Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a new way to detect denial-of-service attacks.
The new technique is more accurate than current methods, correctly identifying 99% of attacks in testing.
The technique works by tracking the evolution of entropy, a measure of disorder in a system.
During a denial-of-service attack, two measures of entropy go in opposite directions. At the target address, many more clicks than usual are going to one place, a state of low entropy. But the sources of those clicks, whether people, zombies or bots, originate in many different places—high entropy. The mismatch could signify an attack.
The new technique is automated and doesn’t require close oversight by a human to distinguish between legitimate traffic and an attack.
The researchers say that their program is “lightweight”—it doesn’t need much computing power or network resources to do its job.
The PNNL team is now looking at how the buildout of 5G networking and the booming internet of things landscape will have an impact on denial-of-service attacks.
**Short summary:**This is a sophisticated malware campaign that is targeting inexperienced cyber criminals with the goal of stealing their cryptocurrency and other sensitive information. The campaign is using malicious OpenBullet configuration files to distribute the malware, and it is targeting criminal communities that are...
PWM saves the URL with the password record. It doesn’t auto-fill username/password on a website that the user hasn’t already approved, so it provides some phishing-resistance when the URL is unknown, or is just similar to the originally saved URL.
Worldcoin, founded by US tech entrepreneur Sam Altman, offers free crypto tokens to people who agree to have their eyeballs scanned.
It claims to be creating a new global “identity and financial network”.
Altman, who founded Open AI, which built chat bot ChatGPT, says he hopes the initiative will help confirm if someone is a human or a robot. He also says this could lead to everyone being paid a universal basic income but it is not clear how.
Sure, bud, hand over our biometrics for your private fiat money, for the promise of unclear-how basic income, meanwhile with your exploiting the poors and manipulating the laws to favor yourself.
Hmm… WEI seems to serve to reduce ad frauds, not as a direct attack on blocking ads, except maybe for those ad blockers that attempt to maximize expenses for the advertisers.
Hey, dude, I feel I somewhat understand you, because I was the same, and am the same. But here’s something I learned a while ago that helped (obviously didn’t kill it). It’s by now a cliche and is totally commercialized, but hey, if it works.
Habit 1: Be Proactive: Focus and act on what you can control and influence instead of what you can’t.
There are a lot of things you can’t control/have causal effects in life. You will kill yourself worrying about them. Drop the bad news you can’t change. If you already know who you are going to vote for, just don’t read the political news. Do you parts for the climate change and forget the rest. etc.
I’d guess the simple answer may be that people don’t care/know, but for those that have ditched Facebook for whatever reason, yet still use Instagram, it’s a little surprising....
Haha, all I know is the admins of my instances are most likely no Steve. Admins are as pseudonymous as I am, although we probably have similar hope of prospering in communities that are better than corporate-controlled ones.
Yeah, I would agree that people who don’t fact-check what they see on the media, especially social media, are more susceptible to misinformation and manipulation. Unfortunately, I think the number of people that don’t have the skills, or the inclination, is vast given Mobile reachability.
A lot of people would describe people who want to be the president as people who shouldn’t be president, but I’ve never heard someone describe someone who would describe someone who wants to be mayor as that. When does the office reach a level of influence that it begins to attract individuals driven by a craving for power?
This tendency seems to be commonplace in humans. Big sisters/brothers like to tell their younger siblings what to do. You give people any power, there would be some who are bound to abuse it. That’s why there is philosophy about anarchism.
Would it be possible to see posts filtered as the fake image suggests? I’d like to be able to filter posts by subject as well as by subscription and, maybe, create my own filters, like: posts from my instance AND to communities I’m subscribed to AND mention MyFavouriteSubject....
Often with a Linux kernel update, or even after a first install of Linux in place of Windows, Bluetooth stops working and the advice is usually to just power off your computer, wait a bit, and then turn it on again. Bluetooth then miraculously works again....
Not saying this is the answer to your question, but generally, it’s the hardware/software unaccounted-for states that can’t easily be recovered from. So, rebooting would hopefully get it in a known “clean” state, and hopefully, not falling into that unaccounted-for state again.
Shitty, but works with some other things too. Angry, frustrated, hopeless? Sleep it off, maybe (not guaranteed) it will be better tomorrow.
Haha, what do they have to do to find out who the subject is, right? To do this sustainably, maybe to depend on view counts, mood of responses, weirdness of subject. More algorithmic nightmare. Or maybe we can all be like the princes. Be proper all the time. Wait, that doesn’t work too well, does it. 🤔
Developer in our town is redeveloping a parcel that used to be a Catholic school. The developer wanted to remove the tree because it was in the way, but a lot of people in town protested . I guess now everyone is happy?
Thanks for the work. You are a life saver. I coincidentally ended up in the scenario you described: using an account (big instance) to subscribe to everything. Syncing unsubscription from a main account would work well for me.
I’ve been noticing that posts I have attached photos to are no longer showing the pictures. Including the posts other people have made to the community I moderate....
A lot of privacy guides suggest avoiding Telegram. I understand that in its default mode there’s no E2EE (and no E2EE for groups at all). If people I know don’t wanttko use Signal, isn’t Telegram the lesser evil given it’s nicer privacy policy (than other popular ones)?...
Yes, it does. You can try it. Respond to my comment (some people are getting annoyed) with the same bot name + a short time (like 5 minutes). You’ll get a notification in your inbox.
I have several domains that I use for email aliases and I no longer need all of them. I’m worried if I let one expire and someone else purchases the domain, they will be able to set up a catch-all email address and intercept any emails that I don’t specifically migrate accounts/unsubscribe from newsletters. What are my best...
I’m working on an activism campaign kicking off next week opposing some bad internet bills in the US – here’s the kbin magazine I just set up, and I might set up a Lemmy community as well if that makes sense. Once things get going, we’ll be sharing links including information and actions people can take....
…with the James Web Telescope looking for sources of artificial light to identify potential intelligent life, and the news this week of Perseverance searching for microbial life on Mars it feels like we are getting closer to a major discovery. But what - if anything - would it mean for the religions on Earth if life is proven...
TunnelCrack: Widespread design flaws in VPN clients (tunnelcrack.mathyvanhoef.com)
What are TunnelCrack vulnerabilities?...
Researchers strengthen defenses against denial-of-service attack (techxplore.com)
What are some good RSS feeds to subscribe to?
Yeah, I know. Throwback! But people still do use RSS feed readers (like myself)
[Ironic/Entertaining news] No Honour Amongst Thieves: Unpacking a New OpenBullet Malware Campaign (www.kasada.io)
**Short summary:**This is a sophisticated malware campaign that is targeting inexperienced cyber criminals with the goal of stealing their cryptocurrency and other sensitive information. The campaign is using malicious OpenBullet configuration files to distribute the malware, and it is targeting criminal communities that are...
Phishing campaigns are using Google AMP URLs to avoid detection (www.malwarebytes.com)
Summary...
Police raid WorldCoin cryptocurrency warehouse in Nairobi (www.capitalfm.co.ke)
Not me!
Two pieces of string walk into a bar. The first piece of string asks for a drink. The bartender says, “Get lost. We don’t serve pieces of string.”...
Your Computer Should Say What You Tell It To Say - Google is adding code to Chrome that will send tamper-proof information about your operating system and other software, and share it with websites (www.eff.org)
Summary...
“We’re always here for you" (reddthat.com)
For context: One of the rules in that community is that you aren’t allowed to post anything related to suicide. In a mental health community.
How has Instagram largely avoided being associated with Facebook/Meta?
I’d guess the simple answer may be that people don’t care/know, but for those that have ditched Facebook for whatever reason, yet still use Instagram, it’s a little surprising....
[Wired] This Disinformation Is Just for You; Generative AI Makes Disinformation More Targeted and Effective (web.archive.org)
Summary:...
Did You Know? (i.imgur.com)
I tried this and it just made me want to take a shower. 😣
advice
I’m rather new to lemmy but I’m really enjoying it, which is the best instance to use ?
At which level within the hierarchy of the US office do individuals aspiring to be part of it tend to be perceived as driven by a strong desire for power?
A lot of people would describe people who want to be the president as people who shouldn’t be president, but I’ve never heard someone describe someone who would describe someone who wants to be mayor as that. When does the office reach a level of influence that it begins to attract individuals driven by a craving for power?
Filtering posts (lemmy.ml)
Would it be possible to see posts filtered as the fake image suggests? I’d like to be able to filter posts by subject as well as by subscription and, maybe, create my own filters, like: posts from my instance AND to communities I’m subscribed to AND mention MyFavouriteSubject....
Is this still available? (lemmy.world)
@thislightguidedme
Congratulations! You're invited! (lebowski.social)
Bald Eagle by Steve Biro (lemmy.world)
www.instagram.com/stevebiro/
Why is it usually advised to power off your computer to have Bluetooth work again if it stopped working after a kernel update?
Often with a Linux kernel update, or even after a first install of Linux in place of Windows, Bluetooth stops working and the advice is usually to just power off your computer, wait a bit, and then turn it on again. Bluetooth then miraculously works again....
Someone spent their time, money, and effort to write this in the sky (lemmy.world)
I love it
[Tech Ethics] They Didn’t Ask to Go Viral. Posting on Social Media Without Consent Is Immoral (web.archive.org)
Summary...
why bother? (lemmy.world)
Developer in our town is redeveloping a parcel that used to be a Catholic school. The developer wanted to remove the tree because it was in the way, but a lot of people in town protested . I guess now everyone is happy?
multiple accounts
I found the lemmyverse super confusing for the longest time, especially how so wildly different looking sites would interact....
Best bathroom west of the Mississippi (i.imgur.com)
Best bathroom i ever saw. Found on a hike in California near Sawtooth Peak in Sequoia National Park
Transprivacy (lemmy.ml)
I wanted to experiment with AI generated memes (programming.dev)
Chat GPT was highly disappointing. It wasn’t even funny enough for 9gag....
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Christian rule (i.imgur.com)
Thanks, Pretzel Witch! (lemmy.ml)
Posted pictures no longer showing?
I’ve been noticing that posts I have attached photos to are no longer showing the pictures. Including the posts other people have made to the community I moderate....
Aside from the lack of E2EE, why is Telegram not trustworthy?
A lot of privacy guides suggest avoiding Telegram. I understand that in its default mode there’s no E2EE (and no E2EE for groups at all). If people I know don’t wanttko use Signal, isn’t Telegram the lesser evil given it’s nicer privacy policy (than other popular ones)?...
The toilet never survives (lemmy.world)
what are the chances that it was intentional? (lemmy.ml)
Dog tax (lemmy.world)
How to safely dispose of domain I've used for email aliasing?
I have several domains that I use for email aliases and I no longer need all of them. I’m worried if I let one expire and someone else purchases the domain, they will be able to set up a catch-all email address and intercept any emails that I don’t specifically migrate accounts/unsubscribe from newsletters. What are my best...
How some people afford to travel around the world for months without working?
piped.video/watch?v=V-yO1DcdUFQ...
What movie did you rewatch most often?
For me, it’s either the Matrix or Pulp Fiction. I have seen both a lot of times but certainly not more often than say a dozen times.
Suggestions for activism campaigns on Lemmy and kbin? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
I’m working on an activism campaign kicking off next week opposing some bad internet bills in the US – here’s the kbin magazine I just set up, and I might set up a Lemmy community as well if that makes sense. Once things get going, we’ll be sharing links including information and actions people can take....
Dream Noms (i.imgur.com)
If intelligent life is found in the universe will it change religion(s)?
…with the James Web Telescope looking for sources of artificial light to identify potential intelligent life, and the news this week of Perseverance searching for microbial life on Mars it feels like we are getting closer to a major discovery. But what - if anything - would it mean for the religions on Earth if life is proven...