July 26, 2023
July 26, 2023
Paco Hope #BLM: "@regehr@mastodon.social Back in the day, I got ca…" - Infosec Exchange
@regehr@mastodon.social Back in the day, I got called to a professor’s office (I was IT support in the CS department) and the professor was complaining his Sparc4 was running slow. First thing I did was minimise a window and there was just this black square. Bit by bit roaches slowly moved. Like 0.5 fps. So many xroaches under his xterm that it was just a solid black square. The roaches multiply if they’re left alone long enough. This professor NEVER moved windows. So roaches scurried under his windows and then sat there. Never disturbed by being exposed. Slowly multiplying at some rate. Some grad student had thought it would be funny to play a prank on the professor and run xroach on him. But the professor obviously never saw the roaches. So they hid under his windows slowly increasing until finally they soaked up so much RAM that it impaired performance.
John Regehr: "@dan@discuss.systems someone xroached John Knight…" - Mastodon
@dan@discuss.systems someone xroached John Knight (software engineering prof at UVA) one time and forgot about it, and John didn't notice either for like a month, and then he moved a window and there were like one million roaches behind it, I don't know if the machine even survived trying to make them all scurry for cover
o8vm/octox: xv6-riscv like OS written in Rust
GitHub - o8vm/octox: Unix-like OS in Rust inspired by xv6-riscv
Unix-like OS in Rust inspired by xv6-riscv. Contribute to o8vm/octox development by creating an account on GitHub.
Social engineering campaign targeting tech employees spreading through npm malware - Socket
The Lazarus Group launched a sophisticated social engineering campaign targeting developers in the cryptocurrency and cybersecurity sectors, using compromised accounts and malware-laden NPM packages.
I did not know there was an espionage mode for iOS + AirPods.
Use Live Listen with AirPods
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/airpods/dev85c352340/web
https://www.haftofthespear.com/we-learn-from-death/
FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users | Electronic Frontier Foundation
We’re in an exciting time for users who want to take back control from major platforms like Twitter and Facebook. However, this new environment comes with challenges and risks for user privacy, so we need to get it right and make sure networks like the Fediverse and Bluesky are mindful of past...
This is how the 1926 silent comedy short Danger Ahead ends pic.twitter.com/8w5a1wdlp3
— Silent Movie GIFs (@silentmoviegifs) July 25, 2023
Inconceivable horror descends from space and, through a series of terrifying manipulations of your own tiny world, manages to communicate that it thinks your hat’s shit https://t.co/LvbQPcB25H
— Honey (@benegotherit) July 25, 2023
A diver helps an octopus trade his plastic cup for a seashellpic.twitter.com/a3gSnXFr54
— Fascinating (@fasc1nate) July 24, 2023
Spirit of Halloween is already on it 🤣 pic.twitter.com/IqwGT8iot4
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) July 25, 2023
What he means is he's too stupid to use literally any appliance https://t.co/gurtLSct0A pic.twitter.com/yDEoSNHunY
— Mike Pearl (@MikeLeePearl) July 25, 2023
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