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Wish I had that kind of money.????

Looks like a nice spot.

10 hours ago, Histavia said:

This is a spurious comparison. 

Traffic accidents are a long term constant...Covid is a potentially exponentially increasing threat. In UK the effect is now out of control and well exceeds road deaths.

However if you compare the two, what conclusion do you suggest?

 

PS Road casualties  cost Thailand trillions of baht every year, but Covid has completely decimated the Thai tourist industry which is 20% of the GDP in a matter of months.

I don't suggest a conclusion. I just had no idea how deadly Thailand's roads were. Apologies for my ignorance, & for offending your sensibilities.

It's kind of shocking to realize that traffic accidents have had a much bigger affect on Thai public health than COVID.

More bugs! Fortunately, these have been identified and patches are available, so be sure to update all your browsers. A few details (link to source below):

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Critical Firefox Use-After-Free Bug

On Thursday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urged users of Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox browser to patch a bug, tracked as CVE-2020-16044, and rated as critical. The vulnerability is classified as a use-after-free bug and tied to the way Firefox handles browser cookies and if exploited allows hackers to gain access to the computer, phone or tablet running the browser software.

Impacted are Firefox browser versions released prior to the recently released Firefox desktop 84.0.2, Firefox Android 84.1.3 edition and also Mozilla’s corporate ESR 78.6.1 version of Firefox.

“A malicious peer could have modified a COOKIE-ECHO chunk in a SCTP packet in a way that potentially resulted in a use-after-free. We presume that with enough effort it could have been exploited to run arbitrary code,” according to a Mozilla security bulletin posted Thursday.

Chromium Browser Bug Impacts Chrome and Edge

Also on Thursday, CISA urged Windows, macOS and Linux users of Google’s Chrome browser to patch an out-of-bounds write bug (CVE-2020-15995) impacting the current 87.0.4280.141 version of the software. The CISA-bug warning stated that the update to the latest version of the Chrome browser would “addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system.”

Because Microsoft’s latest Edge browser is based on Google Chromium browser engine, Microsoft also urged its users to update to the latest 87.0.664.75 version of its Edge browser.

More Chromium Bugs Impact Chrome and Edge

Twelve additional bugs were reported by Google, impacting its Chromium browser engine. Both Google and Microsoft featured the same list of vulnerabilities...

https://threatpost.com/firefox-chrome-edge-bugs-system-hijacking/162873/

Updates on the SolarWinds hack are coming in a bit too slow. But at least journalists are doing some interesting analysis. I like this one by Geekwire.com titled, "How hacked is hacked? Here’s a ‘hack scale’ to better understand the SolarWinds cyberattacks."

And here's the scale.

• Stage 0: The attackers have found or made an entry point to systems or the network but haven’t used it or took no action.
• Stage I: Attackers have control of a system but haven’t moved beyond the system to the broader network.
• Stage II: Attackers have moved to the broader network and are in “read-only” mode meaning they can read and steal data but not alter it.
• Stage III: Attackers have moved to the broader network and have “write” access to the network meaning they can alter data as well as read and steal it.
• Stage IV: Attackers have administrative control of the broader network meaning they can create accounts and new means of entry to the network as well as alter, read and steal data.

So which one does the SolarWinds hack fall under?

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/hacked-hacked-heres-hack-scale-better-understand-solarwinds-cyberattacks/

"As requested, your dutiful elves here at Rapid7 Labs have compiled a list of the naughty country networks being used to launch cyberattacks across the globe. Needless to say, some source networks have been very naughty (dare we use the word “again,” since these all seem to be repeat offenders)."

This list has been broken down into 3 categories, and you might be surprised at the countries that lead in each type of attack. While Thailand didn't earn mention, a couple of its neighbors did.

Microsoft SQL Server attacks

Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) attacks

Microsoft SMB attacks

https://blog.rapid7.com/2020/12/25/rapid7-labs-2020-naughty-list-summary-report-to-santa/?&web_view=true

7 hours ago, placeholder said:

Well, if you think China is communist and given it's extraordinary economic success, maybe Karl Marx had it right all along.

My educated guess is that China's system isn't quite what Marx envisioned. One must wonder if he's turning in his grave, or perhaps just celebrating his malign influence from his hot-seat in hell.

One thing he likely would approve of though is China's sudden focus on capitalist symbol Jack Ma, who apparently upset Chairman Xi a couple months ago with an errant comment and has since lost his favored status in the country.

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...the halting of the IPO came only days after Ma launched a public attack on Chinese regulators and therefore, also insulting President Xi during a public address.

The November share sale was set to see Ma's wealth bulge to more than $70 billion in a record-breaking listing of the group's Ant Group financial arm in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

On the face of it, it looks like the ever-charismatic and ebullient Jack Ma has disappeared from the spotlight after the dressing down. Reportedly, he has been advised by the government to stay in the country.

In a country where getting rich risks catching the attention of the powerful, a probe into the Alibaba Group and its billionaire founder is not a surprise...

https://www.theweek.in/news/biz-tech/2020/12/24/why-xi-jinping-govt-is-after-alibaba-and-jack-ma-the-poster-boy-of-chinas-tech-dreams.html

I'm a skinny, thin wristed man, just like you.

Some ideas that worked for me:

1. Try the 100 a day push up challenge for 30 days. It sounds like an insane amount,  but you can break it into sets of 10 every hour, and it's much easier than you might think. Just need to hit 100 each day.  100 push up challenge (YouTube)

2. Try pyramid sets: (substitute numbers as needed)

• Perform 10 Push-Ups.
• Rest 10 seconds.
• Perform nine Push-Ups.
• Rest nine seconds.
• Repeat this pattern all the way to the bottom of the pyramid (one Push-Up)

3. Get a push up app on your phone or pad like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shvagerfm.Pushups&hl=en_US&gl=US. I wasn't able to meet any goals till I started using the push up app. It sets a daily schedule for you with gradual increases and a clear end goal.

Finally, add some stretches to the routine as well as pull ups to maintain muscle balance (it'll save you a lot of pain later). Pull ups can be really hard to start, but even hanging from a bar and pulling yourself up an inch or two can develop those important muscles.

It's going to be harder to get dates with a beard. Unless perhaps you date men.

A lot of Asians perceive a beard as dirty. I think it comes partly from not seeing many bearded faces.

Korea's a bit far I know, but some of the comments in this article are similar to what I've heard from other Asians when on the subject of facial hair.

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Which is interesting being in Seoul. Here, men seem to be allergic to any semblance of body hair. One walk around the streets of Seoul will prove just how clean shaven, smooth, and youthful-looking Seoulites are. The standard of beauty for Korean men is a clean complexion, moisturized skin, and free of wrinkles. Body and facial hair, therefore, are something almost grotesque; features that make a man barbaric. It reminds me of an interview from 2011 with the Kpop star G.O., the leader of the now disbanded MBLAQ. In an interview, he revealed just how insecure he was with his facial hair — so much so, he debated getting laser surgery to remove it completely.

 

The adverse feelings towards facial and body hair are only buttressed by the messaging found throughout men’s grooming sections in retailers. When I visited one called Olive Young, I was intrigued by the amount of products designed to get rid of hair. There was an entire top shelf full of leg trimmers, for instance, each of them marketed with cartoons depicting women reacting to men with leg hair. On one, the ‘before’ illustration had a red-headed woman scrutinizing a man’s hairy legs and screaming “NOOOOOOOOOH!!!!” The ‘after’ was of a man with hairless, smooth legs with the same red-headed woman fawning over him. “It’s Cool!!!!” she cooed. Another product next to it had a similar illustration. A blonde woman said “no thanks” to a hairy man but accepted the smooth guy, saying “I love it!”

https://nextshark.com/body-facial-hair-undesirable-traits-south-korea/

I'm still going to hope that Bloomberg is right on this one. Come 2021, just about anything could happen.

23 hours ago, KhunHeineken said:

There are many password manager companies out there.  Does any member use a password manager?  If so, are you concerned that if your password is compromised, someone would have access to every online account you have?  Do any password managers offer 2 Stage Authentication?  If they did, I would probably sign up.  

LastPass has multi-factor (2 stage) authentication. https://www.lastpass.com/how-lastpass-works

Some people really love Win 7, apparently. So here it is, plain and simple:

"If you continue to use Windows 7 after support has ended, your PC will still work, but it will become more vulnerable to security risks and viruses," the company says. In other words, if you don't want to leave your computer open to ransomware and other threats, you better upgrade."

Now it's really, truly, time to give up Windows 7

Wish is a horrible app with horrible products and service. Avoid it and keep telling your bad experience stories. Like many, I learned the hard way.

Totally valid question, and something I wondered about as well.  Last Pass is a big player in the password manager business, and the image attached gives a sense of their security concept. Of course, nothing is perfect, but there are varying degrees of secure.

Yep, if Fireeye can get hacked, then none of us are safe, no matter what we do. Just have to stay low key and uninteresting.

This is quite a list, and I'm sure it's just the tip of the iceberg. The scary thing is that most of this year's hacks and breaches probably haven't even been discovered yet.

Keep changing those passwords.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-biggest-hacks-data-breaches-of-2020/

I thought Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt made adopting Cambodian orphans cool. Sounds like the orphanages are still quite full though.

Here's a link to the article if anyone's interested: Thailand is set to dominate Southeast Asia’s IPO market in 2020, says Deloitte

I looked it up to find a list of the companies. Seems Thailand is strong on manufacturing and retail IPOs, while Singapore is growing more on REITs and tech.

The companies aren't sexy, but if they can produce good returns, and COVID goes away someday, these investments might turn out ok.

16 hours ago, Dexxter said:

 

I wonder if that is a loophole to the 10 maximum donations rule.

I think if another man serves as the sperm repository in between, then it should be ok. ????

Wait... he's 40. How's he able to supply three women in one night with sufficient sperm? A guy in his 20's or early 30's sure, but 40?

Where as in where is the link? Right here. Sorry if it wasn't clear in the initial message.

https://www.cyberscoop.com/iphone-takeover-apple-hack-ios-ian-beer-google/

People pay more for iPhones due to the reputation for security, but recent news is cracking that image. Cyberscoop reported today that "one person, working alone in their bedroom, was able to build a capability which would allow them to seriously compromise iPhone users they’d come into close contact with.” Insanely long passwords and avoiding phishing scams are usually the mainstay of keeping safe, but now simple proximity is all a hacker needs.

An iOS exploit that enables iPhone takeover is cybersecurity researcher's 'work of art