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fname

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About fname

Based in Northern VA, DC Area

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    Comment #37121530

    Allegedly owned by someone that attended the DEFCON Shoot event where gun powder was transferred to the package, tipping a dog doing a random search in the Forums.

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    Comment #29014765

    This might help: https://www.securityweek.com/whats-threat-group-name-inside-... For Microsoft specifically, we leverage the periodic table of elements when naming nation states.

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    Comment #13180192

    Maybe that can get Verizon another $1B discount.

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    Comment #11895867

    Tabs across all windows, all apps.

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    Comment #10992636

    > Personally, I'd never put a MS project between me and the cloud, or my data and the cloud Why?

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    Comment #10192896

    + the pencil @ $99 and the smart keyboard at $169. > $1k for the entry level model to be comparable with the Surface Pro 3 at ~$930 (which starts at 64GB, btw).

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    Comment #9757864

    > but DISA can't enforce STIGs across the entire government can they? No, with a small caveat: If that civilian agency (say DHS) is connected to the GIG[1], then DISA has a say-so …

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    Comment #9757410

    I don't disagree. Unfortunately, this all falls on DoD-DISA. The NSA works with DISA to write the policy for how to secure systems (called STIGs) and also has 'Red Teams', but they…

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    Comment #9727261

    I'm guessing they mean they had a break-glass list of passwords for accounts to access those systems.

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    Comment #9637810

    > Also on whether WinXP users are going to qualify for the free upgrade? Nope. There is no upgrade path from XP -> Windows 10. You will have to go from Win7/8 to qualify for the fr…

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    Comment #9637722

    Yes, both can be disabled. However, I'm not sure if it's dependent upon which 'edition' though. For example, you can turn it off in Enterprise, but not Professional.

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    Comment #9296063

    That links to the Surface Pro 3, which has been out for sometime now. You wanted: http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/products/surface-3

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    Comment #9081591

    This is really great, but the real question is will users actually see this on a default Lenovo OS build? Can anyone confirm that Defender doesn't get disabled in favor or say... M…

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    Comment #8896641

    From the comments in the article Microsoft informed us that a fix was planned for the January patches but has to be pulled due to compatibility issues. Therefore the fix is now exp…

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    Comment #8595813

    Depends on the IE Zone settings. I believe that if you set the a zone to 'Low', a web page can execute a VBSCript code, with or without ActiveX being enabled.

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    Comment #8595400

    Completely agree, maybe the mods can fix the link.

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    Comment #8595357

    > Specifically, it related to Microsoft Secure Channel, known as Schannel, Microsoft's software for implementing secure transfer of data. I'm confused... The article says this rese…

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