They can afford to pay AT&T whatever fees get extorted.
Why the hell should Netflix, google, et al pay twice for their traffic? Also the thing with extortionists is that you pay them once and soon enough they are at your door again asking for money. That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld.
You never get rid of the Dane.
Incorporation only protects you from personal civil liability, it does nothing to insulate you from criminal liability. Further, if there is fraud or certain other types of crime, incorporation does not protect you from prosecution or recovery by victims.
However, you may be right in that the feds will confiscate all of his assets, but it will only amount to a few bucks per person he defrauded.
You know, I think that in addition to investigating and pursuing these types of companies the FTC should have a "How to" guide for filing in small claims court and using their settlements as evidence. I do not know if the FTC actually pays the victims of these sort of scams so I do enjoys the thought of thousands of default judgments chasing these assholes for the rest of their life.
Not that I agree with Germany's restrictions on speech but I'd say it much more a desperate attempt to avoid another authoritarian government
So a coordinated campaign against 36 people, across 14 states, for words on the internet does not seem authoritarian to you? Hmm, so how is North Korea this time of year? Is is any good? How is Jong-un doing these days, hanging in there?
A lot. There was a massive Linux source code leak (all the source code going back to the early 90s) over the winter and hackers have been using it to find exploits.
By god! A leak of this scale could go all the way to the top, does Linus know about this?
The classic yelling fire in a crowded theater is a good example.
The line was actually "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic." which would be more akin to immediately inciting a riot than mere words on facebook. But even at that the quote was part of a decision in Schenck vs. United States which justified imprisonment of Socialist protesters of the draft during World War I.
If we were to apply the logic and decisions of that court case to the modern times every member of Code pink would be serving ten years in prison and Bernie Sanders would have long been sent to the gallows. While that quote is the goto response for people supporting censorship people should look into the circumstances, least they find themselves supporting a very terrible decision.
Easy peasy.
These companies just need to switch to linux, and use a few safe protocols ( like SSH)
If you think security is setting up a bunch of linux boxes and calling it good, you're gonna have a bad time. Just today I had to reach out to one of our vendors about a blind sql injection vulnerability on the login page for their shiny new linux appliance. Also the page was encrypted, but encryption does not fix broken code. It just encrypts the traffic exploiting the broken code.
So for someone who has been in s/w and specification development for many years would have a hard time accepting this kind of salary.
It sounds like this comes from personal experience. If you have some years in IT in general you could leverage that to getting your CISSP. the ISC2 requires 5 years experience in two of the eight domains. Since it sounds like you were a developer before you can claim experience in software development security, and another likely domain would be Identity and asset management if your applications had login requirements.
From there go sit for the CISSP (after a bit of self study if needed). Then if you pass find an ISC2 member to endorse you, or if you do not know one you can ask the ISC2 to endorse you themselves, which mainly consists of sending them a resume justifying why you claim you have 5 years of experience in two or more of the knowledge domains. While people have varying opinions on the usefulness of a CISSP it does help get your resume past the HR goons for more senior positions. Good luck.
That used to be the case but nowadays there is many resources for sharpening peoples hacking skills without violating the law. Exploit Exercises has several isos with examples of misconfigurations, buffer overflows and format string vulnerabilities for linux. Metasploitable 2 and Metasploitable 3 have multiple web and system vulnerabilities for both linux and windows respectively. And Vulhub has hundreds more vulnerable by design systems for people to practice with.
While not as instructional as a whole system compromise there are many ways for aspiring penetration testers to practice how to get their foot in the door, while remaining on the right side of the law so to speak.
Knowledgeable hacker takes job at Arby's running a register or slicing meat. Hacker waits until he can get unsupervised physical access to store system (a Windows PC, presumably). Hacker arranges off-site access to system. Hacker quits job, accesses system remotely and has his way with them.
That is an interesting scenario but I am betting it will be another case of the attackers compromising a third party vendor and then working their way into the system like the Target breach, the Wendy's breach, etc. A business can have the most robust security system in the world, but if their business partners are lax it is all for nothing.
Yes, we want to bring broadband to all Americans... so my ex-clients can gouge the shit out of them with rent-seeking behavior, unneeded service caps and fees, and charging content providers that aren't directly owned by the ISP access fees after we shitcan Net Neutrality!
Not to be all devils advocate but the same thing was said about Tom Wheeler when he was picked by Obama to head the FCC. And Wheeler ended up being a strong advocate for Net Neutrality and tried limiting cable and telephone monopolies. Of course the odds are that Ajit Pai will be so deep in the pockets of the cable and telephone companies that it would take a search team three weeks to find his nose, but it is not unheard of that a former lobbyist bites the hand that fed them.
Was Putin in the back of a Wisconsin precinct throwing away ballots?
And now I have an image of Putin sitting in the back of a Chippewa Falls polling station, wearing a Brett Favre Jersey, casually burning ballots while sucking down some Leinenkugels.
They were not intending to go through with the suit and were using the threat of having a $200,000 judgment against here as a way to pressure her into removing her review. They were hoping she would cower and hide away, not bitch SLAAP them for $26K with the help of an actual honest lawyer.
Sure, as long as you're ready for the next iPhone model to cost twice as much as the previous one and be capable of less.
There are reasons why manufacturing and assembly line jobs have moved out of the USA, you know.
Damn those OSHA requirements and labor laws, I want my cheap iPhone now!
the evidence is evidence no matter how it is obtained. That's the only logical way.
"A confession is a confession no matter how it is obtained. That's the only logical way." Throwing away the bill of rights to convict someone we don't like is a very slipper slope we should not go down. They are there to protect from wrongful convictions and while it does allow the guilty to go free if proper procedures are not followed by the state like in this case, I prefer that to the alternative.
According to the mother of Enigma Software Group's CEO, who I had over last night, his balls are slim to the point of nonexistence. Poor guy, with him having practically no balls it is no wonder he went into scamware publishing.
Did change.org petitions ever actually accomplish anything? I am serious cause change.org sounds like a site for people to sign onto a petition no one will read. Does the petition ever get sent anywhere? Let alone to anyone who can make decisions?
Not trying to be rude but at least with paper petitions the recipient knows someone did the legwork to get people to sign. Change.org seems to be the epitome of armchair activism.
Typically when a company lays off an employee (or a few employees) as part of a layoff, how much notice do they give?
Usually it's immediate and involves a security escort to HR.
This, so much this. If your employer is one of the good ones and treats their employees fairly then feel free to give two weeks or however long it takes for a handover. However if they just got done firing 1000 employees so the VP can make his bonus, and you are one of the skeleton crew left feel free to drop their ass like a bad habit. They show no loyalty and should get none in return.
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They can afford to pay AT&T whatever fees get extorted.
Why the hell should Netflix, google, et al pay twice for their traffic?
Also the thing with extortionists is that you pay them once and soon enough they are at your door again asking for money.
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld. You never get rid of the Dane.
Incorporation only protects you from personal civil liability, it does nothing to insulate you from criminal liability. Further, if there is fraud or certain other types of crime, incorporation does not protect you from prosecution or recovery by victims.
However, you may be right in that the feds will confiscate all of his assets, but it will only amount to a few bucks per person he defrauded.
You know, I think that in addition to investigating and pursuing these types of companies the FTC should have a "How to" guide for filing in small claims court and using their settlements as evidence. I do not know if the FTC actually pays the victims of these sort of scams so I do enjoys the thought of thousands of default judgments chasing these assholes for the rest of their life.
soviet oppression was/is a culture?
Say what you want about soviet occupation but those fuzzy hats were definitely a fashion statement.
Not that I agree with Germany's restrictions on speech but I'd say it much more a desperate attempt to avoid another authoritarian government
So a coordinated campaign against 36 people, across 14 states, for words on the internet does not seem authoritarian to you?
Hmm, so how is North Korea this time of year? Is is any good? How is Jong-un doing these days, hanging in there?
A lot. There was a massive Linux source code leak (all the source code going back to the early 90s) over the winter and hackers have been using it to find exploits.
By god! A leak of this scale could go all the way to the top, does Linus know about this?
The classic yelling fire in a crowded theater is a good example.
The line was actually "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic." which would be more akin to immediately inciting a riot than mere words on facebook. But even at that the quote was part of a decision in Schenck vs. United States which justified imprisonment of Socialist protesters of the draft during World War I.
If we were to apply the logic and decisions of that court case to the modern times every member of Code pink would be serving ten years in prison and Bernie Sanders would have long been sent to the gallows. While that quote is the goto response for people supporting censorship people should look into the circumstances, least they find themselves supporting a very terrible decision.
Easy peasy. These companies just need to switch to linux, and use a few safe protocols ( like SSH)
If you think security is setting up a bunch of linux boxes and calling it good, you're gonna have a bad time. Just today I had to reach out to one of our vendors about a blind sql injection vulnerability on the login page for their shiny new linux appliance. Also the page was encrypted, but encryption does not fix broken code. It just encrypts the traffic exploiting the broken code.
So for someone who has been in s/w and specification development for many years would have a hard time accepting this kind of salary.
It sounds like this comes from personal experience. If you have some years in IT in general you could leverage that to getting your CISSP. the ISC2 requires 5 years experience in two of the eight domains. Since it sounds like you were a developer before you can claim experience in software development security, and another likely domain would be Identity and asset management if your applications had login requirements.
From there go sit for the CISSP (after a bit of self study if needed). Then if you pass find an ISC2 member to endorse you, or if you do not know one you can ask the ISC2 to endorse you themselves, which mainly consists of sending them a resume justifying why you claim you have 5 years of experience in two or more of the knowledge domains. While people have varying opinions on the usefulness of a CISSP it does help get your resume past the HR goons for more senior positions. Good luck.
Before a white hat, you have to be a grey hat.
However this is all highly illegal these days.
That used to be the case but nowadays there is many resources for sharpening peoples hacking skills without violating the law. Exploit Exercises has several isos with examples of misconfigurations, buffer overflows and format string vulnerabilities for linux. Metasploitable 2 and Metasploitable 3 have multiple web and system vulnerabilities for both linux and windows respectively. And Vulhub has hundreds more vulnerable by design systems for people to practice with.
While not as instructional as a whole system compromise there are many ways for aspiring penetration testers to practice how to get their foot in the door, while remaining on the right side of the law so to speak.
The ACs have gotten bad in the past week or so. One almost has to wonder if 4chan just recently discovered Slashdot
Nah, not enough Pepe the frog. It is most likely some astroturf shills trying to earn a buck.
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And "has a penis" isn't among the qualifications.
So slapping my dick against the server rack is not an essential step in troubleshooting!? I should have known that interview with Microsoft was fake.
Pssh, that is something that Skynet would say. We're on to you "Anonymous Coward", if that's even your real name.
Knowledgeable hacker takes job at Arby's running a register or slicing meat. Hacker waits until he can get unsupervised physical access to store system (a Windows PC, presumably). Hacker arranges off-site access to system. Hacker quits job, accesses system remotely and has his way with them.
That is an interesting scenario but I am betting it will be another case of the attackers compromising a third party vendor and then working their way into the system like the Target breach, the Wendy's breach, etc. A business can have the most robust security system in the world, but if their business partners are lax it is all for nothing.
Yes, we want to bring broadband to all Americans... so my ex-clients can gouge the shit out of them with rent-seeking behavior, unneeded service caps and fees, and charging content providers that aren't directly owned by the ISP access fees after we shitcan Net Neutrality!
Not to be all devils advocate but the same thing was said about Tom Wheeler when he was picked by Obama to head the FCC. And Wheeler ended up being a strong advocate for Net Neutrality and tried limiting cable and telephone monopolies. Of course the odds are that Ajit Pai will be so deep in the pockets of the cable and telephone companies that it would take a search team three weeks to find his nose, but it is not unheard of that a former lobbyist bites the hand that fed them.
What's the $7 route? A pair of scissors and a bottle of robitussin?
The deluxe option includes a bottle of super glue and an 18 inch super veiner.
Was Putin in the back of a Wisconsin precinct throwing away ballots?
And now I have an image of Putin sitting in the back of a Chippewa Falls polling station, wearing a Brett Favre Jersey, casually burning ballots while sucking down some Leinenkugels.
They were not intending to go through with the suit and were using the threat of having a $200,000 judgment against here as a way to pressure her into removing her review. They were hoping she would cower and hide away, not bitch SLAAP them for $26K with the help of an actual honest lawyer.
Sure, as long as you're ready for the next iPhone model to cost twice as much as the previous one and be capable of less. There are reasons why manufacturing and assembly line jobs have moved out of the USA, you know.
Damn those OSHA requirements and labor laws, I want my cheap iPhone now!
Your comment makes it clear that, once more, Betteridge's Law of Headlines is completely correct.
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but I suspect the 1%, once they finish strip mining this country, will flee leaving us to rot.
So what you're saying is when the revolution comes invest in anti-aircraft missiles?
the evidence is evidence no matter how it is obtained. That's the only logical way.
"A confession is a confession no matter how it is obtained. That's the only logical way."
Throwing away the bill of rights to convict someone we don't like is a very slipper slope we should not go down. They are there to protect from wrongful convictions and while it does allow the guilty to go free if proper procedures are not followed by the state like in this case, I prefer that to the alternative.
Exactly how slim are their balls?
According to the mother of Enigma Software Group's CEO, who I had over last night, his balls are slim to the point of nonexistence.
Poor guy, with him having practically no balls it is no wonder he went into scamware publishing.
Also... change.org was neat for a while..
Did change.org petitions ever actually accomplish anything? I am serious cause change.org sounds like a site for people to sign onto a petition no one will read. Does the petition ever get sent anywhere? Let alone to anyone who can make decisions?
Not trying to be rude but at least with paper petitions the recipient knows someone did the legwork to get people to sign. Change.org seems to be the epitome of armchair activism.
Typically when a company lays off an employee (or a few employees) as part of a layoff, how much notice do they give?
Usually it's immediate and involves a security escort to HR.
This, so much this. If your employer is one of the good ones and treats their employees fairly then feel free to give two weeks or however long it takes for a handover.
However if they just got done firing 1000 employees so the VP can make his bonus, and you are one of the skeleton crew left feel free to drop their ass like a bad habit. They show no loyalty and should get none in return.