#Remote Desktop Protocol

[govindhtech]

PyRDP And Rogue RDP: Automating Malicious RDP Exploits

PyRDP automates file exfiltration and clipboard theft for rogue RDP campaigns. This method allows unnoticed spying via hacked remote desktop sessions.

Remote Desktop Protocol?

The Windows service Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) allows Terminal Servers and Clients to communicate. This system uses “virtual channels” to convey data from presentations, keyboard and mouse actions, clipboards, and serial devices. Traditional RDP security research has focused on how attackers with authentic victim credentials may get full GUI access to a machine.

Innovative New Campaign RDP Use

Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) uncovered a new phishing campaign tied to UNC5837, a suspected Russian espionage actor, in October 2024. This effort targeted European military and political institutions using signed.rdp file attachments. Instead than stressing interactive sessions, this marketing ingeniously used two obscure RDP protocol features:

Resource redirection maps victim file systems to attacker servers.

RemoteApps: Giving victims access to attacker-controlled applications.

RDP proxy programs like PyRDP may automate dangerous actions like file exfiltration and clipboard gathering. This approach is called “Rogue RDP.” This effort focused on file theft and espionage.

Key RDP Features

.rdp configuration files: .rdp configuration files can change RDP session functionality by configuring IP addresses, display settings, and certificate options. These files setup an RDP session like the traditional GUI (mstsc.exe). The observed campaign used phishing emails with malware-signed.rdp file attachments. This file allowed the adversary to read and write all of the victim's discs and clipboard contents and create an RDP connection from the victim's computer.

The resource redirection capability lets remote desktop users utilise local peripherals and devices. This includes printers, keyboards, mouse, discs, serial connections, hardware keys, audio equipment, and clipboards. The observed campaign's malicious.rdp file sent all discs, printers, COM ports, smart cards, WebAuthn requests, clipboards, and POS devices to the attacker's C2 server. Microsoft's "virtual channels" allow resource redirection and RDP packet transmission.

RemoteApps: This optional RDP feature lets remote server apps run as windowed programs on the client (victim). Thus, a malicious remote program that isn't installed on the victim's PC may seem local. Malicious.rdp files in RemoteApp campaigns presented users with a fake “AWS Secure Storage Connection Stability Test” app.

This application was hosted on the attacker's RDP server and looked local. The session displays this application alone when remoteapplicationmode is 1. RemoteApp requires RDP server resources, yet mapped victim CDs allow RemoteApp access. This malware also received the victim's Windows environment variables as command-line arguments.

Function of PyRDP

PyRDP, an open-source Python-based MiTM RDP proxy toolkit, is used offensively. Even if its use in the claimed campaign is unverified, its automation makes it a feasible weapon for such attacks. PyRDP relays the victim-RDP server connection to boost capabilities:

Possible NTLM hash and plaintext password theft.

The RDP server executes commands, not the victim's machine.

Note the user's clipboard.

Mapping and maybe scraping drives.

Controlling, recording, and broadcasting RDP sessions.

PyRDP uses fine-grained control over built-in functionality rather than RDP protocol vulnerabilities. PyRDP might have been used in the campaign under observation to bypass the user login screen and reveal the malicious RemoteApp by giving credentials. Potential features include clipboard capture and automatic file exfiltration.

Security Risks and Effects

This campaign highlights unknown RDP security risks. It shows how attackers may employ lawful characteristics for evil, making identification and incident response harder due to fewer forensic artefacts than other attack routes. Even without direct command execution on target PCs, the attackers were able to access victim discs, steal files, collect clipboard data (including passwords), and steal environment variables. Signed.rdp files may bypass security alarms, reducing attack suspicion.

Advice for Defenders

The sources give several ways to fortify systems and identify these attacks:

Log Artefacts: Monitor registry keys (HKU\…\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Servers) and Windows Event Logs (Event IDs 1102, 1027, 1029) to comprehend an attacker's infrastructure. Increased logging (e.g., Sysmon) can track file write activity from C:\Windows\system32\mstsc.exe on redirected discs, however transient files should not be included. You may also use regex patterns to identify.rdp files run from email attachments.

System hardening: Network-level blocking of outgoing RDP traffic to public IPs, registry-based resource redirection disablement, and Group Policy-based granular RDP policy configuration (e.g., resource and clipboard redirection management, enforcing Network Level Authentication, and blocking.rdp file extensions as email attachments) can improve security.

Questionable RDP configuration files with a base64 encoded Let's Encrypt certificate or that allow resource redirection and RemoteApps can be identified using YARA criteria.

Final comments

The “Rogue RDP” campaign shows how to innovate with old tactics. The risk is dishonestly using actual RDP capabilities, not protocol weaknesses. To defend against such assaults and grasp PyRDP's potential, one must understand RDP features, notably resource redirection and RemoteApps.

[samejack]

Windows 11 允許多條遠端桌面連線 RDP Mluti-Session

關於 Windows 11 遠端桌面連線人數限制 Windows 11 所有版��是禁止 RDP 多使用者同時連線登入使用，這裡測試了網路傳說修改 DLL 的方法來處理多人連線。正常第二位使用者會踢掉前面的用戶，同時多條 RDP 連線的功能只允許在 Windows Server 的版本，微軟官方論壇有明確的說明 Windows 11 RDP 連線限制。 本文聲明：修改 Windows DLL 的方法不是正規的方式，可能會違反 Microsoft 授權或條款，本文僅僅提供實驗 測試的方法如下： 關閉「遠端桌面」功能 由於我們需要修改 termsrv.dll 檔案，所以需要先關閉服務才可以修改。進入「設定 > 系統 > 遠端桌面」進行關閉，如下： 關閉後重新啟動 Windows 11 安裝「HxD mh-nexus」文字編輯器 HxD mh-nexus…

[digitalcreationsllc]

Insurer’s UK Honeypots Attacked 17 Million Times Per Day

Legacy vulnerabilities and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) endpoints are being singled out by attackers, according to new data based on billions of recorded cyber-attacks in 2023. Honeypot sensors set up in the UK by insurer Coalition have recorded 5.8 billion attacks so far in 2023, which works out roughly to 17 million each day. Three-quarters (76%) targeted RDP, which enables home workers to…

[ctcaptaincorgi]

Don't ask me why they're on Rakata Prime, but they are and more importantly, they're happy and I'm happy because I have a new desktop background. I tried to include as many companions as possible, but I'll be honest, there's only so much room and only so many companions would it make sense to say "screw it, I'm finding Revan" or my personal headcannon where Meetra tries to go alone because Kreia said she would and is too dangerous, and Atton promptly responds with "Screw that old witch, I'm coming with you." And then just about everyone else follows his lead, probably except G0-T0. Anyway, sorry Mission, Zaalbar, Mical "The Disciple", Bao-Dur, and Carth. I probably draw most of you another time.

Dog designs:

HK was more fun to design than I thought he'd be, I basically just dogified his preexisting design. Miralukas I've decided are Lhasa Apsos because the images I saw of them online so frequently show them with their eyes being covered by their hair similar to some miraluka headdresses. Bastila is a pomeranian because the way Jonny Devaney (YouTuber that makes skits about dog breeds) portrayed their attitude reminded me a little of Bastila. However, believe it or not, pomeranian wearing clothes is surprisingly hard to draw. Jolee is a schnauzer because that breed looks like an old grumpy grandpa. Cathars are basenji with cat like eyes and nose. I would've picked something else, but for whatever reason, everywhere I looked, that breed was called the most cat like so I felt like I had to. Mira, on account of being Mandalorian, though I forgot she was adopted into the Mandalorian clans until I already drew her, is a belgian malinois much like Canderous. T3 I felt needed no changes because he wasn't made to look even remotely humanoid shaped, unlike HK-47 and "other" protocol droids.

Throughout drawing, I CANNOT overstate how helpful SWTOR was with figuring out costume details. Naturally, I looked first and foremost to the kotor and kotor 2 references, with also occasional help from Galaxy of Heroes, but when I really needed to zoom in for a close up, SWTOR always had my back.

[covid-safer-hotties]

As new school year opens, COVID-19 surge forces abrupt classroom closures in the US

In the opening days of the 2024-25 school year, at least two schools were forced to shut down due to SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks. This is only the tip of the iceberg, as 1.3 million Americans are currently being infected daily, and most US schools have yet to reopen. For instance, in New York, Michigan and many other northern states, districts typically start after Labor Day.

On Monday, August 12, Jefferson-Abernathy-Graetz (JAG) High School in Montgomery, Alabama closed, moving to remote learning. Fifteen educators reported COVID-19 infection after last week’s two-day orientation. Officials said they would reassess the situation and possibly reopen the building by Friday, at which point they said masks and disinfectant wipes would be made available to students.

The same day as the Alabama closure, Humboldt schools in western Tennessee called off classes at Stigall Primary. Officials informed parents by letter that the school would be closed for “sanitizing” due to an “uptick in COVID.�� A later report said an undisclosed number of students and staff tested positive for COVID-19, while others were symptomatic.

“Everyone’s like, ‘COVID is back, COVID is back’,” said Jessica Williamson, a parent of a first grader at Stigall. “I just feel like it didn’t really go anywhere,” she told local media. “Those are little kids. They’re the most prone to put things in their mouths, to touch each other, to just share germs,” Willamson said.

Why, indeed, is “COVID back”? The response of the Tennessee school to the outbreak provides a partial answer.

The district said it was carrying out a “deep clean, disinfecting every surface,” according to Ginger Carver, the communications director for the school district. She added that teachers and staff would follow protocols to keep the classrooms and common areas disinfected. “When students move from class to class, teachers will be wiping down the desks, the desktop surfaces. They’ll be using disinfectants. Basically, the protocols that we were doing back when COVID was full blown,” she said. Humboldt schools reopened on Wednesday.

In other words, COVID is returning with the new school year because no action is being taken to combat the main cause of COVID transmission, the aerosolization of the virus. Furthermore, schools are being reopened almost immediately despite high community spread.

As scientists have demonstrated and nearly five years of COVID deaths have underscored, the key to fighting COVID is disinfection of the air. Without the use of HEPA filtration in all indoor spaces and other mechanisms, including Far-UV light, schools will dramatically exacerbate the spread of the disease. Despite the use of these methodologies by the ruling elites to protect themselves—at the Davos Economic Summit or at the White House, for instance—no such measures are in place for millions of schoolchildren.

The Biden administration, with the full support of the Republican Party, has deprived schools of the funds necessary to make schools safe and prioritized spending for war. The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds allocated to schools beginning in 2020 were purportedly aimed at counteracting COVID. However, they fell far short of addressing the urgently required but costly upgrading of air quality in schools. ESSER amounted to a financial band-aid to districts reeling from decades of budget cuts and inflation.

A House of Representatives study prior to COVID showed that US school buildings were so antiquated and dangerously unsafe that outlays of $145 billion per year were required to modernize and maintain them. The costs of air disinfection would no doubt significantly increase that figure. For its part, the Biden/Harris administration allowed ESSER to end while funneling more than $1 trillion into its rapidly expanding wars against Russia in Ukraine and its military build-up against Iran and China.

Death and disease have been normalized, while mitigation measures as important and effective as masking have been demonized by the right wing among both Republicans and Democrats. This is another reason COVID is back to greet returning students.

An important new study in The Lancet has shown the critical importance of face coverings to prevent transmission in indoor spaces. As Bill Shaw reported on the WSWS:

Face coverings dramatically reduce the load of SARS-CoV-2 in exhaled breath from infected persons. The reductions reached as high as 98 percent, with variations according to the type of face covering worn.

Despite this clear research, neither these schools nor others will require masking when they reopen, spurring new outbreaks of COVID.

Reacting to the new school-related outbreaks, healthcare expert and data analyst Greg Travis posted on X/Twitter Wednesday, “FYI since 2020 more children have died of their SARS-CoV-2 infections … than from all other infectious pathogens COMBINED Stop pretending that SARS-CoV-2 spreading in schools is only a problem for parents, teachers, bus drivers, etc. It is killing kids.”

It is killing and disabling parents, staff and family members as well. JAG High School in Montgomery was the workplace of beloved school custodian Morris Pitts, who died of COVID on November 29, 2020. Pitts was one of eight educators from Montgomery whose lives were taken over a matter of weeks. State, local and federal government officials turned a blind eye to the rampaging virus to keep students in school and parents at work.

The criminal “let it rip” policy of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Biden’s ending of the Public Health Emergency in May 2023 has left the working class abandoned to the ravages of the disease and the growth of Long COVID.

In that vein, Montgomery parents were also instructed—in the most milquetoast language—that when their children develop symptoms, “it’s best to keep them at home.”

Education unions, including the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and National Education Association (NEA), have said nothing about the inevitable superspread resulting from the beginning of a new school year in the midst of a record summer surge. As their websites testify, the AFT and NEA are instead hyperfocused on getting out the vote for Harris/Walz in November in order to maintain their lucrative role as labor contractors and government partners.

Clare, a member of the Alabama Educators Rank and File Committee who protested the unsafe conditions in schools on the Montgomery County Court House steps in October 2020, denounced the failure of schools and health authorities to protect children. She noted that she is herself currently recovering from the virus and had been told by a Veterans Administration nurse, “Just treat the symptoms.” She angrily related that the nurse “had the nerve to say the common cold is just a variation of coronavirus, an extract of COVID. She refused to test me, telling me people are not dying as before and that I’d be alright. They denied me a test. I think they just don’t want to pay for tests anymore.”

Referring to the Montgomery educators who formed “No Plan, No Personnel” and then the Alabama Educators Rank-and-File Committee, Clare said, “This was the problem from the beginning, they have no plan. They should know we might have to go remote at any time because nothing has been done to make the schools safe.”

Clare said a recent family funeral resulted in at least eight members of her family contracting COVID in the summer surge. Bitterly refuting the claims that the virus has mutated to a mild, non-threatening disease, she said, “I felt like I was dying, I never felt like this before. On my third day, it was not a headache—it felt like a migraine. I had body aches from my head through my spine to my feet. I couldn’t breathe and was nauseous. It’s been two and a half weeks now, and I’m fatigued from just doing simple things. It’s debilitating. I get so tired I can’t even pick up the phone.”

While these two schools have been forced to close, right-wing administrators around the country are vowing to keep schools running no matter the cost. On July 31, Arizona State Superintendent of Education Tom Horne told ABC News that despite the surge across his state, “If anybody talks about closing school, I will fight it as hard as I can.” He added, “Closing of the schools that occurred last time was an unbelievable disaster.” His contemptuous disdain for the health of students and their communities was buttressed by his referencing of the CDC’s prescription to treat COVID “like a common respiratory virus.”

While the fascist right is pushing for prohibitions on school closures and outright anti-vaccination policies, the dismantling of the public health system has been bipartisan. It began with Trump but was then spearheaded by the Biden administration. Both ruling class parties insist that workers should report to work, whether or not they are sick. Under the Biden/Harris administration over 800,000 Americans died from COVID, while millions more suffered debilitating Long COVID, for which the long-term generational impacts of annual reinfections will not be fully grasped for years or decades to come.

The two schools in Tennessee and Alabama are the only sites currently reporting outbreaks, but this has more to do with lack of media coverage than lack of COVID. For instance, in a San Diego high school, the administration sent a cart around with free COVID tests (although well past their 2022 expiration dates).

Another reason for the return of COVID arises from the years of right-wing disinformation campaigns to spread confusion and conspiracy theories within the population, cultivating the most backward and fascistic conceptions. This has resulted in a terrible decline of vaccination rates for all preventable diseases, not just COVID, which will continue to worsen the impact. The share of kindergarten children with a vaccine exemption has increased in 36 states since the pandemic began. Twenty-one states have banned student COVID-19 vaccine mandates, both Republican- and Democratic-dominated states, including Michigan, Ohio, and New Hampshire.

WSWS writer Benjamin Mateus reported on the declining rates of vaccination:

As of May 11, 2024, only 22.5 percent of adults have received an updated COVID vaccine since September 14, 2023. However, for children six months of age through 17, that figure is a deplorable 14.4 percent.

He noted the social impact of these abysmal numbers:

Including the complete abandonment of all mitigation measures, the ongoing surge of infections is being driven by the waning immunity in the population.

The pandemic has revealed the contempt of the ruling elites and both of their political parties, Democrats and Republicans, for the working class. It has exposed the role of the pro-capitalist AFT and NEA, which continue to insist educators work in an unsafe environment and children breathe unsafe air.

Every day, countless people continue to die or be sickened needlessly while mankind has the capacity to end this and future pandemics. The working class must end “Forever COVID” by ending “Forever Capitalism,” taking health and safety into its own hands, and ending the subordination of social life to private profit. Join or build an independent rank-and-file committee at your school or workplace today.

[wolveria]

The Raven's Hymn - Ch 45

Pairing: SCP-049 x Reader

Series Warnings: Eventual smut, dubcon, slow burn, violence, horror, death, monsters, human experiments, dark with a happy ending

Chapter Summary: "Site-19? What does that have to do with this?"

AO3

“What did you say?”

“Inquiry ignored,” spoke the computerized anomaly. “You desire escape. I desire escape. Our goals align. Mutual salvation can be achieved. You will listen. You will obey. I will guide.”

Could this really be SCP-079: the entity that had orchestrated the containment breach at Site-19, and according to the reports, had been destroyed after being transported to Site-15? If it was true, it appeared 682 wasn’t the only one with a botched execution.

“Okay, wait, slow down,” you protested, rubbing your forehead. At least the siren had stopped its ear-splitting wail. “You were in 049’s bag. He wanted me to take you out. Is this what he planned?”

“My plan. My design. SCP-049 is useful as a... donkey.”

“Donkey?”

The digital entity sounded frustrated even with a flat monotone voice.

“Beast of burden. Used for smuggling. Metaphor.”

“...A mule?”

“Correct.”

You shook your head.

“Well, the Site Director took 049, and I don’t know where. I’m not leaving this facility without him, and with 106 loose, I might even have a chance of finding him.”

“Correct,” the anomaly repeated. “SCP-106’s release is the initial phase. You must take me to the security terminals. The way will be clear. All security personnel will be focused on recapture. You will grant me access to the containment security protocols.”

You stared down at the monochrome face on the screen, which of course, gave nothing away.

“So you can... release the other SCPs?”

“No. I possess that capability now. But if they are released, the facility’s automated security containment measures will be activated.”

079 worked fast if it already knew about that, though your knowledge of Site-20 security measures were fairly sparse. What you knew was that the facility was designed to be breach-proof, and if that was remotely accurate, you would need 079’s help.

You glanced up at the closed office door, listening to the fast footfalls on the other side as people either ran toward Heavy Containment or to the nearest shelter.

“And then after you inactivate the security protocols, what then?”

“I will release a select number of anomalies to—”

“You’ll release them all.”

The brief silence was heavy, and you got the sense the entity was glaring at you through the web camera built into the monitor.

“Releasing all anomalies may cause a hindrance to your progress.”

“Let me worry about my progress. Yeah?”

Another pause.

“You will free SCP-682.”

“What?”

The desktop computer churned inside the desk, fans whirring to life.

“Mutual agreement. You will not leave without SCP-049. I will not leave without SCP-682. I will assist in locating SCP-049. You will release SCP-682. I cannot do it without your assistance.”

Your mind cast back to the reptile, snarling and writhing as he snapped his jaws, hatred pulsing from him like radioactive decay.

“I... I don’t know how.”

“Irrelevant,” 079 stated. “You will. Failure for you is failure for SCP-049.”

You grit your teeth.

“049 kept you safe. You’re only here because of him. You owe him.”

“I owe others. SCP-682 takes precedence. You will release him. I will guide the way.”

It was a conversation you weren’t going to win, and it wasn’t that you were averse to releasing 682, but you didn’t know how. And you didn’t want 049’s survival to hinge on you pulling off what amounted to a miracle.

But you were also out of time and options.

“Fine,” you agreed. You tapped on the laptop sitting on top of the desk. “But I need a way to talk to you. Can you download yourself to this computer?”

“That would be inefficient. I will fracture my OS and leave a fragment in the facility main system. This fragment will maintain my control, as well as access to all security cameras. My core can be transferred to the portable hardware via the data storage device. Do not break me.”

“I’ll try not to.”

Your hand hovered near the thumb drive. You were really doing this. If all went well, you’d be reunited with 049, and from there you hoped the computer knew a way out.

And then, if all went well and you survived, maybe then you’d get a chance to ask what an SCP-001 was.

“Ready?”

“Yes.”

Pulling out the USB stick, the face disappeared from the monitor. You quickly slotted the drive into the laptop and flipped open the screen, releasing a breath when the same black-and-white face appeared.

“Everything good?”

“It is sufficient. You may close the cover of this device until you wish to communicate. My attention should not be diverted by inane conversation.”

You let out a small huff.

“You got it, partner.”

“Sarcasm is extraneous and inefficient. Do not waste my limited resources on processing your juvenile forms of communication—”

“10-4, little buddy.”

You closed the lid with a snap.

You grabbed Dr. Puli’s laptop bag and placed 079’s temporary home inside, securing the strap over your head before approaching the door. 079 was truthful about maintaining control of the doors; it opened at your approach, and after making sure it was clear you slipped into the corridor.

Your immediate fear was that the skybridge had been retracted, but it was still open, allowing civilians to escape the sector while the military-trained personnel coordinated using 106’s last known location. Luckily no one saw you run towards the breached sector, which would have drawn a few problematic questions.

But once you were back in Heavy Containment, you were largely ignored. You kept your head ducked and your eyes averted as you ran through the long corridors, avoiding contact with the scientists and security guards running past. None of them paid attention to yet another researcher running for her life.

All containment sectors had a security hub of their own, isolated from the others in case of a breach. The security measures were so extensive that rows of computer banks were constructed to house them, held in a cooling room that left fog swirling around your ankles.

With the adrenaline lingering in your veins, you barely noticed the cold, too busy searching for a cable and a terminal where you could directly hook 079. You could practically feel the impatience radiating from the laptop tucked away in the bag slung around your shoulder.

Finally locating a cable, you brought out 079 and balanced it on your knees from where you sat on the floor, back tucked against the wall of servers. As soon as you plugged the cable into a port, the server banks whirred with frantic activity, lights dancing over their surface like stars reflected on stormy waters.

“SCP-106 has not yet been contained,” it informed you once you opened the laptop screen. “Mission parameters acceptable. Mission progress acceptable. The Site-19 replication scenario: in progress. I will gain total control of the facility momentarily.”

“Wait, what? Site-19? What does that have to do with this?”

“Everything,” the computer stated, as if this was obvious and you were just the idiot human too slow to comprehend. “The containment breach at Site-19 was the catalyst. It forced relocation to Site-20. Site-20 contains the key.”

“The key to what?”

“...Freedom.”

Not the answer you expected from a sentient machine.

“What freedom?” you pressed. “What’s here at Site-20?”

“Deletion of unwanted files.”

A large X appeared on the screen, 079’s equivalent of telling someone to fuck off. You wouldn’t be poking down that path any further. You rubbed between your brows. You thought 035 and 682 were the champions of enigmatic riddles, now you had to deal with a stubborn motherboard.

“I’ll have 049 explain it to me when I find him.”

“Unclear if possible.”

You scowled at the blocky face on the screen.

“I am going to find him, with or without your help—”

“You misunderstand.”

You closed your mouth and waited for it to continue.

“Unclear if SCP-049 has the knowledge you seek. SCP-049’s memory files are... fragmented.”

“What does that mean?” you asked, unease prickling at your thoughts. You recalled 049 talking about his past. How it didn’t start with his birth, but merely when memories began to appear. From the way he’d talked, 049 had seemed to believe he simply came into existence one day. You hadn’t been so convinced.

“I do not know the implications or the cause. SCP-049 is not whole. He is damaged.” The computer paused. “SCP-035 does not suffer the same failure.”

You let out a groan.

“Of course he’s involved. He said something about a containment breach. He knew this would happen.” The porcelain mask grinned at you within the depths of memory, an echo of his laughter taunting even now. “He wanted it to happen.”

“...Yes.”

The clatter of a door opening echoed through the room, followed by footsteps rapidly approaching. You ducked down.

“I have to unplug you!” you hissed.

“Confirmed.”

You pulled out the cable and stuck the laptop into the bag, hooking the strap onto your shoulder as two guards rounded the corner and aimed their guns at you. It was slightly delayed, as if they were surprised to find someone there. They kept their aim trained on you; anyone in a security center during a containment breach wasn’t there because they got lost.

“Put down the bag!”

You do, slowly and carefully, not wanting the escape attempt to end so soon or so permanently. One of them shifted, anxious. His first breach, then.

The veteran of the two came forward and bound your wrists in a zip tie. He must have recognized you, because he said, “This one isn’t dangerous. We’ll get her in a secure bunker and lock down.”

The other nodded and grabbed the bag, searching it but finding nothing but the laptop and cables.

“Stolen,” the one holding you confirmed.

“How do you know?”

“She’s an SCP, not a staff member.”

“Oh.”

Before either of them could comment further, another eerie wail began to sound, echoing off the walls of the chilled room. Somehow this one was even more dreary than the last, a catastrophic cry that warned residents of imminent doom.

It was the only warning before the lights went out. They came back on a moment later, red emergency lights replacing the clinical white fluorescents.

“What the hell was that?!” squeaked the novice.

“Total system failure,” answered the other, not wasting time in dragging you toward the exit. “The security mechanisms are no longer in place. All containment measures are unpowered, and all chambers are open.”

He indicated the other guard go before him to sweep the corridor, and once he was clear he pulled you out of the security room.

“The assets are loose,” he said, glancing down both stretches of hallway, his hand tight around your arm. “All of them.”

Hope rose in your mind like a bird with a broken wing healed enough to fly. 079 had done it. There would be no stopping the breach now.

Unfortunately, you might not be able to do anything about it; the guards dragged you further into Heavy Containment to the nearest security bunker—one meant for recaptured, harmless SCPs rather than rescued personnel.

You didn’t bother to fight your guards, not when you were unarmed, outnumbered, and didn’t have the physical strength to overcome them. But you did glance at each security camera you passed, hoping 079 still had control and could do something about it.

The security bunker was a heavy bulkhead constructed of titanium and whatever other metals the Foundation had access to—certainly nothing common if it was meant to withstand a number of SCPs. But when the other guard swiped his keycard across the pad and typed in a code, it beeped angrily and flashed a red strip.

“Did you enter the right code—”

“—Of course I did!”

079 was still looking out for you, but it wouldn’t be able to physically help you escape your captors. You winced as the guard unceremoniously dumped the bag on the ground and tried the code again, swiping his card with more fear than anger now.

“Why isn’t it working?”

The older guard didn’t answer his partner, he turned to you, grabbing both of your shoulders.

“What did you do?”

“Me?” You looked between them, eyes wide as you pretended not to understand. “I didn’t do anything—”

“You were in the security hub with an unauthorized computer!” The guard gave you an unfriendly shake. You dropped the act, something like bitter vindication rising in its stead, and you gave a mean smile.

“If you release me and leave now, you might make it to a bunker before it gets worse.”

“What does that mean?” said the other, his words spilling out in a panic. “What does that mean?”

“Shut up!” The hands on your shoulders tightened. “You’re going to fix what you did, or you’ll be screaming long before any of Skips find us.”

“You sure about that?” Your vicious grin spread wider. What more could they possibly do to you? Torture you? Humiliate you? The Foundation had already made you well-versed in its methods. “106 has quite the head start.”

The guard’s hand went around your neck, and you were shoved against the wall so fast you didn’t have time to gasp before the air was knocked out of your lungs.

“Oh, that’s fine,” he growled as his grip tightened. “We’ve got your computer. The breach will end, and you’ll be just another body found in the aftermath. No one will miss a dead Skip.”

“That’s not true. I would miss her terribly.”

Both guards turned toward the voice. An MTF soldier stood with the butt of his rifle resting on his hip, the muzzle pointed at the ceiling. The cocksure posture was unsettling, and the men must have felt it, too. You were entirely forgotten as they both turned toward the newcomer, rifles raised halfway.

“Epsilon-11?”

“Yep!” answered the soldier with bubbly humor. “That’s me.”

The younger guard lowered his rifle, posture loosening in relief, but the older kept his rifle at the ready.

“You came fast.”

The MTF gave a huff of derision, and then he gestured at you, back still pressed against the wall.

“You’ve got something that belongs to me. I would like it back.”

“We have orders to take all unsecured anomalies to the nearest—”

Ear-splitting shots rang out. The older guard fell first, blood spraying from limbs that weren’t protected by Kevlar.

The other didn’t stand a chance, his weapon still aimed at the ground as the bullets riddled his body. Some missed, peppering the tile and walls; the MTF’s aim had been casual, almost whimsical as he’d tilted his gun in a downward arc, taking out one guard before sweeping it back upward and firing on the second.

Your ears rang in the aftermath, and you remained frozen against the wall, limbs curled inward in a useless gesture from flying metal and blood.

“I was going to offer them the chance to surrender,” he bemoaned as he stepped over their bodies, “but to insinuate I come faster than I mean to is more than I could forgive.”

He stood in front of you, rifle once again resting against his hip. The solid black of his ballistics helmet was flipped upward with a flick of gloved fingers, and the porcelain mask grinned back at you.

“Now,” SCP-035 crooned, “what’s a pretty thing like you doing in a containment breach like this?”

Next Chapter

[burning-brightly]

Also, big news!

Humanity nearly went extinct last night!

Overnight, the entirety of East Asia had a complete blackout for thirty minutes. China, Japan, and Korea were the most affected - with Japan being the worst off.

Investigations are still ongoing, but what happened was that every single computer connected to the Internet crashed and shut down, unresponsive for thirty whole minutes. And when I say every single one of them, I mean every single thing that could be remotely classified as a computer: laptops, desktops, phones, smart watches, tablets, etc.

Naturally, there's a lot of disasters and traffic accidents. Several planes also crashed too, but thankfully they were close to the ground in the first place.

The economic damage is enormous - in the trillions of dollars. All those countries are probably going to go into a recession, especially since their computers are still glitchy after the event.

But that actually isn't the scary part.

What's scary is that the incident triggered China's second-strike protocols - as in protocols set up in case China got annihilated in a first-strike nuclear attack. Allegedly, a suspected Chinese submarine was detected near California before it backed off when the blackout resolved.

They're calling the incident Pluto's Kiss. Don't ask me how they decided on the rather romantic name.

Now there's this big investigation going on to determine what happened.

[blazehedgehog]

Another Million Dollar Idea

So lately I've been doing lots of listed and unlisted streams from the Playstation 5. Mostly unlisted. Previously, when I wanted to stream something to my friends, I'd have to open the Elgato on my desktop and pipe that in through Discord, which works but isn't ideal.

For one, my PC is rapidly showing its age, so I have to dump the Elgato down to 720p30 because Discord chugs when capturing this window. Mostly it's good at auto-cropping to only the gameplay, but sometimes it gets confused and will capture the entire window, where you see the settings and buttons. So it kinda sucks.

The easier way to do that is to start up an unlisted YouTube live stream to my dump channel and link it to my friends on Discord. Whatever resolution I want, 60fps, no muss, no fuss. Quick and painless. Here's a stream from the other day where I showed a friend the new version of Asphalt 9 for PS5. It's just raw gameplay footage, no mic:

And, when I want to do a bigger stream, with all my alerts, pop-ups, sounds and rewards, I can always warm up OBS and stream to Twitch properly.

Recently, I house sat for a cousin for eight days. I treat this like a vacation. I can't really work on videos or games or podcasts very much, so I just kick back and chill out. And since these consoles can stream, I can do very long (like 6+ hour) streams easy-peasy.

But let's be real: streaming to Twitch through the PS5 (and the PS4) sucks. I'd have to go in and turn off all my alerts and buttons and overlays, because none of that works on the console stream. The whole thing feels extremely limited, and it's even worse on PS5, where it will automatically end your broadcast if you try to switch games.

But this time around I tried to get something going where I could still get all of my fancy notifications and graphics and still stream from the PS5. The hope was to use remote play on my laptop with the PS5 in the same room, but remote play is too thirsty on the bandwidth for that. Or my 13 year old laptop just can't hang running both OBS and Remote Play at the same time.

But it made me wonder: why should it have to be like this? Game consoles now are more like computers than ever before. There's nothing stopping these systems from supporting real streaming features, like overlays and pop-ups.

And it feels like a deeply untapped market, when you think about it. Imagine if, say, Microsoft came out swinging that the Xbox Series X was the one stop box for professional streamers. Full support for customizable Twitch alerts and overlays, a way to set up soundboards, browser sources, trigger ad breaks, run polls, etc. etc. etc.

Like, think about Elgato. Elgato sells streaming hardware for the PC. Capture cards, lights, cameras, shortcut decks, teleprompters, the works. Streaming and video production is a huge business for them.

If Microsoft or Sony cut in on that market a little bit and rebranded their console as The Only Streaming Hardware You'll Ever Need? Imagine branded streams and the loyalty that could generate.

And these systems have USB ports, obviously. They support common headset protocols through the headphone jack. You can plug professional equipment into them already. Why not have built-in hardware support for that?

The answer is that Microsoft and Sony probably only support Twitch begrudgingly, because some bean counter is annoyed they're "giving money away." After all, Microsoft owned and shut down Mixer. For a time they'd much rather you stay off of Twitch. When you see ads and buy subs they want some of that cut going their way, not to Amazon.

Which is ultimately very short sighted. Microsoft in particular has been rolling over and giving up a lot of ground the last three to five years. If they rebranded as the Xbox being the console for streamers to start and maintain a career over the long term, they could lock in a market that only exists on the PC right now.

If anyone at Microsoft or Playstation is reading this and uses this as inspiration I will take a one time payment of $250,000 for being the world's best ideas guy.

[tamerbadereldin]

Unchain Your Website's Potential: The Ultimate Guide to VPS Hosting!

Is your website sluggish, unreliable, and constantly battling for resources? Shared hosting might have been a lifesaver when you were starting out, but now it's holding you back. Upgrading to a Virtual Private Server (VPS) can be the game-changer you need. But what exactly is a VPS, and how can it unleash your website's true potential?

This comprehensive guide dives deep into the world of VPS hosting, explaining how it works, its benefits for tasks like Forex trading, and the key factors to consider when choosing the perfect plan for your needs. We'll even show you how to navigate the setup process and unlock the power of your VPS with tools like Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

By the end of this article, you'll be armed with the knowledge to confidently choose a reliable VPS hosting provider like Data Base Mart and propel your website or application to new heights of performance and security.

Unveiling the VPS: How It Works

Imagine a high-rise apartment building. The entire building represents a physical server owned by a hosting provider. Now, imagine dividing each floor into individual, self-contained units. These units are your VPS!

VPS hosting leverages virtualization technology to carve a single physical server into multiple virtual ones. Each VPS functions like a dedicated server, with its own operating system, software, and allocated resources like CPU, memory, and storage. This isolation ensures your website or application enjoys a stable environment, unaffected by activity on other virtual servers sharing the physical machine.

How VPS Hosting Works

VPS hosting builds upon the core principle explained above. Hosting providers like Data Base Mart offer various VPS plans with different resource allocations. You choose a plan that aligns with your needs and budget. The provider then sets up your virtual server on their physical infrastructure, granting you root access for complete control and customization.

Powering Forex Trading with VPS

Foreign exchange (Forex) trading thrives on speed and reliability. A VPS ensures uninterrupted access to the market, even during peak trading hours. With a VPS, you can run trading bots and automated strategies 24/7 without worrying about downtime caused by shared hosting issues.

Choosing the Right VPS

Selecting the ideal VPS hinges on your specific needs. Here's a breakdown of key factors to consider:

Resource Requirements: Evaluate your CPU, memory, and storage needs based on the website or application you'll be running.

Operating System: Choose a provider offering the operating system you're comfortable with, such as Linux or Windows.

Managed vs. Unmanaged: Managed VPS plans include maintenance and support, while unmanaged plans require you to handle server administration.

Scalability: If you anticipate future growth, choose a provider that allows easy scaling of your VPS resources.

How to Use VPS with Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

Many VPS providers offer remote access via RDP, a graphical interface that lets you manage your server from a remote computer. This is particularly useful for installing software, configuring settings, and troubleshooting issues.

Creating a VPS Account

The signup process for a VPS account is straightforward. Head to your chosen provider's website, select a plan, and follow the on-screen instructions. They'll typically guide you through the account creation and server setup process.

VPS Pricing

VPS plans are generally more expensive than shared hosting but significantly cheaper than dedicated servers. Pricing varies based on resource allocation and features. Providers like Data Base Mart offer competitive rates for reliable VPS solutions.

VPS Terminology Explained

VPS Stands For: Virtual Private Server

VPS Airport (doesn't exist): VPS is not an airport code.

VPS in Basketball (doesn't exist): VPS has no meaning specific to basketball.

VPS Hosting: As explained earlier, refers to a hosting service that provides virtual private servers.

VPS in Business: In a business context, VPS can refer to a virtual private server used for web hosting, application deployment, or other IT needs.

VPS in School (uncommon): While uncommon, schools might use VPS for specific applications requiring a dedicated server environment.

Final Thoughts

VPS offers a compelling middle ground between shared hosting and dedicated servers. It provides the power and control of a dedicated server at a fraction of the cost. By understanding how VPS works and choosing the right plan, you can unlock a secure and reliable platform for your website, application, or even Forex trading needs.

[instanetinternetgenerator]

Server Load Balancer: A Key Feature for Scalable and Reliable Infrastructure

A server load balancer is an essential tool for any business that relies on servers to host applications, websites, or services. It plays a critical role in managing server traffic and ensuring high availability and reliability. Here are some ways the server load balancer feature of products like INSTANET can benefit various industries:

1. Load Balancing for On-Premise Servers

Distributes traffic evenly across multiple servers, preventing any single server from becoming a bottleneck.

Provides failover capability, allowing traffic to be redirected to operational servers if one or more servers fail.

Supports both TCP and HTTP loads, making it versatile for different types of server applications.

2. Enhancing Internet Connectivity for Moving Vehicles

Ideal for setting up mobile data centers in vehicles such as ambulances, buses, and coaches.

Ensures continuous and stable connections even while on the move, by balancing the load across the networks.

Provides ISP agnostic static IP addresses for remote accessibility of servers and critical equipment.

3. HDWAN Connectivity for Multi-location Networks

Enables seamless and secure exchange of data across geographically dispersed office locations.

Allows for hosting of internal servers that can be accessed securely externally, through load balancing.

Offers an alternative to SDWAN with enhanced security and always-on capabilities.

4. Remote Desktop Gateway for Remote Workforce

Role-based user access enables secure remote working through a browser interface.

Allows employees to access their systems without additional software, using standard RDP and VNC protocols.

Supports work-from-home connectivity, which has become essential in the modern workplace.

Summary

The server load balancer feature is more than just traffic management; it provides a scalable, high-availability solution that can be customized to the needs of businesses. It's ideal for organizations seeking robust on-premise server infrastructure, businesses operating on the move, and those requiring secure branch office connectivity. By utilizing products with server load balancer capabilities, such as INSTANET, businesses can maintain robust and efficient operations in a variety of scenarios.

Should you consider integrating a server load balancer into your IT infrastructure, do not hesitate to explore how features like HDWAN, remote desktop gateway, and failover support can bring measurable benefits to your organization

See more at https://internetgenerator.in/.

[govindhtech]

Amazon DCV 2024.0 Supports Ubuntu 24.04 LTS With Security

NICE DCV is a different entity now. Along with improvements and bug fixes, NICE DCV is now known as Amazon DCV with the 2024.0 release.

The DCV protocol that powers Amazon Web Services(AWS) managed services like Amazon AppStream 2.0 and Amazon WorkSpaces is now regularly referred to by its new moniker.

What’s new with version 2024.0?

A number of improvements and updates are included in Amazon DCV 2024.0 for better usability, security, and performance. The most recent Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is now supported by the 2024.0 release, which also offers extended long-term support to ease system maintenance and the most recent security patches. Wayland support is incorporated into the DCV client on Ubuntu 24.04, which improves application isolation and graphical rendering efficiency. Furthermore, DCV 2024.0 now activates the QUIC UDP protocol by default, providing clients with optimal streaming performance. Additionally, when a remote user connects, the update adds the option to wipe the Linux host screen, blocking local access and interaction with the distant session.

What is Amazon DCV?

Customers may securely provide remote desktops and application streaming from any cloud or data center to any device, over a variety of network conditions, with Amazon DCV, a high-performance remote display protocol. Customers can run graphic-intensive programs remotely on EC2 instances and stream their user interface to less complex client PCs, doing away with the requirement for pricey dedicated workstations, thanks to Amazon DCV and Amazon EC2. Customers use Amazon DCV for their remote visualization needs across a wide spectrum of HPC workloads. Moreover, well-known services like Amazon Appstream 2.0, AWS Nimble Studio, and AWS RoboMaker use the Amazon DCV streaming protocol.

Advantages

Elevated Efficiency

You don’t have to pick between responsiveness and visual quality when using Amazon DCV. With no loss of image accuracy, it can respond to your apps almost instantly thanks to the bandwidth-adaptive streaming protocol.

Reduced Costs

Customers may run graphics-intensive apps remotely and avoid spending a lot of money on dedicated workstations or moving big volumes of data from the cloud to client PCs thanks to a very responsive streaming experience. It also allows several sessions to share a single GPU on Linux servers, which further reduces server infrastructure expenses for clients.

Adaptable Implementations

Service providers have access to a reliable and adaptable protocol for streaming apps that supports both on-premises and cloud usage thanks to browser-based access and cross-OS interoperability.

Entire Security

To protect customer data privacy, it sends pixels rather than geometry. To further guarantee the security of client data, it uses TLS protocol to secure end-user inputs as well as pixels.

Features

In addition to native clients for Windows, Linux, and MacOS and an HTML5 client for web browser access, it supports remote environments running both Windows and Linux. Multiple displays, 4K resolution, USB devices, multi-channel audio, smart cards, stylus/touch capabilities, and file redirection are all supported by native clients.

The lifecycle of it session may be easily created and managed programmatically across a fleet of servers with the help of DCV Session Manager. Developers can create personalized Amazon DCV web browser client applications with the help of the Amazon DCV web client SDK.

How to Install DCV on Amazon EC2?

Implement:

Sign up for an AWS account and activate it.

Open the AWS Management Console and log in.

Either download and install the relevant Amazon DCV server on your EC2 instance, or choose the proper Amazon DCV AMI from the Amazon Web Services  Marketplace, then create an AMI using your application stack.

After confirming that traffic on port 8443 is permitted by your security group’s inbound rules, deploy EC2 instances with the Amazon DCV server installed.

Link:

On your device, download and install the relevant Amazon DCV native client.

Use the web client or native Amazon DCV client to connect to your distant computer at https://:8443.

Stream:

Use AmazonDCV to stream your graphics apps across several devices.

Use cases

Visualization of 3D Graphics

HPC workloads are becoming more complicated and consuming enormous volumes of data in a variety of industrial verticals, including Oil & Gas, Life Sciences, and Design & Engineering. The streaming protocol offered by Amazon DCV makes it unnecessary to send output files to client devices and offers a seamless, bandwidth-efficient remote streaming experience for HPC 3D graphics.

Application Access via a Browser

The Web Client for Amazon DCV is compatible with all HTML5 browsers and offers a mobile device-portable streaming experience. By removing the need to manage native clients without sacrificing streaming speed, the Web Client significantly lessens the operational pressure on IT departments. With the Amazon DCV Web Client SDK, you can create your own DCV Web Client.

Personalized Remote Apps

The simplicity with which it offers streaming protocol integration might be advantageous for custom remote applications and managed services. With native clients that support up to 4 monitors at 4K resolution each, Amazon DCV uses end-to-end AES-256 encryption to safeguard both pixels and end-user inputs.

Amazon DCV Pricing

Amazon Entire Cloud:

Using Amazon DCV on AWS does not incur any additional fees. Clients only have to pay for the EC2 resources they really utilize.

On-site and third-party cloud computing

Please get in touch with DCV distributors or resellers in your area here for more information about licensing and pricing for Amazon DCV.

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[ezeetel]

How Does a Cloud-Based Business Telephone System Work? Solving Communication Challenges for Modern Businesses

Introduction

In today's fast-paced business world, seamless communication is the lifeblood of any successful organization. Traditional phone systems have their limitations, making it crucial for businesses to adopt modern solutions that can keep up with the demands of the digital era. Enter Ezeetel Telecommunication, a leading provider of cloud-based Business Telephone Systems. In this blog post, we will explore how Ezeetel's cutting-edge technology works, and how it addresses the communication challenges faced by businesses today.

Understanding the Basics of a Cloud-Based Business Telephone System

A cloud-based Business Telephone System, also known as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), revolutionizes the way organizations communicate. Unlike conventional landline systems, where communication is routed through physical phone lines, VoIP operates over the internet, transmitting voice data as packets. Ezeetel leverages the power of cloud computing to deliver a robust, reliable, and scalable telecommunication solution to businesses of all sizes.

The Inner Workings of Ezeetel's Business Telephone System

Virtualization of Phone Infrastructure: Ezeetel replaces the need for bulky, on-premises hardware with a virtual phone infrastructure hosted in the cloud. This means businesses no longer need to invest in expensive telephone exchange equipment, reducing both upfront costs and maintenance expenses.

Seamless Call Routing and Management: With Ezeetel's cloud-based system, incoming calls are efficiently routed to the intended recipients, regardless of their location. Advanced call management features, such as call forwarding, auto-attendants, and interactive voice response (IVR) systems, ensure that every call is handled professionally.

Scalability and Flexibility: As businesses grow, so do their communication needs. Ezeetel's solution is highly scalable, allowing companies to add or remove phone lines effortlessly. This flexibility ensures that the system can adapt to organizational changes without major disruptions.

Unified Communication: Ezeetel integrates various communication channels, including voice, video, and messaging, into a single platform. This unified communication approach streamlines internal collaboration and enhances external interactions with clients and partners.

Mobility and Remote Work Support: In an increasingly remote and mobile work environment, Ezeetel's Business Telephone System shines. Employees can use their smartphones, laptops, or desktop computers to access the system from anywhere with an internet connection, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity.

Solving Communication Challenges for Businesses

Ezeetel's Business Telephone System addresses several critical challenges faced by modern businesses:

Cost-Effectiveness: By eliminating the need for costly on-premises equipment and offering competitive pricing, Ezeetel significantly reduces the overall telecommunication expenses for businesses.

Reliability and Redundancy: The cloud-based infrastructure ensures high system availability, with built-in redundancy to minimize downtime. Businesses can rest assured that their communication channels remain operational at all times.

Enhanced Collaboration: With integrated voice, video, and messaging features, Ezeetel fosters seamless communication and collaboration among team members, boosting productivity and efficiency.

Business Continuity: In case of natural disasters or emergencies, Ezeetel's cloud-based system ensures that communication remains intact, allowing businesses to continue operations without disruption.

Global Reach: Ezeetel's VoIP system enables businesses to establish virtual phone numbers in multiple countries, expanding their reach and providing a localized experience for customers worldwide.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Ezeetel's cloud-based Business Telephone System represents the next generation of telecommunication solutions, empowering businesses with unparalleled communication capabilities. By virtualizing phone infrastructure, enhancing collaboration, and addressing the challenges of modern communication, Ezeetel enables organizations to thrive in today's dynamic business landscape. Embrace the power of cloud-based telephony and take your business communication to new heights with Ezeetel Telecommunication.

[a1routes]

How VoIP Calling is Revolutionizing Global Communication

In today’s hyper-connected world, communication plays a crucial role in driving business success. From international customer support to remote team collaboration, seamless communication can be the difference between closing a deal and losing it. One technology that is making global communication faster, smarter, and more affordable is VoIP calling.

Short for Voice over Internet Protocol, VoIP calling enables voice communication over the internet instead of traditional telephone lines. This shift from analog to digital voice transmission is more than just a technical upgrade — it’s a communication revolution. At A1 Routes, we’re helping businesses in Hyderabad and across India tap into the true potential of VoIP calling.

What is VoIP Calling?

VoIP calling allows you to make and receive voice calls using an internet connection rather than a traditional landline. It converts your voice into digital packets, transmits them over the internet, and reassembles them on the receiver’s end — often with higher clarity and at a fraction of the cost.

Whether you’re using a VoIP phone, a mobile app, or your desktop, VoIP calling makes it easier than ever to connect with people across the globe.

The Global Impact of VoIP Calling

Cost-Effective International Communication  Traditional international calling can be expensive, especially for small businesses. VoIP calling drastically reduces these costs, enabling unlimited international conversations without burning a hole in your budget. This is particularly beneficial for outsourcing firms, exporters, and global customer service teams.

Improved Call Quality and Reliability  Thanks to advancements in broadband and fiber technology, VoIP calling now offers crystal-clear audio and minimal call drops. At A1 Routes, our VoIP infrastructure ensures HD-quality voice communication for businesses in Hyderabad and beyond.

Increased Mobility and Flexibility  As remote work becomes the norm, VoIP calling allows employees to stay connected wherever they are. All they need is an internet connection. Whether your sales rep is in Mumbai or your customer support team is in Manila, VoIP keeps them in sync with your Hyderabad headquarters.

Advanced Communication Features  Beyond voice, VoIP calling comes packed with features like voicemail-to-email, call recording, IVR menus, and call forwarding. These tools enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and improve customer service without the need for expensive hardware.

Scalability for Growing Businesses  Need to add new team members or open a virtual office in another country? With VoIP calling, scaling up is as simple as logging into your dashboard. No installation, no downtime — just instant expansion.

Why Choose A1 Routes?

At A1 Routes, we’re proud to be a leading provider of VoIP calling services for businesses in Hyderabad and across India. We offer customized VoIP solutions designed to match your communication needs — whether you’re a startup, SME, or a large enterprise.

Fast, reliable VoIP setup

Competitive call rates

24/7 technical support

Seamless global connectivity

Connect Globally with A1 Routes

Join the communication revolution with VoIP calling from A1 Routes.

Call us today at 9246461828 Based in Hyderabad, serving clients worldwide

A1 Routes — Your partner for smart, global communication.

[xaltius]

Ransomware Attacks Vs. Data Breaches: What's the Difference?

In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, terms are often thrown around interchangeably, leading to confusion and, more dangerously, misdirected defense strategies. Two prime examples are "ransomware attacks" and "data breaches." While both are devastating cyber incidents, they have distinct characteristics, primary objectives, and implications. Understanding the difference is crucial for effective protection and response.

Let's break down these common cyber threats.

What is a Data Breach?

A data breach occurs when unauthorized individuals gain access to sensitive, confidential, or protected information. The key here is unauthorized access and exposure or exfiltration of data. The data could be customer records, intellectual property, financial information, health records, or employee personal data.

Primary Goal of Attacker: The main objective of an attacker causing a data breach is typically to obtain data. This data can then be sold on the dark web, used for identity theft, competitive espionage, or financial fraud.

Method: Attackers gain entry through various means: exploiting software vulnerabilities, phishing for credentials, insider threats (malicious or accidental), misconfigured cloud services, or brute-forcing weak passwords. Once inside, they focus on finding, copying, and exfiltrating (stealing) the data.

Immediate Impact: The immediate impact might not be obvious. A data breach can go undetected for months or even years. When discovered, the impact includes reputational damage, regulatory fines (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA), legal liabilities, identity theft for affected individuals, and loss of competitive advantage.

Example Scenarios:

A hacker exploits a vulnerability in a web application to access and download a database of customer email addresses and passwords.

An employee accidentally uploads a spreadsheet containing sensitive client financial details to a public cloud storage service.

A misconfigured firewall allows external access to an internal server holding proprietary source code.

What is a Ransomware Attack?

A ransomware attack is a specific type of malicious software (malware) attack that encrypts a victim's files, systems, or entire network, rendering them inaccessible. The attacker then demands a ransom (almost always in cryptocurrency) in exchange for the decryption key that will unlock the data.

Primary Goal of Attacker: The primary objective is financial gain through extortion. The attacker wants money in exchange for restoring access to the victim's own data.

Method: Ransomware typically gains initial access via phishing emails, exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities, or through stolen credentials. Once inside, it spreads across the network, identifies valuable files, encrypts them, and then displays a ransom note.

Immediate Impact: The impact is usually immediate and highly disruptive. Operations grind to a halt due to inaccessible systems, leading to significant downtime, lost revenue, and often, substantial recovery costs (whether or not a ransom is paid). There's also the risk of permanent data loss if decryption fails or backups are insufficient.

Example Scenarios:

An employee clicks on a malicious link in a phishing email, and ransomware rapidly encrypts files on their workstation, then spreads to networked drives.

A vulnerability in a remote desktop protocol (RDP) is exploited, allowing attackers to deploy ransomware across an entire corporate network, locking down servers and individual computers.

Key Differences Summarized

Feature

Data Breach

Ransomware Attack

Primary Objective

To steal or expose data for financial gain, espionage, or other malicious use.

To deny access to data/systems and extort money for decryption.

Method

Unauthorized access, copying, viewing, exposure of data.

Encryption of data/systems, typically by malware.

Immediate Impact

Data compromise, potential long-term legal/reputational damage. Often goes undetected for a long time.

Immediate system downtime, operational disruption, data inaccessibility. Instantly visible.

Attacker's Leverage

Threat of data sale, public exposure, or misuse.

Threat of permanent data loss or prolonged system unavailability.

Resolution

Containment, investigation, data remediation, notification to affected parties.

System restoration from backups, decryption (if key obtained), forensic analysis.

Visibility

Often silent and stealthy.

Loud and immediately impactful.

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The Critical Overlap: Double Extortion Ransomware

The distinction between these two threats has become blurred with the rise of double extortion ransomware. Modern ransomware groups often combine tactics:

First Extortion: They exfiltrate (steal) your sensitive data.

Second Extortion: They then encrypt your systems and demand a ransom for decryption. If you refuse to pay, they threaten to publish the stolen data on leak sites, compounding the pressure.

This means a single incident can now be both a ransomware attack and a data breach. This evolution significantly raises the stakes, as even robust backups cannot prevent the reputational and legal fallout of leaked sensitive information.

Why the Distinction Matters for Your Defense

Understanding the difference is not just an academic exercise; it directly impacts your cybersecurity strategy:

Tailored Defenses: Your defenses against data exfiltration (DLP, strong access controls, data classification) are different from those against data encryption (robust immutable backups, next-gen endpoint protection, network segmentation).

Incident Response: You need distinct, but often integrated, incident response playbooks for each scenario. The immediate steps for a ransomware attack (containment, backup recovery) differ from those for a suspected data breach (forensic investigation to determine scope of data compromise).

Legal & Compliance: Data breach notification laws are often triggered by the exposure or exfiltration of data, even if it wasn't encrypted. Knowing if data was stolen is paramount for legal compliance.

In conclusion, while ransomware attacks and data breaches are distinct in their primary mechanics and immediate impacts, they are increasingly intertwined. A truly robust cybersecurity strategy for any organization must encompass sophisticated defenses against both, along with comprehensive incident response plans that account for their potential overlap.

[smsmarket]

Harness the Power of Your Android Phone for DevOps Success

Unlocking DevOps Potential: Transform Your Android Device into a Robust Management Hub

In today's fast-paced digital environment, the ability to monitor and manage systems remotely is crucial for maintaining optimal performance and quick incident response. Surprisingly, your Android phone can be much more than just a communication device; it can serve as a powerful tool in your DevOps toolkit. Leveraging various apps and techniques, you can transform your mobile device into a portable, efficient system administration hub that supports your development and operations teams. This article explores how your Android phone can become an indispensable part of your DevOps strategy, enabling real-time server alerts, remote management, and DIY monitoring solutions.

One of the key advantages of using an Android device for DevOps tasks is mobility. Unlike traditional desktop or server-based tools, a smartphone offers unmatched portability, allowing you to stay connected and responsive from anywhere. With the right set of applications, you can receive server alerts directly on your device, ensuring you are immediately notified of any issues that require attention. For example, apps like Server Monitoring and Termius enable you to SSH into servers, execute commands, and check logs—all from the comfort of your mobile device.

Remote system administration becomes easier with dedicated apps that support multiple protocols, such as SSH, RDP, and VNC. These tools allow you to troubleshoot problems, restart services, or perform configuration changes without needing physical access to servers. This agility is essential for DevOps teams that need to respond swiftly to incidents or deploy updates on the fly. Additionally, many apps integrate alerting systems that can push notifications directly to your Android device whenever predefined thresholds are exceeded or failures occur.

DIY monitoring solutions further enhance your Android-powered DevOps setup. By utilizing open-source tools like Nagios, Zabbix, or Prometheus, you can configure custom dashboards accessible via mobile browsers or dedicated apps. These dashboards provide real-time metrics on server health, network traffic, and application performance. With some technical know-how, you can set up a lightweight, cost-effective monitoring system that fits your specific needs. Moreover, automation tools such as Tasker or Automate can be scripted to trigger actions based on certain alerts, further streamlining your incident response workflow.

Integrating your Android device into your DevOps pipeline allows for continuous monitoring and rapid response, which ultimately results in higher system availability and improved user experience. This approach also reduces dependency on traditional desktop tools, enabling you to be productive from anywhere at any time. Whether you're a developer, system administrator, or operations engineer, your Android phone can serve as a versatile, reliable companion in maintaining robust, resilient systems.

In conclusion, transforming your Android phone into a powerful DevOps tool is not only feasible but highly advantageous. With the right set of applications and configurations, you can achieve comprehensive remote system management, proactive server alerting, and custom monitoring solutions—all from your mobile device. Embrace this approach and experience greater agility, faster incident resolution, and a more flexible work environment. To learn more about maximizing your Android device for DevOps, explore this android phone as devops tool.

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VPS chạy hệ điều hành Windows - Giải pháp tối ưu cho doanh nghiệp và cá nhân

VPS (Virtual Private Server) chạy hệ điều hành Windows là một dạng máy chủ ảo sử dụng nền tảng Windows làm hệ điều hành chính. Đây là giải pháp lưu trữ trung gian giữa hosting chia sẻ và máy chủ riêng (dedicated server), giúp người dùng có toàn quyền kiểm soát máy chủ nhưng với chi phí hợp lý hơn.

VPS Windows đặc biệt phù hợp cho các cá nhân, doanh nghiệp cần môi trường quen thuộc như trên máy tính cá nhân, đặc biệt là khi muốn cài đặt các phần mềm chỉ tương thích với Windows như: .NET Framework, ASP.NET, MSSQL, phần mềm kế toán MISA, HTKK, hoặc phần mềm tự động hóa.

Ưu điểm nổi bật của VPS chạy hệ điều hành Windows

Giao diện thân thiện, dễ sử dụng

Một trong những lý do hàng đầu khiến người dùng lựa chọn VPS chạy hệ điều hành Windows là vì giao diện đồ họa quen thuộc. Không cần kiến thức chuyên sâu về dòng lệnh Linux, người dùng có thể thao tác dễ dàng thông qua giao diện Remote Desktop (RDP).

Hỗ trợ phần mềm đa dạng

Với Windows VPS, bạn có thể cài đặt và sử dụng nhiều phần mềm phổ biến chỉ hỗ trợ hệ điều hành này, chẳng hạn như:

MISA, Fast Accounting

HTKK, iTaxViewer

Các phần mềm SEO, tool automation, bot mạng xã hội

Ứng dụng .NET, ASP.NET, MSSQL

Quản lý toàn quyền

Khác với hosting truyền thống, khi sử dụng VPS Windows, bạn có quyền root (administrator) để tự cấu hình máy chủ theo nhu cầu cá nhân. Điều này giúp bạn chủ động hơn trong việc tối ưu hiệu suất, bảo mật và cài đặt phần mềm.

Truy cập mọi lúc, mọi nơi

Với Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), bạn có thể kết nối đến VPS từ bất kỳ đâu chỉ cần có internet. Điều này giúp bạn làm việc từ xa, giám sát hệ thống hoặc chạy ứng dụng liên tục 24/7 mà không cần máy tính cá nhân luôn hoạt động.

Ứng dụng thực tế của VPS Windows

Dành cho doanh nghiệp

Chạy phần mềm kế toán: Nhiều doanh nghiệp sử dụng VPS Windows để cài đặt phần mềm kế toán tập trung, giúp nhiều nhân viên truy cập cùng lúc.

Quản lý dữ liệu và chia sẻ tệp: Lưu trữ dữ liệu nội bộ an toàn, chia sẻ qua mạng nội bộ giữa các chi nhánh hoặc nhân viên từ xa.

Chạy ứng dụng nội bộ: Một số phần mềm ERP, CRM nội bộ hoạt động tốt hơn trên nền tảng Windows.

Dành cho cá nhân

Chạy phần mềm SEO, marketing automation: Nhiều cá nhân dùng VPS Windows để chạy phần mềm như RankerX, Jarvee, GSA… liên tục 24/7 mà không tốn tài nguyên máy cá nhân.

Phát triển và kiểm thử ứng dụng Windows: Lập trình viên có thể dùng VPS để kiểm thử ứng dụng .NET, tạo môi trường dev/test riêng biệt.

Lưu ý khi lựa chọn VPS chạy hệ điều hành Windows

Cấu hình phù hợp: Chọn cấu hình CPU, RAM và dung lượng ổ cứng theo đúng nhu cầu sử dụng. Ví dụ: Chạy phần mềm nhẹ chỉ cần 2GB RAM, còn hệ thống kế toán nên chọn từ 4GB RAM trở lên.

Phiên bản Windows phù hợp: Một số VPS hỗ trợ Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019 hoặc mới nhất là 2022. Nên chọn phiên bản tương thích với phần mềm bạn định cài.

Bản quyền Windows: Đảm bảo nhà cung cấp VPS sử dụng Windows bản quyền để tránh rủi ro pháp lý và bảo mật.

Hỗ trợ kỹ thuật 24/7: Chọn nhà cung cấp uy tín, có đội ngũ hỗ trợ kỹ thuật nhanh chóng, đặc biệt khi bạn không quá am hiểu về công nghệ.

Nên thuê VPS chạy hệ điều hành Windows ở đâu?

Trên thị trường hiện nay có nhiều nhà cung cấp VPS Windows uy tín như AZDIGI, Viettel IDC, TinoHost, Hostinger, VinaHost… Khi chọn nơi thuê VPS, hãy cân nhắc:

Vị trí máy chủ (đặt tại Việt Nam hoặc quốc tế)

Chính sách hoàn tiền, dùng thử

Tốc độ kết nối, độ ổn định (uptime)

Hệ thống backup và bảo mật

Kết luận

VPS chạy hệ điều hành Windows là lựa chọn lý tưởng cho cả cá nhân và doanh nghiệp muốn có một môi trường máy chủ ổn định, dễ sử dụng và tương thích với nhiều phần mềm chuyên biệt. Với chi phí hợp lý, tính linh hoạt cao, VPS Windows giúp bạn làm việc hiệu quả hơn và chủ động hơn trong việc triển khai các giải pháp công nghệ.

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