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Re: Google analysed 80 million ransomware samples: Here's what it found

Daniel Pfeffer14-Oct-21 17:27

Daniel Pfeffer

14-Oct-21 17:27

The first recipient of ransomware was the Duke of Wellington. His response? "Publish and be damned".

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.

Re: Google analysed 80 million ransomware samples: Here's what it found

Nelek14-Oct-21 20:11

Nelek

14-Oct-21 20:11

Kent Sharkey wrote:
Israel has submitted the largest amount of ransomware samples since the start of 2020, according to a study.

Because they were fighting it or because they helped to "create" the biggest part of it (at least some of the components / exploits)?

M.D.V.

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Re: Google analysed 80 million ransomware samples: Here's what it found

Daniel Pfeffer16-Oct-21 7:51

Daniel Pfeffer

16-Oct-21 7:51

Israeli state operators may have developed some viruses, but they have only been applied against other state-level organisations (e.g. stuxnet, reputed to have been developed by Israel and the U.S., was only applied against the Iranian nuclear program).

Israel, has a large high-tech sector, As such, it is too vulnerable to retaliation in kind for it to spread viruses in the way certain Eastern European and Eastern Asian countries are reputed to do.

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.

Re: Google analysed 80 million ransomware samples: Here's what it found

Nelek16-Oct-21 8:42

Nelek

16-Oct-21 8:42

ahem.... pegasus, ahem... Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

M.D.V.

The 100 MHz 6502

Kent Sharkey14-Oct-21 7:16

Kent Sharkey

14-Oct-21 7:16

Jürgen Müller[^]:
Here’s a re-implementation of the 65C02 in an FPGA, in a pin-compatible format that lets you upgrade those old computers and games to 100 MHz clock rate!

"They've gone to plaid!"

Re: The 100 MHz 6502

den2k8817-Oct-21 21:42

den2k88

17-Oct-21 21:42

Quick, hide this from @CodeWraith.

GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

Re: The 100 MHz 6502

CodeWraith21-Oct-21 0:04

CodeWraith

21-Oct-21 0:04

*POOF*

Just when you started to hope that I have not seen this... Smile | :)

That's nothing new. I have been playing with stuff like that since 1989. In fact, my first PC actually was my old Atari ST with an adapter board that held both the original MC68000 ans a 80386, plus some adapter logic. An FPGA is simpler to use, since it can be reconfigured at any time to actually become any processor and adapter logic, all in one package. You can also test drive your own processor design or a variant of a processor that was never manufactured.

I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.

His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

Re: The 100 MHz 6502

den2k8821-Oct-21 2:16

den2k88

21-Oct-21 2:16

CodeWraith wrote:
That's nothing new. I have been playing with stuff like that since 1989.

Somehow I was expecting a similar response Big Grin | :-D

I was expecting also a "pfff, I had it run a 1 Ghz watercooled and had Doom (2016) running on it" Laugh | :laugh:

GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

Unsupported Windows 11 PCs might still get updates after all

Kent Sharkey14-Oct-21 7:01

Kent Sharkey

14-Oct-21 7:01

Slash Gear[^]:
Microsoft isn’t moving to block unsupported installations and might even continue supporting these “non-compatible” Windows 11 with critical updates during the operating system’s lifetime.

We're not not not not going to not let you upgrade. Honest.

Sorry, I didn't keep track of the nots in that one. Not sure if it's not true or not.

Re: Unsupported Windows 11 PCs might still get updates after all

David O'Neil14-Oct-21 9:26

David O'Neil

14-Oct-21 9:26

Did you mean one of these?

"not not (not not)"

"not (not not not)"

"(not not) (not not)"

"(not not) not not"

"(not not not) not"

"not (not not) not"

Or one I missed? Laugh | :laugh:

The Science of King David's Court | Object Oriented Programming with C++

Over half of firms have lost data due to inadequate backups

Kent Sharkey14-Oct-21 7:01

Kent Sharkey

14-Oct-21 7:01

IT Pro Portal[^]:
Even though backing up data is seen as a “central IT function” by many IT professionals around the world, most fail to create regular backups.

And you've checked you can restore from those backups (that you're not making)?

Re: Over half of firms have lost data due to inadequate backups

Nelek14-Oct-21 20:05

Nelek

14-Oct-21 20:05

The saddest part is, that even when they are doing backups. Most of the companies make a simple FIFO system with max a couple of months... they will very probably fail against a patient hacker that just wait a time before really "attacking".

M.D.V.

Microsoft updates a large number of Sysinternals tools and introduce Desktops

Kent Sharkey13-Oct-21 11:01

Kent Sharkey

13-Oct-21 11:01

MS Power User[^]:
Microsoft has released a major Windows Sysinternals update that updates 17 different tools in the collection and even includes a new tool, Desktops, which lets you launch up to 4 virtual desktops.

Because I'm a fan of their stuff

Re: Microsoft updates a large number of Sysinternals tools and introduce Desktops

Nelek14-Oct-21 20:03

Nelek

14-Oct-21 20:03

I wonder how many of them work properly.. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

M.D.V.

Computer Space launched the video game industry 50 years ago – here’s the real reason you probably haven’t heard of it

Kent Sharkey13-Oct-21 11:01

Kent Sharkey

13-Oct-21 11:01

The Conversation[^]:
Before Pong there was Computer Space, the first commercial video game.

Played it. Loved it

Way better than Pong.

Re: Computer Space launched the video game industry 50 years ago – here’s the real reason you probably haven’t heard of it

Joe Woodbury13-Oct-21 12:38

Joe Woodbury

13-Oct-21 12:38

I remember running across this and hating it because the star background meant you couldn't tell where the shots were. Of course, I sucked at Asteroids, so I was already a bitter soul about 2D space games!

Learn to write Visual Studio extensions

Kent Sharkey13-Oct-21 11:01

Kent Sharkey

13-Oct-21 11:01

Visual Studio blog[^]:
Writing extension for Visual Studio can be a daunting task for even the seasoned developer.

If only they could do something to make it easier?

Sorry, link to video training.

The problem with C# 10 implicit usings

Kent Sharkey13-Oct-21 7:01

Kent Sharkey

13-Oct-21 7:01

Rehan Saeed[^]:
I tried using a new C# 10 feature called implicit using statements and discovered that it wasn't quite as straightforward as I first thought and you should probably not use it under certain circumstances.

Not explicit enough?

Re: The problem with C# 10 implicit usings

Dan Neely13-Oct-21 10:18

Dan Neely

13-Oct-21 10:18

Kent Sharkey wrote:
Rehan Saeed[^]:I tried using a new C# 10 feature called implicit using statements and discovered that it wasn't quite as straightforward as I first thought and you should probably not use it under certain circumstances.Not explicit enough?

It's

ed on release, wait for v2.0 in VS 2024/25 for them to work out the bugs!

Better? Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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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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Re: The problem with C# 10 implicit usings

Kent Sharkey13-Oct-21 10:53

Kent Sharkey

13-Oct-21 10:53

That should be the new Microsoft slogan Laugh | :laugh:

TTFN - Kent

Re: The problem with C# 10 implicit usings

Joe Woodbury13-Oct-21 12:43

Joe Woodbury

13-Oct-21 12:43

Great, so now I call Play() and my program "says" "Starting Global Thermonuclear War"

Microsoft: Here's why we shrunk Windows 11 update sizes by 40%