Joseph Haydn
Album: String Quartets Volume VII, 1968
The Fine Arts Quartet
String Quartets Volume VII
#JosephHaydn #classical #string #60s #music #frogmas
#string
Trigger Bot 😱🎮
#game #gamer #cheat #software #fail #bug #chat #problem #News
♲ anonymiss - 2024-10-18 09:07:32 GMT
tl;dr: write "trigger bot" in the chat to #exploit #gaming #anticheat #software. This will result in permanently ban for the #gamer 😱- - - - - -
OVERVIEW
Signature scanning is a mechanism implemented by all modern anticheats. When used correctly, it is an effective way to catch and ban cheaters in video games.
Also antiviruses use this technique to catch and identify malware so the method is not new or fundamentally flawed.
The way signature scanning works is that it scans your computers memory for footprint of known cheat software.
This requires that the anticheat devs carefully analyze the cheat and create an UNIQUE signature that is only found in your RAM when the cheat is loaded and NEVER found when the cheat is not loaded.
RICOCHET AND SIGNATURE SCANS
As expected, Ricochet also uses signature scanning as one of its many methods of detecting and banning cheaters.
Earlier this year, when I was tracking memory allocations of their kernel module, I stumbled upon a memory region that caught my attention. Unlike most regions, this one contained
a lot of strings, all of them cheating related. Reversing the structure confirmed my suspicions; it was a list of signatures for a signature scan routine.
THE SIGNATURES
As I said before, anticheats must be extra careful when creating signatures for cheats - a bad signature could lead to innocent players being banned.
Well, without further ado, lets take a look at a few signatures Ricochet has been using:
53 63 72 65 65 6e 73 68 6f 74 20 63 6f 75 6e 74 65 72 (Screenshot counter)
54 72 69 67 67 65 72 20 42 6f 74 (Trigger Bot)
42 00 75 00 62 00 62 00 6c 00 65 00 20 00 45 00 53 00 50 00 (B.u.b.b.l.e. .E.S.P.)
As you can see, Ricochet is a big fan of using plaintext ASCII (and multibyte) strings for their signature scans. What could go wrong?
THE EXPLOIT
So now we know that anyone who has the sequence "Trigger Bot" in their games memory will be flagged as a cheater.
This might sound reasonable at first glance since "Trigger Bot" is a common occurrence in cheat menus. Surely you are using one if this phrase is found from your game, right?
Well, unfortunately for Ricochet, that's not the case. Someone sends a message in game chat, that message will be in your games memory. Someone sends you a friend request - their name will be in your games memory.
When you are playing a game, all the player names in your lobby - guess what? In your games memory.
THE IMPLICATIONS
For quite some time it has been possible to get people permanently banned by sending them a friend request or posting a message ("Nice Trigger Bot dude!") in game chat.
I even heard of someone who made an autohotkey script to spam join Warzone lobbies and post messages in chat to get anyone in the lobby banned who is scanned by Ricochet during the game (couldn't be me, honest).
I am in a position where I can say that several thousand random COD players were banned by this exploit before the streamers began to be targeted. Censor, Parasite - etc and the others were targeted before the big reveal. I planned to target more but it seems when several major streamers are perma banned, Ricochet will turn bans off and investigate. No fun. x)
This is the result of major oversight from the Ricochet team by using improper signatures.
Activision has already started to unban accounts that were banned using this exploit, but this comes with a caveat: also real cheaters who were caught by these signatures will get unbanned. Also Ricochet seems to not understand how many people got pwned by this with their small number claims. x)
You can read their statement here with highly downplays the number of false bans issued - https://x.com/CODUpdates/status/1847001212761350574
#bot #cheat #fail #bug #game #security #Problem #chat #string #trigger #news #cod
tl;dr: write "trigger bot" in the chat to #exploit #gaming #anticheat #software. This will result in permanently ban for the #gamer 😱
OVERVIEW
Signature scanning is a mechanism implemented by all modern anticheats. When used correctly, it is an effective way to catch and ban cheaters in video games.
Also antiviruses use this technique to catch and identify malware so the method is not new or fundamentally flawed.
The way signature scanning works is that it scans your computers memory for footprint of known cheat software.
This requires that the anticheat devs carefully analyze the cheat and create an UNIQUE signature that is only found in your RAM when the cheat is loaded and NEVER found when the cheat is not loaded.
RICOCHET AND SIGNATURE SCANS
As expected, Ricochet also uses signature scanning as one of its many methods of detecting and banning cheaters.
Earlier this year, when I was tracking memory allocations of their kernel module, I stumbled upon a memory region that caught my attention. Unlike most regions, this one contained
a lot of strings, all of them cheating related. Reversing the structure confirmed my suspicions; it was a list of signatures for a signature scan routine.
THE SIGNATURES
As I said before, anticheats must be extra careful when creating signatures for cheats - a bad signature could lead to innocent players being banned.
Well, without further ado, lets take a look at a few signatures Ricochet has been using:
53 63 72 65 65 6e 73 68 6f 74 20 63 6f 75 6e 74 65 72 (Screenshot counter)
54 72 69 67 67 65 72 20 42 6f 74 (Trigger Bot)
42 00 75 00 62 00 62 00 6c 00 65 00 20 00 45 00 53 00 50 00 (B.u.b.b.l.e. .E.S.P.)
As you can see, Ricochet is a big fan of using plaintext ASCII (and multibyte) strings for their signature scans. What could go wrong?
THE EXPLOIT
So now we know that anyone who has the sequence "Trigger Bot" in their games memory will be flagged as a cheater.
This might sound reasonable at first glance since "Trigger Bot" is a common occurrence in cheat menus. Surely you are using one if this phrase is found from your game, right?
Well, unfortunately for Ricochet, that's not the case. Someone sends a message in game chat, that message will be in your games memory. Someone sends you a friend request - their name will be in your games memory.
When you are playing a game, all the player names in your lobby - guess what? In your games memory.
THE IMPLICATIONS
For quite some time it has been possible to get people permanently banned by sending them a friend request or posting a message ("Nice Trigger Bot dude!") in game chat.
I even heard of someone who made an autohotkey script to spam join Warzone lobbies and post messages in chat to get anyone in the lobby banned who is scanned by Ricochet during the game (couldn't be me, honest).
I am in a position where I can say that several thousand random COD players were banned by this exploit before the streamers began to be targeted. Censor, Parasite - etc and the others were targeted before the big reveal. I planned to target more but it seems when several major streamers are perma banned, Ricochet will turn bans off and investigate. No fun. x)
This is the result of major oversight from the Ricochet team by using improper signatures.
Activision has already started to unban accounts that were banned using this exploit, but this comes with a caveat: also real cheaters who were caught by these signatures will get unbanned. Also Ricochet seems to not understand how many people got pwned by this with their small number claims. x)
You can read their statement here with highly downplays the number of false bans issued - https://x.com/CODUpdates/status/1847001212761350574
#bot #cheat #fail #bug #game #security #Problem #chat #string #trigger #news #cod
Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8
Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110, is one of the most significant and moving works in the entire string quartet repertoire. Composed in 1960, during a time when Shostakovich was deeply disillusioned with the Soviet regime, the quartet is a powerful testament to his personal struggles and convictions.
The quartet is unique in that it's dedicated "to the victims of fascism and war," reflecting his own experiences during World War II and the heavy toll that war and political repression took on the Soviet population. Many also interpret this quartet as Shostakovich's own personal musical testament or even an obituary, due to its emotional depth and the way it draws on themes from his previous works.
The quartet is structured in five movements, played without pause:
Largo
Allegro molto
Allegretto
Largo
Largo
A distinctive feature of the piece is the "DSCH" motif, which is derived from Shostakovich's own initials. In German musical notation, D, E flat, C, and B natural are denoted as D, S, C, and H, respectively. This theme is prevalent throughout the quartet, creating a haunting and deeply personal musical signature.
Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 is highly emotional and filled with pain, grief, and despair, but it also contains moments of resilience and even defiance. It's a profound expression of the human spirit in the face of suffering and oppression.
#Shostakovich #StringQuartet #String #Quartet #music #war #fascism
How to create a #DnB track like #Skepsis' Know What It Means - #MusicRadar #Tech
After making his name with a #string of #bassline #singles, #UK #producer Skepsis has recently ventured into the realms of producing #drum & #bass, a #sound that has long been a staple element of his #DJ sets. We visited him in his #Liverpool #studio to watch him break down one of his first DnB releases, Know What It Means, featuring Raphaella.
Know What It Means is out now via Crucast
See more from Skepsis in issue 396 of #FutureMusic #magazine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0biojox70k
#music #sample #sampling
#Film & #TV #Music Pt. 2 : Recreated on #Synthesizers - #LukeMillion
This #collection of jams features music from #Airwolf, Conquest of Paradise, #MiamiVice, #KnightRider ( #K2000), #TopGun, #MortalKombat, #DoctorWho, #GameOfThrones, The Long Good Friday, The #RunningMan and #TwinPeaks.
Equipment used includes;
#Arp #Odyssey Mk1
#E-MU #Emax
E-MU #Emulator ii
#Korg #MS20
Korg #RK100 S2
#Moog #Grandmother
Moog #Multimoog
#Oberheim #OB8
#Rhodes #Mk1 Electric Piano
#Roland #Juno 6
Roland #Jupiter 4
Roland #SH2
Roland #VP330
#Sequential Prophet 5 Rev 3
#Solina #String Ensemble
#Yamaha #CP70b Electric Piano
Yamaha #CS40m
Yamaha #DX7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPM-aKwhK3c
#filmmusic #synthesizer #tvmusic #musique #générique
Nord Stream 1 & 2 - Is sabotage behind it?
#Russia ready to send #gas to #EU via Nord Stream 2 — Minister
Supplies are possible through the #undamaged #string of the #pipeline, according to Aleksander Novak
Russia is able to supply gas to the European Union through a string of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that that was not damaged by the recent sabotage, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksander Novak has told RIA Novosti.
The former energy minister described the attempts to destroy Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 as deliberate.
“Unfortunately, due to sabotage, one string [of Nord Stream 2] was damaged, and an examination is required to make further decisions on the fate of the string,” Novak explained.
“As for the second string, it is ready, fully built, and if the necessary legal decisions are made by our European colleagues regarding the certification and removal of restrictions, I think Russia could provide appropriate supplies through this string of the gas pipeline in a short time,” he said.
The Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines abruptly lost pressure on September 26, following a series of powerful underwater explosions off the Danish island of Bornholm. The incident caused massive gas leaks, with large volumes entering the sea. The ruptures are widely considered to be the result of sabotage, carried out by an unknown party.
The deputy premier also said that neither the operator of the Nord Stream project, nor Gazprom or industrial regulator Rostekhnadzor, were allowed to investigate the incidents on the pipelines, adding that an objective probe requires the participation of Russian professionals.
Earlier this week, the operators of the two gas pipelines said they were unable to inspect the damaged sections because of restrictions imposed by the Danish and Swedish authorities.
Nord Stream 2 AG, the Switzerland-based operator, said on Tuesday it would examine the condition of the leaking pipelines once a police investigation of the “crime scene” is completed and a cordon is lifted. Later Nord Stream AG, operator of the older Nord Stream 1 pipeline, said it had been told by Danish authorities that receiving the necessary permits to carry out an inspection could take over 20 working days.
Meanwhile, unnamed sources told CNN that Washington is considering offering to use its most advanced underwater sound reading capabilities to analyse audio recordings from around the time of the Nord Stream gas pipelines’ apparent sabotage.
Russia earlier called rupturing of the pipelines a terrorist attack. While those behind it have not yet been identified, Moscow has suggested the US was to blame.
https://www.rt.com/business/564148-n
Nord Stream 2 AG, the Switzerland-based operator,
Nord Stream AG [ AG is the Swiss form of Inc or Ltd ]
Who We Are
Nord Stream AG, based in Zug, #Switzerland, is an international consortium of five major companies established in 2005 for the planning, construction and subsequent operation of two 1,224-kilometre natural gas pipelines through the Baltic Sea.
The five shareholders of the Nord Stream consortium are Gazprom international projects LLC (PJSC Gazprom subsidiary), Wintershall Dea AG (formerly Wintershall Holding GmbH), PEG Infrastruktur AG (E.ON), N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie and ENGIE. Gazprom international projects LLC holds a 51 percent stake in the pipeline project.
Leading German energy companies Wintershall Dea AG and PEGI/E.ON hold 15.5 percent each, and the Dutch natural gas infrastructure company N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, along with the leading French energy provider ENGIE, each hold a 9 percent stake. The combined experience of these companies ensures the best technology, safety and corporate governance for the Nord Stream project, which aims to provide a secure energy supply for Europe.
The twin pipelines, which have been operational since 2011 and 2012 respectively, have the capacity to transport a combined total of about 55 bcm of gas a year – that's enough to satisfy the energy demand of more than 26 million European households. Nord Stream has designed the pipelines to operate for at least 50 years.
Total investment in the pipeline system was 7.4 billion euros. This financing stemmed partly from Nord Stream's shareholders, which provided 30 percent of the project costs through equity contributions proportionate to their shares in the joint venture. Some 70 percent was financed externally by means of project financing from banks and export credit agencies.
I get bothered by "wasting" bits when I program. For instance, I have this data that consists of a #string of two characters, we'll call them and x and o, the letters, such that the string is just: xxxxxxxxoooxxxxxxxxooooxxxxxxxxxxooooo. And then I do things with it. In #Ruby. This is all in Ruby. It bothers me that I store and manipulate that data, which is binary as ASCII (or internally, for all I know, Ruby might me working on wchars? I don't know). I can operate on it as a string of flipping integers as well. So, the above string could be expressed as an array of integers: "x", 8, 4, 9, 5, 11, 5 (I didn't count, but it's something like that.)
These all end up being huge strings. What I am doing is generating images off of these strings and the dimensions of the images change. So, for instance the first image might be 1,440 elements wide by 365 elements tall. The second will be 1,441 elements wide by 364. And the third 1,442 elements wide, and so on. There's a lot of slow data skewing going on. I am #skewing the data, basically. And then treating the skewed data as if it is not skewed. I have my reasons. This involves a lot of up and down scaling of the data. So if my data starts out as 144 in width. I will upscale it to 1,440, skew it at 10× scale, and then downscale it back to the original scale and present it that way.
So in memory, because I am operating on bytes, the #data ends up being huge (by my reckoning, which is very eighties in its origin. I don't like having 60 megabyte things out there, my first computer had 64K of memory). So I want to work on the data as bits. I am such a moron.
▫Liquorice▫
🎼Vision String Quartet🎼
🎻Vision String Quartet🎻
Jakob Encke ▫ violin
Daniel Stoll ▫ violin
Sander Stuart ▫ viola
Leonard Disselhorst ▫ cello
#TeamSintti #TuneForToday #musiikki #music #string #quartet #VisionStringQuartet #Liquorice https://youtu.be/_C9iOvuygLo
#Bridge made of #string: Peruvians weave 500-year-old #Incan crossing back into place | #Peru | The Guardian
#Engineering #CivilEngineering #SouthAmerica #Heritage #IndigenousPeople
Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 16, Op. 135
— Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (17 December 1770 -- 26 March 1827)
— Performers: Alban Berg Quartett
— Year of recording: 1981String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135, written in 1826.
00:00 - I. Allegretto
06:22 - II. Vivace [Scherzo]
09:50 - III. Lento assai e cantante tranquillo
17:39 - IV. Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro ("Der schwer gefasste Entschluss")Beethoven wrote the bulk of this, his final quartet, in a two-month burst of activity amid health problems and shortly after his nephew Karl attempted to commit suicide. But there's not a hint of self-pity or anguish in this compact, good-natured work. For Beethoven's valedictory composition, this quartet is surprisingly small-scaled, finding inspiration in the quartets of Beethoven's one-time teacher Haydn.
#LudwigvanBeethoven #classical #string #music
