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Kevin Karhan :verified:Seriously, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CrowdStroke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrowdStroke</a> should've ended <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> or at least <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows</a> for good...<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_CrowdStrike-related_IT_outages#Background" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_CrowdStrike-related_IT_outages#Background</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CrowdStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrowdStrike</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InsecureUnderAnyConfiguration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InsecureUnderAnyConfiguration</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UnsafeAtAnyConfiguration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnsafeAtAnyConfiguration</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Govware</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Malware</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ITsec</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSec</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ComSec</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CriticalInfrastructure</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SinglePointOfFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SinglePointOfFailure</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Resilience</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@douglevin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@douglevin</a> see, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@douglevin/113266385222353147" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">this exact scenario</a> is why I act as "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BenevolentDictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BenevolentDictator</a>" and literally lockdown stuff so hard <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechIlliterates</a> cant fuck up!<ul><li>Unless you put that option on the table as a.fellot <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechLiterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechLiterate</a>, you won't be able to survive this game.</li></ul>I wasted 15+ years of my life trying to make <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows</a> somewhat secure to come to terms with the fact that ut's an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unfixable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unfixable</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Givware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Givware</a> that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UnsafeAtAnyConfiguration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnsafeAtAnyConfiguration</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InsecureAtAnyConfiguration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InsecureAtAnyConfiguration</a>.<ul><li>Believe me when I'd tell you that "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Users" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Users</a>" like her don't give a shit about what Hardware/OS they get: Just set her up once with a good config (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UbuntuLTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UbuntuLTS</a> if you're lazy like me), backup all the important stuff, setup regular backups, remove <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sudo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sudo</a> privilegues and then you'd only need to check in once a year at most if not have a system that just runs for the next 2-5 years without intervention.</li></ul>On the flipside I've seen cases where <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scam</a>|my Sales Reps were able to upsell some 5-digit 21,5" gaming monster to a photographer that uses ACDSee to do minimalist editing of their JPEGs.<ul><li>So ideally also do their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/procurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#procurement</a>. </li></ul>At least I won't deal with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows11</a> or any of that shite because noone is gonna pay me enough to loose my sanity over such a garbage software! And yes, WE, THE "TECH LITERATES" ARE TO BLAME FOR THIS because we didn't demand <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Security</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Simplicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Simplicity</a> before <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Convenience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Convenience</a>!!!

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