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August 11, 2023

August 11, 2023

August 11, 2023 This is a brilliant way to tell a complex cyber story from Techcrunch and @zackwhittaker - Annotating the cyber attack notice from the...

August 10, 2023

August 10, 2023

August 10, 2023 With our suite of open-source eBPF libraries, you can create and deploy efficient event monitoring and function tracing solutions with fewer...

August 8, 2023 Interesting. @SentinelOne found North Korea comprised Russian missile engineering firm - targeting email server/other systems. NK usually...

August 5, 2023 Exploit is so easy it fits in a tweet🔥unshare -rm sh -c "mkdir l u w m && cp /u/b/p3 l/;setcap cap_setuid+eip l/python3;mount -t overlay...

August 4, 2023 Cyberspace Administration of China wants providers of smart devices to bar users under 18 from accessing the internet from 10pm to 6am.Users...

Sumerian Proverbs

Hi, One of my random interests is Sumerian, and so a year ago I read all of the Sumerian wisdom literature and proverbs.[1] There is a lot, but only...

August 3, 2023 Good write up on us, thank you @josephmenn!https://t.co/OKSJydhCJN— Veilid Ⓥ (@VeilidNetwork) August 2, 2023 This might be the best ad I've...

August 2, 2023 Latest @CrimeJunkiePod episode has interesting details about the capture of Rex Heuermann, also known as the Gilgo Beach Killer. Police relied...

August 1, 2023 Meta Forced to Reveal Anonymous Facebook User's Identity Over Defamatory PostsIn a landmark decision that signals a shift in the balance...

July 31, 2023 Heads A compliment to TAILS. Looks interesting although I can’t vouch for it. About | Heads - WikiDocumentation for the Heads firmware project...

July 30, 2023 https://twitter.com/kalinah/status/1684998377941970945 Some folks on HN were confidently asserting that Apple escrows its encryption keys with...

Sumerian Proverbs

July 29, 2023 Argument Map Restricting Encryption (March 2021) https://t.co/y2pWNzFHmPRe: private messages on e.g. @signalapp & @WhatsApp.Topics:- safety-...

July 28, 2023 Strong letter from @RonWyden about Microsoft security failures that enabled SolarWinds hack and recent Storm-0558 campaign. He calls on...

July 27, 2023 https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/41073/documents/200048/default/ I traveled around Ukraine for the last few weeks visiting...

July 26, 2023 Paco Hope #resist: "@regehr@mastodon.social Back in the day, I got ca…" - Infosec Exchange@regehr@mastodon.social Back in the day, I got called...

July 25, 2023 https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/zenbleed.html Well, I put our new research on arxiv while it's under review, thinking it wouldn't get much...

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Reply to the replies Hi, Thank you all for the feedback. I like hearing from people about how great I am, please don’t stop! ;) I received a number of...

July 24, 2023 https://twitter.com/kimzetter/status/1683417486526656512 Research funded by NLnet https://nlnet.nl/project/TETRA-crypto/...

July 23, 2023 Shameless plug: https://twitter.com/hitbsecconf/status/1682702720526843906 CounterCloud - AI powered disinformation experiment Highly...

July 22, 2023 If chameleons were better at their jobs we wouldn't even know there were chameleons.— Dead Pan Nick (@Contwixt) July 29, 2016...

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July 22, 2023 If chameleons were better at their jobs we wouldn't even know there were chameleons.— Dead Pan Nick (@Contwixt) July 29, 2016...

July 21, 2023 Not mine btw, here's where I found it: https://t.co/ByA8JeGo5Y— djinnandtonic.bsky.social 🇺🇦 (@HegelwCrmCheese) July 21, 2023 Chrome browser...

July 20, 2023 https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-11371668 the Cipher History Museum will send a coded message in 5-letter...

July 19, 2023 <br /> Reddit Just Deleted Every Message You Sent Before 2023 Reddit did inform users that they'd be deleting chats prior to 2023 on June 30,...

July 18, 2023 Check the whole post for more about the attacker's infrastructure and capabilities.https://t.co/KOJz584oMx— Matt Johansen (@mattjay) July 17,...

July 17, 2023 https://twitter.com/bert_hubert/status/1680679219842408449 this anti-helicopter booby trap is such a looney tunes way to die. Imagine hopping...

July 16, 2023 https://twitter.com/maximilianhils/status/1680193548212228097 This is NSA retaliation for the FBI...

July 15, 2023 <br /> An Indiana Police Department Has Been Using Clearview AI For A Year, Much To The Surprise Of Its Oversight | Techdirt Out of all the...

July 14, 2023 Storm 0978 is the classic example of a Russian ransomware gang that also engages in espionage for the Russian services. Right now they are...

July 13, 2023 Perhaps releasing a board game about defusing unexploded bombs in the middle of an IRA campaign wasn't the best idea. After the death of a bomb...

July 12, 2023 The owner of a company Trafigura alleges was part of a “systematic” nickel fraud also owns an Indian food joint in Hong Kong, with a PornHub-...

July 11, 2023 This is a clever use of image processing. They collected millions of images from dashcams, found all the police cars and figured out where cops...

July 10, 2023 It's not just France: Your phone is a surveillance device @doctorow https://t.co/nbjdon9hT1 @cleartechtoday #blackhat— Evan Kirstel #B2B...

July 8, 2023 https://infosec.exchange/@PogoWasRight/110639299499600599 Why Do We Need a New Research Agenda for the Study of Intelligence? (2023)...

July 6, 2023 USBで10秒充電すれば使えるアークライター #shapolab pic.twitter.com/ieqoffeARd— シャポコ🌵 (@shapoco) July 3, 2023 pic.twitter.com/zLYu6ZFq5m— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka)...

July 3, 2023 Greatly reduced posting schedule while we figure out wtf is going on with Twitter. https://twitter.com/0xdea/status/1675760605167329283...

July 2, 2023 https://twitter.com/boredpentester/status/1674690143087652865 https://twitter.com/dreframss/status/1674330109279612929...

June 30, 2023 Google is about to make life more difficult for custom ROM fansGoogle has quietly deprecated the Messages and Dialer apps in AOSP, and it could...

June 29, 2023 Inside the AI Factory: the humans that make tech seem human - The VergeHow many humans does it take to make tech seem human? Millions. Open...

June 28, 2023 https://twitter.com/onurmutlu/status/1673724085581275137 Today's article which can be found on our website are a few insights from...

June 27, 2023 Very short one today. I’m flying to Heidelberg for TROOPERS 23. https://twitter.com/jetsensunday/status/1673185955174567936...

June 26, 2023 Formula E team caught using RFID scanner that could grab live tire data from other cars https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/24/23772725/formula-e-...

June 22, 2023 Maps Distort How We See the World - by Tomas Pueyo30 Maps to Rethink the World The Phuket #HITBArmory #CallforTools is now open! Take a look at...

June 16, 2023 NATO, US government agencies (FAA, DEA, US Navy, NASA…), etc, have bought encrypted hard drives with encryption microcontroller chips from...

June 25, 2023 Coup d’état interruptus leaves us with Coup Balls https://twitter.com/bretdevereaux/status/1672677062102990849...

June 24, 2023 pic.twitter.com/KS9mISh5DW— Classical Studies Memes (@CSMFHT) June 23, 2023 my batman hands me a copy of the times of london, the headline...

June 23, 2023 https://twitter.com/darkreading/status/1671961846268477445 https://twitter.com/mdbell79/status/1671579881300459520...

June 21, 2023 Between Two Nerds: Go Big or Go Home I know you’re excited to catch up with the latest between two nerds. DRAFT schedule for @NISAssociation...