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by jpcosta 1y ago
What was the answer? Asking for a vp friend
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by jpcosta 2y ago
Unfortunately, all too common in the security field.
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by jpcosta 3y ago
This is fascinating, but at the same time I got to ask. Wouldn't it easier for a person as experienced as Tavis Ormandy to simply write a console version of a spreadsheet software from scratch using a modern stack?
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by jpcosta 5y ago
There are medical bodies staffed by professionals that study these matters, and the states (should) base their decisions on what their findings are. To me the problems starts when decision makers and then the general population start trusti
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by jpcosta 5y ago
neutered in what sense? besides doing the keynote speech of course
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by jpcosta 5y ago
Maybe try running a business?
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by jpcosta 5y ago
That seems to me like an unjustified and unjust generalization.
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by jpcosta 6y ago
I don't really think it pays off to make such distinction between virus and trojan. `Trojan` is often used to refer to malware that provides a backdoor into your system, and if someone gets to run code on your machine it isn't you
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by jpcosta 6y ago
where would one hire an auditor like this? asking for a friend
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by jpcosta 6y ago
You still have to prove who had the gun in the first place
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by jpcosta 7y ago
afaik one of the main motivations that led to start osquery project was precisely to have a cross platform tool to allow collecting much needed information from all your hosts in an enterprise setting
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by jpcosta 8y ago
I really wish this was the norm! I have a very common name and signed up for gmail address right at the start. I now receive tons of spam because there are people who sign up to the weirdest things with my gmail handle.
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by jpcosta 9y ago
BRAFWTNEGASSAY would make sense to the owner of the file or someone working in that particular project. Consider it a project name, or a keyword that is relevant in that particular context. If you're working with files from different s
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by jpcosta 9y ago
I would love to see a deep investigation proving/disproving this point
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by jpcosta 10y ago
I completely agree with you, I find this "disable antivirus" to be such a bad advice! Yes, it may work for tech savvy or security aware person. If you know what you're doing you're much less likely to get into problems.
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by jpcosta 10y ago
eventually the pile of dead ants will be so high that it will reach the top of the vent putting an end to this madness
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by jpcosta 12y ago
I don't think python's syntax is icky at all and I hope you're not judging it by the looks of an obfuscation challenge.
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by jpcosta 12y ago
There is no way to avoid that in the polish language, as someone else pointed out already. Nouns and sometimes even verbs or adjectives have gender, and you need to use either the male form or female form according to the situation
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by jpcosta 13y ago
Could UV light be used at waste plants and hospitals to help prevent this kind of bacteria from spreading?
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by jpcosta 13y ago
What if someone flags your emails as spam deliberately, just in order to cause harm?
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by jpcosta 14y ago
Could this be related with Trojan.Milicenso or Trojan.Eorezo? This is the latest (although its from June/July) threat I know of that prints random stuff http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/trojanmilicenso-paper-... http://www.symantec.
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by jpcosta 15y ago
I absolutely agree agree with this comment, you believe in the startup you are working with and it seems you really enjoy doing that work. I would say negotiate terms you are fine with and give it another 6 months to an year.
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by jpcosta 15y ago
AFAIK there are not many comprehensive studies of this kind done without some sort of corporate\company backing. In the industry its the reputation of the company doing the study that is at stake, so what most companies do is they fund a re
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by jpcosta 15y ago
The concept is interesting but why did you use such a similar name to another popular service? It was really the first thing I noticed and I really dislike that.
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by jpcosta 15y ago
i understand the frustration, but how else would a laptop tracking software work if not by connecting to the web and listening for commands, etc? It seems that this app is created by: http://www.absolute.com/en-GB/
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by jpcosta 15y ago
I am based in europe and my hosting service recently requested me to confirm my details (country of residence etc..) to charge VAT in accordance with EU laws.
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by jpcosta 16y ago
It really does sound a lot like Zombies (My Zombs?).. I thought it would be a game.
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by jpcosta 16y ago
I really like this one: http://academicearth.org/subjects/mathematics
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by jpcosta 16y ago
They say 'minimum depth' and not maximum, and there are rules for a swimming pool to be considered "Olimpic Size". See the wikipedia entry for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic-size_swimming_pool
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by jpcosta 16y ago
But it would demonstrate a homework well done and a genuine interest in the company.

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