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October 14, 2022

October 14, 2022

My keynote from Tallinn BSides is up on YouTube. Go learn about cyber during wartime and civilian involvement…

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Dakota Cary @DakotaInDC
Friday's measures were a huge shot across the bow on global trade and the next few years will be defined by other countries' responses. We're at the dawn of a new period in global commerce.
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Demetri @Dimi
World’s top semiconductor equipment suppliers halt business with China after new US export controls https://t.co/vSkPb1NcRQ
11:11 AM ∙ Oct 13, 2022
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Dino A. Dai Zovi @dinodaizovi
🎉 I'd like to share something that I'm legit really excited about: github.com/cashapp/pivit Pivit is our tool that we've been using for git signing using hardware-attested private keys generated in Yubikey's PIV applet (we send the CSR to a CA that verifies attestation). PTAL!
github.comGitHub - cashapp/pivitContribute to cashapp/pivit development by creating an account on GitHub.
2:05 PM ∙ Oct 13, 2022
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Alex West @siwaratrikalpa
10th-century Muslim historian al-Masʿūdī (trans. Paul Lunde): 'Of all these peoples, the Franks are the most warlike, unassailable, and numerous. They have the most extensive kingdom and many cities, and are the best organized and the most obedient to their rulers... https://t.co/0VIK84AMCl
8:59 AM ∙ Oct 13, 2022
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Chet Dorn, Global CISO @chetdorn
Endpoints are like kids: I have no idea how many I have, where they are, or how they're doing.
7:45 PM ∙ Oct 13, 2022
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andreasdotorg @andreasdotorg
RCE in Linux kernel Wifi.
lwn.net[oss-security] Various Linux Kernel WLAN security issues (RCE/DOS) found [LWN.net]
4:24 PM ∙ Oct 13, 2022
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Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff
It's hard to overstate how seismic this is. I'm told this may be the first pattern and practice investigation into a prosecutor's office, ever. Law Twitter, please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Matt Ferner @fernermatt
WOW: US DOJ finds that the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and Sheriff’s Department operated a jail informant program that "systematically violated criminal defendants’ right to counsel" under the 6th and 14th Amendments Here's their full report: https://t.co/lYkLeYzmKt
10:28 PM ∙ Oct 13, 2022
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Sam Bowne @sambowne
Client-side scanning to detect child abuse material harmful
theregister.comClient-side scanning to detect child abuse material harmfulSecurity expert challenges claim that bypassing encryption is essential to protecting kids
12:55 AM ∙ Oct 14, 2022
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Jessie Singer @JessieSingerNYC
“Nationwide, police car chases now kill more people than tornadoes, lightning, and hurricanes combined.”
curbed.comThe SUV-ification of Police FleetsExperts sound the alarm as departments across the country embrace bigger, faster vehicles.
2:01 PM ∙ Oct 6, 2022
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Jessica (normal woman) @fingerbIaster
yeah no shit. that's why I do it
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PrettyHc @prettyyhc
Masturbating is having sex with demons btw
8:02 PM ∙ Oct 13, 2022
208Likes22Retweets

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Yolan Romailler @AnomalRoil
Amazing TLS header leak of Telegram username... Just saying, but this is the perfect thing to do lawful interception effectively...
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fo0 @fo0_
#Telegram leak votre username dans l'header TLS [Server_Name_Indication extension] Sympa non ? :) https://t.co/6hqfUYbpCe
8:03 AM ∙ Oct 13, 2022
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OPSEC

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Los Angeles Times @latimes
L.A.’s Black music community has suffered a string of high-profile and violent losses of life over the last couple of years. In the last month alone, three rappers were killed in the city. Now, artists are reevaluating their security measures.
latimes.com‘You’re obviously a target’: Rappers rethink security protocols in wake of PnB Rock killingAs crime rises, security experts, as well as some famous rappers, warn artists against displaying their wealth in public and oversharing on social media.
4:09 PM ∙ Oct 13, 2022
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Jordan Schneider @jordanschnyc
THREAD: The US Commerce Department just dropped 100+ pages of new export control regulations that will reshape the global semiconductor industry and the future of the US-China relationship.
10:15 PM ∙ Oct 13, 2022
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Lenneth |レナス | VTUBER SUPPORT @sakenohime
everyone a gangster until eight pillars of light appear over hokkaido (literally 2 days ago, Oct 10)
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10:25 PM ∙ Oct 12, 2022
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Oneironaut @Oneironautilus
@sakenohime They're caused by light shining through ice crystals that are moving more or less horizontally. The light reflects back when shined from directly below because of a near zero angle of incidence but scatters at any other angle. A really cool effect imo 😯😊
5:33 AM ∙ Oct 14, 2022

Or, hear me out… aliens.

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Runa Sandvik @runasand
Norwegian police detained a Russian man on the border crossing point of Storskog after police found drones in his luggage. The detention follows sightings of drones near Norwegian industrial installations.
thebarentsobserver.comRussian drone pilot detained on border to NorwayA Russian citizen has been detained on the border crossing point of Storskog after police found two drones in his luggage. The detention comes after unidentified drones repeatedly have been spotted near oil and gas installations.
12:09 AM ∙ Oct 14, 2022
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Coel Thomas 🌍 @CoelThomas
The satellite internet that was supposed to protect you from dictators blocking your internet is now being shut down by the founder so a dictator can block your internet.
businessinsider.comElon Musk blocked Ukraine from using Starlink in Crimea over concern that Putin could use nuclear weapons, political analyst saysThe political analyst Ian Bremmer said Musk told him he denied Ukraine’s request to extend Starlink’s range, fearing the potential for escalation.
11:42 AM ∙ Oct 12, 2022
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Thomas Rid @RidT
It appears that Chinese actors may be trying to up their active measures/disinformation game. Noteworthy: low quality, low reach—and self-defeating subtext. For if indeed Chinese then this only illustrates that Intrusion Truth actually bites. Also note @NSA_CSDirector's response.
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Dominic Alvieri @AlvieriD
New Chinese misinformation campaign attempting to attribute Chinese APT 41 to the NSA. @campuscodi @GossiTheDog #cybersecurity #infosec #APT41 @FBI https://t.co/ulPRZBEUno
3:54 PM ∙ Oct 12, 2022
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Matt Armstrong @mountainrunner
YES, this 👉 "Russia is not a responsible international actor and is unbecoming of a seat on the UN Security Council. Moreover, it has no right to this seat. Rather, it was provided to Russia in a deal after the dissolution of the Soviet Union."
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Matt Armstrong @mountainrunner
Even if this fails, it's necessary and appropriate to try. It'll get the discussion going on in earnest and hopefully pick up steam. https://t.co/Qfgeal7tSO
10:53 AM ∙ Oct 14, 2022
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Brian Bilston @brian_bilston
Today’s poem is called ‘The Incidence of Oxymorons’.
The Incidence of Oxymorons
 
Alone together at last,
I told her how I thought that –
in my unbiased opinion –
the incidence of oxymorons
in the English language
had been growing smaller.
 
That’s old news, she said,
claiming it had been the case
for almost exactly ten years.
Strongly-held convictions
were thrown across the room.
Things got pretty ugly.
 
But this felt strangely normal;
ours was a bittersweet relationship,
a tragi-comic civil war
of violent agreements
and deafening silences,
going nowhere.


Brian Bilston
7:55 AM ∙ Oct 14, 2022
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Rob Joyce @NSA_CSDirector
We made it to Friday everyone! @
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9:40 AM ∙ Oct 14, 2022
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