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February 28, 2024

February 28, 2024

February 28, 2024

Administrivia: the deadline for my final draft to get to the editor is the 1st. The 28th and 29th will probably be very short. Thank you for your understanding


him: my dad left when I was younger, around 7

me: before rush hour, smart move

— jo (@whatsJo) January 20, 2020


Great excerpt from @ByronTau's new book - how the Pentagon learned to use targeted ad data to locate and track Putin and other targets https://t.co/N2mtsvSeZi pic.twitter.com/CGqZbe3jSZ

— Kim Zetter (@KimZetter) February 27, 2024


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/voltschemer-attacks-use-wireless-chargers-to-inject-voice-commands-fry-phones/


A few years old but still a very well written writeup on zero click RCE vulnerabilities in Linux bluetooth stack (BleedingTooth)https://t.co/yVQvSi6hzT#bluetooth #cybersecurity pic.twitter.com/uaN2PpAuOt

— 0xor0ne (@0xor0ne) February 28, 2024


An age stigma around doing hardcore abstract things (maths, hacking, etc.) is based upon a wrong assumption that youth is a key issue, while it's ability to spend enormous amount of time nerding being financially covered by parents and not having responsibilities that does it.

— dunadan (@udunadan) February 28, 2024

And this is why vendor is disadvantaged against a vulnerability researcher: developer's job is developing a product, not obsessing over memory corruption issues all year long which requires a dedicated full-time occupation which brings zero economic value to a vendor.

— dunadan (@udunadan) February 28, 2024


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