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MIT and CMU are some of the top computer science schools worldwide, not everyone will be able to get into them.

Also, University of Maryland (the school that the author is talking about here) is a really decent school with great faculty. So, its strange that this was the author's experience with some of the graduates.

Shouldnt the students have pursued side projects outside of school to learn more about how to apply their knowledge in real life practical example.

I appreciate the effort that went into collecting this content, but dont you think promoting paid content like this on hacker news would have negative effect on the quality of submission ?

there is other more proper places to promote this type of material.

Quoting from the article:

> Vietnamese government agents tried to plant spyware on the phones of members of Congress, American policy experts and U.S. journalists this year in a brazen campaign that underscores the rapid proliferation of state-of-the-art hacking tools, according to forensic examination of links posted to Twitter and documents uncovered by a consortium of news outlets that includes The Washington Post.

and a second report by amnesty international about hacking tools/targets: https://archive.ph/n9BQ0

so, its not likely that someone looked the source IP being from Vietnam and made the conclusion, it seems there is more analysis and evidence behind this article.

Reminder of comments/discussion etiquette:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I was interested in finding one of those infected TV boxes for research purposes, I have yet to be able to find one that contains actual infected apps or malware.

In fact when the article that brought this to light (a security consultant interviewed by Bleepingcomputer), there was zero technical details, only the linked github account showing steps to delete/remove some random apps.

I would love to find any actual technical analysis/writeup of anything malicious here.

I dont know if the pixel he was referencing is new or refurbished but I'd keep an eye on Swappa/BackMarket, if you're in the EU and looking to buy a used relatively new phone for a cheap price.

I would also appreciate an answer to the same question FirmwareBurner has asked.

Cisco has poor software quality and control when it comes to IOS (Cisco OS not Apple's iOS) implementation that differs based on the end client or customer using their networking devices. This includes small/medium companies, universities, Large enterprise, Internet service providers, Data center, network storage...etc.

Each of the previously mentioned groups have their own implementation and licenses for specific IOS version running inside the network device (whether a Firewall, Router, Switch, or Switch with routing capabilities...etc). It has been long known that Cisco's poor software is due to the hundreds of modules/features they try to support on these devices (you never know which device will receive updates and for how long).

System administrators/Network Engineers alike always complain about the poor quality of Cisco's Software[1][2]

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/cpcxjx/has_cisco_...

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/137csr0/why_the...

Actually, the current router I have does have a security feature that prevents the user from downgrading the firmware.

I think its more common on recent routers as well.

I dont understand this point, Almost all (really all) SRE job postings ask for the skills covered in the posted github link here.

I can see the need for project management, ownership and processes being needed on top of the previously mentioned skills, but skills in the link are exactly what most SRE jobs ask for.

Dell Insperion work really well for linux too, so is the high-performance Precision laptops, they often have a software package from Dell containing all needed kernel drivers to run the laptop, however I should point out managing CPU fan and thermals is a bit weird/bad sometimes (you can either hear your laptop run the fan on full speed without running any intensive process, and sometimes you can touch the pads around the trackpad only to find your laptop is really hot), this has been also my experience with Toshiba/HP laptops on linux as well.

Interesting that there are more Chinese universities in the list than US/UK universities, I wonder if there is some article or analysis written somewhere about the ranking of this list.

same in arabic: "قولي من تصاحب اخبرك من انت" translates to "tell me whose your friend and i'll tell you who you are."

> so now we may resort to paid novel take homes e.g. write a simple device driver from scratch for the Intel E1000 in C99 over the weekend. Something you'd likely have been exposed to in CS102 type stuff.

I am really curious to know what school has a cs 102 level class that teaches you writing a device driver?

I could perhaps see this as part of Operating systems class, where you just learned about how kernels works using a minimal OS (like xv6).

but that example you gave based on the expectation you mentioned are very extreme. This is why its hard to find talnet to hire.

Its definitely as intrusive as other AV products. with Microsoft's push for more telemetry collection.

but it does integrate with the system well since its from Microsoft.

I think the point being is HN isn't not the place to ask for technical help in this manner.