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Computrace Rootkit: What to do if you are locked

 Ok, so there this client of mine who brought me a laptop to fix it. According to him, he was a call center agent and his company issued a laptop to him, and he got fired, he refused to give the laptop back to the company, thinking it is his to keep because he was fired and he maybe thinking it is unfair to him. So the IT of their company locked the Laptop, and whatever they do, the lock keeps bugging him. He reformatted the drive and installed a new operating system but to no avail. Computrace What is computrace? Computrace is a security software, an Anti-theft software developed by absolute software as part of the MCLA's Laptop Initiative. It is a software built into laptop's BIOS that were purchased  and in the event of lost, the organization's IT can track the stolen laptop, lock it up, delete sensitive information, or, it can be ordered to brick itself (totally unusable). It is a very persistent rootkit that reformatting the drive, flashing the BIOS won't get the l

AnonymousFox Website Fraud

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Just today, I check our site's access logs via cPanel and surprised that we are constantly receiving GET requests to non-existent files and folders/directories. These files and directories are files and folders of a WordPress Website. AnonymousFox Fraud When I checked our Website Access Logs, I noticed a series of GET requests from IP Address 32.223.67.184 to non-existent files and directories which apparently returns ERROR 404. The request bears the word "anonymousFox.co" which gave me an Idea to what really made these requests. Series of 404 Requests from anonymousFox Somebody or Something is trying to find vulnerable WordPress Plugins from our site, and when it does, then we're compromised. “AnonymousFox” is related to the old exploit of WordPress 5.5 and the plugin “WP File Manager”, however, recent attacks include not only the WP File Manager but also other vulnerable WordPress Plugins. Your Password will be changed, and your Username will be anonymousFox or simp

#Office365 2019 New Scam by Ex-Robotos Malware - cracked by IK Zeus

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 Around 1:45PM June 19, 2021 (+8gmt), I was contacted by one of my web development clients. He's in shock that they can't access their MLM Website, and get redirected to 404 Page. I asked him the CPanel account login, and promptly opened the CPanel, only to find out, the Member's Area directory was gone, and there this new folder named "Journal" was created few hours ago. Journal folder containes some php files named after the missing files I created before, and some text files. When I open the files for editing (to view its content) through File Manager, I was presented with javascript codes (which I didn't examined). Voicemail Scmpage 2019 by Ex-Robotos In the top most part of each php files were found commented the phrase "Office365 2019 New Scam by Ex-Robotos - cracked by IK Zeus" Readme.txt inside the Journal folder Upon examining the Journal folder, I realized that it is a Office365 2019 Phishing Script. How did that script put in there? I don&

Tomato Wine Recipe for beginners

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There have been an over-production of tomato in our place recently. Tons of ripe tomatoes were dumped, and tons have been given away to other place as help to the needy due to this pandemic. Seeing those dump trucks dumping tons of tomatoes, I clinched my fist and felt awful, very awful to the tomato farmers of our province. Perhaps, if only the government resorted to other means of saving those tomatoes instead of dumping them to landfill, those tomatoes may be of great use in the future. Only if somebody who has funds, teach them how to preserve their harvest, and give them some equipment, they can benefit from their harvest soon, instead of dumping it to waste. I have been making wines (of different types) for personal consumption for years. I have made Cassava Wine, Glutinous Rice Wine, Mango Wine, Wild Cherry (Pangot in our Local Dialect) Wine,  and Banana Wine. During my first year being a Vintner (Wine Maker), I ended up spoiling two batches of 20 liters each. I learned from my

The future of Money: PI Networks, cryptocurrency for common people

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Cryptocurrency; the future of money. To date, cryptocurrency are widely used as mode of payments, and investment specially now that the price of bitcoin, Ethereum and other altcoins soars up high.... The problem with bitcoin, while it is being considered as the king (the first ever, and most valued) of cryptocurrency is its utilization to day to day living of the people. Owning one (1) bitcoin makes you rich, and all businesses that accepts crypto accepts bitcoin, however, for common people like us, we can not afford the transaction fees for every transfer, much more, we can not afford to mine.... PhDs from Stanford University developed a solution, bringing cryptocurrency to common people. A cryptocurrency that can be mined via mobile phone, a cryptocurrency that can be utilized by all people in all places of the world. THEY DEVELOPED PI NETWORKS... PI networks project started in 2018 by Dr. Nicolas Kokkalis and 5 Colleagues from Stanford University, aimed to developed a cryptocurrency

Photos taken at Pinahiw Viewpoint, Landingan Viewpoint, and Quirino Experiment Services

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February 27, 2021, we woke up early and prepared for a long journey to Landingan Viewpoint at Nagtipunan Quirino via Pinahiw Viewpoint at Aglipay Quirino. 12 of us rode our motorcycles and drive from Barangay Cabugao, Aglipay Quirino to Pinahiw View Point, Aglipay Quirino via Eden, Cabarroguis Quirino. It was past 10 AM when we reach the peak of Pinahiw Viewpoint, where you can feel the very cold weather of the foggy peak of the mountain. About 11AM, we rode again to Nagtipunan Quirino, where the spectacular Landingan Viewpoint is situated. Photos taken were uploaded for our colleagues to download.  Images were resized to fit the screen, but the un-edited raw jpeg images can be viewed and downloaded by right-clicking the resized images and select "open in new tab". NOTE: The photos below are captured by me (Rodrigo Lugod). If you are not in the photo and you want to use any photo uploaded here for whatever purpose, Please contact me first via email (mangiskoalbuaryo@gmail.