If Cisco can't get it right then what hope does the rest of us have. But then again using a html protocol to remotely control a security device isn't the best of ideas.
We'd like stuff you could repair, instead of throwing away and having to buy a new one. Even replacing the battery on some models is problematical, as it's glued to the inside of the case that requires a special tool to open.
"The weapon.. is basically a big firewall designed to protect the.. network from hackers."
A basic firewall blocks connecting based on a table of IP address and port combinations. If the 'firewall' can't identify malicious connections then it's next to useless. So called 'stateful inspection firewalls' utilize a man-in-the-middle hack, only work by installing a fake cert on the client browser, decrypts passing data and supposedly identifies malicious code. Which begs the question, if the MITM firewall can decryption your communications, what's stopping some malicious third part doing the same. So basically here we have someone diluting security in order to increase security. If the 'firewall' can't identify malicious code then it's next to useless. Most of todays rich web applications can't function without running embedded code. Clicking on a URL that downloads and runs someone else's code makes the firewall next to useless.
Of course it isn't real, the entire purpose of such stories are to scare us some more so as we won't object to them bringing yet more surveillance legislation.
What is this useless advice doing on slashdot. Now if he only told us how this free, open source software got onto the printer in the first place and why only HP network printers.
Here's a simple unambiguous test that could be run to test an overunity device. Connect the output back into the input and disconnect the external power supply, then wait for it to not run down. Fame and fortune awaits the inventor not to mention the money and the babes. Requiring the experimenter to discount centuries of scientific progress and believe in some undetectable 'effect' doesn't count, just do the frickin' experiment.
'Torvalds has often said — and reiterated after the meeting in Seoul — that he is open to new kernel defenses if the cost in performance is reasonable. But debate remains about what qualifies as “reasonable.”,
“I don’t think you have an alternative,” Torvalds said in the interview with The Post. “I don’t think you can design things better than they evolve.... It really is working very well.” ref
How does this open-source ransomware code get onto your computer without the end-user explicitly visiting a malicious website, downloading and installing the malware.
@anonymous Coward: "Linus Torvalds has repeatedly said he doesn't give a SHIT about security. Say what you want about Windows, but at least Microsoft cares about the security of their products. What kind of a loser still uses Linux given their lax attitude to their own customers?ref
Dear Mr. Anonymous Troll, do you have any verifiable citation to support your typings?
"There is growing evidence that intrusions into the power grid and other critical infrastructure by hostile foreign nation states are real and happening."
Just who in their tapdancing-jesus-christ mode connects their critical infrastructure directly to the Internet?
"We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile."
'The company published a note about the incident on January 19, saying it was "a victim of a crime act using communication and information technologies."'
And how is this 'Internet of Things' supposed to function given the current lack of Internet security, yet more marketing waffle similar to the 'cloud'. Besides, does anyone remember that coke machine that was once connected to the Internet ref.
Jack Kolesar: "I'm an AMX programmer (and Crestron as well). I can tell you that A LOT of the time the A/V LAN is a completely separate system that isn't physically connected to the house network. But that is no excuse for leaving a backdoor. ref
They didn't just leave a backdoor, they wilfully inserted one under instruction of the US spying apparatus. I do know that people are going to be very reluctant to use the product in the future.
What would be interesting is plotting the career progression of long-term marijuana users. Besides, the current crop is hundreds of times more potent, the use of which can lead to memory loss and psychosis, even long after they stop using.
@binarylarry: "More vaporware.. I use Ubuntu but jesus this shit is getting old. ref
I see, how do you know this;)
"Mundo Reader, S.L., trading as bq, is a Spanish producer of smartphones, tablets, electronic readers, and 3d printers founded in 2009.[1]
In 2014, the company had a total revenue of 202.5 million euros"
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If Cisco can't get it right then what hope does the rest of us have. But then again using a html protocol to remotely control a security device isn't the best of ideas.
We'd like stuff you could repair, instead of throwing away and having to buy a new one. Even replacing the battery on some models is problematical, as it's glued to the inside of the case that requires a special tool to open.
"The weapon .. is basically a big firewall designed to protect the .. network from hackers."
A basic firewall blocks connecting based on a table of IP address and port combinations. If the 'firewall' can't identify malicious connections then it's next to useless. So called 'stateful inspection firewalls' utilize a man-in-the-middle hack, only work by installing a fake cert on the client browser, decrypts passing data and supposedly identifies malicious code. Which begs the question, if the MITM firewall can decryption your communications, what's stopping some malicious third part doing the same. So basically here we have someone diluting security in order to increase security. If the 'firewall' can't identify malicious code then it's next to useless. Most of todays rich web applications can't function without running embedded code. Clicking on a URL that downloads and runs someone else's code makes the firewall next to useless.
stateful inspection firewall
Project Loon: Googles attempt at providing Internet access to remote areas using high-altitude balloons.
How did it come to this :(
HELLO Ukraine, don't run your critical infrastructure on a malicious Excel document. Microsoft, the company that made typing dangerous.
Of course it isn't real, the entire purpose of such stories are to scare us some more so as we won't object to them bringing yet more surveillance legislation.
No guesses as to what operating System this electric malware runs on.
What is this useless advice doing on slashdot. Now if he only told us how this free, open source software got onto the printer in the first place and why only HP network printers.
Here's a simple unambiguous test that could be run to test an overunity device. Connect the output back into the input and disconnect the external power supply, then wait for it to not run down. Fame and fortune awaits the inventor not to mention the money and the babes. Requiring the experimenter to discount centuries of scientific progress and believe in some undetectable 'effect' doesn't count, just do the frickin' experiment.
"It is distributed as a typical Windows executable: When we run it what appears is a GUI with labels in Russian:" ref
'Torvalds has often said — and reiterated after the meeting in Seoul — that he is open to new kernel defenses if the cost in performance is reasonable. But debate remains about what qualifies as “reasonable.”,
... It really is working very well.” ref
“I don’t think you have an alternative,” Torvalds said in the interview with The Post. “I don’t think you can design things better than they evolve.
How does this open-source ransomware code get onto your computer without the end-user explicitly visiting a malicious website, downloading and installing the malware.
@anonymous Coward: "Linus Torvalds has repeatedly said he doesn't give a SHIT about security. Say what you want about Windows, but at least Microsoft cares about the security of their products. What kind of a loser still uses Linux given their lax attitude to their own customers? ref
Dear Mr. Anonymous Troll, do you have any verifiable citation to support your typings?
The biggest arguments against smart guns is the assholes at either end of the gun.
"There is growing evidence that intrusions into the power grid and other critical infrastructure by hostile foreign nation states are real and happening."
Just who in their tapdancing-jesus-christ mode connects their critical infrastructure directly to the Internet?
Have they managed to fix the hacking phishing pestilence that's infesting the current Internet?
"We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile."
'The company published a note about the incident on January 19, saying it was "a victim of a crime act using communication and information technologies."'
And how is this 'Internet of Things' supposed to function given the current lack of Internet security, yet more marketing waffle similar to the 'cloud'. Besides, does anyone remember that coke machine that was once connected to the Internet ref.
Jack Kolesar: "I'm an AMX programmer (and Crestron as well). I can tell you that A LOT of the time the A/V LAN is a completely separate system that isn't physically connected to the house network. But that is no excuse for leaving a backdoor. ref
They didn't just leave a backdoor, they wilfully inserted one under instruction of the US spying apparatus. I do know that people are going to be very reluctant to use the product in the future.
"Did the Linux Foundation just drop all semblance of community representation because it's afraid of GPL enforcement? ref ref
"A new spam campaign is targeting Facebook users"
Shouldn't that be spam campaign is targeting Microsoft Windows?
What would be interesting is plotting the career progression of long-term marijuana users. Besides, the current crop is hundreds of times more potent, the use of which can lead to memory loss and psychosis, even long after they stop using.
@binarylarry: "More vaporware .. I use Ubuntu but jesus this shit is getting old. ref
;)
I see, how do you know this
"Mundo Reader, S.L., trading as bq, is a Spanish producer of smartphones, tablets, electronic readers, and 3d printers founded in 2009.[1] In 2014, the company had a total revenue of 202.5 million euros"