Most of this is a cynical exercise by companies using Brexit as a pretext to engage in mass lay off and withdraw from their commitments despite receiving massive subsidies from the local governments.
"Microsoft's Office suite for OS X, for example, is missing fundamental security settings.. despite using a modern and secure one to build its own operating system, Mudge says. Industrial control system software, used in critical infrastructure environments like power plants and water treatment facilities, is also primarily compiled on "ancient compilers" that either don't have modern protective measures or don't have them turned on by default"...
Security is only as good as the underlying Operating System and Memory Management Unit, which is to say in the case of Microsoft Windows running on Intel hardware is non-existent. And nobody in his/her right mind would connect industrial control systems directly to the Internet.
We're just making this shit up as we go along, nothing to see here, moving on. The real story being that the DNC is attempting to distract from the contents of the emails by accusing the Russians.
This flaw resides in a version of the library implemented on a specific platform, namely Windows running on x86 hardware. Makes a good case for not running your infrastructure on a software monoculture. This isn't the first such discovery, see Microsoft ASN.1 Library Length Overflow Heap Corruption from July 2003.
'The declaration of a state of emergency empowers the prefect whose department is wholly or partly included in a constituency in Article 2:'
1. To prohibit the movement of people and vehicles in places and times fixed by decree;
2. To establish, by decree, areas of protection or security where the presence of individuals is regulated
3. To prohibit the stay in any part of the department to any person seeking to hinder in any way the action of the authorities
.. The Minister of the Interior may impose the house arrest, the place it determines, any person residing in the area set by the decree mentioned in Article 2.. in any case, the arrest will have the effect of creating camps would be held the persons mentioned in the first paragraph
I. - The decree declaring or law extending the state of emergency may, by an express provision conferring on the administrative authorities mentioned in Article 8 the authority to order searches anywhere, including a home of day and night..
II. - Minister of the Interior may take all measures to ensure the interruption of any online public communication service leading to the commission of acts of terrorism or glorifying.
.. The Minister of the Interior, for the entire territory is established the state of emergency, and the prefect, in the department may order the temporary closure of theaters, pubs and places of any meeting Nature in areas determined by the decree provided for in Article 2. refgoogle granslate
Anonymous coward: 'How the fuck is this bullshit modded "insightful"?'
Because this bullshit happens to be true as unlike the windows API, it has been fully documented elsewhere. Here's billg and the rest of the crew in their own words, reads like something out of the Sopranos.
Resolution is a function of the underlying Operating System. The only way Edge browser would play at full resolution and not the others is if Windows was designed detect the running browser and reduce resolution if not running Edge.
"Microsoft claimed Microsoft Edge was built to take advantage of platform features in Windows 10"
In other words, and yet again Micosoft made sure to undocument certain API calls that makes viewing media on other browsers a "jolting experience". Or as in another example shifting the text 30 pixels to the left on detecting Opera, therefore rendering the text as slightly jagged. Of course the blame is entirely down to Opera for not following Microsoft industry standards.
"Slashdot pretty much sucks right now. Good users leave because abusive moderators mod their good posts to -1. Many users have told me they've left because they're tired of legitimate posts being modded down to -1 while trolls and ridiculous memes get modded up. Moderation is useless but the default settings hide posts below 1, effectively censoring posts that have been improperly modded down. If Slashdot wants to improve the quality of discussion and keep good users around, get rid of moderators". link
I totally agree with you, and of course the precious snowflakes have gone and modded down your msg
"It takes at least eight months for an experienced software developer to earn an Agile qualification and they also need the ability to deal with senior executives, limiting the pool of people who could potentially fill the roles."
Is he seriously saying he can't find a decent software developer in the whole of Spain?
Agile: Incorporate feedback from the end users as you write the software, instead of releasing a version and then incorporating feedback into the next version.
"The Brexit will be a bit of a re-adjustment for a couple of months, especially after (finally?) invoking article 50, but all in all, it'll just be a footnote in history. In 5 years time, no-one will even remember what the fuss was about, and things will continue to run as they did before."
I think the real reason for all these vague threats coming out of the EU Commission is fear that this is that GB will not be the last to exit the 'Union'. Especially given the treatment of Italy, Spain and Greece. Matters not that the Greek people voted against the the so called ‘austerity measures’, their EU overlords had spoken. ref
"Will it weaken cybersecurity because of additional bureaucratic hurdles to information sharing with the EU"
No, because EU bureaucratic hurdles was never the cause of weak cybersecurity, but defects in the computer Operating System connected at either end, namely Microsoft Windows, which is at the root cause of the vast majority of online breeches.
ryanmc1: "I remember when Windows Vista came out Microsoft tried to lock down the kernel, but got sued by the above mentioned security vendors. This is what happens when you put your trust in third party vendors." link
'The whole "PatchGuard" concept shows how broken Microsoft's approach to an OS has become. The whole concept is to catch changes made by programs which already have full access to kernel space. By checking every five or ten minutes for a change, no less. That's inherently a futile exercise. It may break some current exploits, but it won't break new ones. Any program that has access to kernel space can take over the machine. It could load a whole new OS if it wanted to.' link
"US-based security vendor Sucuri discovered this botnet, very active in the last few weeks, and they say it's mainly composed of compromised CCTV systems from around the world.
Their first meeting with the botnet came when a jewelry shop that was facing a prolonged DDoS attack opted to move their website behind Sucuri's main product, its WAF (Web Application Firewall)."
"Red Hat and Microsoft have agreed to a limited patent arrangement in connection with the commercial partnership for the benefit of mutual customers." link
How could Red Hat be that stupid, signing the patent agreement means validating Microsoft claims that Linux violates their patents and now Red Hat is giving Microsoft a seat at an Open Source conference. Just how stupid do you have to be to not see this.
Aren't you reaching a bit here. First the user has to download and install the malware and give it the admin password. How in gods name do you manage to read into that as 'rooting' the device. Do you have to serve up that self serving Microsoft propaganda on slashdot.
Ars Technica -> Condé Nast->Microsoft-> Ars Technica
Slashdot Mirror
Corrected title for accuracy .
Most of this is a cynical exercise by companies using Brexit as a pretext to engage in mass lay off and withdraw from their commitments despite receiving massive subsidies from the local governments.
how Britain will look after Brexit
@Desler: "The hell are you talking about? Intel chips have had MMUs for 30 years now."
Yea, and for 30 years now the Intel MMU has been unable to reliably isolate user processes or at least tell the difference between code and date.
How the Dominance of Microsoft's Products Poses a Risk to Security
Prothero: Do you believe this crap: Dascombe?
Dascombe: It's not our job to believe it, Lewis. Our job is to tell the people --
"Microsoft's Office suite for OS X, for example, is missing fundamental security settings .. despite using a modern and secure one to build its own operating system, Mudge says. Industrial control system software, used in critical infrastructure environments like power plants and water treatment facilities, is also primarily compiled on "ancient compilers" that either don't have modern protective measures or don't have them turned on by default"...
Security is only as good as the underlying Operating System and Memory Management Unit , which is to say in the case of Microsoft Windows running on Intel hardware is non-existent . And nobody in his/her right mind would connect industrial control systems directly to the Internet.
"BlackBerry says that it has modified Android with its own technology originally developed for the BB10 platform to make it more secure"
Are there any technical details as to how BlackBerry achieves enhanced security on Android?
And yet the slashdot moderators don't consider this post to be relevant on a technology site.
UAC bypass attack on Windows 10 allows malicious DLL loading
We're just making this shit up as we go along, nothing to see here, moving on. The real story being that the DNC is attempting to distract from the contents of the emails by accusing the Russians.
This flaw resides in a version of the library implemented on a specific platform, namely Windows running on x86 hardware. Makes a good case for not running your infrastructure on a software monoculture. This isn't the first such discovery, see Microsoft ASN.1 Library Length Overflow Heap Corruption from July 2003.
"Yahoo"... The brand is the problem. It sounds like a good name for a personal website in 1998 (with 85 gifs and a turquoise background). link
July 14 2016: "France will not extend the state of emergency imposed after last year's Islamist militant attacks in Paris in November beyond 26 July"
.. The Minister of the Interior may impose the house arrest, the place it determines, any person residing in the area set by the decree mentioned in Article 2 .. in any case, the arrest will have the effect of creating camps would be held the persons mentioned in the first paragraph
..
.. The Minister of the Interior, for the entire territory is established the state of emergency, and the prefect, in the department may order the temporary closure of theaters, pubs and places of any meeting Nature in areas determined by the decree provided for in Article 2. ref google granslate
July 15 2016: "Terror attack kills scores in Nice, France"
July 16 2016: "France extends state of emergency"
'The declaration of a state of emergency empowers the prefect whose department is wholly or partly included in a constituency in Article 2:'
1. To prohibit the movement of people and vehicles in places and times fixed by decree;
2. To establish, by decree, areas of protection or security where the presence of individuals is regulated
3. To prohibit the stay in any part of the department to any person seeking to hinder in any way the action of the authorities
I. - The decree declaring or law extending the state of emergency may, by an express provision conferring on the administrative authorities mentioned in Article 8 the authority to order searches anywhere, including a home of day and night
II. - Minister of the Interior may take all measures to ensure the interruption of any online public communication service leading to the commission of acts of terrorism or glorifying.
Anonymous coward: 'How the fuck is this bullshit modded "insightful"?'
Because this bullshit happens to be true as unlike the windows API, it has been fully documented elsewhere. Here's billg and the rest of the crew in their own words, reads like something out of the Sopranos.
Comes vs Microsoft
Microsoft's dirty tricks archive vanishes
Microsoft Litigation
An interesting experiment would be to eliminate down votes and only allow up votes and post the voter id next to the article .
Resolution is a function of the underlying Operating System. The only way Edge browser would play at full resolution and not the others is if Windows was designed detect the running browser and reduce resolution if not running Edge.
"Microsoft claimed Microsoft Edge was built to take advantage of platform features in Windows 10"
In other words, and yet again Micosoft made sure to undocument certain API calls that makes viewing media on other browsers a "jolting experience". Or as in another example shifting the text 30 pixels to the left on detecting Opera, therefore rendering the text as slightly jagged. Of course the blame is entirely down to Opera for not following Microsoft industry standards.
"Slashdot pretty much sucks right now. Good users leave because abusive moderators mod their good posts to -1. Many users have told me they've left because they're tired of legitimate posts being modded down to -1 while trolls and ridiculous memes get modded up. Moderation is useless but the default settings hide posts below 1, effectively censoring posts that have been improperly modded down. If Slashdot wants to improve the quality of discussion and keep good users around, get rid of moderators". link
I totally agree with you, and of course the precious snowflakes have gone and modded down your msg
@mattwarden: "Sounds like you are acknowledging that the welfare state causes unemployment."
:)
And it's umbrellas that cause it to rain
"It takes at least eight months for an experienced software developer to earn an Agile qualification and they also need the ability to deal with senior executives, limiting the pool of people who could potentially fill the roles."
Is he seriously saying he can't find a decent software developer in the whole of Spain?
Agile: Incorporate feedback from the end users as you write the software, instead of releasing a version and then incorporating feedback into the next version.
"The Brexit will be a bit of a re-adjustment for a couple of months, especially after (finally?) invoking article 50, but all in all, it'll just be a footnote in history. In 5 years time, no-one will even remember what the fuss was about, and things will continue to run as they did before."
I think the real reason for all these vague threats coming out of the EU Commission is fear that this is that GB will not be the last to exit the 'Union'. Especially given the treatment of Italy, Spain and Greece. Matters not that the Greek people voted against the the so called ‘austerity measures’, their EU overlords had spoken. ref
"Will it weaken cybersecurity because of additional bureaucratic hurdles to information sharing with the EU"
No, because EU bureaucratic hurdles was never the cause of weak cybersecurity, but defects in the computer Operating System connected at either end, namely Microsoft Windows, which is at the root cause of the vast majority of online breeches.
ryanmc1: "I remember when Windows Vista came out Microsoft tried to lock down the kernel, but got sued by the above mentioned security vendors. This is what happens when you put your trust in third party vendors." link
'The whole "PatchGuard" concept shows how broken Microsoft's approach to an OS has become. The whole concept is to catch changes made by programs which already have full access to kernel space. By checking every five or ten minutes for a change, no less. That's inherently a futile exercise. It may break some current exploits, but it won't break new ones. Any program that has access to kernel space can take over the machine. It could load a whole new OS if it wanted to.' link
"US-based security vendor Sucuri discovered this botnet, very active in the last few weeks, and they say it's mainly composed of compromised CCTV systems from around the world.
Their first meeting with the botnet came when a jewelry shop that was facing a prolonged DDoS attack opted to move their website behind Sucuri's main product, its WAF (Web Application Firewall)."
CryptXXX only runs on Microsoft Windows I presume ..
"Red Hat and Microsoft have agreed to a limited patent arrangement in connection with the commercial partnership for the benefit of mutual customers." link
How could Red Hat be that stupid, signing the patent agreement means validating Microsoft claims that Linux violates their patents and now Red Hat is giving Microsoft a seat at an Open Source conference. Just how stupid do you have to be to not see this.
Aren't you reaching a bit here. First the user has to download and install the malware and give it the admin password. How in gods name do you manage to read into that as 'rooting' the device. Do you have to serve up that self serving Microsoft propaganda on slashdot. Ars Technica -> Condé Nast->Microsoft-> Ars Technica