Aryeh Goretsky
@goretsky
Security researcher & antivirus pioneer | alum of ESET, McAfee | Microsoft MVP awardee | Mod @Lenovo, @Neowin.Net, Scots Newsletter forums | Intel Insider Council member | Repost ≠ endorse.
Moving on with the #Lenovo unboxing, here's the carton that secures it during shipping. The ridges/bumps provide isolation. In photo #1, you can see a literature envelope; in #2, you can see the shipping bag inside with security seal. #LenovoIN #ThinkPadThursday (early edition)
The laptop #Lenovo sent me is now unboxed and out of the shipping carton. Hmm… it's a lot thinner than I expected; I've been calling it a laptop, but maybe it is something else? What could it be? #LenovoIN #ThinkPadThursday (weekend edition)
It's time to take the #Lenovo laptop out of the box. Here we go! #LenovoIN #ThinkPadThursday
Continuing my unboxing of the box from #Lenovo, I have opened the carton of accessories. It appears to contain a USB-C power supply, a USB-C cable, and a stylus! What could it all mean? #LenovoIN #ThinkPadThursday
Something interesting about the box #Lenovo sent me. One of the side flaps has #Lenovo #ThinkPad printed on it, but the font for Lenovo seems a bit off: it is thinner than usual, and the "e" doesn't have the slight rotation. #LenovoIN #ThinkPadThursday (early edition)
Given the feedback I've received on this mystery box from #Lenovo, I have decided to move things forward a bit. So, here it is, all opened up! #LenovoIN #ThinkPadThursday (belated edition)
Continuing the examination of the box #Lenovo sent last week, we can see it has an energy efficiency label on it. The waybill's poly bag obscures the QR code, but we can see it has a top rating for efficiency. Whatever is inside sips power. #ThinkPadThursday
Last week, #Lenovo sent me this box, quite unexpectedly. Today, I continue our tour of it, this time focusing on its bottom. It is getting really hard to resist opening it to find out what's inside. #LenovoIN #ThinkPadThursday (special early edition)
So, I was at home and this box from #Lenovo showed up on my doorstep. I wonder what's inside of it? #LenovoIN #ThinkPadThursday (special Friday edition(
On the footsteps of the Daemon Tools supply chain compromise, it appears JDownloader has been victim of a similar attack as well: www.reddit.com/r/jdownloade.... Website at jdownloader[.]org is currently down as well.
I don't normally have a lot to say about my Congressperson Jeff Crank, but kudos to him & his staff for this mailing; the holidays are prime time for scammers to prey on people & this is a good reminder. Only thing I'd add is a link to @cisa.bsky.social, since so much crime takes place online now.
Went to the park today and saw bighorn sheep doing bighorn sheep things.
It seems crypto scammers have switched from #MRBeast to a new target, #Drake, on @discord.com. Watch out for buffdrake[.]com and similar scam domains seeking to empty out your wallet💸.
Expect an update from @esetresearch.bsky.social soon… In the meantime, make sure you update your copy of WinRAR to v7.13 (I have). WinRAR zero-day exploited to plant malware on archive extraction via @bleepingcomputer.com: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
Tip for phishers: When sending fake #McAfee invoices in attempt to get someone to call ☎️ + give you their bank card details💳, you should capitalize the "A" in McAfee. Grammar matters, especially when conducting credit card fraud.
I've noticed an uptick in phishes using pictures of fake BBC and Twitter pages mentioning MrBeast. The images are posted in chat servers like Discord. Naturally, he has nothing to do with them, and as soon as you give the scammers your bank details they're cashing you out.
Wow! It seems Meta is blocking me from following @powells.bsky.social on Facebook. I guess they have something against 50+ year old independent bookstores
Maybe that was cleaning program available for download in the third-party AV utilities section of the BBS? The pre-CLEAN-UP McAfee Utilities used the M-1704 name for the cleaner.
Does anyone have any recommendations for handles that could be attached to these small Wi-Fi antenna tools? They are about 40mm × 5mm × 1mm in size. I thought lock pick handles might work but those all seem to need longer hardware.
So, there I was, minding my own business, and this delivery truck rolls up. I wonder what could be inside? #LenovoIN #ThinkPadThursday
A few folks have reached out to me asking about Mr. McAfee's Twitter account. I would suggest not reading too much into it. Mr. McAfee is deceased; friends, family or business partners are running it. I guess there's a kind of symmetry for using the account to promote memecoins after John's death.
Congrats to my colleague Juraj Z. on reaching his 20th anniversary at #ESET!
Went to install VMware Workstation (now free for personal use) and noticed the EULA the installer displayed was… long. How long? Copied and pasted it into a word processor and it's 30 pages!