Windows ATTACK VECTOR Increases
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- Today we look at new malware targeting bitlocker, which the next windows 24H2 enables by default on HOME USERS Computers. What are we to do?
#windows #encryption #malware
00:00 - Intro
01:45 - Encryption By Default
03:20 - Introducing Shrink Locker
04:50 - Current Targets
05:40 - How It Works
09:20 - Protecting Yourself on Windows
10:20 - Do Regular Backups
12:00 - Think About a Switch to Linux
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watching this on my Linux Mint mini PC ....relaxed ....sipping coffee.... with some hash browns on the side....
I switched back in 2016 and I already forgot about windows. I don't miss it. In my case I did a cold switch because I knew if I had both i would just fall back on windows.
Which version of Linux did you switch to?
The only way I've ever considered a windows system to be secure is if you don't connect it to the internet. That sort of limits the utility.
I'd love a Mint KDE Plasma 6 edition...
I am more and more coming to the conclusion, that if I ran business desktops the important data would be on the server and properly backed up, and the clients would all be booted from an immutable medium image, or virtualization.
I use Linux for most computer needs including paying bills but I have midi music hardware that requires windows for all or most firmware updates since the updates are fetched via custom windows or mac software so that is the only windows use I have right now
MX Linux dual boot here, with Windows 10. I'll be using Windows AME or Atlas OS in a VM where necessary, maybe on a separate PC, and disabling bit locker.
I have a question: Is Fossil a good alternative to Git, especially when used on a lightweight machine like your Portable (as in your van) computer
Switched from MicroWoke to Linux.
Microsoft... protecting you fro yourself. Microsoft... freeing you... from freedom. Any advances?
I build a game collection of old games for Windows. there is Windows emulated Amiga, Nintendo, Sega and Dos games
Windows is gotten stupid. MSFT's latest app, PC Manager, is a Microsoft version of CCleaner, which they don'r recommend. Don't use it - it cons you into switching to the Edge browser and Bing. Asks if you want to block pop-ups (which Microsoft put in etc etc. Windows has got into a mess that is inadvisable to use.
Back when the BitLocker requirement was proposed, there had been some criticism from privacy advocates as this is a proprietary encryption system based on the secrecy of the algorithm. For an optimal experience please use an encryption system that is completely open and can be decrypted without secrecy. This is just another example of proof that only open-source is ethical.
Quick question...
I am fully ready to go ahead and run Mint.
Basically the only reason I even turn on my desktop computer at home is to play iRacing.
Word on the street is the "anti cheet" software iRacing uses doesnt like Linux (currently has no support for it), so would it work to Boot Linux, and then let it run a stripped down version of Win10 (F that Win 11 crap...) in a VM so at least iRacing "thinks" its in a Win10 machine?
I know I could always do the "Dual Boot" option, but then I am still a slave to MS and whatever crap they feel like shovelling out this week.
I would prefer if I could make them the slave, and just keep a nice tidy little copy of Win10 in a sealed little box that I choose to open for running iRacing, and then I choose to close again, no updates, no propaganda about Win11,12,13,14...
I think it would be cool if I could put a stripped down, ad free, spyware free, bloat free, less than a hundred useless processes free copy of Win10 Pro in a tidy little box that my Linux computer can open or close at will...
So, am I just dreaming or can this be done?
A VM is running windows. In fact, Surface computers themselves (at least at one point in the past), is a VM windows shell on top of an extra system. So as long as your computer can run VMware or Virtual Box, that would work just fine.
Also, keep an eye on the notes for the game on linux:
www.protondb.com/app/266410
Sweet!
I am on the way! 😄😉🤫
To get really good performance in games in the VM you can install a 2nd video card and then passthrough it into the virtual machine to get almost the same performance as running it natively. It can also be done with just one video card but it's a lot trickier that way. This is possible through kvm/virtio/qemu. It's not trivial to setup though for a beginner, I just wanted you to know that there is an option. There are a lot of videos on this on youtube. But apart from the anti-cheat games, many games run fine through steam/proton now and all it takes is to turn on the proton in the options of the game on steam. If you get to a state you like your virtual machine of windows you can just make a copy of that virtual machine drive and fallback to it if the running version ever gets screwed.
I've recently (ish) bought 3 separate laptops... By recent, I mean 2 last year, and one in... 2020 I think... Two were Surface devices, one was Lenovo... All 3 had Windows Home, and Bitlocker enabled... one of them took me for the "bitlocker locked me out of me device" ride... Since then, I've been careful to make sure bitlocker is disabled whenever necessary.
All of these devices predate Copilot, and the Windows AI push
So just as a caution, if you are using a Windows computer, it's always worth it to check to see if bitlocker is enabled before you make any changes to your computer... and especially so if you have a Surface, Levovo, or I suspect others like Dell, or similar may also be of particular interest...
Well, sure. If you're not a computer wiz there is plenty of hackers ready to wreck people's lives
I used Linux Ubuntu long ago in a dual-boot configuration with Windows, and am seriously looking at installing Linux Mint on an external SSD Drive which can connect to my Windows 10 Laptop via USB. If I understand correctly, by making a change in the Bios, it should allow me to Boot into Mint when the SSD is physically connected to the Laptop. Is this correct? This seems like a good way to test and "switch" without losing Windows completely.
Just go cold turkey! That's what I did. I took my windows drive out of my machine and installed a new one. I knew if I hated it I could put the windows disk back in. That was my comfort blanket. But I never switched back to windows. I run Mint and I really like it.
@@NotMarkKnopfler As a long time Linux user since the late 90's starting with Red Hat, and Corel Linux, who made the full switch back in 2015, I personally stay away from Ubuntu, and Ubuntu based distros like Mint, because of all the BS around Ubuntu/Canonical over the past few years like them trying to kill 32bit Libs many games, and applications still need, Canonical in the past inserting spyware right on the desktop in the form of Amazon search, and now insecure SNAP packages that companies like Valve who make STEAM tell you not to use as they are unofficial, and if something goes wrong with the STEAM SNAP package it's not on them, same for Firefox not supporting SNAP packages, plus Ubuntu making it harder, and harder to install .DEB packages.
So with that said, I go for Arch based Manjaro Gnome for my newer systems that have the hardware to run it as it has access to the AUR, and Flatpaks, plus I can customize Gnome's Workflow to suite my needs, but for my older systems independant Solus Budgie(based on Gnome DE) that's more lightweight which can run on a strong dual core, a 120GB SSD w/4GB - 8GB of RAM , and it still has a good amount of software in their own repos to get the majority of stuff you need to do done, and they stay fairly upto date, while taking their time to get their Wayland switch over right.
Hope this helps anyone who reads this.
You are correct, you would plug in your powered SSD, turn your PC on and hit your bios key, once your in the bios, click your SSD to boot into it.
yes, one can set on the bios the priority to boot from which SSD....
you can set to boot primarily to Linux mint (default boot), and when only needed boot (or reboot) to w$, press the required key to switch from which SSD to boot
Can't be unsubed if I'm on newpipe
I don't understand this recent move for whole-disk encryption: a waste of cpu cycles and energy in return for improbable benefits. Ideally the root partition should only have open-source software on it. Some of our user files might be worth encrypting but those should be (imo) not in an encrypted home partition but on different disks in different buildings. I suppose encryption prevents an attacker seeing anything or installing tools on a system... unless they know the password. But knowing the password was sort of already what made them an attacker. Two passwords are more secure than one. Three passwords would be more secure than two... but this regression can be ended well enough at the first password.
Only if the attacker is in your home. If you are a victim of the various phishing attacks, this does nothing to help you. As a matter of fact they can use this to shut you out of your computer and account for good.
@@STONE69_ my computer is any computer I plug a usb into... and if they shut me out of my usb I reflash it. phishing me on plaintext email might be more difficult than they are used to, but you do raise an interesting point. there might be magicians who can hack a usb which isn't plugged in, and there are now those bios-logo attacks which could hack any usb I plugged into the pc... which would be annoying
@@linuxforpunks yes they can hack your operating system on your little USB stick, through email and Browser. Once its plugged in of coarse. ..Unless its like tails OS.
@@STONE69_ I lost track: how does the usb's filesystem being encrypted make this less likely? I mean, I can see how not putting anything important on my pc-for-email-and-internet helps me... but encrypting its root partition?
@@linuxforpunks once you sign into it, that doesn't stop them from taking your important files address and phone numbers, email lists and they can hide a potable spyware.
i dont care with Linux dont Run my Trash Adobe Garbage or may Pathetic Overhyped game,Linux is my Safe Place,Microsoft should find a Landfill and ditch a lot of MS products,just like Atari did on 80s.
I find that switching to Gimp, Inkscape, DaVinci Resolve, and LibreOffice isn’t as difficult as many imply it to be, and the benefit of the free and open-source platform is a big reward for the switch.
I agree but do not understand your thoughts on Linux. I care for Linux over all other operating system types, and I also agree against Adobe.
proton.... HMMM SWISS company.... hackers central
I agree with the attack vector issue of Microsoft Windows. Proprietary software is already inherently unethical, and we already have the requirement for elements proprietary to Microsoft software and even arbitrary hardware requirements. TPM is unethical, Secure Boot is unethical, and for the most recent developments, I would consider Pluton, BitLocker, and Copilot+ the most unethical.
Why is encrypting my hard drive unethical? I'm not following.
@@utubepunk Encryption is not supposed to rely on the secrecy of the algorithm, and Microsoft is very unlikely to assist for the consumer's benefit. BitLocker is an algorithm that is proprietary to Microsoft, and if you really want or need encryption you must be using open source and open source algorithms.
@@novaTopFlex Uh. I'm not seeing why something being proprietary makes it inherently unethical.
Is there an open source bitlocker alternative for Windows
@@utubepunk Actually, I would honestly say that Windows itself, and not just BitLocker, is unethical. To really encrypt your system, you really shouldn’t even be using a proprietary operating system. Many would suggest Linux Mint, but I would prefer Ubuntu as a failsafe operating system despite the added spyware (which is more closely GNOME than Ubuntu itself).
@@novaTopFlex I dual boot Linux Mint & Windows 10 Pro. Both are encrypted. I'm asking is there an alternative open source to BitLocker for the Windows side? Also, what is the spyware in Ubuntu?