www.securityweek.com Famed Hacker Kevin Mitnick Dead at 59
Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. At the time of his death, he was Chief Hacking Officer at security awareness training firm KnowBe4.
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LoL. There was a comment today from somebody (in Canada) that mentioned "the time in Canada" as if there weren't multiple provinces in different time zones.
Self-centered exceptionalism isn't just an American thing, though they may be louder about it in many cases.
Mine, no, but I definitely know people who went from very happy with their lives to deep depression in a shorter period then that.
That doesn't necessarily equal suicidal tendencies in all cases but there's certainly common ground been the two.
Yeah. My buddy lived with his SO. They had kids together. I believe they did have plans to get married but there were financial/planning considerations. At the time, the house was in his name.
He died unexpectedly and without warning due to a previously unknown medical condition. I don't believe he had a W&T.
The paperwork she had to deal with - much of which would have been not required had they been married - was horrendous, especially anything bank related. The bank also seemed to be doing their best to fuck her over in regards to the family home. It was a nasty ordeal.
That one is for the buttcrack of any co-worker found bending over too far.
I recall reading a post on Reddit where somebody was able to have two people playing from a single machine with dual video cards dedicated to VMs.
Wonder how well this might work for AI stuff.. Dedicate GPU segments to processing on stuff VMs
No need to eat the rich if they end up eating each other
Yup. Just waiting for a little while from now when Trump starts deporting Ukranians to Russia because "well the place they came from doesn't exist it's Russian now"
Hmmm. Minecraft was more accurate than I thought
I'm just wanting somebody to post a link on how to make that costume. It's awesome
Yeah. Positive reinforcement works across a lot of species.. Just because the OP is used to using it with canines first doesn't make it bad to use on humans We could all use a little pick-up sometimes, just doing fine the M&M's to rover and a milk bone to the partner by mistake.
I kinda wonder about this in regards to the weird way these people structure their money/finances against their wealth. While I'm sure Elon's bank account shows not figures then mine ever will, it's my understanding is a lot of the "wealth" is tied up in assets like stock etc, and they then borrow against the stock for actual liquid cash-flow, such Elon did in order to buy X.
So my hope is still that at some point, Tesla takes enough of a dive that the bank makes a call and if he doesn't have enough liquid capital to pay back the loans he might get outsted. Having Tesla survive sans-Elon would be great IMO
Yeah, I was thinking the same. It's basically a visible representation of somebody's thought process. It may indicate something important to them, something they're passionate about, or just a point decision without due consideration for consequences.
People get tattoos that are extremely artistic and represent a significant investment in both time and money. Many get tattoos about something they have a passion for. Some to honor deceased loved ones. Some to represent their culture.
Others get a facial tat with prison symbols or to make themselves look like a lizard/devil, which I can only describe as a "look-at-me" tattoo. That may not be the type of personality you want working for you or even to hang out with.
Others it's a "hey we were drinking and just got this cool new tattoo gun" or "I wanted ink but didn't bother to research local artists or pay for someone that does good work or can spell" ...
Well, in Canada they got caught faking last-minute sales for EV rebates, which might trigger closer scrutiny in other places as well
It's possible he can be both. Given the current administration it's even likely
My thought as well. It's not "won't return him", it's "can't". Poor guy is probably already dead, and they won't return the body claiming "an unfortunate accident" because he's either cremated or showing signs of torture
I'd imagine that they good l could also be converted into decent power banks for homes during outages
With the "not for resale" stamp clearly shown to boot.
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Free for life? Here is always been free for only the first few years of ownership and then you pay, plus the system is fucking terrible and doesn't work half the time.
Cellular (LTE/4G/5G) SFF boards for CM4/5
I've been looking at some Linux based phones and one thing that caught my eye was a Pi based build.
This makes a lot of sense to me in many ways as the smaller Pi's carry a lot of power and expandability, however it was based on an older 3b platform and consequently very bulky.
Currently, my searches online have led me mainly to boards that support CM4 but also have ethernet ports etc (adding build) or use USB/pinouts with no CM (Compute Module)connector.
Anyone know if there's a small board that can support cellular connectivity with a native CM connector?
Also, any way around the lack of SDCard support for Pi's that boot from eMMC (would like eMMC for the OS and SDCard for larger stuff, pictures etc)?
I'll add: the board doesn't have to be credit-card sized. Something along the lines of an average smartphone so I can fit a decent LCD would be fine, just no Ethernet etc making it too thick
good replacement options power efficiency and affordable "large" storage?
My current system is running on an old 2U HP rackmount server with dual 16-core AMD Opteron-6262HE CPU's and two RAID-5 arrays (fast SSD array and slow 2.5" HDD array). There are generally 5-6 VMs running under a Linux master at a given time but none of them are using a whole lot of CPU cycles.
In general, it's noisy but fairly effective for my needs.
I'm looking at the future and what might be good replacement that offers a blend of power-efficiency, flexibility, and storage cost.
In particular, I'd like to:
- Ditch the 2.5" HDD array in favor of an efficient separate storage system, preferably an attached NAS with 3.5" disks on RAID5 but probably actually networked and not USB based (both for reliability and also so I can potentially provide storage directly to stuff running on separate SBC's etc). A storage system I could drop in now and still use after I upgrade the compute system would be great
- I'd like to keep the SATA-SSD array for stuff that needs faster disk, or possib
authenticated remote filesystem access for home/SOHO use?
(sorry in advance for the long post)
What I'm looking for:
Basically, without a lot of work to setup and maintain a Domain/Kerberos server, what's the best way to provide consistent logins and remote folder/share (from a server) access across various Linux desktops
I've configured domain controllers using Samba. I've also configured Linux systems as domain-joined hosts. Between the two I tend to find that keeping talking - especially for systems that are only on infrequently - can be a bit troublesome. Updates sometimes break the Samba server, tokens expire, etc etc
I've also used NFS of various versions, but found v4 with the Kerberos implementation a bit finicky (for similar reasons to the SMB based implementation). NFSv3 of course is fairly fast and efficient, but lacks the user-level authentication and relies on IP's for access-control.
Now it's been awhile since I've given a shot at this except for some NFS shares between VMs and SSHFS for desktops, it would be ni
self-hosted/FOSS remote-access support gateway
One of the problems with having switched over a number of relatives to Linux is that I'm "the guy" when they have issues, and I can't always get over to help them in a timely manner. A lot of the time most stuff is working just fine and it's just a matter of popping into the desktop and fixing a bad link or a naughty plugin that's slipped into Chrome etc, but it DOES require being able to see what they see.
Windows has a system where you can "request assistance" and then provide a code for access at which point it shares your desktop. There are similar systems where one can get a link in email and click it for support.
I'd like to find a system that I can host myself to allow users to queue up for support at which point I can pop into their system, without needing to open ports on their routers or using something hackish like forwarding a VNC port to an SSH server etc
X11 forwarding (X server) for Android
Does anyone use X11 forwarding with Android devices, so that they can access their UI apps remotely?
If so, what apps do you use and what issues have you run across?
There's a "MobaXterm ssh" app and while I do love that app on other OS's it doesn't seem to be made by the same company so I don't really trust it
who would support a nuclear power plant near their town/city
I'm not sure if we're allowed to ask questions on this sub. It seems mostly news articles but I figured I'd give it a go.
So Bruce Power in Ontario is planning to build the world's biggest nuclear plant in the world (by expanding on an existing plant).
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/ontario-new-nuclear-build-1.6897701
BC is more well known for hydroelectric, but that particular source hasn't really been greatly expanded on in decades and site-C is pretty controversial.
This got be thinking:
How do we in BC feel about nuclear power? Would you support one near where you live? Why or why not, and what other power options would you prefer?
Parts for homebrew configs
Can anyone recommend a good place to get parts for a homebrew system (available to Canada, at a reasonable price).
Full disclosure, I'm actually looking to build a large 3D scanning system but in terms of movement of the camera heads, I've been looking at my printer and thinking that it could use a similar configuration though on a slightly larger scale (rails, with a wheeled+track system for horizontal and large spiraled cylinder for vertical) , but I have no idea where to source these sort of parts.
Any ideas?
performance by distro
Does anyone know where to find some good measurements of performance differences between common distros (with like hardware and config).
I'm interested to see if some perform better than others due to optimization etc
Kevin Mitnick has died at age 59
Kevin Mitnick - the world's first famous "hacker" - has died at age 59 after succumbing to pancreatic cancer.
Mitnick gained fame for his hacking skills and eventual arrest on hacking and wire fraud charges. After his release from prison, he went on to release various books and speak at conferences on the topic of cyber security/hacking. He is the founder of "Mitnick Security Consulting" which provides cyber consulting and penetration testing services.
Kevin's influence on the world of cyber security is undeniable, as is his almost legendary reputation in the field.