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Old 11-10-2014, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by TepEvan' timestamp='1415634938' post='23399693
ebola
i'm not throwing blood from multiple orifices yet..
Plague of Athens (which may or may not have been ebola, scarlet fever, measles, etc. Nobody really knows for certain.)
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Old 11-10-2014, 08:07 AM
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I am having a very odd day. I've unknowingly gotten involved in a couple of discussions/projects on topics I actually know something about. The really odd thing is that people are listening to what I have to say and actually taking my advice.

That has never happened before.

To add to the strangeness, I found a new route to work this morning on a completely unused road. Route 7 and 9 were both totally locked up but I managed to get around it and save close to 15 minutes on my commute. Thank you Waze!

I'm waiting for the other foot to drop...
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Old 11-10-2014, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by WhrDLMI
The really odd thing is that people are listening to what I have to say and actually taking my advice.

That has never happened before.
That's because you worked for Matt for so long. That dude hires smart people, brags about his team and talks up their skill, and then refuses to listen to them.
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Mark, are your hotels owned?

When unsuspecting guests, including situationally aware corporate executives and high-tech entrepreneurs, travel to a variety of hotels and connect to the internet, they are infected with a rare APT Trojan posing as any one of several major software releases. These might be GoogleToolbar, Adobe flash, Windows Messenger, etc. This first stage of malware helps the attackers to identify more significant victims, leading to the selective download of more advanced stealing tools.

At the hotels, these installs are selectively distributed to targeted individuals. This group of attackers seems to know in advance when these individuals will arrive and depart from their high-end hotels. So, the attackers lay in wait until these travelers arrive and connect to the Internet.
https://securelist.com/files/2014/11...l_kl_07.11.pdf
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Originally Posted by 9k_on_occasion
Originally Posted by Gilly_S2KFreak' timestamp='1415635050' post='23399698
[quote name='TepEvan' timestamp='1415634938' post='23399693']
ebola
i'm not throwing blood from multiple orifices yet..
Plague of Athens (which may or may not have been ebola, scarlet fever, measles, etc. Nobody really knows for certain.)
[/quote]

i will accept this diagnosis for now.
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Originally Posted by e3opian
Mark, are your hotels owned?

When unsuspecting guests, including situationally aware corporate executives and high-tech entrepreneurs, travel to a variety of hotels and connect to the internet, they are infected with a rare APT Trojan posing as any one of several major software releases. These might be GoogleToolbar, Adobe flash, Windows Messenger, etc. This first stage of malware helps the attackers to identify more significant victims, leading to the selective download of more advanced stealing tools.

At the hotels, these installs are selectively distributed to targeted individuals. This group of attackers seems to know in advance when these individuals will arrive and depart from their high-end hotels. So, the attackers lay in wait until these travelers arrive and connect to the Internet.
https://securelist.com/files/2014/11...l_kl_07.11.pdf
They are just clients and yes I saw that. The dark side folks are clever have folks on the inside or have hacked our systems.
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Originally Posted by e3opian
That's because you worked for Matt for so long. That dude hires smart people, brags about his team and talks up their skill, and then refuses to listen to them.
(I am not affiliated with this Matt)
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Originally Posted by speed_bump
The dark side folks are clever have folks on the inside or have hacked our systems.
The scariest part was the knowledge of who-would-be-where & when.
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Target an employee at a high end hotel to let you know when they make a reservation and get the info or hack the high end hotel's property management system or the big travel agencies used by big companies.
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Old 11-10-2014, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by WhrDLMI
I'm waiting for the other foot to drop...
It happened. We had a power outtage this afternoon. I've been running around since about 1 making sure all of my stuff was online and working properly.

FWIW... I would have been done a long time ago if we had a half-decent VMware admin here.
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