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May 3, 2023

May 3, 2023

May 3, 2023

[2304.14717] faulTPM: Exposing AMD fTPMs' Deepest Secrets

Trusted Platform Modules constitute an integral building block of modern security features. Moreover, as Windows 11 made a TPM 2.0 mandatory, they are subject to an ever-increasing academic challenge. While discrete TPMs - as found in higher-end systems - have been susceptible to attacks on their exposed communication interface, more common firmware TPMs (fTPMs) are immune to this attack vector as they do not communicate with the CPU via an exposed bus. In this paper, we analyze a new class of a...


Film studios lose bid to unmask Reddit users who wrote comments on piracy | Ars Technica

Judge voids subpoena, says film studios sought info that isn't relevant to case.


Mac Monitor

The macOS version of procmon, claims red canary.

https://redcanary.com/blog/mac-monitor/

Thus, some of us have never stopped calling it: pic.twitter.com/baUFS20MYD

— ...and that was how we lost the war (@HowWeLostTheWar) May 2, 2023

150 African Workers for AI Companies Vote to Unionize | TIME

More than 150 workers for Facebook, TikTok and ChatGPT pledged to establish the first African Content Moderators Union


He loves his job 😈😈😈 pic.twitter.com/A5Jb951ml7

— JimLeitrim2 (@JimLeitrim2) April 30, 2023

Broken login, broken DMs, god knows what next. In earnest, I'm actually saddened seeing the decline of Twitter in the Elon era. Twitter was where I met my wife, the love of my life and the mother of my children. Now that Twitter is dying, I have no way to contact these three.

— Sridhar Ramesh (@RadishHarmers) May 1, 2023

“You want to put that inside Elmo?”
“Yes.”
“And Elmo get twenty dollars?”
“That’s right.”
“Elmo want to see money first.” pic.twitter.com/L0SxZOTjzs

— Uncle Duke (@UncleDuke1969) May 22, 2021

IYMI: @agents_media report GRU illegal Pablo Gonzales, aka Pavel Rubsov (detained in Poland last year) was able to infiltrate the Boris Nemtsov Foundation, befriended its key members and stole and reported to Center data about their activities:https://t.co/T9q2UK2ugJ

— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) May 2, 2023

Interesting reading about UEFI, secure boot and BlackLotus bootkit
Credits Alex Matrosov (@binarly_io)https://t.co/slvEL4MvxV#malware pic.twitter.com/5rFVzX60xc

— 0xor0ne (@0xor0ne) May 3, 2023

https://twitter.com/ridt/status/1653607203188748290

https://twitter.com/ridt/status/1653607203188748290

Constant Activity Defines Cyber Operations | CYBERCOM’s strategic approach is “persistent engagement,” said GEN Paul Nakasone, and this requires cooperation among a diverse set of partners. https://t.co/mwDqUdjCBC @signalmag

— 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber) (@780thC) May 3, 2023

Recruiting Cyber Soldiers From a Young Age | “You cannot fake the funk in this business, if you don't have technical depth, you can't do the mission,” said @CG_CyberForge https://t.co/f6cTJNlwSv

— 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber) (@780thC) May 3, 2023

🚨 New intra-day satellite imagery of the Korla East Test Site in Xinjiang, China, shows the operation of laser anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) to engage with Western satellites.
https://t.co/n8oD1kwtEV

— Byron Wan (@Byron_Wan) May 3, 2023

Amnesty International criticised for using AI-generated images | Colombia | The Guardian

Group has removed AI images used to promote their reports on social media, including fake photos of Colombia’s 2021 protests


https://twitter.com/dalperovitch/status/1653725457987039232

Astonishing footage of last night's drone attack on the Kremlin pic.twitter.com/3rghCHdIed

— Francis Scarr (@francis_scarr) May 3, 2023

There is no such thing as “military-grade” spyware. This is a made-up term that has no meaning. Same for “military-grade” encryption. Call it sophisticated, call it government spyware. But don’t call it “military-grade.”

— Kim Zetter (@KimZetter) May 3, 2023

It is definitely not military grade. Military grade means it’s made by the lowest bidder, it comes in green, and it’s primary design goal is to still function after it’s been manhandled by clumsy 18yr olds for decades.

— thaddeus e. grugq thegrugq@infosec.exchange (@thegrugq) May 3, 2023
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