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Ukto: came
to a decision on
the change over
the last few days
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform bob____
there's such a
thing as claim analysis. if you make a claim
that has about 10% chances
that's a 10% chance. if you make
twenty claims each with 10% chances
that's 10^-18%
Ukto: mircea_popescu: i have something coming up
that will solve
the issue.
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Ukto: random_cat_: its not
that i am not processing
things, its
that all
tickets are being handled in order. and i am
trying ot help 2fa resets here in
the middle
mircea_popescu: bitcoin ipo using stolen material from
there in 3, 2...
bob____: has he started asking for donations yet
to support his research?
bob____: so
through
the power of empirical evidence, a lot of pirated software is infected
bob____: and for
the record, 67% of statistics are made up
mircea_popescu: the former is a corporate pr effort.
the latter a gov't pr effort. people got interests, yo.
mircea_popescu: also contrary
to older but just as popular belief, girls
that enjoy sex aren't usually carrying vd.
mircea_popescu: contrary
to popular belief, most pirate software isn't infected.
Namworld: "Imma just put
these 2000 BTC on
this computer with a pirated Windowz because I'm cheap like
that. Where would I get
that kind of money
to get a license anyway?"
nubbins`: turns out he's using a pre-infected version of windows he grabbed from
the pirate bay
mircea_popescu: and i guess he's ended up in
this spot where he's dreaming it.
mircea_popescu: i
think he;'s a little manic atm. guy has been involved in
the sort of shit all his life
deadweasel: i'd expect he's been using
the same USB, or getting
them mixed up, infected, uncleaned.
kleeck: I
think he was
testing
the
transmission from USB
deadweasel: he used an infected USB
to get it
there?
nubbins`: so
the idea is
that
the initial infection, via usb or whatever, sets
the groundwork for reinfection via HF audio?
kleeck: Unfortunately other security experts are confirming
that
this is all possible...
nubbins`: at least he didn't say flies poured out of
the usb port after unplugging
the stick or something
mircea_popescu: well going mad has
this irrecoverable air
to it. i'm
thinking more in
terms of, hasn't slept for 16 days, had a lot of coffee, is seeing
things.
kleeck: mircea_popescu, I'd much rather believe he is going mad
than
that badBIOS exists.
mircea_popescu: for whoever had heretical views with regard
to box gaps.
truffles: good
to see u again deadweasel, nice
to meet u nubbins`
mircea_popescu: However,
the dreams returned, but
these were clearly not my own. I beheld a vision of a great man,
the mage,
Tal Rasha. You were
there
too
Tyrael, I remember seeing you in my dream.
mircea_popescu: Perhaps it was
the warm desert wind, or
the sound of
the ocean, but for
the first
time in many weeks, I slept.
ozbot: #BadBios, aka #BadlyDoneDamageControl pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
truffles: isnt
that where most biological viruses are born
truffles: my
theory is some1
tagged him in his lab
nubbins`: probably a PR stunt
to make
the world aware of his epic villain name
bob____: none of
this has been verified by anyone but
this one labrat I believe
bob____: but it can continue
to communicate after infected
through speakers/mic
bob____: it can't infect
through speakers
deadweasel: jump
the air gap using MICROPHONES AND SPEAKERS...
kleeck: onnected
the machine's power cord so it ran only on battery
to rule out
the possibility it was receiving signals over
the electrical connection. Even
then, forensic
tools showed
the packets continued
to flow over
the airgapped machine.
Then, when Ruiu removed
the internal speaker and microphone connected
to
the airgapped machine,
the packets suddenly stopped.
kleeck: Holy shit, Ruiu said he arrived at
the
theory about badBIOS's high-frequency networking capability after observing encrypted data packets being sent
to and from an infected laptop
that had no obvious network connection with—but was in close proximity
to—another badBIOS-infected computer.
The packets were
transmitted even when
the laptop had its Wi-Fi and Bluetooth cards removed. Ruiu also disc
nubbins`: mildly surprised
that plain old laptop mics and speakers can do it, at least
kleeck: The implication
there is not good at all...
kleeck: I've been in
tech all my life, I've never known
that communicating over ultrahigh frequency sound waves was really, really easy.
kleeck: ""Really, everything Dragos reports is something
that's easily within
the capabilities of a lot of people," said Graham, who is CEO of penetration
testing firm Errata Security. "I could, if I spent a year, write a BIOS
that does everything Dragos said badBIOS is doing.
To communicate over ultrahigh frequency sound waves between computers is really, really easy.""
truffles: whats
the source of infection?
nubbins`: ""badBIOS," as Ruiu dubbed
the malware, has
the ability
to use high-frequency
transmissions passed between computer speakers and microphones
to bridge airgaps."
kleeck: "I lost another one yesterday confirming
that's simply plugging in a USB device from an infected system into a clean one is sufficient
to infect.
This was on a BSD system, so
this is definitely not a Windows issue.- and it's a low level issue, I didn't even mount
the volume and it was infected. Could
this be an overflow in
the way bios ids
the drive? "
kleeck: Mix
this with a BTC Exploit...
kleeck: is is an air-gapped machine and all of
the sudden
the search function in
the registry editor stopped working when we were using it
to search for
their keys.""
kleeck: ""We had an air-gapped computer
that just had its [firmware] BIOS reflashed, a fresh disk drive installed, and zero data on it, installed from a Windows system CD," Ruiu said. "At one point, we were editing some of
the components and our registry editor got disabled. It was like: wait a minute, how can
that happen? How can
the machine react and attack
the software
that we're using
to attack it?
Th
truffles: "He also found
that
the machine could delete data and undo configuration changes with no prompting." dam
truffles: there some other shows i enjoy but i doubt suited
to
the
tastes of
this room : d
truffles: he always knew all
these random
things
KRS-: I had
to wait
to watch it on netflix because i can't
tolerate commercials.
truffles: well
thats cuz walt was a genius
KRS-: breaking bad was
the best
TV show I have ever watched in my entire life..(and I'm no youngin')
nubbins`: would love
to have seven swans on vinyl, but it's never been pressed :(
nubbins`: i haven't listened
to Age of Adz yet!
truffles: i avoid
those
talking heads
though
nubbins`: i've been listening
to a lot of
talking heads lately
truffles: just finished off watching
the series
KRS-: been listening
to
the soundtrack from 'Breaking Bad' lately
KRS-: what kind of music is
this
truffles: i lost
track, had
to pause a lot
nubbins`: 29:00 in
that melvins video i posted
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mod6: im excited
to see how 'DarkWallet'
turns out
truffles: dont mean
that ppl have
to be glued
to
the screen..
nubbins`: most of
the day, i have
this window minimized
nubbins`: ehh, i
think we're only diagreeing on semantics
nubbins`: you're defining
the
term into uselessness :P
nubbins`: how about a small
table with
two chairs? a collaboration system?
nubbins`: actually, a paper and pen is a way better collaboration system
than irc
jcpham: those
things are complex
nubbins`: you might as well call
the
telephone a collaboration system
nubbins`: i
think calling an irc client collaboration software is a bit of a stretch
jcpham: if exxon wants
to collaborate
they spend money for software
truffles: im not sure we're on
teh same
topic
jcpham: the
tech enables
the spread of ideas
jcpham: probably focusing on details and not what
the
technology enables generally