The fall of the Islamic Republic of Iran

[Motown Bombers]

 

[pfife]

Sounds like hashtag respected around the world again

[guy incognito]

[Edman85]

Everybody put 2fa on everything you can and make as much social media as you can private. Be extra vigilant for scams/phishing.

Putting this in the Iran thread on purpose. 

Edited Wednesday at 11:00 PM by Edman85

[guy incognito]

[Tigeraholic1]

 

[gehringer_2]

4 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

 

It will take more than regime change in Iran to change the basic animosity between the Shia and Sunni, Arabs and Persians. You need the religiosity on not only the Iranian side, but also the remaining Wahabi influence on the Sunni side to subside before you get anything that looks like a real peace.

[pfife]

Apparently in the right wing cinematic universe its a burn to call a country a Muslim country

When they tell you about themselves you can believe them

[Tigeraholic1]

 

[Tigeraholic1]

 

[gehringer_2]

7 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

 

if true, tactical foolishness for Iranians to waste a ballistic missile against one the least likely places for it to succeed. But when the enemy screws up, you take it.

Edited 21 hours ago by gehringer_2

[CMRivdogs]

This seems to be the mantra of the Trump Regime.  "We're from the government. FU"

 

 

[Tigeraholic1]

10 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

if true, tactical foolishness for Iranians to waste a ballistic missile against one the least likely places for it to succeed. But when the enemy screws up, you take it.

They have pretty much lost all tactical ability. 

[chasfh]

17 hours ago, Edman85 said:

Everybody put 2fa on everything you can and make as much social media as you can private. Be extra vigilant for scams/phishing.

Putting this in the Iran thread on purpose. 

Interested in hearing the specific issue you see leading to this specific advice. I admit I am not quite savvy enough to intrinsically understand.

[Edman85]

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

Interested in hearing the specific issue you see leading to this specific advice. I admit I am not quite savvy enough to intrinsically understand.

I will just say I can't get into specifics, but have seen ample warnings from people in the know they they are planning cyber attacks and to be extra vigilant for scams right now because Iran is going to try.

Phishing links, chain copy and paste posts on Facebook, clone accounts, etc. 

2FA with an authenticator where you can, no repeat passwords, etc.

Also. For the love of God, purge the Health Thread please. Adversaries having health data on people if they are able to connect dots can lead to them using AI to impersonate doctors, for example.

[Tigeraholic1]

Edman right now. The Motown message board hack just had a fake AI doctor call to schedule a prostate exam......

Edited 5 hours ago by Tigeraholic1

[ewsieg]

9 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

I will just say I can't get into specifics, but have seen ample warnings from people in the know they they are planning cyber attacks and to be extra vigilant for scams right now because Iran is going to try.

Phishing links, chain copy and paste posts on Facebook, clone accounts, etc. 

2FA with an authenticator where you can, no repeat passwords, etc.

Also. For the love of God, purge the Health Thread please. Adversaries having health data on people if they are able to connect dots can lead to them using AI to impersonate doctors, for example.

2FA on email addresses is a must if you're like most people and use email or SMS (text) for your 2FA.  For any personal, health, or financial information app/website where you have an account even if don't have 2FA, at least check what methods can be used to verify you.  It's possible you have some old phone numbers or email addresses you forgot about still attached.  Many people think the words like 'backdoor' refers to some designed hole in the software that lets an attacker access without being seen.  While those are legitimate, often 'backdoors' are simply old phone numbers and email addresses that attackers realize aren't in use anymore, but find in leaked data.  Then they have all the time in the world trying to gain access to those without anyone noticing.

And while Iran might be looking to step up some attacks, that just makes China delighted that the spotlight on them might fade or point elsewhere for a bit.  I don't think people truly realize how much China already has infiltrated enterprise and government networks within the United States, probably mostly due to the fact that they aren't infiltrating to cause pain (at least right now) but rather they just keep on trying to dig deeper and learn how we handle it.  

In short, use this opportunity Edman is pointing out to lower your attack surface, but understand the risk will remain even after this Iran situation cools down.

[The Ronz]

Your monitor functions as a two-way mirror.

It has been this way since April 30, 1993.

 

 

[gehringer_2]

6 minutes ago, The Ronz said:

Your monitor functions as a two-way mirror.

It has been this way since April 30, 1993.

 

 

Thinkpads have a shutters on their cameras, desktops don't have cameras built in. Tape is handy otherwise.

[oblong]

I have a casual friend, younger lady in her early 30s.... she was with friends on the ice and her phone fell into the hole.  She got a new phone, old phone wasn't paid off yet, so there's that.  She didn't know her apple ID password, everything was face ID and passcodes.  The email address she had linked to her account was an old college email she no longer has access to.  It was a real mess getting it all straightened out.

 

 

[romad1]

1 hour ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Edman right now. The Motown message board hack just had a fake AI doctor call to schedule a prostate exam......

Are you ok?

[Tigeraholic1]

1 hour ago, romad1 said:

Are you ok?

No, I have an old active AOL email I forgot all about.  An AI doctor just prescribed medicine for cubicle itch. I have never had cubicle itch because I have never been resigned to one. So now I am scared.

Edited 2 hours ago by Tigeraholic1

[Tigeraholic1]

 

[romad1]

3 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

No, I have an old active AOL email I forgot all about.  An AI doctor just prescribed medicine for cubicle itch. I have never had cubicle itch because I have never been resigned to one. So now I am scared.

You might be mistaking being a miserable person with something else.  Get the help you need.

[Tigerbomb13]

46 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

No, I have an old active AOL email I forgot all about.  An AI doctor just prescribed medicine for cubicle itch. I have never had cubicle itch because I have never been resigned to one. So now I am scared.

What the **** are you even talking about?