So, 5400 RPM unspecified hard drive on an unspecified laptop running Windows XP has a vulnerability.
It seems someone has discovered that open submission of unsubstantiated non-independently verifiable CVEs is a way to get your name “published” as a “security researcher” (aka a professional white hat hacker).
And that Tik-Toker Insta-whores can now turn CVEs into a shitpile as credible as the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) that allowed anyone (ahem, MAGA anti-vaxxers) to “report” (more accurately spam and DDOS) completely fictional “reactions” to the COVID vaccine, and then misuse it as self-fulfilling “proof” without disclosing the completely fictional nature of large numbers of entries (aka fraud, scaremongering, and misinformation).
As a CISSP, it saddens me to see proof of “This is why we can’t have nice things” creeping into my industry built on CVEs being a credible source of material risks and harm.
@mike808 The hard drive in question clearly doesn’t need to be running Windows 95 to suffer the reported effects.
Vulnerability reports have to go through an approval process to be listed.
The rules are different with VAERS. I’m a nobody, but if I say I got Monkeypox after getting the Covid vaccine they have to note it.
Could be some merrit there. As a gag, my buddy slipped a copy of Michael Jackson’s Beat It into my disc drive, and when it played, my new 10,000 RPM WD Raptor burst into flames.
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Straight away some urban legend-level stuff right there.
So, 5400 RPM unspecified hard drive on an unspecified laptop running Windows XP has a vulnerability.
It seems someone has discovered that open submission of unsubstantiated non-independently verifiable CVEs is a way to get your name “published” as a “security researcher” (aka a professional white hat hacker).
And that Tik-Toker Insta-whores can now turn CVEs into a shitpile as credible as the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) that allowed anyone (ahem, MAGA anti-vaxxers) to “report” (more accurately spam and DDOS) completely fictional “reactions” to the COVID vaccine, and then misuse it as self-fulfilling “proof” without disclosing the completely fictional nature of large numbers of entries (aka fraud, scaremongering, and misinformation).
As a CISSP, it saddens me to see proof of “This is why we can’t have nice things” creeping into my industry built on CVEs being a credible source of material risks and harm.
@mike808 The hard drive in question clearly doesn’t need to be running Windows 95 to suffer the reported effects.
Vulnerability reports have to go through an approval process to be listed.
The rules are different with VAERS. I’m a nobody, but if I say I got Monkeypox after getting the Covid vaccine they have to note it.
Could be some merrit there. As a gag, my buddy slipped a copy of Michael Jackson’s Beat It into my disc drive, and when it played, my new 10,000 RPM WD Raptor burst into flames.
Lenovo T410
Intel Core i5 (2520M)
4 GB DDR3 Ram
OS Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
Bullshit Narrative Pro V. 8.5