General_Shenanigans

General_Shenanigans , 1 month ago to Technology in Internet Archive is continuing to face DDoS attacks after several days, says “this attack has been sustained, impactful, targeted, adaptive, and importantly, mean”

Maybe a rogue entity trying to anonymously use it to train an AI or LLM. Either for its data or to learn how to more effectively attack.

General_Shenanigans , 1 month ago to Comic Strips in "Pipe"

In a single shot, too.

General_Shenanigans , 1 month ago to Technology in Cyberattack forces major US health care network to divert ambulances from hospitals

I work in I.T. for a healthcare company. Ascension is a pretty large one. The bigger a company gets and the faster it grows, the more it takes on a diversity of varying technologies that all need to be managed, migrated, killed off, merged, hardened, etc. It’s a difficult job especially for healthcare. I know that the company I work for is working very hard to keep up with things, but it’s a logistical nightmare. You MUST have very smart people in charge that have the right priorities. You have to have information channels open to make sure administration knows what the potential issues are. Compartmentalization of information and access. There are so many potential points of failure it’s insane. And then there’s the most important thing of all: making sure all employees are educated enough that they don’t let their credentials get compromised.

Things are getting worse in general because of how hard it is to stay on top of everything nowadays. I just recently got a couple of letters in the mail about my info being leaked by some companies that had my info. I just have to do my part to stay on top of my own responsibilities, watch my own identity and finances, and make sure those around me are being secure, as well. Everybody needs to know how important this is, and many do, but I don’t think enough people really understand or make it a priority.

HHS is instituting new rules for healthcare (and other industries) to help track and respond to these things. The government is getting very involved with this now. I hope it helps.

General_Shenanigans , 2 months ago to Technology in Enceladus: Decoding Life's Potential in Saturn's Icy Moon

Is this blog yours?

General_Shenanigans , 2 months ago to solarpunk memes in How is the hydrogen made?

Destin from Smarter Every Day visited them.
https://youtu.be/xbcjf-hrOAs?feature=shared

General_Shenanigans , 3 months ago to 196 in Rule of Justice

Puff puff pass no bogarting

General_Shenanigans , 3 months ago to 196 in Romeo and Juliet got nothing on this

I also believe this. Seen it happen before. Somebody introduces an asshole to drugs thinking it will open their mind, because it happened to them. Pikachu face when they just become a bigger asshole.

General_Shenanigans , 3 months ago to 196 in Election rule

I hear that ominous music, too

General_Shenanigans , 4 months ago to Technology in The HDMI Forum rejected AMD's open source HDMI 2.1 implementation

We use Dell WD-19 docks. Not sure if you use similar. Updated dock firmware and laptop drivers made a difference for us with connection issues. Sometimes you gotta perform a reset on them to make them behave (disconnect dock power and USB-C and hold power button for just over 15 sec). Sometimes the laptop NVRAM needs to be reset instead (for Dell, disconnect all devices and power while off and hold button for just over 30 sec). Overall, though, no huge issues with DP specifically if the dock and laptop firmwares are up to date. Third-party docks/replicators definitely have way more issues, though.

General_Shenanigans , 4 months ago to Technology in Elon Musk finally says something we can all agree on: No one wants to have to log in with a Microsoft Account on Windows 11

Oh, there’s no way Elon wants a machine with a company image on it.

He probably bought a Win11 S-mode laptop, not knowing what that was.