulnerable code in all versions of Windows
Hubble memory errors persist despite NASA booting long-idle backup payload computer
‘What are the odds someone will find and exploit this?’ Nice one — you just released an insecure app
Monday 28th June 2021 09:13 GMT
Door Locks
Software security is like a door lock. Some are purely functional on a visual level and some are designed more secure ( but may not be), as ever ways round are eventually found to unlock them. The very fabric that holds them in place may itself be insecure so the type of lock used may actually be irrelevant. Some people even leave their doors unlocked at night because "they live in a safe area".
Double glassed doors have been fitted with 3-Point Door Locking System for years and still are, yet they rely on an easily defeated Euro barrel and the foam door panels or the glass panels are easily removed.
The point is you can keep supplementing your door locks with push locks, dead bolts or door stops/bars but at the end of the day there has to be a level of security that is a compromise to the actual "perceived threat level".
Its more a case of what level of security is needed in your case
A: a fudge ( security camera in operation label)
B: adequate
C:: overboard (block the doorway up to such an extent people stop using it because of the hassle involved)
Another example would be a gps tracker "anti theft device" on a vehicle .
A: They do absolutely nothing to prevent theft
B: Are easily defeated by career criminals
C: rarely result in return of the vehicle and its contents intact
Yet sales of these devices is making an upsurge on the back of rising numbers of vehicle thefts in the UK.
When said and done how many on here have an easily defeated Yale or Euro lock on one of their access doors at home?
What you need to know about Microsoft Windows 11: It will run Android apps
Friday 25th June 2021 14:39 GMT
Nowt like a bit of confucius to make ones day.
Windows 11 check says no way hosey, so I check the internet on a Dell 5770 . Some says no some say yes its under TPM in the bios on some models of that number.
Check bios no TPM setting but there is a PTT which when enabled passes the Microsoft checks......
John McAfee dead: Antivirus tycoon killed himself in prison after court OK'd extradition, says lawyer
Now that China has all but banned cryptocurrencies, GPU prices are falling like Bitcoin
Wednesday 23rd June 2021 08:56 GMT 
Energy wastage
If you're going to complain about mining wasting energy, then what about gaming, There is no net output, and it doesn't solve even an equation or produce any financial gain?
Maybe we should ban the domestic use of any computer but tablets and chromebooks, after all those 400+w power supplies are just wasting energy hand over fist whilst browsing the internet looking at social media.
Hubble Space Telescope sails serenely on in safe mode after efforts to switch to backup memory modules fail
Tuesday 22nd June 2021 08:20 GMT
Preplanned obsolencense
The present scenario and the eventual loss of the device due to lack of preplanned maintenance should already have a detailed procedure written many years ago with the loss of any viable space transport to service the module. As many of you will know not every problem can be sorted out over the phone no matter how much redundant hardware you have. No US government wants to invest vast sums of money into NASA beyond what it already has, so no magic shuttle replacement on the horizon only the Uber space services.
Tuesday 22nd June 2021 08:08 GMT
Re: And shut the door on your way out ...
We need commander Data, no need for space suits, but as he died saving Captain Picard we would need to reassemble his younger brother. That said, working with cybernetics is banned on Earth after the robot revolution.
Maybe we could use one of those Area 57 spaceships if we could figure out how to fly it. Why are there no Borg Cubes handy when you need one.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
