A lot of antivirus protection happens during file access, which should make "fileless" malware more difficult to detect. The article is a bit fuzzy on whether this malware is truly fileless, however, describing it as "similar" to "fileless malware" that...
creates a registry key that launches a hidden PowerShell instance at every system start-up.
Given that "the registry" is nothing more than a collection of files, writing a key to the registry hardly qualifies as "fileless" operation.
My son came home a couple of days ago to a surprise installation of Windows 10 on his desktop computer. When he was prompted to accept the EULA he chose "No". This resulted in the computer being rolled back to Windows 7. However, after restarting in Windows 7 a timer was displayed on the screen showing how long before the "update" was reinstalled. There was no option to cancel the process, only an option to delay it. So apparently you can say no to Windows 10, but they'll just shove it back at you again.
After killing gwx.exe and gwxux.exe via Task Manager, I merged the following registry keys to disable automatic OS upgrades:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GWX]
"DisableGWX"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate]
"DisableOSUpgrade"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\OSUpgrade]
"AllowOSUpgrade"=dword:00000000
"ReservationsAllowed"=dword:00000000
I've been alerted to vulnerabilities on an Internet-facing host after being scanned for PCI compliance. I found the notifications useful and informative.
The PM1633a sports random read/write speeds of up to 200,000 and 32,000 IOPS.
Those are rather lopsided performance spec's - random reads more than six times as fast as random writes. There are much smaller SSD's that offer random read/write speeds of 460,000 and 290,000 IOPS, for example.
For some applications the larger, slower SSD's may be fine, but for database applications those random write spec's are pretty lacklustre.
You're missing the point. The summary implies Edge using the WinRT PDF library makes attacks easier, but the article goes on to say that Windows 10 uses EMET techniques that make attacks harder. That's the contradictory part.
The summary also states that an attacker needs to "find and create a database of WinRT vulnerabilities". Not that any exploit exists, just that one might be found, which one could say about any software. That's the FUD part.
"... is find and create a database of WinRT vulnerabilities...".
You mean the way any piece of software in existence could be exploited by "finding a vulnerability"?
Even the referenced article states that...
...because Windows 10 implemented former EMET features such as ASLR protection and Control Flow Guard, [this] "makes the development of exploits for WinRT PDF vulnerabilities time-consuming and therefore costly for an attacker."
So not only is this utter FUD, it's self-contradictory FUD.
I'm not advocating for or against Wired, but surely the amount of time you spent posting this response and (presumably) looking for a different link was worth more than one dollar?
You do realize that the point of Pwn2Own is to exploit default installations, right? It has nothing to do with compromising your oh-so-brilliantly hardened WINDOWS (OMG ALL CAPS) machine.
As I recall, prior to SCO, every Unix system ran on some kind of proprietary (aka not cheap) hardware. SCO became popular around the time that relatively inexpensive servers started being built with 80286 or 80386 processors. The ability to run Unix on commodity hardware was a great combination. (It would be a while before Linux became a widely accepted alternative).
Years ago a local radio station was having a contest. They kept broadcasting that "if your name is drawn" you win a trip to Hawaii. I seriously considered legally changing my name to "drawn". The name change fee was around $50.
By printing "1000 copies" in 50-point typeface, the self-professed "hacker" wasn't just harmlessly drawing attention to the exposure. He was deliberately using up a significant amount of consumables and causing unnecessary wear on limited-lifespan parts such as the fuser unit. This is not akin to eating a piece of chocolate from a box left lying around. There is nothing "ambiguous" about it. Anyone with an ounce of common sense should understand that the printer exposure is not a "voluntary offering" for "anyone on the internet" to use up the owner's expensive consumables.
I used to use Alta-Vista (which shows you how far back this goes) to search for the welcome text of the page -- and found hundreds of exposed printers.
I'd open the webpage and instruct the printer to print 1000 copies of a page that says "you've been hacked!" in 50-point typeface. It was an amusing prank...
Here's a hypothetical scenario for you:
I'm walking through a public parking lot looking at all the cars to see if any are left unlocked. Either by ignorance or oversight you've left your car unlocked. I decide to open your door and take a piss on your seat. Would you consider that an "amusing prank"?
I mean, after all, you deserve it. You should have known better than to leave your vehicle unlocked.
... ICANN doesn't deal with routing, ICANN is not about security.
ICANN (and the US Department of Commerce) controls the DNS Root Server Advisory Committee. Having control of the root DNS zones amounts to ultimate control over everyone's DNS, which has an indirect effect on routing and a direct effect on security.
The Arduino is responsible for controlling highly-tuned acceleration / deceleration curves to drive the stepper motors.
This is very similar to the way mechanical hard drives position their read/write heads via magnetic coil. Depending on the distance (number of cylinders) that the heads need to travel across, a proportional amount of current is applied to accelerate the arm with the heads attached. After just a few milliseconds, however, the heads need to start decelerating in order to come to rest precisely over the desired track without overshooting.
With both the Rubik's Cube and the hard drive, a physical object needs to be moved and then come to rest precisely in the blink of an eye. It's quite a neat trick of engineering.
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A lot of antivirus protection happens during file access, which should make "fileless" malware more difficult to detect. The article is a bit fuzzy on whether this malware is truly fileless, however, describing it as "similar" to "fileless malware" that...
creates a registry key that launches a hidden PowerShell instance at every system start-up.
Given that "the registry" is nothing more than a collection of files, writing a key to the registry hardly qualifies as "fileless" operation.
My son came home a couple of days ago to a surprise installation of Windows 10 on his desktop computer. When he was prompted to accept the EULA he chose "No". This resulted in the computer being rolled back to Windows 7. However, after restarting in Windows 7 a timer was displayed on the screen showing how long before the "update" was reinstalled. There was no option to cancel the process, only an option to delay it. So apparently you can say no to Windows 10, but they'll just shove it back at you again.
After killing gwx.exe and gwxux.exe via Task Manager, I merged the following registry keys to disable automatic OS upgrades:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GWX]
"DisableGWX"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate]
"DisableOSUpgrade"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\OSUpgrade]
"AllowOSUpgrade"=dword:00000000
"ReservationsAllowed"=dword:00000000
Time will tell if this remains effective.
I've been alerted to vulnerabilities on an Internet-facing host after being scanned for PCI compliance. I found the notifications useful and informative.
OK, the paper is utterly ridiculous, but so is trying to stretch this as far as "This is why you get Trump".
The PM1633a sports random read/write speeds of up to 200,000 and 32,000 IOPS.
Those are rather lopsided performance spec's - random reads more than six times as fast as random writes. There are much smaller SSD's that offer random read/write speeds of 460,000 and 290,000 IOPS, for example.
For some applications the larger, slower SSD's may be fine, but for database applications those random write spec's are pretty lacklustre.
You're missing the point. The summary implies Edge using the WinRT PDF library makes attacks easier, but the article goes on to say that Windows 10 uses EMET techniques that make attacks harder. That's the contradictory part.
The summary also states that an attacker needs to "find and create a database of WinRT vulnerabilities". Not that any exploit exists, just that one might be found, which one could say about any software. That's the FUD part.
"... is find and create a database of WinRT vulnerabilities...".
You mean the way any piece of software in existence could be exploited by "finding a vulnerability"?
Even the referenced article states that...
...because Windows 10 implemented former EMET features such as ASLR protection and Control Flow Guard, [this] "makes the development of exploits for WinRT PDF vulnerabilities time-consuming and therefore costly for an attacker."
So not only is this utter FUD, it's self-contradictory FUD.
This story is rather lacking without a single example of what they're talking about.
Nor are you worth $1 per month.
I'm not advocating for or against Wired, but surely the amount of time you spent posting this response and (presumably) looking for a different link was worth more than one dollar?
You do realize that the point of Pwn2Own is to exploit default installations, right? It has nothing to do with compromising your oh-so-brilliantly hardened WINDOWS (OMG ALL CAPS) machine.
Pwn2Own has become a self-congratulatory..
They're being congratulated by corporate sponsors giving them substantial prizes, not by themselves.
... bunch of fucktards
Sure, call the most renowned hackers and security experts on the planet "a bunch of fucktards". I'm sure you know better.
As I recall, prior to SCO, every Unix system ran on some kind of proprietary (aka not cheap) hardware. SCO became popular around the time that relatively inexpensive servers started being built with 80286 or 80386 processors. The ability to run Unix on commodity hardware was a great combination. (It would be a while before Linux became a widely accepted alternative).
If you're having trouble reading the font because it looks to skinny, just increase the font size to where you can read it.
If you're wondering what a Wraith Cooler is, here's an image.
Isn't this the kind of thing that the immutable attribute was designed for?
If you can brick your motherboard from userland, then so can malware.
Years ago a local radio station was having a contest. They kept broadcasting that "if your name is drawn" you win a trip to Hawaii. I seriously considered legally changing my name to "drawn". The name change fee was around $50.
FTFY
FTA:
$ sudo a2dismod status
Why?
Apparently some distros turn stuff on by default.
That's why I'm a huge fan of the "secure by default" philosophy.
By printing "1000 copies" in 50-point typeface, the self-professed "hacker" wasn't just harmlessly drawing attention to the exposure. He was deliberately using up a significant amount of consumables and causing unnecessary wear on limited-lifespan parts such as the fuser unit. This is not akin to eating a piece of chocolate from a box left lying around. There is nothing "ambiguous" about it. Anyone with an ounce of common sense should understand that the printer exposure is not a "voluntary offering" for "anyone on the internet" to use up the owner's expensive consumables.
I used to use Alta-Vista (which shows you how far back this goes) to search for the welcome text of the page -- and found hundreds of exposed printers.
I'd open the webpage and instruct the printer to print 1000 copies of a page that says "you've been hacked!" in 50-point typeface. It was an amusing prank...
Here's a hypothetical scenario for you:
I'm walking through a public parking lot looking at all the cars to see if any are left unlocked. Either by ignorance or oversight you've left your car unlocked. I decide to open your door and take a piss on your seat. Would you consider that an "amusing prank"?
I mean, after all, you deserve it. You should have known better than to leave your vehicle unlocked.
FTFY
They are certainly not covered by the laws of thermodynamics.
The entire universe is covered by the laws of thermodynamics, therefore so are all things in it.
... ICANN doesn't deal with routing, ICANN is not about security.
ICANN (and the US Department of Commerce) controls the DNS Root Server Advisory Committee. Having control of the root DNS zones amounts to ultimate control over everyone's DNS, which has an indirect effect on routing and a direct effect on security.
The Arduino is responsible for controlling highly-tuned acceleration / deceleration curves to drive the stepper motors.
This is very similar to the way mechanical hard drives position their read/write heads via magnetic coil. Depending on the distance (number of cylinders) that the heads need to travel across, a proportional amount of current is applied to accelerate the arm with the heads attached. After just a few milliseconds, however, the heads need to start decelerating in order to come to rest precisely over the desired track without overshooting.
With both the Rubik's Cube and the hard drive, a physical object needs to be moved and then come to rest precisely in the blink of an eye. It's quite a neat trick of engineering.