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Re: Can't get past bitlocker.

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On 2026-05-20 22:24, rbowman wrote:
> On Wed, 20 May 2026 20:27:03 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-05-20 18:25, rbowman wrote:
>>> On Wed, 20 May 2026 02:01:56 -0400, Paul wrote:
>>>
>>>> And this is when you discover the backup/restore system doesn't have
>>>> enough bandwidth. The restores are usually good for "onesey/twosey
>>>> restores", but when every disk in the company needs to be paved, it
>>>> was never designed for that style of disaster recovery.
>>>
>>> It was painful. The division I worked for closed down and we'd given
>>> the clients a year of support to find another vendor. I agreed to stick
>>> around to fix any problems that came up but only fixed one obscure bug.
>>> Since it was only 3 months left we never bothered to restore the build
>>> machines or my Win 11 box.
>>>
>>> According to the IT guy he'd gotten a notification to apply a critical
>>> patch and did so. Later that day he got another notification but
>>> thought it applied to the one he'd already installed. I think it was
>>> the next day when the system was pwned.
>>>
>>> It probably was like the Linux kernel. I've been getting a lot of
>>> kernel updates even on the distros that aren't on 7 as they try to stay
>>> ahead of the vulnerabilities. Miss one and you're ripe for the picking.
>>
>> How do they attack machines inside an intranet?
> 
> Very easily. The exploit was against the public facing internet. Once
> you're on the LAN you own the whole mess.

Ok, but how do they get inside the LAN? On a home network, so no public 
facing servers.

Maybe gaming computers?

> The irony is we had mandatory
> training videos cautioning against phishing attacks. Phishing emails were
> sent at random times and if you clicked on a link rather than reporting it
> as potential phishing you could expect another 1/2 video refresher.
> Meanwhile the barn door was left open.

Phising emails, yes.

> 
> Years ago we did have an attack where someone clicked on an attachment and
> the virus spread on the intranet but this targets the main servers.

Yes, I remember those.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Can't get past bitlocker. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-05-19 16:33 -0400
  Re: Can't get past bitlocker. "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-05-19 16:54 -0400
    Re: Can't get past bitlocker. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-05-19 17:00 -0400
      Re: Can't get past bitlocker. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-19 17:56 -0400
        Re: Can't get past bitlocker. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-20 14:17 +0200
      Re: Can't get past bitlocker. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-20 00:23 +0200
        Re: Can't get past bitlocker. "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-05-20 20:28 +0800
          Re: Can't get past bitlocker. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-20 16:14 +0000
            Re: Can't get past bitlocker. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-20 20:24 +0200
            Re: Can't get past bitlocker. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-20 18:20 -0400
              Re: Can't get past bitlocker. "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-05-21 19:28 +0800
        Re: Can't get past bitlocker. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-05-20 15:59 -0400
          Re: Can't get past bitlocker. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-20 22:09 +0200
          Re: Can't get past bitlocker. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-20 19:45 -0400
          Re: Can't get past bitlocker. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-05-21 20:03 +0000
  Re: Can't get past bitlocker. Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-05-19 18:08 -0500
    Re: Can't get past bitlocker. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-19 23:25 -0400
  Re: Can't get past bitlocker. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-20 03:01 +0000
    Re: Can't get past bitlocker. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-20 02:01 -0400
      Re: Can't get past bitlocker. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-20 16:25 +0000
        Re: Can't get past bitlocker. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-20 20:27 +0200
          Re: Can't get past bitlocker. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-20 20:24 +0000
            Re: Can't get past bitlocker. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-21 08:59 +0200
              Re: Can't get past bitlocker. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-21 18:12 +0000
    Re: Can't get past bitlocker. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-05-20 15:57 -0400
  Re: Can't get past bitlocker. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-05-20 07:51 +0100
    Re: Can't get past bitlocker. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-20 03:50 -0400
      Re: Can't get past bitlocker. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-05-20 10:57 +0100
      Re: Can't get past bitlocker. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-05-20 15:56 -0400
        Re: Can't get past bitlocker. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-20 20:41 +0000
        Re: Can't get past bitlocker. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-20 19:58 -0400
          Re: Can't get past bitlocker. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-05-20 21:18 -0400
            Re: Can't get past bitlocker. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-21 15:07 -0400
    Re: Can't get past bitlocker. "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-05-20 20:26 +0800
      Re: Can't get past bitlocker. "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-20 14:40 +0100
        Re: Can't get past bitlocker. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-05-20 14:14 +0000
          Re: Can't get past bitlocker. "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-20 18:43 +0100
    Re: Can't get past bitlocker. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-05-20 15:36 -0400

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