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June 1, 2023

June 1, 2023

June 1, 2023

George Hall at 76 playing a 93 year old Indiana Jones set in 1992. Harrison Ford at 80 playing a 70 year old Indy set in 1969. pic.twitter.com/sWQvDTIEaM

— TIMESCANNER (@timescanner) May 31, 2023

Here are some general tools, good to know your options :
A curated list of awesome data visualization libraries and resources. 🔗https://t.co/jTWvSANlYu

And one that is specifically for infosec & your needed use. Uses Machine Learning algos.https://t.co/nk4sT1YptN

— ɠɧơʂɬɛɖ(ゴースト) (@ghosted_sound) May 31, 2023

Canada to work with U.S. to set up cyber security certification for defence contractors, Anand says - The Globe and Mail

Defence Minister Anita Anand said on Wednesday that Putin’s war on Ukraine ‘has reminded all of us that the cyber domain is crucial to our national security’


Agents seized 2 locked iPhones. Under warrant they forced suspect to use fingerprint to unlock. But agents failed to change settings to keep them unlocked and later demanded suspect give passcodes to open again. Lawyers say this constituted 2 searches when warrant only allows one https://t.co/sj1siRtktO

— Kim Zetter (@KimZetter) May 31, 2023

💬 "I am very focused on the profession of intelligence, where ‘intelligence’ refers to, we hope reliable, information that is not generally known and which can give us an information advantage over an adversary".
https://t.co/K7hMIPpO64

— Dr. Dan Lomas (@Sandbagger_01) May 31, 2023

If your entire modus operandi is being the favoured client journalist of FSB hack and leak operations for literally years, then don't be surprised if FVEY breath down your neck. https://t.co/6PfQgOsJBS

— Cᴀʟɪʙʀᴇ Oʙsᴄᴜʀᴀ (@CalibreObscura) May 31, 2023

Q&A: How DARPA hacked a science writer’s brain and turned her into a sharpshooter - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

A science writer tried brain surface electrical stimulation at a DARPA facility and went from a frustrated shooter to an expert sniper.


Authenticate OpenPGP keys

German eID can be linked to a PGP key. This strikes me as a really unfortunate decision given how shitty PGP is to use.

https://pgp.governikus.de/?lang=EN

FTC Says Ring Employees Illegally Surveilled Customers, Failed to Stop Hackers from Taking Control of Users' Cameras | Federal Trade Commission

The Federal Trade Commission charged home security camera company Ring with compromising its customers’ privacy by allowing any employee or contractor to access consumers’ private


More malicious extensions in Chrome Web Store | Almost Secure

So far I discovered 18 malicious extensions with 55 million users in total. Most popular ones are: Autoskip for Youtube, Crystal Ad block and Brisk VPN. They have been active for two years, undetected by Google.


Lordy, There Are Tapes [of Trump Acknowledging He Had Stolen Classified Documents]! - emptywheel

All trials are about prosecutors telling stories. This incident is a story so good that Trump tried to tell it himself, and in the process got recorded admitting he had stolen classified documents. 

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