"Linux.BackDoor.Dklkt.1.. tries to register itself in the system as a domain (system service). If the attempt fails, the backdoor terminates its work." ref
So, how does this malicious script get executed and achieve root in the first place, without user action and the user providing the root password?
@nbauman: 'What about the non-tariff barriers? link
That's where they sneak in the provisions about intellectual property rights, "market pricing," "investor-state dispute settlement"?
Is this like the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
Are they going to settle disputes by private arbitrators, whose decisions can't be reviewed by courts or changes by national legislatures?'
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@Anonymous: "I'm still waiting to see how long it will take before someone realizes that America's anti-sex tourism regulations cut into a lot of business in Asia. While the Philippines were left out, I'm pretty sure the Japanese Yakuza manage a brothel or two dozen. I wonder what exactly those terms are that decide which corporations can sue over which regulations."
You go right ahead and piss all over the original posters very relevant points;)
@notdsk: "samzenpus combing the web- posting old news"
Meanwhile posts such as this don't get promoted. I'm all for free advertising for Ebay/Microsoft/NASDAQ, but come on slashdot - more real tech articles.
"Most of you who read this blog know this but it bears repeating for others who might not know, Bill Gates is big on charter schools and charter schools are staffed by non-union teachers, basically cheap labor to keep cost down. The corporate reformers have figured that the most expensive item on their tally sheet are teachers so to make a profit they hire non-union labor in the form of Teach for America recruits. TFA, Inc. recruits, most of them straight out of college, receive 5 weeks of training, sign a contract to teach for two years and then they are off and running in mostly low-income communities where the last thing needed is more churn." ref
Hasn't the write-once-run-anywhere sandboxed Java Virtual Machine been hit with much security breeches recently. So much that some people advice removing it from your computer. ref
'Aside from Furious 7, the same notice targets “copyright infringing” links to the movie Hacker. Here, the movie studio also made an unfortunate mistake asking Google to remove a news article from Techdirt, covering the Hacking Team leak.'
"And while we’re on the topic of self censorship, it’s worth noting that Universal Pictures also asked Google, in a separate notice, to remove127.0.0.1 from the search results. ref
Are these Software Defined Networks similar to the Cloud, as in you get more for less money, with the side effect being they are slightly less reliable.
"Hacking Team used fake app hosted on Google Play to install its spyware on Android devices"
For a minute there I thought Hacking Team/slashdot were going to dazzle me with their hacking-foo. How does remotely installing and running an app - and achieving root on a device - equate to tricking the user into downloading and installing a fake app?
@Bruce Perens: "I lobbied to end the requirement for an examination of the ability to decode Morse code with your ear and brain".
I would have thought that Morse was a good introduction to binary encoding. I once wrote a prog that converted text strings into Morse. I'm still working on one that'll convert Morse into text:)
"Is Edge going to be portable to non Windows operating systems like GNU [gnu.org]/Linux [kernel.org], FreeBSD [freebsd.org], Solaris [oracle.com], OS X [apple.com], HP-UX [hp.com], OpenServer X [xinuos.com], Haiku OS [haiku-os.org], AIX [ibm.com], Android [android.com] and Firefox OS [mozilla.org]?"
Only when kernel.org, freebsd Solaris, Apple, hp.com, xinuos.com, Haiku-os.org, IBM and mozilla.org all start paying the Microsoft license, like the Android hardware makers are already paying..
Free software locks down users?
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"The fastest way to develop software which locks down users for maximum monetary extraction is to use free software as a base"
Care to produce the names of any company, entity or individual user that were locked into an onerous monetary contract - though the use of free software?
"Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Chief Information Officer (CIO) has determined that Microsoft will be the Department-wide standard desktop operating system, e-mail system, and office automation tool." ref
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'thousands of low-level employees and contractors with access to the nation’s most sensitive secrets have been cut off.'
Seriously though, whenever addressing a techie crowd, never use the 'cloud' word. What people unskilled in the art don't realize is that a virtual machine in 'the cloud' is virtually (sic) the same as a rack mounted PC. You still need someone to install and configure your business systems and no one is going to do that for free, certainly not your cloud provider. As for the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the firewall, someone else more advanced in the arts once put it better. The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security. For instance RPC over HTTP, specifically designed to bypass the firewall. ref
Some time ago, before the Ellen Pao controversy, I took a look at Reddit and, after what I saw, dropped out just as quickly. Hosting a user generated forum and then banning people because they disagreed with some moderator. At the same time allowing such shit as the Fappening and 'humorous' posts such as this. All pilots after the German Wings accidentref. I feel soiled by proxy that I once associated with the human garbage that posted the above.
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"Linux.BackDoor.Dklkt.1 .. tries to register itself in the system as a domain (system service). If the attempt fails, the backdoor terminates its work." ref
So, how does this malicious script get executed and achieve root in the first place, without user action and the user providing the root password?
@nbauman: 'What about the non-tariff barriers? link
;)
That's where they sneak in the provisions about intellectual property rights, "market pricing," "investor-state dispute settlement"?
Is this like the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
Are they going to settle disputes by private arbitrators, whose decisions can't be reviewed by courts or changes by national legislatures?'
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@Anonymous: "I'm still waiting to see how long it will take before someone realizes that America's anti-sex tourism regulations cut into a lot of business in Asia. While the Philippines were left out, I'm pretty sure the Japanese Yakuza manage a brothel or two dozen. I wonder what exactly those terms are that decide which corporations can sue over which regulations."
You go right ahead and piss all over the original posters very relevant points
@notdsk: "samzenpus combing the web- posting old news"
Meanwhile posts such as this don't get promoted. I'm all for free advertising for Ebay/Microsoft/NASDAQ, but come on slashdot - more real tech articles.
"Most of you who read this blog know this but it bears repeating for others who might not know, Bill Gates is big on charter schools and charter schools are staffed by non-union teachers, basically cheap labor to keep cost down. The corporate reformers have figured that the most expensive item on their tally sheet are teachers so to make a profit they hire non-union labor in the form of Teach for America recruits. TFA, Inc. recruits, most of them straight out of college, receive 5 weeks of training, sign a contract to teach for two years and then they are off and running in mostly low-income communities where the last thing needed is more churn." ref
Hasn't the write-once-run-anywhere sandboxed Java Virtual Machine been hit with much security breeches recently. So much that some people advice removing it from your computer. ref
"The option is available in Google's browser, but it's not enabled by default
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#enable-tab-audio-muting is enabled by default on this Chrome version 44.0.2403.89 beta
'Aside from Furious 7, the same notice targets “copyright infringing” links to the movie Hacker. Here, the movie studio also made an unfortunate mistake asking Google to remove a news article from Techdirt, covering the Hacking Team leak.'
"And while we’re on the topic of self censorship, it’s worth noting that Universal Pictures also asked Google, in a separate notice, to remove127.0.0.1 from the search results. ref
"Forensiq .. found over 5,000 apps displayed unseen ads on both Apple and Android devices."
What are the names of these apps and how do they get onto the downloaded devices?
Are these Software Defined Networks similar to the Cloud, as in you get more for less money, with the side effect being they are slightly less reliable.
Well in Star Trek Voyager season seven, episode three they use it to rescue the crew of the shuttle craft from certain death, so there :)
"Hacking Team used fake app hosted on Google Play to install its spyware on Android devices"
For a minute there I thought Hacking Team/slashdot were going to dazzle me with their hacking-foo. How does remotely installing and running an app - and achieving root on a device - equate to tricking the user into downloading and installing a fake app?
@Bruce Perens: "I lobbied to end the requirement for an examination of the ability to decode Morse code with your ear and brain".
:)
I would have thought that Morse was a good introduction to binary encoding. I once wrote a prog that converted text strings into Morse. I'm still working on one that'll convert Morse into text
"Is Edge going to be portable to non Windows operating systems like GNU [gnu.org]/Linux [kernel.org], FreeBSD [freebsd.org], Solaris [oracle.com], OS X [apple.com], HP-UX [hp.com], OpenServer X [xinuos.com], Haiku OS [haiku-os.org], AIX [ibm.com], Android [android.com] and Firefox OS [mozilla.org]?"
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Only when kernel.org, freebsd Solaris, Apple, hp.com, xinuos.com, Haiku-os.org, IBM and mozilla.org all start paying the Microsoft license, like the Android hardware makers are already paying
What results do you get running these browser benchmark tests under Linux?
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IE 11 | Spartan | Edge 20 | Chrome 40 | Chrome 43 | Firefox 35 | Firefox 39
"The fastest way to develop software which locks down users for maximum monetary extraction is to use free software as a base"
Care to produce the names of any company, entity or individual user that were locked into an onerous monetary contract - though the use of free software?
"Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Chief Information Officer (CIO) has determined that Microsoft will be the Department-wide standard desktop operating system, e-mail system, and office automation tool." ref
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'thousands of low-level employees and contractors with access to the nation’s most sensitive secrets have been cut off.'
Sourceforge is Badware risks .. http://i.imgur.com/Hhtgv0H.png
Greetings Sarah Lahav,
Seriously though, whenever addressing a techie crowd, never use the ' cloud ' word. What people unskilled in the art don't realize is that a virtual machine in 'the cloud' is virtually (sic) the same as a rack mounted PC. You still need someone to install and configure your business systems and no one is going to do that for free, certainly not your cloud provider. As for the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the firewall, someone else more advanced in the arts once put it better. The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security. For instance RPC over HTTP, specifically designed to bypass the firewall. ref
New Tesla Model S P90D “Ludicrous Speed” Goes 0-60 MPH in 2.8 Seconds
Reddit is vaguely useful to see what's current - what ever you do, don't read the comments ...
"Seriously, what am I missing?"
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This bit, it's called brigading
What is "brigading" and how do you do it?
"We have tried war, but the use of economic power is far more effective" .. the Collector, evil overlord of Pluto ...
Doctor Who - The Sun Makers
This is some MUMPS i wrote for fun. I guess if you can analyze this, your tool works:
@coldsalmon: Free Speech
Some time ago, before the Ellen Pao controversy, I took a look at Reddit and, after what I saw, dropped out just as quickly. Hosting a user generated forum and then banning people because they disagreed with some moderator. At the same time allowing such shit as the Fappening and 'humorous' posts such as this. All pilots after the German Wings accident ref. I feel soiled by proxy that I once associated with the human garbage that posted the above.
"their deal with Microsoft prevents them from getting back into the phone business until Q4 2016, so we won't be seeing Nokia phones soon either way."
Was it worth it for Microsoft to take a $7.6 billion hit just to take Nokia out of the mobile phone business?