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Internet Meltdown Predicted for Tomorrow
Kobalt writes "A few news services are reporting that Russian computer expert, Aleksandr Gostev from Kaspersky Labs, has predicted that a large chunk of the Internet will be shut down tomorrow by cyber terrorists."
SANS internet storm center has a note on this. They have seen increased scriptkiddie activity possibly leading up to this. Started on Sunday. Also read the note on the "drag-n-drop" exploit that is now seen in the wild and only requires you to move the scrollbar for it to install....several scanners are not picking up some of the new binaries being installed.
Has anyone else noticed a lot of automated (presumably) login attempts for the users 'root', 'test' and 'guest' over SSH?
I never used to get this, and now I seem to get dozens of them every day.
I wonder if this is related to the so called "dooms-day" tomorrow.
It's anyone who disrupts business interests, isn't that obvious?
Oh wait, I'm a banker, I'm not supposed to say things like that...
Read jack phelps dot net
"The executive director of Dr.Web antivirus lab, Mikhail Bychinsky, quoted by Lenta.ru web agency said he had not heard of such an attack. "I do not believe in mass internet attacks because the main servers are defended, and Kaspersky Labs has been foretelling doomsday for a long time.""
Sounds like Kaspersky Labs is doing a bit of guerilla marketing on their own. "Subscribe to our pay sites and see when this 'attack' will take place !"
I wonder if a 21st century chicken little would have sold newsletters instead of running around the barnyard.
If you're thinking like that, can I at least remind you that you'll also be voting to maintain assholes like Ashcroft, Cheney and Rumsfeld in their respective offices?
I mean, there were at least five other guys in the primary I think would've been better candidates, but it really scares me to think that the wastes of orgasms presently holding the highest offices in our country might get to do it for another four years just because the mainstream democrats had to choose the fucking establishment candidate.
But then, since I live in one of the NASCAR idiot redneck states that will overwhelming go to Prince George, I think maybe I'll vote for Nader, too. Or maybe Cthulhu.
-- I wanna decide who lives and who dies - Crow T. Robot, MST3K
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I don't know about wealth distribution...I think you probably should have went with the light bulb example. For those of you who don't know this, this will be an interesting contribution to this OT discussion. :)
When you buy a light bulb, the packaging says, "average lifetime 1000 hours". Are you likely to get 1000 hours out of your light bulb, then? No, in fact it is very unlikely. Why's that?
As it happens, light bulb filaments are finicky creatures. They will virtually burn forever if there are no microscopic defects in them and the amount of air inside the bulb is below a certain amount. Slight imperfections in the filament cause hot spots, and those hot spots in the presence of even a slightly higher-than-normal amount of air burn several times hotter than the rest of the filament, significantly shortening the life time of the bulb. When a "freak" comes out that is nearly microscopically perfect, the heat is evenly distributed across the entire filament and the lifetime can be hundreds or thousands of times longer than the lowest 99%. So, by including these outliers in the averages that only make up 1%, but live potentially thousands of times longer, the bulb companies are able to say that the average lifespan of the bulb is 1000 hours when actually it's probably closer to 600 hours, and it's completely true.
but have you considered the following argument: shut up.