AV programs are amongst the most reversed programs in existance. Malware writers spend hours, days and weeks dissecting AV tools and finding weaknesses in them.
I think it's fairly secure to assume that one of them would have used a security hole like this in the meantime, e.g. by rewriting the hosts-file, then sending to the (rerouted) cipav.fbi.gov and the AV tool would let it be.
And this, in turn, would have been detected immediately by an AV company (who is competing with the AV company that lets this leak exist), as soon as they got a sample of that malware.
Question for 100 bucks: Think we'd have read a blog about it by now?
Malware writers usually don't care, neither for the FBI nor for the goodwill of AV companies. Actually, they are quite happy when they can piss off both. Are you the guy constantly making windows appear that tell me my penis needs to be larger or that I should see naked teens get fucked....
And since nearly all of the Japanese makers are owned/merged/partnered with one of the big American automakers, that means Ford et al will immediately benefit from this research. Umm...care to enlighten us on these Japanese makers that are owned/merged/partnered with one of the big three US makers? The only one I'm aware of is Mazda being partially owned by Ford. I'm pretty sure Toyota, Nissan, and Honda are their own respective entities.
Once at work they blocked anything from http://slashdot.org/ but, it worked if I went to apple.slashdot.org or hardware.slashdot.org - even www.slashdot.org worked. The next day they removed the block on regular slashdot.org
BTW,Who goes to the Google homepage, now there are built in search boxes in browsers, anyway? IE6 users? I want to add Blackle to my Firefox search box
You sir, just gave me the best news ever. I always get the eztv rips when I download and a few things like the Daily Show are keeping me tied to Comcast tv service. If I could have them automatically downloaded, it makes life that much more sweet and drop cable TV.
Now all I need is FIOS and I can kiss Comcrap goodbye!
... Maybe they could use colored letters to make it easier to match them up, or even use pictures, e.g. a dog for Clinton, a snake for Giuliani. So, you're saying just use the pictures of the candidates themselves?
I think consumers should really call false advertising on that number. Yeah, and you're going to tell me that I don't really get 54mbps on my 802.11g network! And I don't get 45 MPG in my Prius! And I don't get [fill in the blank]!
Your comment is one that actually made me say "hmmm..." Could the defendant actually request the source code for the program? Though, they probably would just label him a terrorist and throw him and the source code in Gitmo...there he could review it all he wants, because in Guantanamo Bay no one can hear you scream
I was going to say something to the effect that GWB is going down while FF is going up, but you're take on it is so much more elegant. If only I had mod points.
Soon the bowling ball will be out of office...
Luckily I just bought a 'virtually indestructible keyboard' which can handle the fluid I just squirted all over it. What have we told you about sharing information like that....
Actually that's how I started pronouncing OS X but more like 'ahs-ex'. And I drive an Acura RSX. I don't know how to type how I pronounce that but it's along that same lines (maybe 'ris-ex').
I also pronounce ATM (sounds like 'atom').
Kind of like (as I understand it) the world series baseball, which only had American teams. Save for the Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos, but I know what you mean. Actually I only found out today that the Expos were moved and renamed the Washington Nationals, so there is only one Canadian team. The Blue Jays won the World Series twice in the 90s, I don't know if the Expos ever made it though.
Also known under the better old name http://www.thedailywtf.com/
The DNS record is still active, just forwards to new site. He should've just told his grandma or whoever that WTF stood for "Worse than Failure" and left the site name alone. That's TheRealWTF(TM)...........I've been reading too many of the comments there.
It sounds like he was on the inside of the network and had access to it anyway. Securing your network doesn't protect you against obnoxious, sick, pedophilic (?) roommates.
I was kinda disappointed that Google didn't have Philly mapped, but I didn't know about the PennDOT site. That's pretty cool, I was able to see my old car parked off Ridge Ave (too bad there isn't any rotate feature).
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IANASD (I am not a Scuba Diver) but I thought the 'A' in SCUBA stands for apparatus and (at least on wikipedia) I think they call them SCUBA sets.
:)
Anyway, you should have used GPS instead of RADAR to get him with LASER radiation FTW!
I gotta go, there's a BBQ outside
I think it's fairly secure to assume that one of them would have used a security hole like this in the meantime, e.g. by rewriting the hosts-file, then sending to the (rerouted) cipav.fbi.gov and the AV tool would let it be.
And this, in turn, would have been detected immediately by an AV company (who is competing with the AV company that lets this leak exist), as soon as they got a sample of that malware.
Question for 100 bucks: Think we'd have read a blog about it by now?
Malware writers usually don't care, neither for the FBI nor for the goodwill of AV companies. Actually, they are quite happy when they can piss off both. Are you the guy constantly making windows appear that tell me my penis needs to be larger or that I should see naked teens get fucked....
Once at work they blocked anything from http://slashdot.org/ but, it worked if I went to apple.slashdot.org or hardware.slashdot.org - even www.slashdot.org worked. The next day they removed the block on regular slashdot.org
You sir, just gave me the best news ever. I always get the eztv rips when I download and a few things like the Daily Show are keeping me tied to Comcast tv service. If I could have them automatically downloaded, it makes life that much more sweet and drop cable TV.
Now all I need is FIOS and I can kiss Comcrap goodbye!
... Maybe they could use colored letters to make it easier to match them up, or even use pictures, e.g. a dog for Clinton, a snake for Giuliani. So, you're saying just use the pictures of the candidates themselves?Your comment is one that actually made me say "hmmm..."
Could the defendant actually request the source code for the program? Though, they probably would just label him a terrorist and throw him and the source code in Gitmo...there he could review it all he wants, because in Guantanamo Bay no one can hear you scream
I was going to say something to the effect that GWB is going down while FF is going up, but you're take on it is so much more elegant. If only I had mod points.
Soon the bowling ball will be out of office...
Holy shit...you just made my day
Actually that's how I started pronouncing OS X but more like 'ahs-ex'.
And I drive an Acura RSX. I don't know how to type how I pronounce that but it's along that same lines (maybe 'ris-ex').
I also pronounce ATM (sounds like 'atom').
Frank Grimes - what a somewhat obscure reference! (I think)
Also known under the better old name http://www.thedailywtf.com/
The DNS record is still active, just forwards to new site. He should've just told his grandma or whoever that WTF stood for "Worse than Failure" and left the site name alone. That's TheRealWTF(TM)...........I've been reading too many of the comments there.
Reminds of me a quote from the Clerks cartoons (I just watched them all again recently)
Randal: [about monkey] Look how scared he is. He's shaking.
Dante: No, he's masturbating.
Randal: Yeah, but it's out of fear.
Or rather, use NNTP. That's what it's designed for. RSS feeds are a hack.
Only old people in Korea use NNTP...
Police are already backing down from personally deciding to be judge, jury and executioner on the spur of the moment
Backing down? I really thought it was going the other way...
It sounds like he was on the inside of the network and had access to it anyway. Securing your network doesn't protect you against obnoxious, sick, pedophilic (?) roommates.
"Anything! Anything with a pulse! Or NOT! Pulse OPTIONAL!"
-Dressed to Kill
Bah, doesn't matter. BSD is dead. Netcraft confirmed it.
*ducks*
Of course, everyone knows that velociraptors are highly attracted to server rooms of 115F
I was kinda disappointed that Google didn't have Philly mapped, but I didn't know about the PennDOT site. That's pretty cool, I was able to see my old car parked off Ridge Ave (too bad there isn't any rotate feature).