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ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fesshole" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fesshole</span></a></span> <br>I guess it's all part of natural selection weeding out the idiots who go with default passwords.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compsec</span></a></p>
ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberplace.social/@pawanjswal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pawanjswal</span></a></span> <br>On a related subject, has anyone else noticed that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Proton</span></a> seem to be blocking their own Onion address today?!<br>🤪 <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JustSaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JustSaying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProtonMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtonMail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compsec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comsec</span></a></p>
PKPs Powerfromspace1<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/@jos1264" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jos1264</span></a></span> ☝️ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CompSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CompSec</span></a></p>
Vladimir Savić<p>Hmmm ... 🤔</p><p>Commercial Vehicle Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Security: Unmasking the Risk of Truck-to-Truck Cyber Worms [PDF] <a href="https://www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/vehiclesec2024-47-paper.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/</span><span class="invisible">uploads/vehiclesec2024-47-paper.pdf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paper</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compsec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ELD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ELD</span></a></p>
Vladimir Savić<p>GTFOBins is a curated list of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a> binaries that can be used to bypass local <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> restrictions in misconfigured systems <a href="https://gtfobins.github.io/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gtfobins.github.io/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compsec</span></a></p>
happyborg<p>How did I miss the Ken Thompson hack?</p><p>If you did too and are interested in device security, have a read. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CompSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CompSec</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://wiki.c2.com/?TheKenThompsonHack" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiki.c2.com/?TheKenThompsonHac</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p>
Andy F<p>maybe some <a href="https://toot.community/tags/compsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compsec</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> people could weigh in on this, but wouldn't it be nice if you had a "stub" (for lack of a better word) which you append or prepend to all your password manager generated passwords, but which they didn't actually store?<br>For example, let's say my password manager generates a new amazon password of pwd123, but I append Wink69 to all my passwords, so I tell amazon that my actual password is pwd123Wink69.<br>If my password vault is compromised (looking at no-one in 1/n</p>
Fallon Stone<p>Is the concern over TikTok and nefarious use by China a serious concern? Is the danger more, less or the same as any other privately-owned social media platform?<br><a href="https://socel.net/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a><br><a href="https://socel.net/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a><br><a href="https://socel.net/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a><br><a href="https://socel.net/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a><br><a href="https://socel.net/tags/compsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compsec</span></a></p>