interesting wiper uploaded from Venezuela
"In light of geopolitical tensions that occurred in the Caribbean region...artifacts associated with the attack chain of a destructive wiping campaign targeting the energy and utilities sector in Venezuela were identified"
securelist.com/tr/lotus-wip...
Posts by kurt baumgartner
With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars.
We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director.
Please stand by for more.
Congress quietly reauthorized a surveillance program that spies on Americans no roll call, no accountability, just a voice vote at midnight. The Senate rubber-stamped the extension until April 30, buying themselves less than two weeks before they have to do this all over again.
Journalists live for details. Nailing that the FBI Director allegedly ties one on at a club called "The Poodle Room" is the stuff of dream reporting.
from 793, but meow?
that wasnt the start of an SNL sketch?
are you developing a cognitive rust belt in your org with reliance on AI?
www.sentinelone.com/blog/the-imp...
Pi Day? What an irrational idea
Although none of the Coruna hashes mentioned by Google and iVerify are on
@virustotal
just yet, we uploaded a number of samples from live exploit kit harvesting, using the URLs from the
@ValidinLLC
blog and also samples shared by
@matteyeux
on GitHu...
x.com/Now_on_VT/st...
These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
MatrixLLC sanctioned "for their acquisition and distribution of cyber tools harmful to U.S. national security". it appears that they acquired eight stolen 0day and/or "tools" and sold to non-NATO
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
Russia has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into Telegram founder Pavel Durov, accusing him of enabling "terrorist activity." This follows months of "traffic degradation" and attempts to move the public to Max, a state-sponsored alternative. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
I don’t understand how people can say the billionaires are out of touch, this person has obviously studied humans.
you brought his search history to bluesky? you are the pam bondi of playground romance committee
Epstein is mentioned very often in the Trump files.
Have we reached the stage of “many AIs make all bugs shallow”?
Great writeup on AI, open source, & bug bounties by @stanislavfort.bsky.social cofounder of AISLE.
“Mass adoption collapsed the median quality (“slop” killed bug bounty..) but.. raised the ceiling”
www.lesswrong.com/posts/7aJwgb...
ghidrav12 pyghidra problems?
pip/pip3, versioning, virtual environments?
unpopular opinion - python still sucks
if only they collected a royalty every time that thing showed up. or they could have charged per pew...
the related propublica link is here
www.propublica.org/article/the-...
Exclusive: A cyberattack targeting Poland's energy infrastructure in December used wiper malware that would have erased grid computers and rendered them inoperable had it not been thwarted, a researcher at @ESET told me. The researcher calls the attack "unprecedented" for Poland and "substantial"
great start with opsec tips...
1. don't upset the tail.
2. if you end up face to face, just ask for the time and DO NOT take a selfie with them. :)
3. oh yeah, and use google docs, at the appropriate time. no surprises.
youtu.be/pooCY4ZOYSM?...
Just a friendly reminder that the exemplary humans at @somafm keep #defconradio going all year long. Stream the vibe immaculate at somafm.com/defcon/.
#defcon #grooves
kevin still maintains the title for the best business card i received
sorry, disagree. this person has certainly heard of the civil rights movement...