US Politics/2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread

[aygart]

These guys claim that what was released as evidence of the hacks being done by Russia is very shaky and even seems to point away from it having been done by a government intelligence agency.

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/12/russia-malware-ip-hack/

Malware Conclusions DHS and DNI have released a joint statement that says:
“This document provides technical details regarding the tools and infrastructure used by the Russian civilian and military intelligence Services (RIS) to compromise and exploit networks and endpoints associated with the U.S. election, as well as a range of U.S. Government, political, and private sector entities. The report contains specific indicators of compromise, including IP addresses and a PHP malware sample.”
The PHP malware sample they have provided appears to be P.A.S. version 3.1.0 which is commonly available and the website that claims to have authored it says they are Ukrainian. It is also several versions behind the most current version of P.A.S which is 4.1.1b. One might reasonably expect Russian intelligence operatives to develop their own tools or at least use current malicious tools from outside sources.

Overall Conclusion The IP addresses that DHS provided may have been used for an attack by a state actor like Russia. But they don’t appear to provide any association with Russia. They are probably used by a wide range of other malicious actors, especially the 15% of IP addresses that are Tor exit nodes.
The malware sample is old, widely used and appears to be Ukrainian. It has no apparent relationship with Russian intelligence and it would be an indicator of compromise for any website.
You can find a public repository containing the data used in this report on github.
As always I welcome your comments. Please note that I will delete any political comments. Our goal in this report is to merely analyze the data DHS provided and share our findings.
Mark Maunder – Wordfence Founder/CEO

[good sam]

What say we leave this thread in 2016?

[Work-for-ur-muny]

What say we leave this thread in 2016?

Was supposed to be left in November. 

[JTZ]

What say we leave this thread in 2016?

Then we need a new one. 

[mmgfarb]

What say we leave this thread in 2016?

+1 this conversation should permanently be moved to the "Israel's best friend" thread.

[Work-for-ur-muny]

Then we need a new one. 

I'll suggest a title: "2017 Post-Election Syndrome - Where the Disagreement Hasn't Ended".

[JTZ]

I'll suggest a title: "2017 Post-Election Syndrome - Where the Disagreement Hasn't Ended".

I was thinking more like "Who grabbed who by what?"

[Work-for-ur-muny]

I was thinking more like "Who grabbed who by what?"

Such nitty-gritty belongs in the wiki... 

[aygart]

I was thinking more like "Who grabbed who by what?"

so much for respect for the president, though I guess you can't be elected to respect him more than he respects himself. But seriously, you need to get past his disgusting statements since he will be leading the country whether you like it or not.

[JTZ]

so much for respect for the president, though I guess you can't be elected to respect him more than he respects himself. But seriously, you need to get past his disgusting statements since he will be leading the country whether you like it or not.

On 1/20 he will be our president but his disgusting statements/actions is part of who he is.

[gozalim]

so much for respect for the president, though I guess you can't be elected to respect him more than he respects himself. But seriously, you need to get past his disgusting statements since he will be leading the country whether you like it or not.

JTZ's problem isn't the vulgarity...

[aygart]

On 1/20 he will be our president but his disgusting statements/actions is part of who he is.

JTZ's problem isn't the vulgarity...

I get that and agree with it. The difference between his regularly bringing it into everything he says or does is only slightly different from what he finds so objectionable about the way some here talk about Obama.

[JTZ]

JTZ's problem isn't the vulgarity...

I get that and agree with it.

I agree to.

[JTZ]

The difference between his regularly bringing it into everything he says or does is only slightly different from what he finds so objectionable about the way some here talk about Obama.

You want to compare the character of the two individuals?

[aygart]

You want to compare the character of the two individuals?

Each one has his own package of shortcomings.

[JTZ]

Each one has his own package of shortcomings.

I will take that as a no. 

[aygart]

I will take that as a no. 

Correct. It is irrelevant at this point. I will not and have not defended his character. It is what it is. The question is not the legitimacy of the complaint but it's being brought in to every single thing he says or does whether relevant or not similar, but not equivalent, to when others bring in Obama's_________________

[JTZ]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/poll-trump-will-start-off-term-in-historically-weak-position/ar-BBxOZ5X?li=BBnb7Kz

[springles]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/poll-trump-will-start-off-term-in-historically-weak-position/ar-BBxOZ5X?li=BBnb7Kz

well we all know how well polls work with trump

[JTZ]

well we all know how well polls work with trump

That will be the standard answer every time there is a negative poll.