Notices by Jerry Bell (jerry@infosec.exchange)

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 244

https://defensivesecurity.org/defensive-security-podcast-episode-244/

Looks like Andy and i will be doing a live podcast at BSides Orlando. Not official yet, but if you have the ability to attend, it’s worthwhile

infosec.exchange is going down for a few minutes for maintenance. See you soon!

Happy New Year, Fediverse! I hope your 2020 is great!

Well, the saga of the monitor has come to an end. Here is it mounted over my treadmill desk. Yes, I have a lot of cable management work ahead of me over the Xmas break.

Will #brexit be:

China’s surveillance apparatus is kind of amateurish when you consider that, here in the US, the police can get private citizens to buy, maintain, and pay an ongoing service fee for our surveillance apparatus: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191128/17192943475/cops-are-running-ring-camera-footage-through-their-own-facial-recognition-software-because-whos-going-to-stop-them.shtml

@m4iler @TheGibson that doesn’t mean AI won’t take over the world. It just means that the process will likely be less pleasant as AI misidentifies us and puts us into the wrong cages.

@TheGibson @djsundog @maxeddy @ella_kane @lilithsaintcrow @mwlucas @Mainebot @viciousviscosity @JohnsNotHere @drwho @remotenemesis @GeoffWozniak @ryen @m4iler thank you. Happy Friday to all.

@maxeddy it’s true. The baddies first check to see if an organization is ISO certified before trying to attack.

We are ready to hand out candy now.

Friends with kids. Halloween is almost here. Remember to go through their candy when they get home. You never know what sick things people might put in their bag, as demonstrated in this short video.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eSvjqd2d_gQ

In related news, gmail.con was a heck of a slip up 😂

Crazy story: the CIA leveraged a Spanish security contractor hired by the Ecuadorian embassy in Britain to spy on Assange for years: https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/09/25/inenglish/1569384196_652151.html

DefSec is going to make a come back today 🎉

According to this, there are ~3.5 million fediverse accounts, which I assume are owned by about 2000 different people that can’t decide which instance to pick.

Apollo says “thank you” for all the well wishes.

Preventing Ransomware Infections – Part 1
https://infosec.engineering/preventing-ransomware-infections-part-1/

Captains log: it’s been 4 days since Gabpocalypse. As I look out across the horizon, the burned carcasses of dead memes stretch as far as the eye can see. The smell is terrible. Those unlucky enough to survive have banded into two warring tribes, divided by whether people should block toots they don’t like, it whether instance admins should block other instances based on tolerance for intolerance. In the distance, porn bots can be seen posting nudies like nothing ever happened.

I see Gab.com is online and the timeline looks to be basically what I expected: mostly Trump loving, terribly racist and sexist posts with a sprinkling of people complaining that the new gab is not what they paid for. It does seem block-worthy, but I expect it will die on its own soon.