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Tony Jones
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Heavy Metal IT Geek dipping into Cyber ~ posts are my own~
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Gone Encrypted ZFS root on Ubuntu on laptop ( single 1TB MVMe ) ..... Let's see what happens
Anyone got any good sources for yara signatures?
Queue the marketing spam for AI Open Bucket/Blob scanners following the EY 4TB Backup news .......
Ambulance chasers now chasing the cyberz
Worried I'd end up just hitting them by mistake or it being uncomfortable to use.

As it will be running Linux was looking at @Entroware #Apollo to support a Linux manufacturer but it is currently out of stock
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Looking at maybe getting myself a new Laptop for Christmas as a treat. Looking at 14"/15" without numpad for portability but seen a few with function keys down the side and that is putting me off.

Anyone using a laptop with function keys down the side? Is it annoying ?
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WSUSOffline is still a project I am massively glad exists. Using it to patch a Windows 7 installation for testing.
What a lap from Lando Norris !!!
My brief flirting with PC Gaming has ended and have no interest in anything coming out. Thinking about switching my desktop to be my Proxmox server and using the current MiniPC Proxmox to be my desktop...... Only issue would be dropping from 3 to 2 displays.

#ThursdayThoughts
Sometimes you have to think the universe has a sense of humour. Use a radio station as an alarm clock.... this morning it went off in the middle of the chorus of Ride on Time by Black Box

Gotta get up, gotta get up, gotta get up
Gotta get up, gotta get up, gotta get up
Anyone seeing any issues with LogonUI.exe resetting AutoAdminLogon back to 0? This is breaking auto login for display screens and scratching my head trying to find why it started happening recently.
Checks calendar: It's Autumn (in the Northern hemisphere)
Checks news: Companies forcing Return to Office ( most are now cramped open plan )
Dog walked, remaining tasks for the day

Go shopping
Eat
Factory reset virgin router & STBs ready for return

#LazySundays
Raspberry Pi 500 running with battery and wireless HDMI
That time of the year where Return to Office means half the team go off sick because one person came in with a cold/flu/COVID/other autumn/winter illness
How many organisations IT / Security departments are just finding out they have Salesforce/Zendesk SaaS tenancies only after there orgs are appearing in the latest breaches ?
My new Tesco network rack 🤣😂
Rearranging the lounge and doing an impromptu DR Test by knocking off all the networking gear.

Let's see what recovers and what doesn't, last time the Tapo smart plugs didn't reconnect......
As we move into the colder months in the Northern hemisphere

* Check your boiler pressure
* know how to top the system up
* Check and bleed your radiators
* Know where your stop taps are
* Check you Carbon Monoxide detectors
Using voice control on my phone has got so much worse since Gemini
Having been in tech for a while I joke with people new to the field about the old days with CD-Drives and paper clips, but never have I bought a product that actually shipped a paper clip in the packaging.........
Just finished Haunted Hotel on netflix, was fun
The speed at which they have identified and arrested a person ( in their 40s ) for the Airport Chaos makes me feel like it is either

A. They have the wrong person
B. It was an insider threat / disgruntled employee/former employee