June 22, 2022

                June 22, 2022

            June 22, 2022

“I learned it from watching you!”
Matthijs R. Koot @mrkootU.S. DOJ: Deputy U.S. Marshal charged w/unlawfully obtaining cell phone location info (Jun 14) justice.gov/opa/pr/deputy-…

He obtained location of phones of personal associates, incl. relationships & their spouses.

Indictment (.pdf, 16 pages) justice.gov/opa/press-rele… 

/c @thegrugq
4:30 PM ∙ Jun 21, 2022
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Jack Detsch @JackDetschNEW: Ukrainian military officials are increasingly worried that U.S.-provided Gray Eagle strike drones would get shot down by reinforced Russian air defenses in the Donbas region. 

"It’s not Afghanistan here," said one Ukrainian pilot.
foreignpolicy.com‘It’s Not Afghanistan’: Ukrainian Pilots Push Back on U.S.-Provided DronesBoth the Biden administration and Ukraine are worried that American strike drones would get shot down quickly.7:43 PM ∙ Jun 21, 2022
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This is amazing
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PunishedDreams @PunishedNightm3
The notion of AIs developing their own kinds of magic is terrifying 
2:02 PM ∙ Jun 19, 2022
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Wayfarer’s Agony @TH0MASBAHAMA
April - 1805…Napoleon is master of Europe…only the British fleet stands before him…ball is now life https://t.co/gzuL6L53zy
UB1UB2 @UB1UB2
A full-size floating basketball court created by Hennessey is traveling down the River Thames in London to celebrate the NBA's 75th Anniversary Season and the 2022 Finals https://t.co/D5jL2eVjqX3:51 PM ∙ Jun 21, 2022
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UB1UB2 @UB1UB2
A full-size floating basketball court created by Hennessey is traveling down the River Thames in London to celebrate the NBA's 75th Anniversary Season and the 2022 Finals 
7:52 AM ∙ Jun 10, 2022
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Richard Crowley @rcrowley
Has software naming ever topped Nero Burning ROM?2:27 PM ∙ Jun 21, 2022
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Anastasios Pingios @xorlgr
Believe it or not there are still ShadowBrokers leaks that haven't been analysed. Here's the SUAVEEYEFUL, a FreeBSD software implant targeting MiraPoint email appliances and used (in the 2000s) by #EQGRP #APT to spy on a Japanese university and China's MFA
xorl.wordpress.comThe forgotten SUAVEEYEFUL FreeBSD software implant of the EQUATION GROUPI was checking the 2017 ShadowBrokers leaks when I noticed that one of the EQUATION GROUP tools leaked back then has no public references/analysis (at least as far as I can tell). So, here is what …7:22 AM ∙ Jun 22, 2022
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Head of Ofcom, about to have new powers over social media, won’t use Twitter because of the level of harassment she gets. So, that’s a good sign.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-22/ofcom-ceo-melanie-dawes-bio-the-woman-regulating-uk-social-media-companies

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Smerity @Smerity
Referenced re: "Experimenting with Rust in Chromium", 2014's Chrome had "nearly 25000 (!!) allocations ... for every keystroke in the Omnibox (search box)". Whilst Chrome will have improved since I've no doubt we're surrounded by other dark rabbit holes.
groups.google.comBe careful when using std::string9:26 AM ∙ Jun 22, 2022
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OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical
A Ukrainian PD-1 drone hit the Russian Novoshakhtinsky refinery in Rostov Oblast. A very deep strike within Russian territory. 
8:18 AM ∙ Jun 22, 2022
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Ben Wagner @benwagne_r
So, a brief thread on the European Parliament @EP_PegaInquiry hearing yesterday evening with NSO, @Edin_O @skirchy and me speaking and many great questions from MEPs. 1/x 
PEGA Committee Press @EP_PegaInquiry
Reminder - coming up tomorrow (21/6):

- Discussion with Chaim Gelfand (Chief Compliance Officer, @NSOGroup) and external legal advisor Nicola Bonucci
- Public hearing "Stocktaking of EU spyware providers" w/@Edin_O, @skirchy & @benwagne_r

More info: https://t.co/w9zvAM4pqS
8:01 AM ∙ Jun 22, 2022
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Federico Dotta @apps3c
A few @semgrep rules to find SQL injection, XSS and authorization bypass in PHP lang and in PHP Yii framework
security.humanativaspa.itSemgrep rules for PHP security assessment - hn securityHi! According to the official documentation, Semgrep […]8:33 AM ∙ Jun 22, 2022
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EU Council Press @EUCouncilPress.@EUCouncil conclusions on a Framework for a coordinated EU response to hybrid campaigns.

Full text here 👇
consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…consilium.europa.euCouncil conclusions on a Framework for a coordinated EU response to hybrid campaignsCouncil conclusions on a Framework for a coordinated EU response to hybrid campaigns2:06 PM ∙ Jun 21, 2022
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Apparently the russians have been defeated in the cybers by western tech agencies. Wonder why that didnt do that before? 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/21/russia-ukraine-cyberwar-intelligence-agencies-tech-companies/

I have opinions on this. I’m trying to write them up, although I get so angry from the fractal of wrong and the complete bull shit.
thaddeus e. grugq 🌻 @thegrugq
Curious why the Russian cybers have been so weak? Wonder no more!

- public private partnerships
- information sharing
- the power of friendship

Read all about it:  
washingtonpost.comOpinion | How Russia’s vaunted cyber capabilities were frustrated in UkraineBig Tech, Western intelligence and a homegrown army of Ukrainian hackers pull off one of the biggest surprises of the war.7:51 AM ∙ Jun 22, 2022
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There’s another paper that is worse, so bad that I won’t even link it. It’s truly terrible.

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