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Thanks for sharing this. Got any links/further reading related to this mess?

by zdkl 9y ago

throwawayknecht 9y ago
BIOS and firmware viruses have been explored for a long time. That alone is not "BadBIOS" which was a claim about an novel C&C (or if you're extremely paranoid, infection) mechanism using the PC speaker, and an unrealistically robust infection potential. (And to be clear, "BadBIOS" does not exist.)
tr1ck5t3r 9y ago
Read up on BadBios, Stuxnet, & Duqu because I believe its names given by different security experts for the same suite of malware that has evolved over time which has exhibited different and similar characteristics seen by the name givers. At the same time always be cynical with what is reported, its not uncommon for law enforcement to not give out pertinent information and its not uncommon for the military to carry out experiments on the public in secret to get a better understanding of human biology & behaviour. In a way, the internet is probably the best tool known to man to study human behaviour on a scale never carried out before, in a way a Brave New World, with a bit of Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 to name probably 3 important books which are topical today but conceived years ago. There's a lot of psychology employed with this sort of thing so its not your usual run of the mill stereotypical hacking collective, as I've said elsewhere, there's not many entities in the world with the resources to pull this off using online and offline techniques, with additional elements like psychology also in use which would cover the social hacking side of things in many innovative ways. Another reason for military secrecy is some experiments would never get past the ethics board of university's, but do criminals have ethics or obey the law? If you look at the basis of Capitalism, businesses need to deliver results for the least amount of money in order to keep shareholders happy. With this in mind, its cheaper to deploy something nearly completed and then let users report the problems that affect them and then the bugs get prioritised using metrics like how many users affected and whats involved in fixing it, ie is it a quick fix or a major overhaul. With this in mind, this general modus operandi can be exploited by those entities who dont really have any budget limits in the same context as most businesses. Its also the spooks job to know everything, because it would be logical to pre-empt any major threats to life, however other entities like news organisations or other entities with their own agenda cant be wholly ruled out either. Thats what makes this puzzle so fascinating. I have caught some of the five eyes techniques long before Snowden showed up, thats not to say these were 5eyes actors, they could have been some other entity who independently arrived at the same idea for some of the techniques I've seen used. I've also heard from other sources some other stuff also mentioned by Snowden which goes back to the early 00's, and other references go back to the 90's because thats the beauty of all this stuff, theres always someone older and uglier than you that's seen it all before. Anyway you could start here for some insight from those in the know. Body language may or may not be useful. These people like games whilst portraying a facade, but ultimately who and what do you trust? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQcPhTF9Jqs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQcPhTF9Jqs

Thanks for sharing this. Got any links/further reading related to this mess?

by zdkl 9y ago

Thanks for sharing this. Got any links/further reading related to this mess?

BIOS and firmware viruses have been explored for a long time. That alone is not "BadBIOS" which was a claim about an novel C&C (or if you're extremely paranoid, infection) mechanism using the PC speaker, and an unrealistically robust infection potential. (And to be clear, "BadBIOS" does not exist.)

tr1ck5t3r 9y ago

Read up on BadBios, Stuxnet, & Duqu because I believe its names given by different security experts for the same suite of malware that has evolved over time which has exhibited different and similar characteristics seen by the name givers. At the same time always be cynical with what is reported, its not uncommon for law enforcement to not give out pertinent information and its not uncommon for the military to carry out experiments on the public in secret to get a better understanding of human biology & behaviour. In a way, the internet is probably the best tool known to man to study human behaviour on a scale never carried out before, in a way a Brave New World, with a bit of Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 to name probably 3 important books which are topical today but conceived years ago. There's a lot of psychology employed with this sort of thing so its not your usual run of the mill stereotypical hacking collective, as I've said elsewhere, there's not many entities in the world with the resources to pull this off using online and offline techniques, with additional elements like psychology also in use which would cover the social hacking side of things in many innovative ways. Another reason for military secrecy is some experiments would never get past the ethics board of university's, but do criminals have ethics or obey the law? If you look at the basis of Capitalism, businesses need to deliver results for the least amount of money in order to keep shareholders happy. With this in mind, its cheaper to deploy something nearly completed and then let users report the problems that affect them and then the bugs get prioritised using metrics like how many users affected and whats involved in fixing it, ie is it a quick fix or a major overhaul. With this in mind, this general modus operandi can be exploited by those entities who dont really have any budget limits in the same context as most businesses. Its also the spooks job to know everything, because it would be logical to pre-empt any major threats to life, however other entities like news organisations or other entities with their own agenda cant be wholly ruled out either. Thats what makes this puzzle so fascinating. I have caught some of the five eyes techniques long before Snowden showed up, thats not to say these were 5eyes actors, they could have been some other entity who independently arrived at the same idea for some of the techniques I've seen used. I've also heard from other sources some other stuff also mentioned by Snowden which goes back to the early 00's, and other references go back to the 90's because thats the beauty of all this stuff, theres always someone older and uglier than you that's seen it all before. Anyway you could start here for some insight from those in the know. Body language may or may not be useful. These people like games whilst portraying a facade, but ultimately who and what do you trust? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQcPhTF9Jqs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQcPhTF9Jqs