Comment Re:Why is this uncommon? (Score 1) 178
Yeah, definitely not virtue signaling. This is virtue putting your money where your mouth is.
Comment I'm no treehugger... (Score 2) 151
...but this is sorta sickening. In the market for a new (to me) car, atm. VW's out.
Comment Is someone doing discovery better? (Score 1) 115
I've been a Pandora One subscriber for years. (guess that's "Plus" now) Basically just paying for no ads and a longer timeout before the player asks if I'm still listening. I love the whole discovery concept. Can't live without it. Don't really need to steam whole albums of specific playlists, I have subsonic for that.
Has anyone improved on the discovery aspect? What am I missing by staying with Pandora One?
Comment It's not just a headphone jack... (Score 5, Insightful) 391
I use it in my car to connect to my oem head unit. I use to connect to some old powered PC speakers in the bathroom. I use it to connect to aux in on a few other devices. In other words, DEAL BREAKER.
Submission + - New "Illusion Gap" Attack Bypasses Windows Defender Scans (bleepingcomputer.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Security researchers have discovered a new technique that allows malware to bypass Windows Defender, the standard security software that comes included with all Windows operating systems. The technique — nicknamed Illusion Gap — relies on a mixture of both social engineering and the use of a rogue SMB server.
The attack exploits a design choice in how Windows Defender scans files stored on an SMB share before execution. For Illusion Gap to work, the attacker must convince a user to execute a file hosted on a malicious SMB server under his control. This is not as complex as it sounds, as a simple shortcut file is all that's needed.
The problems occur after the user double-clicks this malicious file. By default, Windows will request from the SMB server a copy of the file for the task of creating the process that executes the file, while Windows Defender will request a copy of the file in order to scan it. SMB servers can distinguish between these two requests, and this is a problem because an attacker can configure their malicious SMB server to respond with two different files. The attacker can send a malicious file to the Windows PE Loader, and a benign file to Windows Defender. After Windows Defender scans the clean file and gives the go-ahead, Windows PE Loader will execute the malicious file without Windows Defender realizing they're two different things. Microsoft declined to patch the bug, considering it a "feature request."
The attack exploits a design choice in how Windows Defender scans files stored on an SMB share before execution. For Illusion Gap to work, the attacker must convince a user to execute a file hosted on a malicious SMB server under his control. This is not as complex as it sounds, as a simple shortcut file is all that's needed.
The problems occur after the user double-clicks this malicious file. By default, Windows will request from the SMB server a copy of the file for the task of creating the process that executes the file, while Windows Defender will request a copy of the file in order to scan it. SMB servers can distinguish between these two requests, and this is a problem because an attacker can configure their malicious SMB server to respond with two different files. The attacker can send a malicious file to the Windows PE Loader, and a benign file to Windows Defender. After Windows Defender scans the clean file and gives the go-ahead, Windows PE Loader will execute the malicious file without Windows Defender realizing they're two different things. Microsoft declined to patch the bug, considering it a "feature request."
Comment Re:Woman dominated professions? (Score 1) 642
"women ruled tech jobs" when smaller hands (biological difference anyone?) which were assumed to be more nimble were advantageous. Add they were expected to learn the computer only because that's what was replacing what they currently used, a typewriter.
Comment Re:Cancelled. (Score 1) 128
FYI their cancellation form allows comments. I urge you to make some.
Comment Cancelled. (Score 1) 128
I've been on the fence regarding keeping my NF account. Thanks for making my decision easy, Mr. Hastings.
Comment I'm reminded of Trees by Rush (Score 2) 337
So the Maples formed a Union
And demanded equal rights
‘The Oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light
Now there’s no more Oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet,
Axe,
And saw
And demanded equal rights
‘The Oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light
Now there’s no more Oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet,
Axe,
And saw
Comment Great Pacific Garbage Patch (Score 1) 173
Could that warm spot be the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in action?
Comment How much you wanna bet,,, (Score 1) 178
...that he has interests in the company that gets the contract?
Comment Re:Yep. (Score 1) 150
they're not spending MY money.
Comment Re:A legislation flag? (Score 1) 365
Either that, or REQUIRE that every piece of legislation be read in full on the House floor by Gilbert Gottfried, and on the Senate floor by Ben Stein before it gets voted into law.
minus the personalities you suggest, that's what DownsizeDC.org's Read the Bill Act wants to accomplish...
http://www.downsizedc.org/read_the_laws.shtml
minus the personalities you suggest, that's what DownsizeDC.org's Read the Bill Act wants to accomplish...
http://www.downsizedc.org/read_the_laws.shtml
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