I was working in a lab yesterday that uses mandatory profiles. The computers autologon so they were coming up right away with this error: "The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded." After that it would return to the "Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete keys to login message." Manually logging into the computer with that same account got the same error … [Read more...]
Trello for project management or just organizing tasks
Staying organized when you have a lot going on can be a task to itself. I have tried things from ticketing systems to calendars and it seems my tasks are just too varied to fit everything. I usually end up falling back to the simple To-Do list in Notepad++ after things get too complicated. While Workflowy worked pretty well for a while, at some point it dropped off. The latest … [Read more...]
Disclosing software vulnerabilities isn’t against the EULA?
Software is just a compiled bunch of code but it represents ingenuity, innovation, effort and time. It is also a very interesting product. When you purchase software, the software is licensed to you, not sold. The Terms of Service and End User License Agreement can do some pretty interesting things such as disallowing participation in a class action lawsuit and requiring … [Read more...]
Book Review: Operation Desolation by Mark Russinovich
Operation Desolation is a short story by Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich. It follows a year after the events told in Russinovich's first work of fiction, Zero Day. As you may recall, I enjoyed Zero Day quite a bit. As far as accurate, compelling technical thrillers go it was right on target. Operation Desolation continues that great precedent with a follow-up short … [Read more...]
Ambitious script kiddie tries to embed backdoor into WordPress Github repository
A script kiddie with the username maxymax tried to include a backdoor in WordPress by modifying a file within the twentyeleven theme on the WordPress Github repository. The file was heavily modified to include references to "Saudi Sh31l v1.0". They then initiated a pull request, asking that their changes be accepted into the core code. … [Read more...]