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I don't know what it's like in the US, but here in Aus, there has been a significant increase in going after "soft" targets, especially small companies that deal with large sums of money but won't have internal IT or even dedicated IT budgets, eg small legal firms, small real-estate agents, etc...

Sounds like the sysadmins have left the default settings in place then. (disable NTP client access, have the client sync with the nearest DC or locate the PDC). You can create GPOs that can either configure NTP settings for clients, or allow clients to set them. (The former being the preferred)...

Are you sure about that? I know it prefers one or more of the DCs as the NTP source, but surely you can set an external NTP source? (even if it means doing it via GPO).

@LM, any reason you're not allowing Windows to use NTP to set the local time? (so that the time is accurate to a few msec).

Looks like MS have re-released update 1809 (aka October 2018 update)... https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/9/17957506/microsoft-windows-10-october-2018-update-data-deletion-fix

And the thing is, this could be happening with any ODM/OEM supplier... Supply chain infiltration is a major concern for those in the infosec field (esp at gov/mil levels). Additionally, wouldn't it be easier/less detectable to hack the firmware of the BMC to provide those remote functions...

Nothing wrong with warm sake, but in a microwave... too hot, too fast will kill the flavour and alcohol... Same applies to some cognac and brandies... PSA: https://www.sakeshop.com.au/pages/how-to-warm-sake

I even noticed this here in Oz, got an email with a WD 120GB SSD for AU$38, insanely cheap.

I thought most cinema was shot at 2.35:1 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21:9_aspect_ratio ) which would make 21:9 the ideal aspect for monitors and TV for movie viewing... I know Dell, LG and HP now offer at or very similar to this aspect... eg...

The cloud in action... ;)

I can say that I'm not really a fan of Chrome 69's tab visual design and colour scheme... (and the new Android Messages for SMS on Android phones sucks as well).

@LM, Have you considered any of the other NUC designs from other vendors? https://www.asus.com/au/Mini-PCs/ https://www.zotac.com/us/product/mini_pcs/all https://www.asrock.com/nettop/ Most have DP ports available. Whilst slightly bigger than a NUC, The Zotac Magnus EN1070K has dual DP1.3...

I wouldn't expect any support for anything other than 10, due to: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/13/microsoft_kills_support_old_windows_on_new_chips/ Also for the lack of DP (some models have miniDP - for example...

Sorry, missed the sarcasm tag... ;)

@LM, I thought we had already covered this? http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/11342-Hacked#4

In other news, Australia has a new Prime Minister, Scott Morrison.... Many who consider he failed in his appointments of head of social security (Centrelink) and failed as Treasurer under the previous PM.

They're not?

nVidia Quadro cards date back to 1999? (The first Quadro card was based on the original GeForce256 GPU). And before that were the VPro cards used in SGI IRIX based workstations....

I thought the IRS will send registered mail in an audit/investigation event? (I know the Australian ATO only communicates via registered mail in such circumstances).

I didn't know you drove an Audi?

So I assume you'll be after the Quadro RTX8000 then? ;) https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-unveils-quadro-rtx-worlds-first-ray-tracing-gpu

I wouldn't think of it as sub-standard, but the parts are released and used in accordance to the specification defined by nVidia. The founders edn (reportedly) use high-spec components (eg capacitors, resisters, etc) in their construction, but I'm sure the actual GPUs will be no different to any...

Agreed, Defenders appears to be no better or worse than other AV products. IIRC, Windows Defender tends to rank as the least performance intrusive AV product... Where 3rd party AV products seem to differentiate themselves are the plugins for email client and web browsers these days. (And...

Yep... The device shows in the system tray if not mounted, or mounted as a driver letter, but not if mounted on a path.

PSA: If you mount an external drive on a filesystem path and not as a drive letter, Windows 10 won't let you eject the device. (Apparently only devices mounted as a drive letter can be ejected). And the stupid bug of the day - Excel 2016.... You can't open two excel spreadsheets that both the...

IIRC, you'll be waiting 2-3 years for Meltdown to be solved on Intel (since there is a 3-4yr development cycle), and for Spectre, well who knows when there will be CPU mitigations in place as new Spectre like attacks are cropping up on a regular basis?

Saw this posted via slashdot: https://pxlnv.com/blog/bullshit-web/ Pretty much fits in / agrees with what has been said about the bloat of "modern web". ./ discussion: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/18/08/05/0017215/front-end-developer-decries-garbage-design-choices-on-the-bullshit-web One...

I agree with Tannin, very, very nasty hot summer awaiting most of Australia... FYI we had 28C here today. (avg is ~20C at this time of year)

LM, Mac's and Linux systems certainly do have malware. Anyone who says otherwise is very-very misinformed. 1, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_malware 2, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware malware of GNU/Linux systems is on the rise, due to the increased deployment of GNU/Linux on...

There a few AV solutions for Linux, but most these target Win32/macOS viruses. You could try ClamAV, but it's best to "nuke it from orbit" and clean install... (copy your data from /home, scan and restore seems ok). As for their claims, checking for an RDP server instance, you need to check for...

I'm not seeing anything like that in recommended feed/channels on YT for me... And my wife keeps an eye on the kids watching YT stuff on their tablets, and they haven't seen anything similar either... I would guess it's a combination of 2 + 4... It's recommending not based on your history, but...

Super RAID 4 (MSI Marketing speak) = NVMe in RAID0 https://www.msi.com/blog/super-raid-4

IIRC, Windows 10 is more space friendly than Win8.1 unfortunately... My understanding was that these netbooks where meant to use the CompactOS** option for Win10, hence could be quite serviceable with 32GB of primary storage. However it would appear that none of the manufacturers are using that...

@Tannin, have you returned the Dell for a full refund? (As you're aware, it's certainly not-fit-for-purpose, which is a legitimate reason to return under ACL). There are many complaints about these netbooks (I class these laptops as netbooks) and the lack of space for Win10 - many can't even...

Any preferences on breeds? (max size)?

That's because we had to move to the sub-basement...

It could simply be one of the sites you are visiting are using ad-servers that default to Korean content for some reason, and is leaving tracking cookies that other sites are picking up on... Have you installed an adblocker or privacy plugin for your browsers? (I'm unsure if the regular plugins...

FYI, If you think Google has something to do with it: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en-AU

@LM, Visited Korea or Korean websites recently? (could be tracking cookies think you're in Korea for some reason)? Alternatively, your public IP is registered as residing in Korea, hence web trackers think you're in Korea? (You can use https://www.whatismyip.com/ip-address-lookup/ or...

@sechs... I did a two last week (Win 7 Pro OEM) and they activated fine. (Clean installation of Windows 10 - not an upgrade). I did some further reading, VLK, Enterprise and Upgrade keys won't activate. (VLK/Enterprise keys should be on software assurance anyway, so a non-issue). For OEM keys...

IIRC, OEM and retail yes. VLK maybe...

Can't comment on LinkedIn (not a user), and Skype I only use in a limited fashion (kids, wife and I video chat with my parents about once a fortnight via Skype, since they live 1.5K kms away). Skype has been good so far, but the last UI update left us all a little confused... But overall Skype...

So, the current popular SCM's for FOSS projects are GitHub, GitLab and BitBucket... Sourceforge (SF.net) once was king, but due to mismanagement by prior owners caused a massive loss of mindshare (and rightly so)... SF.net (by extension slashdot.org) got new owners in 2016, which cleaned up...

I took SF to mean here, Storage Forum.

Yep... but many see forums more as a proto-social media entity as they don't offer the full social media experience... Forums themselves are social by nature...

I'm similar to LM... very few social media sites... (only G+ with an empty landing page - only created at the time when Google made it mandatory to create a G+ account to properly configure you google account settings). no Facebook, no VKontakte, no LinkedIn, no MySpace, no Twitter, no...

Short version: Don't. They're an ex- for a reason. Long version: Don't get back together. In some circumstances it can work, but in most it doesn't work long term... You just need to ask yourself: why did you split? what has changed since then? Do I know who I am and what I want/need from a...

Let's see, The Godfather was 1972, The Godfather Part II was 1974. Based on the too new comment, would indicate less than 10 years since they came out, so in film school approx 1978-83... That's 35-40 yrs ago. Based on typical tertiary study ages (17 - 21), would indicate that you are between...

Which film school?

I would guess, at the time it was the only (easily available) card that could do 4K @ 60Hz ... These days, pretty much any card that supports HDMI 2.0 or DP 1.4 will do 4K@60Hz. (eg nVidia 1050GTX Ti - RRP ~US$199 ). Glad you had a safe trip...