linuxmagazine, 25 days ago to security

From last week's Linux Update: Franciszek Pokryszko explores Linux tools you can use to analyze malware without triggering an attack https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2024/280/Malware-Analysis
#security #malware #tools #Linux #OpenSource #REMnux #SIFT #FOSS #sha256sum #VirusTotal #TrID #ExifTool #XLMMacroDeobfuscator

wfryer, 1 month ago to TodayILearned

1 of my 6th graders shared this “SIFT-worthy” disinformation example today: “Is the London Eye Getting Dismantled and Moved to Scotland?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/london-eye-moving-to-scotland/

I added it (with screenshots from archived web captures of the original post / photos) to my “More SIFT Lessons” curriculum page:
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/lessons/conspiracy-theories/more-sift-lessons

#MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #disinfo #disinformation #teaching #SIFT

uwcip, 7 months ago to random

As A.W. Ohlheiser recently wrote in @Vox, the SIFT method, developed by digital literacy expert and CIP research scientist @mikecaulfield, "is a good framework for learning how to evaluate emotionally charged or outrage-inducing online posts in the middle of an unfolding crisis."

Read more in Vox: https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/10/12/23913472/misinformation-israel-hamas-war-social-media-literacy-palestine
Learn more about SIFT: https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/

#MediaLiteracy #FactChecking #SIFT #Misinformation #UWCIP