The Computer Thread

[Autumnlicious]

Secured connections will fail to verify in an event of a DNS rewrite attack. Only unsecured connections are really vulnerable to the hijacking this creates. Or ones that override/ignore the SSL error.

This is a form of a man in the middle attack, except the man is your router.

Furthermore, if you use a browser like Google Chrome which has visited the site with specific headers presented, then it will refuse to allow any SSL stripping attack (What one usually does to hijack SSL sessions during a man in the middle attack) even if you remove subsequent headers from future connections to that site. Some browsers come with a prepackaged list of websites that must always have SSL/TLS enabled.

Google is one of those candidates.

So the articles fear of getting a "bad Google" is completely unfounded. Other sites that are unsecured are vulnerable to MITM though.

I hate really stupid analogies when they simply cannot work technically due to current configuration.

[The_Thinking_Theist]

hey guys hwo do i hack?

[Autumnlicious]

With discipline, education and a professional interest into understanding how software is constructed, how common attacks were discovered and how to think about network security.

The journey begins in the stack.

[Angrboda]

NSA’s automated hacking engine offers hands-free pwning of the world

Since 2010, the National Security Agency has kept a push-button hacking system called Turbine that allows the agency to scale up the number of networks it has access to from hundreds to potentially millions. The news comes from new Edward Snowden documents published by Ryan Gallagher and Glenn Greenwald in The Intercept today. The leaked information details how the NSA has used Turbine to ramp up its hacking capacity to “industrial scale,” plant malware that breaks the security on virtual private networks (VPNs) and digital voice communications, and collect data and subvert targeted networks on a once-unimaginable scale.

http://arstechnica.com/information-techn...the-world/

[ignoramus]

I believe I fall into the nerd category for pc's.
I was a level 3 tech support for 250 users for 15 years.
I've had my same full tower case for a very long time. No panels on it ...only amateurs have panels! hehe
I've been using custom water cooling for about 10 years now ... before kits were available.
I've just upgraded to the latest i7 4770K (unlocked) with a gigabyte Z87XUD5H board.
This setup is good for 5 years at least... only graphics may need changing in a few years.
I play lots of 3d games. If you only need light stuff, can't help you much.

happy to help with IT support, but I've been out of it professionally for a few years now, but I'll do my best.

[Jaysyn]

Are you also aware that most FPS on console have a slight aim assist added into the game... if you're close enough to your target then the game will aim for you. Why implement such a feature if controllers are as accurate as mouses?

Microsoft had developed cross platform (Xbox - PC) networked play for either Halo or Halo 2 back in the day. It never saw the light of day because in testing the PC games curbstomped the console gamers. Every. Single., Time.

Also, here is my main PC. I built it a few years ago, but it still handles anything I throw at it. I gotta say, the Sentey case is pretty awesome. The HEPA filter screens keep the insides almost completely dust free. Not shown below, but it also has a 750w Corsair Bronze certified power supply.

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition (Deneb, RB-C2 (Ridgeback))
3200 MHz (16.00x200.0) @ 3200 MHz (16.00x200.0)
Motherboard: ASUS M4A79XTD EVO
Chipset: AMD 790X (RD780) + SB750/SB710
Memory: 8192 MBytes @ 666 MHz, 9.0-9-9-24
- 2048 MB PC12800 DDR3 SDRAM - Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9
- 2048 MB PC12800 DDR3 SDRAM - Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9
- 2048 MB PC12800 DDR3 SDRAM - Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9
- 2048 MB PC12800 DDR3 SDRAM - Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9
Graphics: GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1024 MB GDDR5 SDRAM
Drive: WDC WD10EALS-00Z8A0, 976.8 GB, Serial ATA 3Gb/s
Drive: ST3250410AS, 244.2 GB, Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s
Drive: ATAPI iHBS112 2, BD-RE
Sound: ATI/AMD SB600 - High Definition Audio Controller
Sound: NVIDIA GK106 - High Definition Audio Controller
Network: RealTek Semiconductor RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet NIC [A/B/C]
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (x64) Build 7601

My other computer is an HP Elitebook. It's almost perfect for CAD & GIS, but does need more RAM.

Computer: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8540w
CPU: Intel Core i7-620M (Arrandale SV, K0)
2666 MHz (20.00x133.3) @ 1463 MHz (11.00x133.0)
Motherboard: Hewlett-Packard 1521
Chipset: Intel QM57 (IbexPeak-M DO)
Memory: 4096 MBytes @ 532 MHz, 7.0-7-7-20
- 2048 MB PC10600 DDR3 SDRAM - Samsung M471B5673FH0-CH9
- 2048 MB PC10600 DDR3 SDRAM - Samsung M471B5673FH0-CH9
Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M, 1024 MB DDR3 SDRAM
Drive: ST9250410AS, 244.2 GB, Serial ATA 3Gb/s
Drive: hp DVD RW AD-7586H, DVD+R DL
Sound: Intel 5 Series/34x0 Chipset PCH - High Definition Audio Controller [B2]
Sound: NVIDIA GT216 - High Definition Audio Controller
Network: Intel 82577LM (Hanksville-M) Gigabit Network Controller
Network: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 AGN 3x3 HMC
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (x64) Build 7601