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February 22, 2024

February 22, 2024

February 22, 2024

Consumers: oh no, my PC game has horse armor microtransactions

Industrial equipment folks: pic.twitter.com/IRGTbPJRhQ

— lcamtuf (@lcamtuf@infosec.exchange) (@lcamtuf) February 21, 2024


I would also just like to say: I’m shocked that Apple updated iMessage in 2019 to remove RSA and I literally had no idea. And this is nuts because I think I’m the only person on Earth who cares.

— Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green) February 21, 2024


Myanmar’s Spring Revolution is Redefining 21st-Century Warfare

Myanmar's civil war demonstrates how insurgent groups can harness home-grown technologies to take on powerful conventional militaries. The consequences of this cannot be understated.


Excellent series by @Ahm3d_H3sham on PE file format internalshttps://t.co/LxEJeLLmcXhttps://t.co/mZNoapgO2ihttps://t.co/fFjMAVo7bOhttps://t.co/SjgSqlBrFWhttps://t.co/EtcJ7TqX7Shttps://t.co/xey0z0O7PIhttps://t.co/qnyEWtxju1#infosec #cybersecurity pic.twitter.com/yseH45XM3F

— 0xor0ne (@0xor0ne) February 21, 2024


Analyzing data leaks is a very interesting Intel challenge, especially when you’re dealing with a foreign language 🤓

The I-SOON leak, which contains mostly PNG files of screenshots of documents, is a good example 🔎

Last night, I created a Notebook to automatically process and… pic.twitter.com/Hw6qS8ONvY

— Thomas Roccia 🤘 (@fr0gger_) February 21, 2024


in the spirit of transparency, here’s what @rpetrich & I wrote in response to @CISAgov’s RFI on Secure by Design: https://t.co/xwj5faCL7e

we believe Secure by Design can & should align with biz goals like velocity, dev productivity, and reliability

blog: https://t.co/945xTb2KAC

— Kelly Shortridge (@swagitda_) February 21, 2024


so in a remarkable plot twist, all the stupid leftist infighting has actually accomplished something pic.twitter.com/L5DPGOwPQZ

— \newcommand{\femb0t}{ (@__femb0t) February 21, 2024

Good work, comrades!


Meta's neural interface works by electromyography (EMG), which tracks signals from the brain that pass through the wrist pic.twitter.com/1JR0TNieHX

— Tsarathustra (@tsarnick) February 21, 2024


Earlier we spoke with ALPHV ransomware group. We asked their opinion on the recent takedown of the Lockbit ransomware group website.

ALPHV, their long time competitor, offered words of encouragement for their competitor. They said and quote: "Lockbit is a pussy"

— vx-underground (@vxunderground) February 21, 2024


#BREAKING #ESETresearch discovered Operation Texonto, a disinformation campaign intended to demoralize Ukrainians. We detected two spam waves: November and late December 2023. The emails warn about drug or food shortages, or suggest amputating a limb to avoid military. 🇺🇦🇷🇺 1/5 pic.twitter.com/SvIkypkffc

— ESET Research (@ESETresearch) February 21, 2024


Breaking news: coolest guy on earth discovered, given sickest rap sheet of all time pic.twitter.com/im76HKT2jg

— Chumpy! (@chump_dick) February 21, 2024

NEWS

Federal prosecutors have charged Takeshi Ebisawa, a Japanese Yakuza leader, with attempting to traffic nuclear materials from Burma to other countries.

Samples tested by US government scientists proved that Ebisawa was indeed in possession of weapons grade Plutonium and… pic.twitter.com/AFqg3DtCEi

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) February 21, 2024


North Korean Missile Used In Ukraine Was Packed Full Of U.S. Parts

A full 75 percent of components documented from wreckage of a North Korean missile fired by Russia appear to have originated from U.S. firms.

Story: https://t.co/kI8YBhMZsx

— Tyler Rogoway (@Aviation_Intel) February 20, 2024


👀 https://t.co/8qIjJPsh4g pic.twitter.com/qNhoRhs6uM

— Thomas Rid (@RidT) February 21, 2024


I just want to add one thing I should have said more clearly in the previous thread (below).

Apple’s recent crypto upgrades all target threats that are (implicitly) only likely to come from nation-state adversaries. This is significant; politically. https://t.co/tuFkHswRpC

— Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green) February 21, 2024


Today the Ukraine police announced they have arrested a Father-and-Son duo who were Lockbit affiliates.

More information: https://t.co/fNOP5h8oGC pic.twitter.com/87sWtrctpE

— vx-underground (@vxunderground) February 21, 2024


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