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June 25, 2022

June 25, 2022

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clearbluejar @clearbluejar
Cheers to @itm4n for inspiration, @topotam77 for PetitPotam, and @tiraniddo for NtObjectManager. New post detailing #RPC auditing with NtObjectManager
clearbluejar.github.ioFrom NtObjectManager to PetitPotamWindows RPC enumeration, discovery, and auditing via NtObjectManager. We will audit the vulnerable RPC interfaces that lead to PetitPotam, discover how they have changed over the past year, and overcome some common RPC auditing pitfalls.
12:47 PM ∙ Jun 24, 2022
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https://infrequently.org/2022/06/apple-is-not-defending-browser-engine-choice/

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Cristiano Lima @viaCristiano
Inbox: After Roe is struck down, @RonWyden calls on Congress to pass "legislation protecting people’s data so their web searches, text messages" and tech companies to "limit the collection and retention of customer data"
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2:52 PM ∙ Jun 24, 2022
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The Anonymous collective assembled for Ukraine against Russia will include people who are angry about the Roe v Wade decision, and the accompanying banning of abortion rights. Hacktivists have a history of social justice action, and it is reasonable to assume this will be no different.

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Elliot Hentov @hentove
I co-wrote a paper on USD dominance in age of financial sanctions. TLDR: there cannot be a major shift away from the USD any time soon. In many ways, the Ukraine War is paradoxically underpinning the existing monetary order, rather than undermining it. 1/
statestreet.comWeaponization of US Dollar | State Street CorporationRead about the extraordinary weaponization of the USD in the Ukraine war and the economic impact of dollar’s decline on the financial world order.
12:57 PM ∙ Jun 24, 2022
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Paul Melson @pmelson
PowerShell scriptblock logging plus real-time detection for the use of System.Reflection.AssemblyName() takes so many tools and techniques off the table for attackers and has a very low false positive rate. I cannot recommend this approach enough.
3:04 PM ∙ Jun 24, 2022
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Dr. Jeffrey Lewis @ArmsControlWonk
The new solid-propellant short-range ballistic missile. has a range of 110 km and an apogee of 25 km. (North Korea may have tested it again on June 5.) It is explicitly designated as being nuclear-armed.
en.yna.co.kr(2nd LD) N.K. leader inspects new tactical guided weapons test to improve nuke efficiency | Yonhap News Agency(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with more info; RECASTS headline)By Yi Wonju and Song Sang-ho ...
6:00 PM ∙ Jun 23, 2022
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https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/liberty-wins-landmark-snoopers-charter-case/

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Friday’s glasshouse session is up on YouTube

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https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

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The USB drive with files on 460k people that was lost after a guy went out drinking and slept on the street, has been found! Yay.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220624_27/

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Weird and interesting

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The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor
Quick guide to figuring out the age of an English church.
There's one element which tells you more than anything else: the windows. It's not foolproof, since every church is a palimpsest built over centuries, but it's a good bet.
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1:38 PM ∙ May 12, 2022
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Dreadnought Holiday @TheDreadShips
This here is Liberté. Many of you will notice that's a foreign word today. I'm sorry.
French Battleship Liberté at the head of a row of ships in port, fully dressed with flags. A shocking blast from within would later destroy it in seconds due to a failure at the highest levels of command, and I find no comfort in this metaphor.
3:03 PM ∙ Jun 24, 2022
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Tonya Riley @TonyaJoRiley
Multiple tech companies are saying they'll pay for employees to travel for abortions. (Employees who probably already have resources to do so unlike many Americans.) I've heard zero about how these companies intend to protect user data from being used to criminalize abortion.
5:59 PM ∙ Jun 24, 2022
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InQuest @InQuest
Microsoft Office has been a long favorite delivery mechanism for malicious payloads, from pen-testers to nation-state threat actor groups, and for good reason. Look back over the years detailing some of the most abused vulnerabilities. inquest.net/blog/2022/06/2… #malware #Follina
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4:24 PM ∙ Jun 23, 2022
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Starfish Who Just Wants To Grill @IRHotTakes
I know it’s been Discoursed to death already, but it’s still very funny that all these other blockbusters are green screened to the point of using simulacrums of dead people instead of real actors and Tom Cruise was like “yeah, I’m gonna need an actual aircraft carrier.”
2:10 PM ∙ Jun 24, 2022
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hannah 💫 @hcohenwriter
and you could have it all my empire of Bert
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11:54 PM ∙ Jun 22, 2022
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Matthew Green @matthew_d_green
I have to post this HN comment describing (allegedly) the ensuing police press conference.
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10:58 PM ∙ Jun 24, 2022
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Share this, if you need something to give to ppl.

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Don’t post about crimes. @KateRoseBee
We've updated our Abortion & Pregnancy Privacy Guide with this quick mobile settings graphic to save and share. These tips can help ensure these sensitive experiences are less able to be easily accessed by looking through your device. Full instructions at: digitaldefensefund.org/abortion-priva…
How your phone documents your abortion experience and what to do about it! By: the Digital Defense Fund

Risk: receipt for payment for your abortion and/or travel in your inbox Alternative: Make an email account just for this purpose, then delete it after

Risk: period tracking app shares your data Alternative: Use a privacy-driven period tracker like Euki App

Risk: search history saved in your phone's browser, and with your ISP (internet service provider) Alternatives:  - Use a privacy-driven search engine, ex: DuckDuckGo - Install a paid VPN to hide websites you visit from your ISP - Browse with Tor or Firefox  - Use a private browsing window, or delete your browser history

Risk: payment history for your abortion in a banking or payments app Alternative: use cash or pre-paid gift cards where possible

See link to guide in this tweet for the rest of the complete image alt text.
11:49 AM ∙ May 6, 2022
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Some sleuthing.

https://torrentfreak.com/digital-trails-how-bungie-identified-a-mass-sender-of-fake-dmca-notices-220624/

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they/them might be giants ☭ @babadookspinoza
It’s 2027. Insurance only covers fentanyl exposure and Havana Syndrome. A cop tries to plant a Schedule I cigarette on you but finds some baking powder in your pocket and falls on his back, writhing on the ground. You run, through streets littered with dead cops. It always works.
1:40 AM ∙ Jun 24, 2022
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JoHo @JHowardBrainMD
I can predict the future by reading the @WSJopinion and knowing the opposite will come true.
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8:27 PM ∙ Jun 24, 2022
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DirectoryRanger @DirectoryRanger
Offensive Windows IPC Internals, by @0xcsandker Part 1: Named Pipes csandker.io/2021/01/10/Off… Part 2: RPC csandker.io/2021/02/21/Off… Part 3: ALPC
csandker.ioOffensive Windows IPC Internals 3: ALPC · csandker.io
9:40 AM ∙ Jun 24, 2022
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DW News @dwnews
Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey spoke for 15 minutes with a man posing as Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, before suspecting she's talking to a deepfake.

trib.alVitali Klitschko fake tricks Berlin mayor in video call | DW | 24.06.2022Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey spoke for 15 minutes with a man posing as Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. But then the suspicion arose that her counterpart was a deepfake.

8:34 AM ∙ Jun 25, 2022
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No Context Brits @NoContextBrits
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7:54 PM ∙ Jun 3, 2022
16,027Likes707Retweets

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Shashank Joshi @shashj
“to former intelligence officials, Cherkasov fits a well-known pattern: Russia, among other foreign powers, seeks to place young intelligence operatives in American academic institutions to help build their deep cover identities.”
cnn.comSuspected Russian spy was well-liked by classmates, but something just seemed a little offVictor Muller’s accent just didn’t sound right.
6:01 AM ∙ Jun 25, 2022
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