Victims receive a file named "video_xxxx.zip" from one of their Facebook Messenger contacts. Opening it will load Chrome along with a malicious browser extension.
How does opening a.zip run the contents? Does the user also have to run the i-know-you-want-to-double-click-me.exe file?
That's an easy one, you count on users trusting Windows. Since the start Windows has screwed users with extensions. Either hiding them or only showing the first encountered.
MyFile.zip.exe was very popular awhile back, it would show as a MyFile or Myfile.zip file, yet run as the hidden.exe file.
As for asking to run it, many have most likely tired of saying yes to the requester and disabled it.
The first thing I do when working on someone's computer is uncheck the box "Hide extensions of known file types".
I worked cable TV for one summer when I was a kid. We never did any damage to the other cables. Looking back at the work, which was stringing cables on poles, it would be quite difficult & rare to accidentally damage phone or power cables.
No Facebook app but Google could be a problem. If they were quick & got into it before I shut it off, they could possibly change my google account password & cause me grief. Once the service is off, no internet, correct? I can't get my old S5 to connect via WiFi without service. Verizon requires a data plan to use the Internet at all. It wouldn't surprise me if there was a way to get it to work, but I've never gave it much effort.
Not that I disagree. I locked my phone. Fucking fingerprint reader on the back really sucks.
I got a new phone a couple months ago & I've still not got around to locking it. I don't have Android pay or whatever set up (these things will make you set up a password). So what? If I lose it or it gets stolen, I call the provider & get the service shut off. It's sure is convenient to use right now. Am I missing something here?
From what I have heard, most radiologists review large stacks of MRIs, CTs, or Xrays. They miss stuff all the time. AI wouldn't get tired, or be in a hurry.
After some digging to find the actual review, it seemed fairly tame to me
I guess it's tame by Internet standards and your standards but would you use an accountant that the reviewer described.
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Would I use the professional services of some who got a bad review? Depends on all the reviews. There are always bad reviews on everything. If I avoided everything with a bad review I couldn't buy a motherboard. Or a laptop. I would read more than one review before deciding. Actually that particular review looks a little emotional & shrill. I may not give it much weight if there were a lot of positive reviews.
Seriously, if that review is slanderous then many (most?) negative reviews are.
After some digging to find the actual review, it seemed fairly tame to me. The reviewer should have a copy of the tax-return that was "sloppy" & a copy of the one they had completed by another firm, maybe it will prove the review to be accurate.
The review:
Too bad there is no zero star option! I made the mistake of using them and had an absolute nightmare. Bill was way more than their quote; return was so sloppy I had another firm redo it and my return more than doubled. If you dare to complain get ready to be screamed at, verbally harassed and threatened with legal action. I chalked it up as a very expensive lesson, hope this spares someone else the same.
I deal with the IT department from hell here, seriously. There are a few good, smart people, but they are ruled by the morons. The morons are good at making themselves looks smart to upper management. The CFO actually oversees them & is completely ignorant of IT so they find him easy to impress. Even if my employers actually dropped the capital for this, the IT folks here couldn't figure out how to deploy it. Unless the purchase included deployment.. in that case I might be screwed if they read this post. They've proven to be kina vindictive.
Reading the summary tells me they couldn't deploy it in secret. The do have web trackers they only use when they want to build a case on someone (which took them several years to figure out how to deploy). I stay off facebook & twitter at work, & only use the Internet for personal use during lunch. I got a phone if I want to goof off & surf.
Can someone please tell me what could possibly be on these phones that they can't get to? They already have all the calls & likely texts from the carrier (with a warrant, right?). They think there are some pictures of a terrorist holding his AK or something? I just really don't understand the need.
I couldn't agree more. But I don't think it's about feeling errrrr 733t?... it's about being an little punk asshole. Like in the MMOs where they grief players for fun. Like completely taking over a town in WoW killing everyone over & over, including the NPCs, so no quests can be ran. Some people really seem to enjoy it.
I shouldn't be surprised how many people cheat. Back in Quake 2 my friends & I ran a server. At one point we finally had to add anti-cheat & dang we caught a lot. Many people I knew for a long time & thought they were damn good. ICQ was burning up that night. These guys got shamed bad, how embarrassing.
Are this this anti-cheat system reliable or are there false positives? That is a lot of cheaters. Is the patch for the cheater's mod out yet to get around it? Ruins the game for everyone including the cheaters IMO.
7 outa 8 unemployment insurance applications are denied? That is INSANE. The only reason to treat workers like this is to assure lower wages. Firing & denying unemployment for good reasons is one thing... good reasons like stealing, assault, absenteeism, sexual harassment, etc.. Incompetence? I suppose but you better have solid proof. Even with proof, I don't see cutting someone loose with nothing. My employers regularly hire competent people but then give them no training or guidance, no leadership at all, then get rid of them for "incompetence". However, they pay the unemployment, you can bet on it. In my state they deny the first application, then the appeal, but if it goes to a hearing on the second appeal, the employee usually wins. I would think it's rare for some moron to take it that far if they don't actually deserve it.
I don't have bad Mondays, in general. I love my job - not ever moment of it; people and situations will occasionally annoy, but in general I'm a happy camper at work. If you don't love your job, then you should either find something else or find a way to love it. There's no extra reward for going through life miserable.
True happiness can't be generated at work IMO. If it was that great, someone would be doing it for free & you would be out of a job. Personally, unless someone wants to pay me for hanging out with my family, friends, furry animals, doing fun stuff like hiking, kayaking, SUPing, watching good movies, cooking/eating great food laughing my ass off with my wacky wife (DAMN I love my life!), Mondays will not be the greatest day of the week. WTF happened to the 4 day work week??!
I think that he is talking about protecting bees from Varroa mites. But as far as I can tell Neonics are not used in hives at all. Other methods are used, some of which include pesticides. Which have bred pesticide resistant mites.
Correct! But Metro Detroit has almost 4 million. Plus a full sized airport. Ann Arbor is commuting distance. No mass transit. But Bezos might not care.
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How does opening a .zip run the contents? Does the user also have to run the i-know-you-want-to-double-click-me.exe file?
That's an easy one, you count on users trusting Windows. Since the start Windows has screwed users with extensions. Either hiding them or only showing the first encountered.
MyFile.zip.exe was very popular awhile back, it would show as a MyFile or Myfile.zip file, yet run as the hidden .exe file.
As for asking to run it, many have most likely tired of saying yes to the requester and disabled it.
The first thing I do when working on someone's computer is uncheck the box "Hide extensions of known file types".
I worked cable TV for one summer when I was a kid. We never did any damage to the other cables. Looking back at the work, which was stringing cables on poles, it would be quite difficult & rare to accidentally damage phone or power cables.
No Facebook app but Google could be a problem. If they were quick & got into it before I shut it off, they could possibly change my google account password & cause me grief. Once the service is off, no internet, correct? I can't get my old S5 to connect via WiFi without service. Verizon requires a data plan to use the Internet at all. It wouldn't surprise me if there was a way to get it to work, but I've never gave it much effort.
Not that I disagree. I locked my phone. Fucking fingerprint reader on the back really sucks.
I got a new phone a couple months ago & I've still not got around to locking it. I don't have Android pay or whatever set up (these things will make you set up a password). So what? If I lose it or it gets stolen, I call the provider & get the service shut off. It's sure is convenient to use right now. Am I missing something here?
From what I have heard, most radiologists review large stacks of MRIs, CTs, or Xrays. They miss stuff all the time. AI wouldn't get tired, or be in a hurry.
After some digging to find the actual review, it seemed fairly tame to me
I guess it's tame by Internet standards and your standards but would you use an accountant that the reviewer described.
Would I use the professional services of some who got a bad review? Depends on all the reviews. There are always bad reviews on everything. If I avoided everything with a bad review I couldn't buy a motherboard. Or a laptop. I would read more than one review before deciding. Actually that particular review looks a little emotional & shrill. I may not give it much weight if there were a lot of positive reviews.
Seriously, if that review is slanderous then many (most?) negative reviews are.
After some digging to find the actual review, it seemed fairly tame to me. The reviewer should have a copy of the tax-return that was "sloppy" & a copy of the one they had completed by another firm, maybe it will prove the review to be accurate.
The review:
Too bad there is no zero star option! I made the mistake of using them and had an absolute nightmare. Bill was way more than their quote; return was so sloppy I had another firm redo it and my return more than doubled. If you dare to complain get ready to be screamed at, verbally harassed and threatened with legal action. I chalked it up as a very expensive lesson, hope this spares someone else the same.
Oh YEA... YAHOO... they got hacked. I forgot. So many data breaches, it's hard to keep up. Seems almost like small potatoes compared to Equifax.
Most employers are "douchey."
Douchey is the new standard. More douchy every day. Not douchy means you must not be doing enough for the stock holders.
I deal with the IT department from hell here, seriously. There are a few good, smart people, but they are ruled by the morons. The morons are good at making themselves looks smart to upper management. The CFO actually oversees them & is completely ignorant of IT so they find him easy to impress. Even if my employers actually dropped the capital for this, the IT folks here couldn't figure out how to deploy it. Unless the purchase included deployment.. in that case I might be screwed if they read this post. They've proven to be kina vindictive.
Reading the summary tells me they couldn't deploy it in secret. The do have web trackers they only use when they want to build a case on someone (which took them several years to figure out how to deploy). I stay off facebook & twitter at work, & only use the Internet for personal use during lunch. I got a phone if I want to goof off & surf.
This is the doubling down of what was done in Florida prior to the 2000 election. This is true voter fraud.
$2.6 Billion in sales 2016. Privately held. What is your measure for relevancy?
Can someone please tell me what could possibly be on these phones that they can't get to? They already have all the calls & likely texts from the carrier (with a warrant, right?). They think there are some pictures of a terrorist holding his AK or something? I just really don't understand the need.
I couldn't agree more. But I don't think it's about feeling errrrr 733t?... it's about being an little punk asshole. Like in the MMOs where they grief players for fun. Like completely taking over a town in WoW killing everyone over & over, including the NPCs, so no quests can be ran. Some people really seem to enjoy it.
I shouldn't be surprised how many people cheat. Back in Quake 2 my friends & I ran a server. At one point we finally had to add anti-cheat & dang we caught a lot. Many people I knew for a long time & thought they were damn good. ICQ was burning up that night. These guys got shamed bad, how embarrassing.
Are this this anti-cheat system reliable or are there false positives? That is a lot of cheaters. Is the patch for the cheater's mod out yet to get around it? Ruins the game for everyone including the cheaters IMO.
7 outa 8 unemployment insurance applications are denied? That is INSANE. The only reason to treat workers like this is to assure lower wages. Firing & denying unemployment for good reasons is one thing... good reasons like stealing, assault, absenteeism, sexual harassment, etc.. Incompetence? I suppose but you better have solid proof. Even with proof, I don't see cutting someone loose with nothing. My employers regularly hire competent people but then give them no training or guidance, no leadership at all, then get rid of them for "incompetence". However, they pay the unemployment, you can bet on it. In my state they deny the first application, then the appeal, but if it goes to a hearing on the second appeal, the employee usually wins. I would think it's rare for some moron to take it that far if they don't actually deserve it.
I don't have bad Mondays, in general. I love my job - not ever moment of it; people and situations will occasionally annoy, but in general I'm a happy camper at work. If you don't love your job, then you should either find something else or find a way to love it. There's no extra reward for going through life miserable.
True happiness can't be generated at work IMO. If it was that great, someone would be doing it for free & you would be out of a job. Personally, unless someone wants to pay me for hanging out with my family, friends, furry animals, doing fun stuff like hiking, kayaking, SUPing, watching good movies, cooking/eating great food laughing my ass off with my wacky wife (DAMN I love my life!), Mondays will not be the greatest day of the week. WTF happened to the 4 day work week??!
I think that he is talking about protecting bees from Varroa mites. But as far as I can tell Neonics are not used in hives at all. Other methods are used, some of which include pesticides. Which have bred pesticide resistant mites.
Funny stuff but no... John Oliver at around 3:20.
Photovoltaics.
Bing! The best way to google something!
Metro Detroit, of course.
Detroit (Proper) does not have a million people
Correct! But Metro Detroit has almost 4 million. Plus a full sized airport. Ann Arbor is commuting distance. No mass transit. But Bezos might not care.
...a million people, a diverse population, and excellent schools, yes Detroit has all that & then some.
But "among other qualifications" includes a good mass transit system... not even close. A proposal to pay for it went down in flames just recently.
What is our Software Development capacity? What is our Product Design capacity? What is our Product Testing capacity?
My employers don't bother with the human part at all anymore.