When it comes to the operating system of computers, everyone is familiar with it, and it is undoubtedly Microsoft that is "immersive".
According to Microsoft's recent announcement, the number of global users of its Windows operating system has exceeded the 1 billion mark, which not only reflects the widespread use of Windows around the world, but also shows Microsoft's strong competitiveness and far-reaching influence in the operating system market.
However, what makes the world unbelievable is that the Microsoft system, which has always been trusted and relied on, has also become a big mess and is world-class!
Since the afternoon of July 19, a large number of Windows users around the world have experienced computer crashes, blue screen of death, and inability to restart. The outage affected a number of Microsoft 365 office services, including critical applications such as Teams.
After the incident, Microsoft's official response said that the failure was not caused by Microsoft's related services and products, but due to third-party antivirus software. The issue comes from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, whose main product, Falcon, has been updated to trigger a massive blue screen of death issue for Windows users.
Li Zhenning, deputy general manager of Kylin Software Co., Ltd., introduced:
"The reason for this incident was that CrowdStrike lacked adequate testing on its security profile, resulting in 'bugs' (error codes) being deployed directly to production without adequate testing."
It stands to reason that network security software is supposed to be the "guardian saint" of computer systems against viruses and hacker attacks, but who knows, it not only does not protect, but also attacks, which is really unheard of, especially when it happens to Microsoft.
According to Microsoft's report, the massive outage, which affected approximately 8.5 million devices installed with Microsoft's Windows operating system worldwide, may be the largest IT outage ever.
As a result, many industries such as finance, aviation, healthcare, media, retail, and logistics in many countries around the world have been "shut down".
According to the flight status tracking website FlightAware, at least 2,500 flights in the United States were canceled and more than 8,300 were delayed on the same day.
I have to say that a "small blue screen" of Microsoft suddenly caused a "big earthquake" around the world: the scope of the impact is incredible; The huge losses caused are immeasurable; The shock and reflection left to the world are innumerable.
There is no doubt that this event that shocked the world has also given the world a heavy wake-up call, advanced technology has solved many problems and greatly helped people, but don't be negligent and forget, it is a double-edged sword.
Fortunately, this "big earthquake" was only caused by oneself, if it was hacked, then the consequences would be more serious and more terrible!
If you have watched the United States blockbuster "Fast and Furious 8", you will definitely have a more intuitive and skin-to-skin feeling of this Microsoft blue screen incident.
Top hacker Charlize Theron hacked into car systems through technology, remotely controlled thousands of cars, and commanded "zombie convoys" to go on a rampage, resulting in a series of shocking street chase scenes
The new cars in the store, under the shocked eyes of countless people, suddenly started on their own one by one, and then swished towards the road without driving, speeding around, leaving exclamations and debris all the way.
Such a scene is indeed shocking and terrifying, which is unforgettable, but it is also a wake-up call to the world: once the car is invaded and controlled by someone with malicious intentions, the consequences are unimaginable.
Now, whether it is the major domestic car manufacturers or Tesla, they are secretly competing on autonomous driving, and it depends on who will take the lead in the world.
Autonomous driving, to be honest, is indeed a good thing, at least, it solves the burden of driving tired, and brings unparalleled ease and pleasure to drivers and passengers.
It's good that you don't need to be driven, but it's just replaced by a computer. Although computers have many advantages over the human brain, they are designed and planned by people. The human brain is not 100% immune to problems, let alone a computer made and designed by a human?
No matter how good the operating system, no matter how strong the security application, no matter how capable the software technology, there will definitely be loopholes. As the saying goes, "if you are a hundred dense, you will eventually have a leak".
Otherwise, there would be no "Fast & Furious 8" thrilling blockbuster of hacking car systems and remote control.
Perhaps, you will think, isn't that a movie, not from reality. Well, I'll give you another real-life example.
Around us, hackers have been hacking into car systems for a long time.
Two hackers, Charlie · Miller and Chris · Valasek, remotely sent commands to Chrysler's Uconnect on-board system through software while the Cherokee was driving, activating various functions on the car.
They can control functions such as reducing speed, shutting down the engine, and braking suddenly or disabling the brakes. They can also control the GPS device on the vehicle, obtain the coordinates and speed of the target vehicle, and then track the vehicle's path on the map. The most lethal of these is to make the brakes fail, which can cause the vehicle to slide sideways and affect personal safety.
Scary or not? Frightened or not?
Imagine how you would feel when you were speeding in a self-driving car, and suddenly the car automatically turned on the double flash, opened the sunroof, or even braked?
With the domestic car brand BYD Tang, you can control the vehicle at close range for unmanned driving through a remote control, and it is easy to control its steering, travel and braking control.
If it is hacked into the control system, then is it up to you to decide? As for what the consequences will be, I think, it goes without saying, right?
The system seems to be very airtight, a powerful firewall, and a super powerful security guard, but in the eyes of hackers, there will always be, and there will be, loopholes.
Tesla, in terms of new energy vehicles, relatively speaking, sells the hottest, but it also has a lot of loopholes!
As early as 2016, the Cohen Lab conducted experiments on some Tesla models, and captured Tesla Model S P85 and Model S 75D, and realized remote control of the vehicle's parking and driving state.
In 2019, the Cohen Lab once again passed the Tesla system vulnerability, and the Autopilot function can also be used to control the driving direction of the vehicle through the gamepad when the Autopilot system is not actively turned on by the owner.
This is enough to show that Tesla models have greater safety risks.
At present, Tesla is moving towards a higher goal - autonomous driving. Autonomous driving, including semi-automatic driving at this stage, realizes the process of perceiving the environment around the vehicle through various sensors installed on the vehicle, and the data is transmitted to the analysis and processing unit, and the control unit is judged according to the results sent by the analysis and processing unit, and then sends commands to the actuator of the vehicle to make different commands such as steering, accelerating, and braking.
At the Defcon Hacking Conference, Jianhao Liu, head of the 360 Automotive Information Security Lab, Xu Wenyuan, professor/doctoral supervisor of Zhejiang University, and Yan Chen, Zhejiang University, demonstrated and introduced how to fool the ultrasonic sensors, cameras and millimeter-wave radar on the Tesla Model S to make the semi-autonomous driving system on the car make the wrong decision. Although starting with sensors is not an easy way to attack. But in fact, this is also a kind of warning, the safety of autonomous vehicles is exactly what people are worried about, and cannot be ignored. In addition to sensors, data transmission, V2X, and CAN bus architecture are all nodes that need attention.
Once these functional hardware are controlled by hackers, then not only the safety of the car, but also our lives are in danger of not being able to protect themselves.
Nowadays, many cities have become popular with "carrot run" online car-hailing. It is a new and upgraded unmanned vehicle travel service brought by Baidu Apollo.
To be honest, sitting in a driverless car, with your eyes closed, bathed in melodious music, don't have a lot of happiness in your heart. This is all the feedback and love that high technology brings us.
Don't forget, science and technology are a double-edged sword that is cold and sharpened like mud, which can help us open roads in mountains and build bridges in water, but it will also bring us many difficulties and dangers.
If "Carrot Run" is hacked and controlled, it is difficult to avoid the real-life version of "Fast and Furious".
Another example is artificial intelligence, which is now in full swing. It is good to benefit thousands of households and industries, but its dangerousness has long been revealed, and it cannot arouse vigilance and attention.
Elon ·Musk, president of Tesla, said: "I think it (artificial intelligence) has the potential to end humanity. I may agree with Geoff Hinton (known as the godfather of deep learning) that it's about 10% or 20% or something like that. I think the positives may outweigh the negatives. ”
When science and technology are not developed, there is no powerful external object to rely on and help, human beings can only use their brains more and be diligent in their hands, and naturally, their survival ability is amazingly powerful.
The more advanced science and technology are, the more it can help human beings, benefit human beings, ease human beings, and happy human beings, which is a great blessing and happy event, but it will also make human beings believe in science and technology more and more, and rely too much on science and technology, resulting in more and more human dependence, and adaptation to society, or survival ability, will show a terrible decreasing trend.
At the end of 2016, the famous United Kingdom physicist Stephen Hawking publicly stated in a speech at Oxford University: human beings can survive in the world for less than a thousand years.
This may not be groundless.
As for one of the reasons, it is naturally indispensable to have a "helping hand" of high technology!
Science and technology, whether human beings are its masters or slaves, this is a major event related to the future and destiny of mankind, life and death!
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