Posts by Hans 1 3797 publicly visible posts • joined 11 Aug 2009
How many attacks exploiting spectre and it's ilk have been discovered in the wild so far?
I'm curious.
Hard to tell as attacks are very hard to detect.
Do not pay attention to the others who replied to you as they did NOT read the article properly (and I cannot be bothered to downvote the lot):
"MDS is where one program can read another program's data. That's a bad thing when you are running in a shared environment such as cloud computing, even between browser tabs."
This "probably" means it is exploitable via JavaScript, so, basically, you're 0wned by a web page.
So, yeah, it is a problem for average Joe if he has more than one program or browser tab open at the same time. The rest is wishful thinking.
While PowerShell has had if to perform conditional execution, it is a bit clunky compared to other shells. To that end, && and || have been added as pipeline operators to chain functions or cmdlets together based on the success or failure of the left-hand command.
Ahhhh, that would be handy, that ...
PS: Wow, I wrote something nice about them...
The credential manager trick works, BTW, I too had a gazillion there ...
The first 7 or so versions would not upgrade automatically, MS cannot write an installer, I had to download the latest, uninstall old Teams, install new version.
Sometimes, it will not let me watch video chat because of a GPU driver issue, I have Intel HD GPU core in my CPU with latest driver - a "real" reboot fixes this. Restarting the graphics system with CTRL+WIN+SHIFT+B plus 3 sacrificed chicken in the bath does not help.
The sad thing, though, is that you can read passwords from the credential manager in clear text, which means that any software that uses the credential manager, like Teams, is inherently insecure trash that can leak your password.
PS: I have mentioned this credential manager thing on here before and got a steep heap of downvotes, I do not care, nor does Windows, downvote all you want it will still leak your credential passwords to any program that knows the trick - I actively use the trick in a solution of mine - it seems to be an effective way of both hiding passwords from windevs and retrieving them with ease.
In France, the telcos are deploying 10Gbps EPON "together" in partnerships, you can then choose your preferred telco.
The tried the each owns his own with the 3G LTE and noticed that ended up with severe overcapacity in cities and hardly any presence on the countryside ... lessons have been learned.
Orange & Free hooked up our area, then my telco called me, a techy came to hook me up and I was sent the EPON module ...
For fun I have grabbed my 56k modem from the attic and placed it under the TV, my router is hidden behind the TV. My project ? Put a pi in it as a NAS ... and try to fool people that I still have prehistric internet speeds capable of playing 4K Netflix ... ;-)
Actually, Apple is just as bad, these days ... their hardware sucks big time and their OS has become UAC-infested smartphoneOS, MS' wet dream OS, basically ...
Linux is leaning the wrong way as well, infested with MS on the Linux foundation's board.
We still have the BSD's, mind, and Hurd is coming (lol)
Go to https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo
Continuous Unix commit history from 1970 until today
[...]
The files appear to be added in the repository in chronological order according to their modification time, and large parts of the source code have been attributed to their actual authors. Commands like git blame and git log produce the expected results.
awesome
Well, yes, that's sort of what smart meters are for: they send your meter reading wirelessly back to the electricity company so they can bill you.
My understanding is that they use Power-line communication (PLC) to transmit data. You are specifically asked to accept data retention for daily usage ...
Microsoft's biannually updated operating system
I only got one version last year, 1803, around September ... I managed to install 1809 in March or April, Microsoft FanGirlSupremo Mary Jo Fouley only recently announced that 1903 was ready, however, it will not install on my box, yet, and I doubt I will before 2020 ...
Two years in a row where I have but one version ...
Security plaftorm vendor Comodo has 'fessed up to a digital break-in affecting 245,000 users – after it ignored line one in the first chapter of the "How to do Basic Security" book about timely patching of software.
A lot seem to fail at that ... all the outdated, unpatched thus vulnerable tech still in operation across our industry ...
In this respect, perhaps the IT channel is a bit like the farming industry. Farmers are often moaning about falling subsidies and struggling to make ends meet while sat on the comfy, heated seat of their Range Rover.
Wow, el reg, this is evil ... it might be so that big farmers are complaining, too, smaller farmers are committing suicide, so, yeah, that paragraph is superfluous and revolting, kind request to remove it, thanks!
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/17469199.desperate-cumbrian-farmers-on-suicide-watch-after-being-driven-to-the-brink-by-late-payments-weather-woes-and-brexit/
You will be. So long as you apply for a worker's visa just like every other 3rd-country citizen. It's what we voted for! Everyone's a winner now !!!
#TFTFY
PS: worker's visa is much, much, much harder to get, remember, you're in the queue with the Afghani, Nigerians, Brazilians ...
You do not understand that Brexit is a fool's trap?
Goal: turn UK even more into a tax haven and milk the poor dry.
0. Get a passport from another EU country, for safety.
1. Promise everything to everybody with a leave vote.
2. Leave without a deal.
3. Free of checks and balances, lower the taxes for the wealthy, cut back worker's rights (those lazy scumbags ala Margareth Thatcher in the 80's)
4. Mega-profit
We will not know until 1 November, and even then, it could all change later ... .
Note that we have merely seen excerpts of "Yellowhammer", with a title amended to look like "Black Swan", and been told that everything will be ok, Nigel and Boris both believe nodeal will be a swift, clean exit with no adverse consequences for us whatsoever. I am really looking forward to the pink unicorns, the stables are ready and all!
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