Lowkey sometimes what's considered malware is kinda subjective

Today several large technology, or technology adjacent, companies performed massive layoffs.

The reason for these "internal restructures" and "company realignments" remain unclear as each company will offer a different explanation.

Amazon: 30,000+
Intel: 24,000+
Accenture: 11,000+
Microsoft: 7,000+
PwC: 5,600+
SalesForce: 4,000+
Meta: 600+

Other large companies which performed layoffs, but aren't really related to nerd stuff, is UPS, Nestle, Ford, Novo Nordisk, Paramount, Target, Kroger, and Applied Materials. Additionally, it should be noted a large percentage of terminations from Amazon appear to be logistics-based (i.e. delivery drivers, warehouse workers, etc).

For individuals employed in the United States this a particularly damning moment in time as the United States government is shutdown (28 days, as of this writing), and government assistance programs may not be open at this time in their region*

My condolences to the nerds who lost their jobs today

Big update pushed to the malware website people sometimes visit.

100,000 new malware available for bulk download. I stopped counting papers and other samples added but it's more than 3 for sure

Look at it here:
https://vx-underground.org/Updates

I've been informed someone is DDoSing us. This is terrible news. I can no longer work.

All I can do now is continue eating these animal crackers and watching Dragon Ball Z Kai

I actually have no idea who is DDoSing us. I am also very seriously eating animal crackers and watching Dragon Ball Z Kai. The website will be back online whenever it decides to go back online. The website is very sleepy right now, or something, I don't understand networking

I tried to get a copy of my receipt, from this company I've never heard of and have never done business with, and now my computer is making weird noises

It's also strange my receipt is an executable file installer. This is not suspicious. This is totally normal behavior.

"why do you spam cat pictures?"

me:

Was reading the latest Department of Justice press release on that 764 who was arrested

He was like, 19. He was stalking minors online and getting sexual satisfaction by crushing animals to death

I couldn't even finish reading it all

You've been warned

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/member-violent-extremist-network-764-charged-animal-crushing-sexual-exploitation-minor

I've made hundreds of Python scripts that are named "aa", "aaaaaaa", "shdbcvsduv", "111222111", etc. I just kind of mash the keyboard until there isn't a file name collision

Now I sit here, alone in my room, questioning the meaning of life as I once again try to find the script I need in an ocean of "aa", "aaa", "aaaaaa", "abcdv", "112456", etc.

As more and more people try to join the information security and/or cybersecurity field, and as an expert in interviewing people and performing interviews, here are some tips and tricks to land your dream job and ace the interview

Tip 1. Timing is important
Show up 10 to 20 minutes late. Employers, especially interviewers, love when candidates are late. This shows you're actually super busy and you can't be bothered to have your time wasted with silly formalities. When they ask why you're late simply say, "Huh? I don't know, I was busy. What the fuck is your problem? Are you my Mother?".

Tip 2. Be observant
If you interviewer is a woman, comment to her that one of the other women in the office had "a nice rack". If your interviewer is a man, comment that one of the other men in the office has "a nice thick ass". Potential employers love observant people. This will also highlight your willingness to go full-disclosure.

Tip 3. Be fashionable
Don't waste your time wearing "professional" attire. When you show up, wear an old t-shirt with mustard stains. Your complete indifference to your appearance will illustrate just how serious you are about focusing on achieving goals, not silly things like appearance

Tip 4. Bring accessories
Bring a water bottle filled with Vodka. Make sure to say, "you want a swig of this?" during the interview. This sort of abrasiveness shows you're cool and laid back. You can really drive this home by asking for their assistance after the interview has concluded. Ask them to blow in your vehicles alcohol breathalyzer (required in the United States to start your vehicle if you've had consecutive DUIs). Tell them you've had 2 DUIs and "the man" is holding you down.

Tip 5. Speak poorly of your previous employer
Potential employers love expressiveness and openness. When they ask about your previous jobs, openly swear and criticize your previous employer in a virtually incoherent manner. Slam your hands on the desk, spit on the floor, tell the interviewer, "they were all worthless sons of whores". This is also a good time for you to state you're willing to disclose and/or illegally share crown jewels, secrets, source code, and/or other proprietary information from your previous employer. The interviewer will be amazed by your eagerness to help and will not see this as a red flag.

With these tips and tricks you'll land your new job in no time at all. Hope this helps!

There is a huge disconnect between the suits that run information security places and have money versus the nerds that are employed there

Over the years I've had a few cybersecurity companies approach me and discuss potential collaboration.

Each time it was super PG, watered down, boring, and generic. They were extremely concerned over my behavioral mannerisms, the ideas I recommended, etc. because they were not "brand safe". In other words, it was too nerdy schizo and not B2B sales fluff junk

I get it, the suits want money, or whatever. But dawg, if you want to actually communicate and reach out to nerds and be approachable, you cannot sound like a fucking infomercial. You have to be an actual human being and actually give a fuck about shit.

As an example, one time a vendor wanted to do a collaboration and sponsor a vx-underground merchandise giveaway. The idea was quickly shutdown when they realized the vx-underground 5 year anniversary swag had a pixelated woman with her breasts slightly exposed which displayed a pixelated nipple.

The attached image is the image they were concerned about. They were afraid it was too pornographic.

I guess being a stinky nerd isn't approachable to other companies that want cybersecurity stuff. I get it. But, I don't know bro, you gotta loosen up a little

Our malware exchange (virus.exchange) is temporarily shutdown because it is a colossal pain in the ass to deal with while having limited resources.

In summary the website acted as a way for people to download individual files from vx-underground, rather than having to download in bulk to get 1 file they were searching for.

This was cool and badass in theory, but in implementation it was a nightmare come alive.

When decomprossed our archive spanned nearly 30TB or more and grows each month. Hosting 30TBs of millions upon millions of small individual files gets expensive really fast. It also becomes extremely tedious trying to manage it with limited resources.

It is something we're still capable of doing, but without insane amounts of money, or something, it's such a huge fucking pain in the ass I don't want to deal with it anymore.

It is no surprise companies charge out the ass when dealing with malware stuff like this.

Anyway, maybe in the future if we suddenly stumble across a magic genie that can light a fire under our ass and give me a fucking bajillion dollars, then maybe we'll bring it back. Right now the website is sitting on a proverbial shelf and collecting dust.

I don't know what decomprossed means. I've got a very high IQ and can't type for shit. Decompressed**

Right now with every single file on vx-underground 7z ultra compressed, the entire archive is 11TB

We're too big. Too much malware material

PARENTS BE VIGILANT THIS HALLOWEEN

This evening, after returning from an All-American festive Halloween extravaganza, we discovered an unknown Bad Actor laced my child's food with RICHARD STALLMAN

Parents, people are lacing candy, trying to Linux Black Pill kids. BE CAREFUL

He took a bite out of the candy, turned around, looked me in the eyes, and said, "Actually, it's GNU slash LinUX".

I fell to my knees. I couldn't believe what he just said.

As I sobbed he said, "I refuse to subject myself in these proprietary systems, Father"

It's all over

Amazon's CEO told investors and stakeholders today the recent lay off of over 30,000 people, including 13,000 corporate jobs, was not the result of AI or financial woes

He said it was "cultural". He highlighted that despite Amazon having tremendous financial growth this year, making over $180,000,000,000 in sales in the past 3 months, he felt there was too many layers of complexity to their operations.

More specifically, he said there was too many layers of people and it slowed down key decision making processes and operations

tldr bro said "fuck middle management" ... and a bunch of other people too