Likely a configuration issue, keeping raw data around for debug info then forgetting to turn it off before deploying it. Google has been wanting to capture network SSIDs and GPS coordinates [war drivers have been doing this for years], likely for cell/laptop location data, but accidentally grabbed all raw packets instead.
They opened the can of worms by announcing that they had collected it. If they stayed silent, and shredded the data quietly, they'd probably wouldn't be in this mess and no one would have known they ever did it. Google instead has been trying to make this situation 'right' by being transparent about it, and no one gives a crap about it. The governments certainly are going to grab that data, use it as evidence to prosecute Google, and keep it around for ~other reasons~ for years upon years.
Near the end of the video during the Q&A, they answered a bit about it. They actually created their own compression, then had encoding custom chips made for it.
Basically, video encoding hardware geared exactly to their new compression.
Look at a datacenter's history [recent and past], outages, maintenance issues, customer support, management and etc, in conjunction with their listed redundancies and capacities.
Just because they have two electrics going to each server, doesn't mean a random maintenance tech will flip the wrong switch.:)
It's not a virus, it's just a exe packer they used.
Virus scanners have been labeling PE Packers as viruses for ages now, simply because a virus could be packed with them, and it's easier to pick out a packer header than a virus contained in it.
A lot of false positives are caused by this, and this looks like one of those cases based on what you linked. "Generic" "NSPack" "PossibleThreat" in the VirSCAN links give that away.
EXE/PE Packers simply compress a binary and decompress it on the fly, simply to save space or "load faster". Likely Walmart's programmers used one to keep the app's size small on a small device like that.
I've dealt with this situation in size-coding competitions before, and it's not fun. A lot of false positives are caused simply because a packer was used.
Fortunately, some of the better virus scaners actually unpack the software before checking it, or look for valid virus signatures instead of a simple Packer.
This basically is just a case of virus scan companies being lazy.
Right whales got their name from whalers who called them "The right whales to hunt", and gained the nick-name "right whales". More info on Wikipedia as always.
Slashdot Mirror
+1 for BitTorrent Sync. Works pretty much flawlessly with syncing between android devices and desktops.
This is primarily information used by McDonald's giveaways, such as the Monopoly promotion when entered online.
Only names, numbers, emails, and addresses were taken.
Softlayer and ThePlanet merged a few months ago. And UK2/"Hosting Services"/100TB simply resells Softlayer's services.
100TB has a bandwidth pool deal with Softlayer, then oversells like mad. SimpleCDN used 100TB [I -believe-] to get excellent bandwidth deals.
Seems like 100TB [and perhaps Softlayer] weren't happy with this.
It makes me wonder if they can get away with running on a higher voltage for more power..
Likely a configuration issue, keeping raw data around for debug info then forgetting to turn it off before deploying it. Google has been wanting to capture network SSIDs and GPS coordinates [war drivers have been doing this for years], likely for cell/laptop location data, but accidentally grabbed all raw packets instead.
They opened the can of worms by announcing that they had collected it. If they stayed silent, and shredded the data quietly, they'd probably wouldn't be in this mess and no one would have known they ever did it. Google instead has been trying to make this situation 'right' by being transparent about it, and no one gives a crap about it. The governments certainly are going to grab that data, use it as evidence to prosecute Google, and keep it around for ~other reasons~ for years upon years.
Not only is it legal, but it's been going on for a long while now.
Near the end of the video during the Q&A, they answered a bit about it. They actually created their own compression, then had encoding custom chips made for it.
Basically, video encoding hardware geared exactly to their new compression.
Yes.
Right click, choose "Block content", then select elements on a page you'd like to have blocked. Flash, images, iframes, what have you.
May not be as complete as AdBlock, but it's certainly useful.
Look at a datacenter's history [recent and past], outages, maintenance issues, customer support, management and etc, in conjunction with their listed redundancies and capacities.
Just because they have two electrics going to each server, doesn't mean a random maintenance tech will flip the wrong switch. :)
Little update found on this article: http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15798/34/
Indeed, Quite.
Ammendum:
Anything else needing to be done would require a admin to do it, and that's the point.
Encrypt your backups.
Don't let your backup system have access to your main system.
Allow your main system write-only access to your backup system, for the sole purpose of delivering new backups.
Of course not! It's more like 98.5%
those cases based on what you linked
-> those cases based on what the summary linked.
Slight target issue, appologies.
It's not a virus, it's just a exe packer they used.
Virus scanners have been labeling PE Packers as viruses for ages now, simply because a virus could be packed with them, and it's easier to pick out a packer header than a virus contained in it.
A lot of false positives are caused by this, and this looks like one of those cases based on what you linked. "Generic" "NSPack" "PossibleThreat" in the VirSCAN links give that away.
EXE/PE Packers simply compress a binary and decompress it on the fly, simply to save space or "load faster". Likely Walmart's programmers used one to keep the app's size small on a small device like that.
I've dealt with this situation in size-coding competitions before, and it's not fun. A lot of false positives are caused simply because a packer was used.
Fortunately, some of the better virus scaners actually unpack the software before checking it, or look for valid virus signatures instead of a simple Packer.
This basically is just a case of virus scan companies being lazy.
1 & 2:
"1 - This article looks good to me."
"2 - Tape this article to the door of your office!"
A nice tid-bit of info:
Right whales got their name from whalers who called them "The right whales to hunt", and gained the nick-name "right whales". More info on Wikipedia as always.
While we're at it, let's ban bright beams so drivers can't be blinded either!
The video is of last year's machine, which made orange juice.
Since the wicked lasers page got slashdotted, here's a youtube link to all the videos.
File online [no cash, just software]
Mail-in [cash or software, cash claim only if bought before 2006 & you have proof-of-purchase. 5% of what you paid]
IE7 also fixes a lot of HTML rendering and CSS bugs. Definately not all, but a considerable amount.
But the tube pumps do!