July 8th, 2021 • 3h 36m
Shownotes
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Bogatives
Tesla lightning strike was bogative
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has received COVID-19 vaccine
Portugal covid death correction
From the original court document "obito pelos medicos que trabalham para a tutela Ministerio da Justica" - i.e. "physicians working for the MoJ", which is only a small fraction of MDs in Portugal.**
The "court verified" 152 COVID deaths are only those certified by doctors of the Ministry of Justice, who perform autopsies in cases of death with a violent or uncertain cause.
Therefore this is a small fraction of any number of disease deaths.
Vaccine Incentives
I'm from the government, here to help
How does the admin know whose door to knock on?
Pfizer Marketing
Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna registering new names for Covid-19 jabs
Over the coming months, millions of Australians will roll up a sleeve to get the Pfizer-BioNTech jab, just as millions have done for the AstraZeneca shot already.
But if you take a look at the vial before the syringe goes in, you may notice something curious – the lack of the actual Pfizer name on the label.
The most prominent name on the pack is one few Aussies will have seen before. That name is “Comirnaty”.
Similarly, when the US-produced Moderna vaccine heads our way, the vials will likely say “Spikevax”.
UK Change of Script
Ivermectin
RN and Dr Ivermectin dilemma
I just got off the phone with a patient being admitted for COVID+. She is a very intelligent Nurse Practitioner and more than capable of making her own well informed treatment decisions. However, most of our phone call was spent with regard to the fact that her physician would probably not be favorable to ivermectin, and if not what would happen next. The 2 of us agree, based on our education and experience, that it *might* work but aren’t sure because of all the censorship. We both get the basic logic that a possible solution to a deadly disease, even if unlikely to work, is warranted when it carries an extremely low risk.
So, what we have is someone who completely understands her situation, scared and stuck in an isolation room worrying about whether or not she will be able to get a safe drug that I have sitting on the shelf… because of money and politics. Enough is enough. I thought I’d share this with you because it’s the only chance it’ll get any attention.
Vaccindents
Haiti
Cyber Pandemic
Kaseya BOTG BLM registry
I believe you guys have some confusion on the product and what an RMM tool like Kaseya offers and why the premise of "Why would a grocer in Sweden need a cloud connected cash register?" is a bit off base.
Kaseya's VSA software is a RMM tool similar with other competitors such as ConnectWise.... Remote Monitoring and Management. It is used by Managed Service Providers or Enterprises to support and manage remote endpoints. In the case of the pandemic, this is an even more widely used type tool with remote laptops being deployed. This is OS patching, software patching, remote control (support/troubleshooting), automation/scripting, reporting, antivirus, etc.
MSPs are generally used for businesses that don't have the personnel, budget, or expertise to properly manage their endpoints to ensure they meet regulatory requirements. Cash registers\ card processing in this case would probably have to meet PCI regulations or something similar. They would have to be able to show proof of this as well. Banks in the US typically follow FFIEC (Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council) guidelines and abide by FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) regulations.
The hack involved a Supply Chain attack that only appeared to affect Kaseya's customers that were running their VSA software on-prem, not their hosted or cloud offering of the same product. Because it was a supply chain attack, it was similar to the Solarwinds hack in the update mechanism. It was then able to attack some vulnerabilities via SQL injection and ASP. Even if the product on-prem is locked down and restricted properly with security and network controls, the update mechanism from Kaseya to the MSP/Enterprise VSA servers caused the infection. Once those were infected, an MSP that has access to potentially hundreds of customers and thousands of endpoints has many new targets to spread the ransomware to. This makes MSP's and software vendors that make RMM type tools a prime target for ransomware. Infect one to reach the potential of many.
Background that I would like to be kept from being read if possible:
I am a dude named Ben that works for a company (MSP) that uses Kaseya in the financial field.(that requires all of this regulation and reporting for customers). This is def. a product that no one really loves and most dislke for some of the decisions software/application coders make. But you pick a RMM tool vendor and make it do what it wasn't supposed to do. There just isn't that much to choose from.More now than when we started. I am the network/firewall/security guy and do a lot of the other internal infrastructure when I can. We were very lucky not to be one effected. We luckily have a guy who knows this Kaseya product probably better than they do. He actually found additional vulnerabilities during this attack in SQL./ASP that he submitted while our servers were sandboxed. Our deployment on-prem is highly customized and do not auto update and manually update on a delay. Some of our layered security measures and policies that were in place helped us avoid this but there was no guarantee. We could have easily been one of the ones affected.
the following can be used:
Interestingly enough, analysis of the attack... some of the Indicators of Compromise showed that there were Windows registry modifications that say "Black Lives Matter". of course no one mentions this in the media.
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It is scary cause they push heavily for automated updates and for p2p updates just increasing the spread of something like this. However, automated updates with a supply chain hack like this will cause havoc for anything including Linux. Just imagine an Ubuntu repo being compromised.
There's a need to stay current on updates but never be the the guinea pig and disable automatic updates.
Cyber Polygon | World Economic Forum
Cyber Polygon is a unique cybersecurity event that combines the world's largest technical training exercise for corporate teams and an online conference featuring senior officials from international organisations and leading corporations.
The 2021 conference discusses the key risks of digitalisation and best practice for the secure development of digital ecosystems.
The 2021 technical exercise builds and tests the skills needed to protect our industries, centring on a targeted supply-chain attack.
Digitalisation is accelerating everywhere. New digital ecosystems are forming all around us, creating unnoticed linkages across services and supply chains.
As the world grows more interconnected, the speed of development makes it difficult to assess the impact of change.
OTG
EU e-Privacy Directive approved
Commission proposal on the temporary derogation from the e-Privacy Directive for the purpose of fighting online child sexual abuse
Big Tech
Supply Chains
Chinese-owned Nexperia confirms acquisition of UK’s largest chip plant
Nexperia, a Dutch chip firm owned by China’s Wingtech, confirmed on Monday that it plans to acquire the U.K.’s largest chip producer, Newport Wafer Fab.
Climate Change
B3W
The Purge
Bill Cosby Shreds Mainstream Media, Blames Them For January 6
“This (sic) mainstream media are the Insurrectionists, who stormed the Capitol. Those same Media Insurrectionists are trying to demolish the Constitution of these United State of America on this Independence Day,” the statement by spokesman Andrew Wyatt said. “No technicality — it’s a violation of ones rights & we the people stand in support of Ms. Phylicia Rashad.”
“Mainstream media has irresponsibly, egregiously and inexcusably misled the public with out of context coverage regarding Bill Cosby’s deposition testimony. This shall serve as a grave reminder of the consequences that come with lying to the American people to satisfy an agenda,” he said on Twitter.
ESG
ESG BOTG
ITM Gents!
I just remember being introduced to ESG 2 years ago. I'm in a zoom meeting with all senior management and the board, listening to the jamokes who are trying to convince us how important the measures and the first thing that came to my mind were the mud flats.
I'm part of my organization's ESG comitee and you won't believe how I can game the system and thrill our consultants with my no agenda inspired measures and ESG initiatives. I'm now maintaining one of the highest ranks in the region in the field of privacy and cyber security.
But there's one very important global agenda that started the ESG phenomenon. And it's the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). I suggest that you look into that as well to connect the dots.
Unhoused
BLM / Noodle Gun
Black TikTokers go on STRIKE and refuse to create viral dances because white creators are 'stealing their moves and failing to credit them'
Black TikTokers have gone on strike and are refusing to create viral dances because they say white creators don't credit them and become overnight stars with the stolen moves.
The no-dance strike erupted when Megan Thee Stallion released her new song 'Thot S**t' on June 11 - something that would typically lead to the creation of a viral dance circulating on the social media app as happened with her song 'WAP' with Cardi B.
By Tuesday morning - almost one month on from the song's release - there were around 487,000 videos on TikTok set to the song but no dance trend has yet emerged.
Canada’s National Archive Cancels Country’s First Prime Minister
Canada’s national archive has effectively canceled the country’s first Prime Minister Sir John Alexander Macdonald by deleting a page about him because it was “offensive” and didn’t represent Canada as “diverse and multicultural.”
“Sir John Alexander Macdonald, born in Scotland, was Canada’s first prime minister. He is famous for his role in the establishment of Canada as a country on July 1 1867. Some of his other notable achievements include building the Canadian Pacific Railway and forming a strong Conservative Party,” writes Dan Frieth.
However, it is Macdonald’s role in passing the Indian Act, which mandated that children from indigenous tribes assimilate into Christian boarding schools, that has drawn the ire of far-left activists.
The government’s establishment of the Chinese Immigration Act in 1885, which limited the entrance of Chinese immigrants into Canada by charging them a head tax of $50 each, is also apparently grounds for Macdonald’s cancellation.
After an unknown number of complaints (it may have been just one), Canada’s national archive website apologized and vowed to remove all offending material about Macdonald and any other historical figure who upsets 21st century woke imbeciles.
Cyberbullying Insurance
Insurance tech startup Waffle in May began offering stand-alone cyberprotection policies underwritten by Chubb that include cyberbullying and other cyber risks such as identity theft or extortion. The policies are intended to help victims recover costs associated with cyberbullying, such as legal fees, mental health services, tutoring to cover missed school or relocation costs if bullying was so bad that a student had to move to a new school.
