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Ramsay can infect air-gapped computers, collect Word, PDF, and ZIP files in a hidden folder, and then wait for exfiltration. Does it also swear a lot (and cook wet scrambled eggs)?
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Quote: Victim receives an email with an attached RTF file
If the victim donwloads and runs the document...
No fvck, Sherlock. 
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It's almost like there's this idea that might somehow stop 99.9% of these attacks. I wonder what it could be? 
TTFN - Kent
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Nelek wrote: Victim receives an email
And that is an air-gapped system how??? Something isn't adding up in that article.
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Jupp... As in many other "articles" lately.
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It should read:
Victim receives an email asking him/her/it to run the enclosed on their air-gapped system, and is stupid enough to do so!
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So, an 'idiot-gapped' system, then! 
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David O'Neil wrote: And that is an air-gapped system how??? Something isn't adding up in that article.
That's in the article.
ZDNet wrote: Other versions also included a spreader module that appended copies of the Ramsay malware to all PE (portable executable) files found on removable drives and network shares. This is believed to be the mechanism the malware was employing to jump the air gap and reach isolated networks, as users would most likely moved the infected executables between the company's different network layers, and eventually end up on an isolated system.
So, dependant on a sneakernet, after breaching the connected part and running rampant there undetected.
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FTFY
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
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Sorry to spoil someone's party, but the ancient and revered "STONED" jumped air gap quite well - especially since almost all PC's were air-gapped at the time.
An infected PC infected the boot sector on (360Kb) floppies. They would infect new systems if they were left in at startup and the system tried to boot from it.
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Epic Games’ Unreal is already one of the most widely used game engines on the planet, utilized by game developers, advertisers and filmmakers alike. Just imagine what Freecell will look like with this!
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Microsoft works on a programming language that could bring it a win with hardware accelerators in Azure AI workloads. Sometimes, you can't see the forest for the new programming languages
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In related news Microsoft hired yet another PhD whose thesis was Yet Another Programming Language.
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My father has always told me:
"The more you want to comprise, the less pressure you can do"
In other words... concentrate in less things at a time and it will be easier to do them.
MS is opening way too many fronts and getting lost, forgetting to do what actually brought them to that position.
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As we’ve mentioned in previous blog posts, the $FAMOUS_COMPANY backend has historically been developed in $UNREMARKABLE_LANGUAGE and architected on top of $PRACTICAL_OPEN_SOURCE_FRAMEWORK. This should save time on future news items
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He forgot; And we've added new icons, AI and blockchain.
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The chaos and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic have claimed an unlikely victim: the machine learning systems that are programmed to make sense of our online behavior. They're not alone
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"The algorithms that recommend products on Amazon"
As far as I can tell, Amazon simply lists more of the last thing you looked at. Right now, I'm being recommended mermaid tails (yes, I have granddaughters.)
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Not judging
Are they available in large? Asking for a friend. 
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Are they available in large? Asking for a friend.
He[^] might be available.  
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It helps to keep people at a 5m social distance 
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Joe Woodbury wrote: mermaid tails
Delicious with some bbq sauce.
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Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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We’ve been working on speeding up the compiler and editing experience, getting rid of friction and papercuts, and reducing bugs and crashes. For the types that like types when typing their code
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I don't care how fast/slow the compiler is as long as they really do fix bugs and it doesn't crash.
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