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A "FCK 2020" a német Scooter együttes dala (kislemeze), mely 2020. október 23-án jelent meg. Ez a sorozatban hatodik kislemez, amely nem nagylemezről jelent meg, bár később megjelent a 2021-es "God Save The Rave" nagylemezen. Fizikai formátumban nem jelent meg, digitális letöltésként már csak kevés helyen, főként inkább streaming szolgáltatóknál elérhető. A szerzemény eredeti, bár kisebb hasonlóságot mutat The Pitcher "Pump It Loud" című számával.

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Akárcsak más előadókat, a Scootert is megviselte a 2020-ban kirobbant koronavírus-járvány, mely miatt nemcsak a God Save The Rave Tour-t, de a teljes fesztiválszezont is ki kellett hagyniuk. Három turnéhelyszín és egy különleges autós koncert volt az összes fellépés, amit meg tudtak tartani. Maga a frontember H.P. Baxxter is átesett még tavasszal a fertőzésen, bár csak enyhe tünetei voltak.

Többször szóba került, hogy ősszel várható egy újabb kislemez, amit az október 11-i Drezdában tartandó koncertjükön mutatnak be. Amikor aztán 9-én kiderült, hogy a koncertet nem fogják tudni megtartani a járványügyi szabályok miatt, a dal beharangozóját október 12-én mutatták meg Facebookon.

A FCK 2020 végül október 23-án mutatkozott be, méghozzá éjféli klippremierrel a YouTube-on.

Számok listája

 FCK 2020 (3:30)
 FCK 2020 (Extended) (4:54)
Az Extended az ausztrál kiadás mellé járt a megjelenéskor, az európai változathoz nem. Az csak utóbb, kék színű borítóval, 2020. november 6-ától lett kapható. Különféle oldalakon elterjedt, hogy december 10-én bakeliten is megjelenik, azonban a hír utóbb kacsának bizonyult.

Közreműködtek

 H. P. Baxxter (szöveg)
 Sebastian Schilde, Michael Simon (zene)
 Jens Thele (producer)
 Vanessa Schulz (refrén ének)
 Patric Ullaeus (a videoklip rendezője)
 Martin Weiland (borítóterv)

Videóklip
A számhoz készült klipet Svédországban vették fel. Szerepel benne a Latela által készített autó, amellyel végighajtanak egy kihalt város utcáin. A videoklipben Sebastian és Michael kiplakátolják a várost a kislemezborítón is látható képpel, miközben H.P. Baxxter három táncoslány kíséretében látható egy raktárépületben.

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Nem sokkal a megjelenés után a Pene Corrida nevű együttes elkészítette a dal heavy metal-feldolgozását. A Yodas Rising nevű német együttes ugyancsak metálfeldolgozást készített a dalból 2020 novemberében.

2020. november 6-án a ZDF tévécsatornán bemutatták a Rundfunk Tanzorchester Ehrenfeld közreműködésével a dal fúvós hangszerekre és dobokra átírt változatát. Ebben a változatban a Scooter tagjai mellett a refrént éneklő Vanessa Schulz is közreműködött. Ez a változat később önálló kiadványként is kapható lett, valamint felkerült a "Kontor Top Of The Clubs – The Biggest Hits of the Year MMXX" című válogatáslemezre is. A magyar Band of StreetS együttes egy ehhez a dalhoz hasonló, humoros feldolgozást készített.

A Twisted Melodies egy hardstyle alapokra átírt remixet készített.

2020. december 20-án megjelent a Raf & Superdefekt Remix a Scooter hivatalos streaming-oldalain.

Forráshivatkozások

További információk
 Discogs oldal

Scooter-kislemezek
2020 kislemezei

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UNM Foundation CEO to retire
By Jessica Dyer / Journal Staff Writer
Published: Thursday, September 13th, 2018 at 7:00pm
Updated: Thursday, September 13th, 2018 at 10:04pm
Copyright © 2018 Albuquerque Journal
The president and CEO of the University of New Mexico Foundation on Thursday announced his plans to retire after more than eight years on the job – something he says is not related to a recent search of the foundation's headquarters by special agents from the state Attorney General's Office.
Henry Nemcik, who joined the foundation in 2010, said the announcement was on his terms and that nobody – including UNM President Garnett Stokes or the foundation's board of trustees – asked him to publicly declare his plans now.
Henry Nemcik
In fact, Nemcik will remain at the foundation's helm until his successor is in place. The foundation says it aims to have a new leader start in July.
The foundation – a private not-for-profit that exists solely to support the state's largest public institution – has had a particularly turbulent few months.
On Sept. 5, special agents from Attorney General Hector Balderas' office served a search warrant on the foundation's headquarters and seized several boxes of files and other materials. They sought documents related to an anonymous $25,000 donation made last year to repay the university for losses sustained during an Athletics Department fundraising trip to Scotland. Emails from former Athletics Director Paul Krebs show he coordinated the delivery of the anonymous letter tied to the donation.
In May, a district judge ruled against the foundation in a public records lawsuit. The foundation is appealing.
In June, Steve Chavez – a high-profile donor whose former company, WisePies Pizza & Salad, once held naming rights to the Pit arena – publicly criticized the foundation for a lack of transparency.
And this week, Nemcik and UNM Board of Regents President Rob Doughty had a tense public exchange over Athletics Department fundraising strategy.
The retirement announcement released by the foundation did not address any of that. It instead lauded the foundation's financial performance under Nemcik, noting it raised an average of $88 million in cash and pledges annually during his tenure and that he personally raised more than $30 million in gifts.
"For nearly a decade, Henry has been instrumental in transforming the UNM Foundation into the high-performing, top-tier organization that it is today," Laurie Moye, chairwoman of the UNM Foundation board of trustees, said in a release.
Stokes said in the release that Nemcik has "helped create a strong foundation that will be critical to the future success of UNM and the community we serve."
The Journal requested an interview with Nemcik on Thursday but was told by a spokeswoman to submit questions by email.
Nemcik said in his written response that he intended to retire last year but UNM's then-president, Chaouki Abdallah, and the foundation's board of trustees asked him to remain during UNM's own leadership transition.
UNM's regents named Stokes president in November, though she did not start until March 1.
Stokes will serve on the search committee for the foundation's next CEO. Other members include Regents Vice President Marron Lee, several members of the UNM Foundation board of trustees, including Moye and Journal publisher Bill Lang.
Nemcik called Thursday "the most appropriate time" to publicize his retirement plans.
"Last week's activities had nothing to do with my announcement and no one asked me to make the announcement at this time," he wrote. "I have been planning for months on announcing my retirement this fall. As you know, there is a great deal of planning to conduct a search for a position at this level. Many of our staff, donors, board members and University leaders have known about my retirement for some time, but I wanted the search committee to be in place and I wanted the opportunity to tell the Foundation staff about my retirement personally before the public announcement.
"The search committee met for the first time yesterday and we held our quarterly all staff meeting yesterday as well. With those pieces in place, today was the most appropriate time to make the announcement official."
Nemcik's total compensation – including base salary, bonuses, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits – was $451,158, according to the foundation's 2016 tax filing, the most recent year publicly available.
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San Jose Viet Museum recounts a journey to freedom
Behind one of the world's largest museum collections dedicated to Vietnamese refugees is a dream of one San Jose man who wishes to keep their stories alive.
Tucked in a corner of San Jose History Park, a yellow historic Victorian house is home to the Museum of the Boat People & Republic of Vietnam, where founder and Executive Director Loc Vu has dedicated his life to preserving the history of Vietnamese refugees.
Lining the walls are cases of artifacts, hundreds of photos, maps and commissioned art of Vietnamese refugees and their escape from the homeland after the fall of Saigon in 1975.
Loc Vu in front of the Viet Museum in San Jose. Photo by Tran Nguyen.
The museum, also known as the Viet Museum, opened its doors in 2007 and welcomed tens of thousands of visitors a year prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vu, a former colonel in the Army of South Vietnam who came to the U.S. with his family in 1976, has spent more than 20 years collecting and buying handwritten letters, photos, guns, uniforms, medals and even an actual boat for the collection.
"We started working on the museum in 1990," Vu told thecupertinodigest.com in Vietnamese. "It took time and a lot of money, which all came through donations from all over the world."
The museum, located more than two miles from downtown San Jose, is among the few cultural landmarks in Silicon Valley that honors the Vietnamese boat people and their descendants. San Jose is home to more than 140,000 Vietnamese residents, making it the city with the largest Vietnamese population in the U.S.
The Viet Museum's collection includes handwritten letters, photos, guns, uniforms, medals and even a boat. Photo by Tran Nguyen.
Keeping the stories of boat people alive
On a sunny March morning, Vu, sporting a faded bucket hat and a light jacket over his brown polo shirt, helped volunteers clean up the backyard of the museum. His eyes beam at every corner of the historic home that displays his life's work.
Every artifact has a story of how it came to the museum, Vu said. He also heads the nonprofit, Immigrant Resettlement and Cultural Center, that helps Vietnamese refugees in the U.S.
Lining the walls of the Museum of the Boat People & Republic of Vietnam are cases of artifacts, hundreds of photos, maps and commissioned art depicting the Vietnamese experience of escaping their homeland after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Photo by Tran Nguyen.
One of his favorite pieces is a bronze map, prominently displayed at the entrance of the museum. It depicts a world without borders where boat people who set out to sea in a quest for freedom could find a new home.
"If we aren't collecting them and creating new art about this now, the history and experience of millions of people will disappear," Vu said. "It will all be gone."
San Jose and Santa Clara County weren't interested in funding the museum when Vu first started working on the project, he said. To turn his vision into reality, Vu rallied the Vietnamese community, as well as politicians—including former U.S. President Jimmy Carter—to support the project.
Loc Vu with one of his favorite pieces in the museum: a bronze map depicting the boat people setting out to sea. Photo by Tran Nguyen.
The museum dedicates a wall to all major donors, including Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez and former Congressman Mike Honda, among others.
Lofgren, who has known Vu since her days of law school, said the Viet Museum is the pride and joy of Silicon Valley.
"I have meaningful memories of times assisting the very first refugees who arrived after the fall of Saigon, establishing language, health and educational services on the Board of Supervisors, volunteering with the Red Cross and working together on the establishment of the Viet Museum," Lofgren told thecupertinodigest.com. "The Viet Museum has done vital work documenting and teaching future generations about the experiences of the more than one million people from Vietnam who have resettled in the U.S. and the many contributions the Vietnamese-American community has made to the South Bay."
Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez presented Loc Vu with a resolution reaffirming the human rights of Vietnamese citizens at the 2022 Tet celebration. Photo courtesy of Supervisor Cindy Chavez's office.
During the recent Tết celebration at San Jose History Park, Santa Clara County officials honored Vu for his years of service at the museum.
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"Loc Vu's preservation of the Vietnamese refugee history is itself a lifelong commitment to the defense of human rights," Chavez, who represents the area, told thecupertinodigest.com. "The Viet Museum honors the experience of so many who lost so much and serves as a call to action to not let history repeat itself."
Vu, who many also call "Uncle," often spends his days at the museum. The former colonel, who's now in his 80s, had thought of retiring—but has had trouble finding a replacement to take care of the museum until recently.
The job requires dedication and passion, but it doesn't pay, Vu said.
Hong Cao, a longtime San Jose resident who recently retired from his City Hall job, said it's an honor to be handed the torch from Vu.
"Uncle Loc has been looking for somebody to take over," Cao told thecupertinodigest.com. "I'm pretty new at organizing in our community, but I'll try my best to keep the museum going."
Cao hopes to start digitizing the artifacts in the museum and to create listening tours for visitors.
Manpreet Dhindsa and his three-year-old son Prawaan. Dhindsa said the Viet Museum offers a window into the past. Photo by Tran Nguyen.
Outside of the museum, Manpreet Dhindsa and his 3-year-old son Prawaan said they have visited several times. Dhindsa said he learns new things with each visit.
"It's a great experience learning the history of our community," he told thecupertinodigest.com. "The museum's really a window into the past."
Contact Tran Nguyen at tran@sanjosespotlight.com or follow @nguyenntrann on Twitter.
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How Do You Like Paying For Your Own Dispossession, White Man?
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All over the White West--including of course North America--those who hold reign over a weaponized brainwashing media empire; who work hand in hand with guilt-inducing religious denominations, and those who control how much money you, the proles, are allowed to make and keep from the sweat of your labor are deliberately and with malice aforethought making you pay for the dispossession of your children and their children's children. Of course you'll be long dead by then so what does it matter, right?
I've been busy doing research for a couple of upcoming projects/events. And, so here is some data I want to share with readers. Be sure to check our 'where to find information' category from time to time for the latest facts and figures involving refugees and immigration generally.
Last, but by far not least, is the US Catholic Bishops whose finances now require further explanation. The USCCB, by the way, resettles the largest number of refugees in the US with the help of Catholic Charities located throughout America. They make no effort to single out Christians for resettlement and in fact, in 2013 they were requesting that the US State Department bring more Rohingya Muslims from Burma (Myanmar) to America.
Up until recently we could access their annual reports to determine their direct income from the federal taxpayer (for their migration program), however, it appears that since RRW and others began publishing the information, we are no longer able to access those reports.
To our knowledge, no Form 990 is filed. Churches are not required to file 990s, so perhaps the Bishops consider themselves a church.
Also, since federal funds go directly to myriad Catholic Charities around the country especially to states such as Tennessee where Catholic Charities and the federal government have complete control of who comes and where they are placed with virtually no state input (called the Wilson-Fish program), it would require very knowledgeable forensic accountants to follow the money.
Here is the information we previously obtained from the USCCB's 2012 Annual Report (it is a good thing we captured it at the time!).
We have no idea what salaries are paid in the USCCB Washington office.
A billion dollars a year!
That is how much we are spending (that we know of!) for refugee resettlement... That figure does not include subsidized housing, most healthcare, food stamps, other cash assistance, educating the kids or the costs to the criminal justice system!


As someone who studies this data regularly and rigorously, the confidence level for expected 2017 SP 500 EPS growth is a higher than for 2018. If readers wonder why, don't forget these previous blog posts here, and here, to note how the 2017 expected EPS growth rate evolved over 2016.
Readers will see another 30 – 35 earnings reports this coming week, from Tuesday through Friday, January 20th. My own interest in terms of client holdings will lie with IBM (IBM), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Goldman Sachs (GS), with Schlumberger (SLB) and GE (GE) Friday morning. (long all, except SLB, but owned indirectly through XLE, IYE, OIH).
The peak period of Q4 '16 earnings reports is January 23rd through February 2nd, 2017. That is when readers will see the majority of the SP 500 report their quarterly results.
Curious as to which sectors look best heading into Q4 '16 earnings ? Read here and here.
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Here is our 2017 prediction for the SP 500, and nothing has changed since, although President-elect Trump's priorities and the potential for a "cross-border" tax make me nervous. There is a lot of optimism built into the Congressional and Republican agenda for 2017, and President-elect Trump has shown he can be unpredictable.


India vs New Zealand 3rd T20I: Former colleagues Harbhajan Singh, VVS Laxman seemed to be having a great time with Gautam Gambhir.
India vs New Zealand 3rd T20I: Former colleagues Harbhajan Singh, VVS Laxman seemed to be having a great time with Gautam Gambhir. All the three former cricketers are part of the commentary team for ongoing India vs New Zealand three-match T20I series. Gambhir, who is usually a very serious character and a person, in general, seemed to be breaking the myth recently. During the pre-game show, Gambhir seemed to be in high spirits as he laughed and smiled and also high-fived.
The three former cricketers have been part of some of India's greatest wins ever. It would be a treat for fans to be seeing their childhood heroes having a great time with each other even after they have left the dressing room.
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Pope calls for humility in a new, zinger-filled Christmas speech
ROME (AP), -- Pope Francis asked Vatican cardinals and bishops to be humble this Christmas season. He said that their pride, self-interest, and the "glitter in our armor" were perverting their spiritual lives, and corrupting the church's mission.
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Francis, as he did in the past with his Christmas address, took Vatican officials to task for perceived moral and personal failures. He denounced in particular pride-filled clerics that "rigidly", hide behind Catholic Church traditions instead of seeking out the most needy with humility.
Like in the past cardinals and bishops sat in stoneface as Francis lectured them in the Hall of Blessings. It was also decorated with poinsettias and Christmas trees.
Francis said to them, "The humble are those who are not only concerned with the past, but also the future. They know how to look forward, to spread their branches and remember the past with gratitude." The proud, on other hand, just repeat and grow rigid, fearful of new things because they can't control what they know.
The pontiff stated that proud people who are too inward-looking are obsessed with their own interests.
"As a result, they don't learn from their mistakes nor are they open to forgiveness. This is a terrible corruption disguised as a benefit. He said that we must avoid it."
Francis, who was elected pope in 2013, has used his Christmas address as a platform to criticize the Curia, the Holy See's bureaucracy, and denounce the "spiritual dementia" of some members and the resistance he encountered in his attempts to reform the institution and revive the Catholic Church.
These reforms were accelerated this year and the Catholic hierarchy was the most affected. Francis ordered a 10% cut in cardinal pay, imposed a 40 euro ($45) gift limit for Holy See personnel, and passed a law that allowed cardinals or bishops to be criminally tried by the Vatican's tribunal.
Francis also added Christmas greetings to the mix by publicly brow-beating Vatican clerics. These clerics are normally treated with respect by their subordinates and the general public.
Francis advised them to not hide behind the "armors" of their titles, and to realize that they were, like Naaman in the Bible, lepers who needed healing.
He said, "The Naaman story reminds us that Christmas comes when we need to find the courage and to let go of the trappings and social recognition of our roles and to adopt the humility of Naaman."
Francis reiterated his call to tradition-minded clergymen to give up living in the past. He said that their obsessive focus on old liturgy and doctrine was a corrupting form of spiritual worldliness.
He said, "Seeking these kinds of reassurances is the most perverse fruit spiritual worldliness. It reveals a loss of faith, hope, and love; it leads you to an inability of discern the truth of matters."
Francis took the biggest step yet in reining in the traditionalist wing by imposing restrictions on the celebration of the Latin Mass, which Pope Benedict XVI had lifted in 2007.
Last weekend, he imposed more restrictions on the Church by imposing new rules that prohibit even the publication in parish bulletins of Tridentine Mass times.
Francis stated that the proud, who are stuck in the past, are "enclosed" in their world and have no roots or branches. They also suffer from the bitter taste of melancholy, which weighs down their hearts like the most precious of devil's potions.
"All of us have a responsibility to be humble, as we are all called to remember and give life. Our roots and branches are our best friends. He warned us that without these two essentials, we will become sick and be destined to die."
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One of the first musical things I discovered after moving to Beijing was this band from Shanghai. Their Chinese name (Lengku Xianjing) is taken from the Chinese title of a book by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami ( "Hardboiled Wonderland" in English). Anyway, for a number of years this group of musicians has been developing their take on Chinese progressive music. Lin Di, a skilled player of the pipa (a lute-like instrument), is the sole composer; with the addition of bass, guitar, cello, and drums a truly interesting combination of sounds and influences was born. After two self-produced albums, they hooked up with Taiwan's Wind Records for a pair of beautifully produced albums of atmospheric music. Ten Days in Magic Land is strangely credited to "Lin Di and Cool Zone" though the Chinese band name is the same as on the other CDs. This is probably due to Wind's positioning of the music in the same general arena as Enigma, which has only marginal validity. Most of the ten tracks are fairly gentle in impact, featuring hand percussion rather than a drum kit, and acoustic rather than electric guitar. Keyboard work is subtle, and there are odd atmospheric sound effects scattered about. Flutes feature prominently throughout, and Lin Di's vocals are soothing and ethereal, easily in the class of the world's famous angelic female vocalists.
The band's live album, recorded in 2005, is a mixed bag. Arrangements from the earlier albums are fleshed out, taking peaceful studio concoctions into something more like the work of a band and giving the players a more equal share of the sound, but the vocals, so lovely and serene in the studio, are a bit shaky at times. Electric guitar, bass and drums play a much more prominent role, making this the album most like progressive rock. Tracks from all of the previous albums are included, mostly in very different arrangements. Some might say that pushing up the "rock" quotient on these songs makes them less unique, but I find the music good enough to withstand the increased volume. The three new tunes are highlights, showing a band maturing into a more integrated version of themselves, with gently shifting time signatures and complex arrangements.
CFL's 2007 release (Seeds on the Ground in English) bears the fruits of this maturation in a studio setting, and includes new versions of two of the live album's new tracks. Comparing Seeds to the earlier albums, there is a noticeable improvement in balance: the pipa and cello are more integral to the sound, not just colorful flourishes, and, with the increased distance from the New Age tag, the rhythm section participates more fully. This band admirably manages to meld Chinese music, both folk and classical, with modern sounds to come up with something unique, and uniquely Chinese.


If you want to work on the Tektronix 7S12 TDR/Sampler plug-in, you can use two standard 7000 series flexible extenders (or similar) to operate the plug-in outside the mainframe, but even when you've done that, it is still hard to work on. The bulk of the electronics in this plug-in is in the form of two daughter boards which plug into edge connectors in a mother board, and you can't get at these at all readily.
Tektronix used to sell an "extender board" with part number 018-0064-00. This allowed you to elevate one or other of the boards out of the plugin. I have never seen one of these boards for sale, or even seen a photograph of one on someone's web site.
As I wanted one I designed a PCB layout for a double sided extender board, and the Gerber files are available for download here: 7S12 Extender Gerber files, and here's a photograph of the completed board.
I'm sorry but I don't have any of the dual readout 0.15" pitch 36/72 way edge connectors with extender card bend available, and the supplier from whom I bought the one you can see in the picture doesn't have any left in stock.


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Brent Musburger Warns First-Time Sports Bettors to 'Be Careful'
Posted on: July 25, 2018, 03:00h.
Last updated on: July 25, 2018, 01:08h.
Brent Musburger, the famed broadcaster who's long had a penchant for gambling on sports, is warning newbies to "be careful" as they walk into a legal casino sportsbook.
Brent Musburger says people shouldn't expect to get rich off sports betting. In fact, they should expect to lose over the long term. (Image: Twitter)
In early 2017, Musburger announced he was retiring from television after a 44-year broadcasting career in order to pursue a sports gambling information network in Las Vegas. With the wagering activity now expanding to states across the country, the icon is telling first-timers to educate themselves before placing a bet.
Appearing on the Dan Patrick Show, Musburger told listeners, "Be careful. I would tell you right now that not many people can beat those numbers."
"Let's be honest, there are a few guys and a few syndicates who have been successful at it over the years, but there's a reason why those casinos get bigger and bigger. My warning would be just kind of tiptoe in, stay in the shallow end," Musburger concluded.
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) repealed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 in May. The 6-3 decision ended the longtime sports betting ban and gave states the right to determine their own laws on the gambling activity.
Bringing Sports Betting Mainstream
Sports fans for decades enjoyed listening to Musburger call a variety of both college and professional sports. The 79-year-old often made slight references to odds and spreads late in the game, how a last-minute touchdown or foul shot might have changed whether a team covered.
He addressed viewers as "folks," and was a fan-favorite for many. His sports betting references, and reputation for pointing out attractive women, none more infamous than Katherine Webb during the 2013 BCS National Championship, landed him in hot water at times with networks.
Now, he's trying to introduce sports betting to his followers. Along with the Vegas Stats & Information Network (VSiN), Musburger announced a deal last week to serve as the play-by-play radio announcer for the Oakland Raiders.
The three-year deal culminates with the Raiders relocating to Las Vegas.
"Mark Davis (Raiders owner) and I were chatting and he said, 'Would you like to do some broadcasting with us?'" Musburger explained of the development. "In the evening, had a cold one, and I said, 'Sure.'"
Unlike at times earlier in his career, discussing odds and spreads on air will no longer be so taboo.
House Always Wins
Musburger dishes advice on sports betting on VSiN, and also writes gambling content for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and New York Post. His main advice for people interested in participating is to tread cautiously.
"If you've never been around it, never experienced it … listen to what people tell you, how to approach it. But don't think that you're going to walk in and say, "This is my life, this is what I'm going to do."
'I'm going to make a good living at this, I can beat these numbers.' I'm here to tell you you can't," Musburger declared.
Delaware and New Jersey have already joined Nevada in offering full-fledged sports betting. Five other states have passed regulations, and 13 others, including California where Musburger will be calling the Raiders, have introduced legislation.
Sports Betting Media Goes Mainstream, VSiN Inks Deal With New York Post
Maryland Sports Betting Could Arrive Sooner Than Expected, as Lawmakers Develop Way to Bypass Referendum
Trial Begins for Operators of Makeshift New York Indian Casino
UK Betting
Canada Betting
Australia Betting
New Zealand Betting
Devin O'Connor — January 18, 2019


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Joystiq: Bioware guys dream of a game world without combat - nothing but talking! Unfortunately, the point-and-click adventure game beat them to the punch by about two decades.
Kotaku: The PSP Go! has been announced, so that means it is time to start speculating about the next one. If you listen closely, you can hear the continuing sound of nobody in the world caring about the PSP.
Destructoid: Assassin's Creed 2 devs talk about their sequel to 2007's runny, jumpy, stone-cold-knife-a-bitch game.
Destructoid: Announcement!: Left 4 Dead 2 will have three, possibly four new zombies! Still missing: anything that distinguishes it from its predecessor in the slightest.
Gamasutra: Crytek man Cevat Yeril will deliver the keynote at GDC Europe. The topic? The future of graphics. Sneak peek: In the future, computers still can't run Crysis.
Gamasutra: Christopher Nutt on how murder plays an integral yet emotionless role in contemporary game design.
1UP: They guy behind Gears of War says the upcoming title Borderlands is a sci-fi shooter with RPG elements and that "the future of shooters is RPGs." Way to catch up to rest of us, Mr. Bleszinski. We've been playing BioShock and Fallout 3 for a while now.
The Escapist: Anthony Burch manages to articulate why I had such a good time messing around with Spelunky a few months ago.


That's one kind of balance. But the kind of balance that I am going to talk about in this posting is the balance between the mundane and the spiritual. As activists, we often feel that our activism is a part of our spirituality. Whether we are fighting for racial equality, marriage equality, voter rights, religious tolerance, or any other number of things. Balancing what we feel a calling to do with our regular "9 to 5" life is not always easy. Some of us are blessed that our activism is our "9 to 5", but those are few.
This balancing act takes skill and practice. It is not something that we are born with. We have to work hard to learn to balance our mundane lives with our activism and spirituality. Being "merely" spiritual can be much easier than being an activist in our spirituality. Going out and "practicing what we preach" can often times put a real burden on our personal lives. It can, and often does, take time away from our family, our friends, even our ability to work efficiently at our bills-paying-job. It can be a real stress on our health, as well.
I'll use myself as an example here: I work 40+ hours a week to pay the bills, I have a calling to teach and share my knowledge with others. I can't fulfill my calling while at work. It just doesn't work. I can talk about my calling, to an extent, with my customers. But I cannot actively teach and share with them. Instead I spend a good portion of my free time on the net and on the radio sharing and teaching. That adds another 20 hours or more a week to my busy-ness. It is not just busy-ness, though. When I am on the air I am in sacred space. I have created a space in my home or in the studio where I am at peace and one with those who are listening (whether I actually know them or not). Every Sunday I spend four hours in this sacred space, plus another hour in a purely activist role.
What kind of impact does this have on my social and spiritual life? Until recently I had nothing that could be called a social life. I'd eat, sleep, and defecate work. Somewhere in all of that work I would find time to do the spiritual and activist thing, even if that meant sacrificing sleep. The instances of me going out with friends were so few and far between that when I would call a friend up for coffee or drop in to visit they were amazed and often said something to the effect of "you are alive!?" Now that my bills-paying-job has shifted into something that gives me more control over my time, I am able to be with people, to socialize. I am now able to do some of the things that I feel a direct calling to do. Things like writing, teaching, and expanding my on-air presence. I still find myself forgetting coffee dates, movies nights, and not listening to my voice mails. Things are getting better every step of the way.
I don't want to wind up in that kind of situation. I've nearly done so several times. I wrote about that in December when I did my back in for the umpteenth time. Instead I would like to continue on my quest for that balance between the mundane and the spiritual (or activist) aspects of my life.
How would one go about finding that balance? Not an easy question to answer for it varies from person to person. Sometimes greatly. What I am doing to find that balance is learning to pay attention to what my body, my mind, and my soul/spirit is telling me. If I feel hungry, I eat. If I feel tired, I sleep. If I feel depressed, I do something to counter that (clinical depression is something entirely different and I will not be talking about that here). All of these are things that I can't really do while at the bills-paying-job; I can't take a nap in the middle of my shift! But I can address these physical needs while I am at home or while doing my calling.
I can also take the time to evaluate what I can and cannot do; to look at what I am being asked to do by others and what I need to do for myself. (Sound self? Bare with me here.) There was a time where I would often find myself double or even triple booked. I was trying to cram everything into one or two days a week so that I could be more productive – only to find that I was having to cancel at least one thing every week in order to do something else I had committed to doing. This usually led to someone having hurt feelings or neglected needs. Often times it was my needs that were being neglected.
In order to properly balance your mundane activities with your spiritual life you should first find that balance within yourself. Through mindful meditation, conscious thought, and really looking at your life and where you are right now. Do you find yourself getting tired and weary during your work-a-day life? Perhaps you aren't getting enough sleep, exercise, and healthy food. Do you find that you just don't have the desire to go to a group ritual or stand the picket line at a demonstration? Perhaps you aren't spending enough time in your own spiritual skin.
Establish a regular sleep pattern – turn off the social media!
The above are just a few suggestions on finding the balance within. Most importantly, you need to spend time with yourself. Turning off the TV, social media, and even the cell phone is a good way to make sure that you are spending time with yourself. Don't forget to spend time with your friends and family!
Our support networks are often built around the people who mean the most to us. Our family and our friends. Being able to go to a loved one with an issue that arises, either at work or in our spiritual lives, is very important to our sanity. Having someone who truly understands is an added bonus, but even a loved one who isn't in the same kind of role in the community as you can be a good ear or a shoulder to cry on. I'm blessed that I have many friends and a few family members that I can count on as part of my support network.
Our friends and family are much more than a support network. They are also our life-line to what is most important in our lives. Love. I enjoy being able to sit down with a friend and just talk about nothing. I love spending time with my mother or my brother and just hanging out – no obligations, no expectations. Being able to spend time with someone and talk about work or my calling is a welcome relief sometimes. I also love the fact that many of my loved ones do understand where I am coming from when I need to vent about something from work or wax poetic about plans for the future of my small niche of the Pagan community.
Along with all the time that we spend with our bills-paying-jobs, our calling, our activism, our friends and family, we need to spend some time with the Divine. Assuming that many (if not most) who read this page are some form of deists, we have already established some kind of a relationship with the Divine. Whether we call the Divine Lord and Lady, simply God or Goddess, or by a specific name or group of names, we have some kind of divine relationship. Spending some time each week, if not daily, with building and strengthening that relationship can be a great asset to finding that inner balance that many of us are lacking. Even the greatest minds in the Pagan and spiritual worlds have to spend regular time with their Divine to maintain a sense of balance. We can so easily get bogged down in the day-to-day, in the troubles and woes of relationships with people, that we can forget that the Divine spark (to use a phrase) is within us all. When we neglect that connection with the Divine we are neglecting a portion of ourselves and of those that we hold most dear.
When it is all said and done, finding and re-finding the balance can be as simple as going outside, taking a walk, petting a dog, or smelling a flower; reconnecting with what is real. Reaching out to friends and stepping outside your ivory tower can be essential to the balancing act. Don't neglect what is going on around you in the here and now while you are busy with the work-a-day life and your activism. Find that balance, hold on to it, and don't let it go. If it slips through your fingers, find it again and embrace it.
I'm grateful for your guidance. I've been pondering this subject in earnest. Blessed be.


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Maryam Palizban (persa: مریم پالیزبان, Urmía, 6 de octubre de 1981) es una actriz y poetisa iraní de origen azerí.

Trayectoria
Estudió arte dramático en la Universidad de Teherán y la Universidad Libre de Berlín. Ha recibido varios premios con su teatro experimental de marionetas.

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Actrices de Irán
Escritoras de Irán
Escritores de Irán del siglo XXI
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Nacidos en Urmía


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The owner of Chequit acquires Jack's Marine
By Jeffrey M. Johnson On Dec 21, 2021
Jack's sailor. (Journalist file)
Chequit owner Stacey Soloviev announced her purchase of Jack's Marine, telling The Reporter the price was $ 3.8 million.
Ms Soloviev also said she was in the process of buying another business on the island, but did not disclose the target of her interests.
"I am really happy to be a part of the Shelter Island community – they have been so supportive of my restoration of the Chequit," Ms. Soloviev said.
She won the support of the community with the Christmas celebration at Chequit, which is still under renovation.
Mike and Camille Anglin, owners of Jack's, had recently announced that the business was about to be sold and that they were looking forward to having more time to travel and enjoy their lives.
Ms. Soloviev also owns Santa's Christmas Tree Farm and Peconic Bay Vineyards, both located in Cutchogue. She offered a 40-room resort with a spa and retail operations on the wine property.
The purchase of Chequit was carried out together with the ex-husband of Mrs Soloviev, Stefan Soloviev. The Soloviev Group is also involved in the purchase of Jack's.
The Anglins are helping Ms. Soloviev and her team with the transition.
Ryan Perry, who worked for Ms. Soloviev at Christmas Tree Farm, is Jack's new manager. In a Facebook post, he thanked the islanders for the warm welcome they extended, inviting people to come or call with any questions.
"I'll be more than happy to help or just sit back and chat," he said.
"For now everything will remain as before, but as with all of our projects on Shelter Island, we will be speaking with the community to get their input and have their interests at heart in the future," Ms. Soloviev said. "The community comes first. We are always in tune with the community and they will be the first to know of any changes.
No changes are planned at Jack's as Ms. Soloviev is focusing her attention on the ongoing renovations at the Chequit.
The Anglins have typically closed for part of the winter, but the business is set to remain open this year, only closing on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
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Nekolová J, Langrová H, Rozsíval P, Jirásková N.
PURPOSE: To prospectively compare postoperative results of two premium intraocular lenses EnVISTA (Bausch and Lomb) and AcrySof IQ (Alcon), focussing on glistenings and posterior capsule opacification. The evaluation of glistenings was done using Image J software and posterior capsule opacifications were quantified with OSCA system.
METHODS: Twenty patients (7 men and 13 women) with bilateral cataract were included. EnVista intraocular lens (IOL) was implanted in one eye and AcrySof IQ IOL in the second eye of each patient. Objective evaluation methods were used for assessment. Glistenings was quantified with ImageJ software and PCO using the Open-Access Systematic Capsule Assessment (OSCA) system (Devised by Aslam TM, Edinburgh, United Kingdom). Complete ophthtalmological evaluation including evaluation after pupil dilatation was done and digital images of intraocular lenses were obtained. The results of 2-, 4-, 6- and 12-month follow-up were compared.
RESULTS: Twenty patients were analyzed 2 months, 16 patients 4 months, 14 patients 6 months and 13 patients 12 months after cataract surgery. There was only minimal difference in best corrected visual acuity between EnVista and AcrySof group. The glistenings in the EnVista IOLs was objectively lower than in the AcrySof IOLs during whole follow-up period. In contrast to PCO, in eyes with AcrySof IOL was lower PCO score.
CONCLUSIONS: Development of new materials and techniques of cataract surgery is the topic of ophthtalmologists worldwide. Reduction of glistenings and PCO is one of the main aims, objective measurements is important part of assessment of postoperative results after cataract surgery.


"Older Driver Safety Awareness Week" gets underway today.
Officials say it's a time to reflect on a sometimes difficult topic as families and friends want their aging family members to stay safely mobile - whether they are driving, thinking about stopping driving, or have given up the keys. Drivers age 65 and older represent the fastest growing segment of the state's population. Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson has been working to get the word out more to senior drivers, their families and professionals who work with aging drivers to let them know what resources are out there. During the awareness week, different topics can be explored related to aging and driving such as identifying changes that can affect driving, family conversations, screenings and evaluations, equipment that can empower drivers and taking changes in stride.
Michigan's population is aging so there are more older drivers on the road. SOS spokesman Fred Woodhams says for the most part, older drivers are very safe and have less incidents of problem driving such as drunk driving or aggressive driving but things change as people age. He says it's a very difficult subject for families and everyone dreads having the conversation with mom or dad but sometimes it just needs to happen because they aren't willing to give up the keys when they really should. Woodhams tells WHMI for the most part older drivers self-regulate and limit their driving but sometimes there are instances where a person is in denial or they might not be fully aware because of medical issues. He notes resources are also there if they need to report a driver to the SOS and look into whether they should be driving or not.


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Weekly Threat Briefing
Weekly Threat Briefing: 50,000 Enterprise Firms Running SAP Software Vulnerable to Attack
May 7, 2019 | Anomali Threat Research Team
The intelligence in this week's iteration discuss the following threats: APT, Backdoor, BEC, Data breach, Data leak, Malspam, Malvertisements, Phishing, Ransomware, targeted attacks, and Vulnerabilities. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to the Community Threat Briefing and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Trending Threats
"MegaCortex" Ransomware Wants to be The One (May 3, 2019)
A new ransomware family, called "MegaCortex", may have a relationship with threat actors distributing the "Emotet" and Qakbot" trojans, according to SophosLabs Uncut researchers. MegaCortex is distributed via a "convoluted infection methodology" that "leverages both automated and manual components". Researchers found MegaCortex primarily uses automated attacks conducted through an unnamed "common red-team attack tool script" that then creates a "Meterpreter" reverse shell. The reverse shell uses batch files from remote servers, commands to only instruct the malware to drop second payloads, and PowerShell scripts on infected machines. Researchers found that in at least one instance, the ransomware attack began with a domain controller inside the target network, which may indicate an inside job, and in other incidents MegaCortex was found on the same systems as Emotet and Qakbot. Since MegaCortex was first found in a VirusTotal submission in January 2019, the new ransomware may have connections with the actors behind Emotet and Qakbot, but as of this writing it is unconfirmed.
Recommendation: Ransomware is a continually evolving threat. It is paramount to have a comprehensive and tested backup solution in place in addition to a business continuity policy in place. In the unfortunate case a reproducible backup is not in place, make sure to check for a decryptor before considering payment; avoid payment at all costs. Ransomware should be reported to law enforcement agencies who are doing their best to track these actors and prevent ransom from being a profitable business for threat actors.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] PowerShell (T1086) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Windows Management Instrumentation (T1047)
Tags: Ransomware, MegaCortex
50,000 Enterprise Firms Running SAP Software Vulnerable to Attack (May 2, 2019)
Researchers from Onapsis Research Labs have identified potential vulnerabilities in SAP software. The exploit tool, named "10KBlaze", utilizes errors in the SAP NetWeaver installation configuration, allowing attackers to gain unrestricted access to SAP systems. This could lead to compromises of the software such as theft of sensitive information, and deletion of application data. Business transactions including creating vendors, releasing shipments, generating reports, and payments can be carried out with this exploit. It is estimated that 50,000 enterprises are vulnerable to this attack.
Recommendation: Threat actors are consistently looking for new ways to conduct malicious activity, therefore, it is crucial that your company has security and patch-maintenance policies in place. SAP is recommending users to follow SAP Security Note #821875, #1408081, #1421005. The security update should be applied as soon as possible to avoid potential exploitation by this new tool.
Tags: Vulnerability, SAP systems, Exploit tool, 10KBlaze
Formbook | Yet Another Stealer Malware (May 2, 2019)
SentinelOne researchers have detected a malspam campaign spreading the financial malware, "Formbook". The malware has been spread with an RTF file containing malicious code to exploit the vulnerability, registered as "CVE-2017-8570", which is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Office. Formbook itemizes the processes on the victim's system, with the payload ceased from infecting if a blacklisted process, primarily virtual machine software, is detected. Once the payload is loaded into the system, legitimate processes are infected with malicious code with the ability to avoid detection. The malware then will likely be used to inject code into browsers to exfiltrate data from the browser.
Recommendation: Always be on high alert while reading email, in particular when it contains attachments, attempts to redirect to a URL, contains an urgent label, or uses poor grammar. Use anti-spam and antivirus protection and avoid opening email from untrusted or unverified senders. Additionally, it is important to have a comprehensive and tested backup solution in place for the unfortunate case of ransomware infection.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] User Execution (T1204) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Spearphishing Attachment (T1193)
Tags: Malware, Information-stealer, Formbook
Unprotected Database Exposes 13.7m Users' Employment Information (May 2, 2019)
Security researcher, Sanyam Jain has discovered an unprotected database of personal and employment information of 13.7 million individuals. The database that is viewable by anyone online, contains information belonging to a New-York job recruitment site, "Ladders." The database includes email addresses, employment history, IP addresses, names, postal addresses, phone numbers, and security clearances. The database was an Amazon Web Service (AWS) managed ElasticSearch that was not password protected. Ladders has responded by taking the database offline.
Recommendation: Due to the risk of phishing attacks, Ladders users should change their account passwords, along with other online accounts that share the same password. It is crucial for companies working with personal information to have adequate authentication and security to avoid customer data from becoming public.
Tags: Database, Data breach
Not All Roads Lead to Magento: All Payment Platforms are Targets for Magecart (May 1, 2019)
RiskQ has identified a significant Magecart attack focused on Magento, a popular e-commerce platform. The attackers, known as Group 12, have been targeting multiple e-commerce platforms including Magento and OpenCart. Using a similar URL, the group injects a skimmer into the checkout page to steal payment details from customers. A common method of the group is to exploit vulnerabilities in online stores that are using outdated versions of e-commerce platforms. While the current attacks are focused on payment information, the attacks could likely expand to other information such as login credentials.
Recommendation: Websites require constant maintenance and upkeep in order to adapt to the latest threats. In addition to keeping software up to date, it is essential that all external facing assets are monitored and scanned for vulnerabilities.
Tags: CVE-2017-8570, Financial malware
Dell Computers Exposed to RCE Attacks by SupportAssist Flaws (May 1, 2019)
The preinstalled software in Dell devices running Windows, "SupportAssist Client," was disclosed to suffer two high-severity vulnerabilities, registered as "CVE-2019-3719" and "CVE-2019-3718," that could both allow for remote code execution. Dell stated that "An unauthenticated attacker, sharing the network access layer with the vulnerable system, can compromise the vulnerable system by tricking a victim user into downloading and executing arbitrary executables via SupportAssist client from attacker hosted sites." Dell has issued a patched for these vulnerabilities.
Recommendation: As a patch has been released, users with versions prior to 3.2.0.90 and later are recommended to update their system immediately due to the high severity rating of these vulnerabilities and the potential for an actor to take control of an affected system. Additionally, your company should have policies in place to review and apply security updates for software in use to protect against known vulnerabilities that threat actors may exploit.
Tags: Vulnerability, Dell, SupportAssist, CVE-2019-3719, CVE-2019-3718
New "Sodinokibi" Ransomware Exploits Critical Oracle WebLogic Flaw (May 1, 2019)
A critical-rated vulnerability, registered as "CVE-2019-2725," in Oracle WebLogic server has been disclosed that allows for deserialisation and is being actively exploited in the wild to deliver a new ransomware called, "Sodinokibi." The vulnerability allows a threat actor to make an HTTP connection to a WebLogic server and execute remote code without any authentication. In the campaign observed in the wild, threat actors will send an HTTP POST request to the vulnerable server, which contains a PowerShell command that downloads a file. That file, which contains the ransomware, is then saved locally and is executed on the computer. The ransom requests $2500 USD in Bitcoin to be sent to the threat actor's specified wallet address. The malicious file also executes a legitimate Windows utility to manage shadow copies, allowing the threat actors to delete backup files on the machine.
Recommendation: This vulnerability has been patched with an updated released on April 26, 2019. Because of the critical severity of this vulnerability, it is highly encouraged that users update their systems immediately to prevent exploitation. Your company should have policies in place in regards to maintaining server software in such a way that new security updates are applied as soon as possible. Threat actors will often use vulnerabilities that have already been issued patches because information and proof-of-concept code of an exploit sometimes become available on public sources once a patch has been issued. Actors of all levels of sophistication are known to exploit such vulnerabilities because as this story shows, many users and administrators do not apply security updates.
MITRE ATT&CK: Exploitation of Vulnerability (ATT&CK T1068) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Scripting (T1064) | [MITRE ATT&CK] PowerShell (T1086) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068)
Tags: Vulnerability, Oracle, WebLogic, Ransomware, Sodinokibi, CVE-2019-2725
Rapidly Growing Electrum Botnet Infects Over 152,000 Users; Steals $4.6 Million (April 30, 2019)
An ongoing attack against Electrum Bitcoin wallets has been observed to have been occurring since December 2018. Unknown threat actors exploited a vulnerability in Electrum's infrastructure to phish users with a malicious software update download from an unofficial GitHub repository. Following the phishing campaign being noticed by the Electrum developers, an update was released to protect users, which the threat actors then responded by conducting Distributed-Denial-of-Services (DDoS) attacks on the legitimate servers to force users into connecting to the malicious GitHub nodes since the legitimate ones were overwhelmed. The DDoS attacks were conducted following the threat actors distributing a botnet, dubbed "ElectrumDoSMiner," via the Smoke Loader RIG exploit kit. This campaign allowed the threat actors to garner an illicit profit of over $4.6 million in Bitcoin.
Recommendation: The most recent version of Electrum are not susceptible to phishing attacks so users are encouraged to update their software to version 3.3.4 via the official Electrum site. It is also encouraged that users disable the auto-connect feature in the wallet application and manually select a server to prevent DDoS attacks.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Spearphishing Link (T1192)
Tags: DDoS, Phishing, Electrum Bitcoin, ElectrumDoSMiner
Behind the Scenes with OilRig (April 30, 2019)
Iranian-based threat actors, "LabDookhtegan," recently leaked a massive amount of information about an Iranian Ministry of Intelligence-linked Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group, "OilRig" (also known as APT34 and HELIX KITTEN). The group released a data dump that included OilRig's backdoors, Command and Control (C2) server components, credential dumps, and webshells amongst several other files of interest. According to Palo Alto researchers, they "identified nearly 13,000 stolen credentials, over 100 deployed webshells, and roughly a dozen backdoor sessions into compromised hosts across 27 countries, 97 organizations, and 18 industries."
Recommendation: The leak of APT data and tools increases the likelihood that other threat actors will utilize sophisticated malware for malicious purposes. The leak of OilRig information may also make attribution amongst different threat groups more difficult due to previously private malware having become publicly available. Defence-in-depth (layering of security mechanisms, redundancy, fail-safe defence processes) is the best way to ensure safety from APTs, including a focus on both network and host-based security. Prevention and detection capabilities should also be in place. Furthermore, all employees should be educated on the risks of spear phishing and how to identify such attempts.
Tags: APT, OilRig, APT34, Poison frog, OopsIE
Buhtrap Backdoor and Ransomware Distributed via Major Advertising Platform (April 30, 2019)
Researchers from ESET have discovered a campaign that has been ongoing since October 2018 and utilises malicious advertisements posted through "Yandex.Direct" to target organisations in Russia to infect them with the backdoors "Buhtrap" and "RTM." The advertisements were reported to be related to accounting or legal aid services, and appeared as a banner on several legitimate websites, tricking users into thinking it was also legitimate. Many of the searches in the malicious fake website were for examples and template of claims, contracts, invoices, and other legal documents. If a user downloads any of the "templates," they are then infected with Buhtrap, which acts as a ransomware, and the RTM backdoor, that acts as a banking trojan in the machine.
Recommendation: This campaign is a good example of how legitimate advertisement services can be abused to distribute malware. Users should always make sure the source from where they download software is a well-known, reputable software distributor, to avoid being caught by such a scam.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] User Execution (T1204) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Code Signing (T1116) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (T1140) | [MITRE ATT&CK] File and Directory Discovery (T1083) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Network Share Discovery (T1135) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Winlogon Helper DLL (T1004) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Hidden Files and Directories (T1158) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Clipboard Data (T1115) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Automated Exfiltration (T1020) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exfiltration Over Command and Control Channel (T1041) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Web Service (T1102) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Commonly Used Port (T1043) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Standard Application Layer Protocol (T1071) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Execution through API (T1106) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Input Capture (T1056) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Two-Factor Authentication Interception (T1111) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted (T1022) | [MITRE ATT&CK] Remote File Copy (T1105)
Tags: Malvertisment, Yandex, Backdoor, Ransomware, Buhtrap, RTM
Unprotected Database Exposes Personal Info of 80 Million American Households (April 30, 2019)
A publicly-accessible database, containing 24 GB of information on US households, has been identified by VPNMentor's research team. The unsecure information contains addresses, birth dates, gender, income, marital status, and names on over 80 million households. Hosted on a Microsoft Cloud server, the database was found while the research team scanned IP blocks looking for holes in web systems. The owner of the database is currently unknown as the researchers have appealed to the public to help them in identifying the owner. The database was available publicly without password access for at least several years, has now been taken offline.
Recommendation: It is crucial for your company to verify that access control is configured correctly prior to adding any sensitive data. As this story portrays, a misconfigured database has the potential to cause significant harm to individuals and a company's reputation. Leaks of this sort causes individuals to be at a large risk of phishing attacks. Actors can use this information to coerce more personal data from the victim. Users should also monitor their credit in order to make sure that nothing out of the ordinary is happening and no identity fraud is being committed.
Tags: Data breach, Misconfigured server, PII
$1.75 Million Stolen by Crooks in Church BEC Attack (April 29, 2019)
The Saint Ambrose Catholic Parish in Brunswick, Ohio fell victim to a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam that resulted in a loss of $1.75 million USD. The parish released a statement that they had received an email from their contractor, "Marous Brothers," regarding being behind in payments for the church's "Vision 2020 project" that the contractor is working on. The email the church received stated that they were two months behind and owed $1.75 million dollars, and the church resubmitted payment to the purportedly new bank account number for the contractor. Following an investigation, law enforcement found that threat actors compromised the parish's email system somehow, though no other IT asset was compromised in the attack.
Recommendation: It is helpful for your business to use a company domain for email accounts, and maintain policies to educate employees to identify BEC attempts. Corporate email accounts should also employ two-factor authentication to add another layer of protection to email accounts that contain sensitive information. Email account security is paramount because many threat actors use brute force attacks that could easily gain access to an account with a weak password. As this incident portrays, it is best practice to directly verify the information in the email via other means to ensure that the request for money or other things is legitimate prior to sending anything.
Tags: BEC, Church, Phishing
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OilRig
The Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group "OilRig" is believed to be an Iranian-based group that has been active since at least 2014. OilRig conducts cyber espionage operations focused on reconnaissance that benefits Iranian nation-state interests. OilRig uses a mix of public and custom tools to primarily target entities located in the Middle East.
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Transportation headlines, Thursday, Nov. 19
by Fred Camino , November 19, 2009
Your daily dose of transportation headlines, compiled by the Metro Library, has arrived. Did you know you can follow @MetroLibrary on Twitter? Here are my favorite stories from today's round-up: Google announced that they will soon be adding "Bike There" directions to Google Maps. How exactly this would work is [continue reading]
Inside Metro: Bus Operations Control Center
I recently took a tour of Metro's Bus Operations Control Center, simply known as the BOC, and discovered a small collection of dedicated men and women who work 24/7 to keep Metro's massive bus system running as smoothly as possible. Seriously, these guys are like the Spartans from the film [continue reading]
New Gold Line billboard at Sierra Madre Station attempts to lure motorists off the 210 freeway
Yesterday Metro installed a Gold Line "Now Boarding" billboard on the parking garage of the Sierra Madre Villa Station at the northern terminus of the light rail line. The parking garage is on the northern side of the 210 freeway and the large billboard faces the thousands of motorists who [continue reading]
Transportation Headlines, Tuesday, Nov. 17
The Metro Library (become a fan on Facebook) has compiled another extensive list of transportation headlines today. Since Gold Line coverage has been so heavy, I'm going to try and focus on some non-Eastside Extension related stories for my picks today. The Los Angeles Daily News proposes that Metrolink hold [continue reading]
Twitter users weigh in on the Gold Line Eastside Extension
Six years ago when the Gold Line to Pasadena opened there was no Twitter. Today on the first day of revenue service for the new Gold Line Eastside Extension, L.A.'s first light rail to open since then, Twitter has become a global phenomenon. Angelenos are taking advantage of the technology [continue reading]
Video: Sights (but no sounds) of the Gold Line Eastside Extension opening
Metro Communications staff put together this nicely shot but strangely silent video compilation of festivities from todays Gold Line Eastside Extension opening. A throw back to the silent movie era or a chance to play your own music while you watch? I'll let you decide.
Update: 50k boardings today
As of 4:45 p.m. Metro officials estimate a total of 50,000 boardings on the Gold Line Eastside Extension today. With the lines I saw at Union Station, that seems about right.
Various photos from Gold Line Eastside Extension opening day festivities
Steve and I rode the line, battled the crowds, and joined in the festivities of the Eastside Extension's opening day. When we started our day at about 9:00 a.m., crowds were relatively light and the lines were short, but around 11:00 a.m. there was a notable increase in the crowds. [continue reading]
Reader input: early morning photos the Gold Line Eastside Extension
Source reader Tim Adams of the local volunteer organization Transit People (they take kids on transit field trips… awesome!) sent us some gorgeous shots of the Gold Line riding through East L.A. on its inaugural day. All photos were taken in the wee hours of the morning well before we [continue reading]
Video: Gold Line ride to the official dedication ceremony
Yesterday The Source crew joined the elected officials, dignitaries, invited guests and the media to the official dedication ceremony for the Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension. Crowds gathered at the Union Station Gold Line platform for a prompt departure to the East L.A. Civic Center at 9:00 a.m. Two year [continue reading]
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UTTAR PRADESH: On 12.10.2019, a boat carrying approx. 18 people, which was ferrying villagers from Chhaprapuri village to their agriculture land got capsized in Ghaghara River, Snat Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. 14 people managed to reach to the river bank themselves however, 04 people were missing in the river. On requisition of district authority, one team of NDRF along with water related rescue equipment was mobilized for Vill- Chhaprapuri, Teh- Dhanghata, Distt-Sant Kabir Nagar (UP) and conducted Search and Rescue operations w.e.f. 12.10.2019 to 14.10.2019 and retrieved 03 dead bodies.
WEST BENGAL: On 03.10.2019, a boat carrying approx. 35-40 passengers ferrying from Katihar (Bihar) to Malda (WB) got capsized in Mahananda River. Approx. 30-32 people managed to reach to the river bank themselves and some persons were reported to be missing. As per the requisition of State Government, three teams of NDRF along with water rescue related equipment were mobilized to Jagannathpur Ghat of Mahanandapur Gram Panchayat of Chanchal town, Distt- Malda, West Bengal. NDRF teams along with other agencies conducted intensive search operation from 03.10.2019 to 06.10.2019 and retrieved 09 dead bodies (NDRF 06 and other agencies-03).
ANDHRA PRADESH: On 15.09.2019, a boat namely "Royal Vashishta tourist boat" carrying 77 passengers ferrying from Gandi Pochamma temple near Rajahmundry to Papikondalu hill range, got capsized in Godavari River at Kachuluru, Devipatnam, Distt. East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh in which 26 people managed to reach to the river bank themselves. With the requisition of State Government, two teams of NDRF along with water related rescue equipment conducted Joint operation w.e.f. 15.09.2019 to 04.10.2019 at village Kachuluru, Devipatnam, Distt.-East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. During the operation NDRF teams along with other agencies retrieved 36 dead bodies (NDRF-19 and Other agencies-17).