funes

@funes@infosec.exchange

Some sort of threat researcher or something. Malware. Detection/Hunting. PNW.

"My memory, sir, is like a garbage heap."

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talia_christine, to random
@talia_christine@beige.party avatar

It's kind of a bummer how many of you all can't just let people enjoy stuff without the shitty commentary.
The world is pretty awful now, if someone can find a moment of happiness in something...
let them have it.

funes,

@LouisIngenthron @talia_christine

funes, to infosec

Fellow professionals. Our jobs can constantly feel like Sisyphean tasks. Regular parts of life constantly do as well. What do you do in your life that makes you feel like you're actually progressing with something?

deweyritten, to random

why is the phishing email bait always a $25 Amazon gift card?

funes,

@deweyritten phishing victims only want one thing and it's disgusting

mattburgess, to privacy

Perhaps the most dystopian story you will read this week. Cops used DNA to create a 3D model of a suspect's face... and then tried to run it through facial recognition software

WIRED story by Dhruv Mehrotra (not on Mastodon)

https://www.wired.com/story/parabon-nanolabs-dna-face-models-police-facial-recognition/

funes,

@mattburgess even the cops think they're in CSI. Did they enhance it a few times first too?

patrickcmiller, to random

JPMorgan exec claims bank repels '45 billion' cyberattack attempts per day https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/01/18/jpmorgan_exec_attacks/

funes,

@Rajiv @patrickcmiller must include scan attempts. In which case, I could say my house is under constant cyber assault.

catsalad, to random

NFC (near field cat)

Video showing someone sawing an NFC chip from a card, printing an sheet of cat eyes, matching the eye size, adding a metal rim + resin + NFC to make a cat necklaces, then finally showing it work for payment while the cat wears it. Why you ask? Because science! 😺

funes,

@catsalad

"Hm, how should we remove this chip from the card? Do we have any scis.."

"Belt Sander"

funes, to python

What do you think your most revisited documentation page is? Mine is probably the datetime library doc.

funes, to politics

Has there been any attempt at a public repository or database for people to submit threats of violence they've received?

I'm thinking there could be value in collecting them either just to put out there in the open air the true character of what people are facing. But also recording data around them such as usernames, phone numbers, email addresses, any available metadata to reserve for analysis.

Just thinking about issues in the current (though not like it's new) landscape of with my threat research / / hat on.

funes,

@mykhaylo abuse of such a system is absolutely a conversation that should be had, so thanks for starting it off. Want to expand on the types of abuse you're thinking about? The possibility of abuse doesn't necessarily invalidate something that could be useful since discussing them might illuminate potential solutions.

argumento, to Palestine
@argumento@hispagatos.space avatar

Gringos, remember that what your "left wing", " liberal", "at least it's not Trump", government, did when faced with an ongoing genocide was to veto UN SC resolutions, keep arming the perpetrator, and as if it wasn't enough, strartwd bombing the only country that dared use its military to fight the genocide.

@palestine

funes,

@argumento @palestine Left wing? Come on, anyone would be ignorant to make that claim. Liberal? Actually yeah, but not like that's a good thing. At least it's not Trump? Sure as shit.

We're in a prison and they're letting us pick the warden. Of course I'd rather have none, fuck both of them. But if one is threatening my ability to have a dissenting opinion, whose party is pushing Christian nationalism, already advancing bills at the state level to legislate out of existence whole groups of people, actively trying to put women and POC "back in their place", leaning into authoritarianism "cause the crowds love it", already planning to replace any disloyal government employees with readily vetted sycophants, readying to create massive amounts of detainment facilities for their promised biggest deportation event in history, itching to enable massive environmental destruction and worsen an already dire climate crisis, using violent supporters to keep their party in line, has suggested shooting migrants and is allied with a Texas governor who said the only thing keeping him from murdering migrants is Biden, and, oh yeah, would still be aiding the fucking genocide to an even greater degree because he's actively anti-muslim and in bed with rich evangelicals who support Israeli control of the region to serve their end times delusions. Then yes, I'm going to vote for the piece of shit who's aiding the genocide because at least I can fight against that guy rather than the guy who will also aid the genocide and drive us all straight into some accelerationist dystopian fantasyland.

funes,

@argumento @palestine glad you could find something to attack outside of the argument itself. Yeah it's self justification and I feel bad for voting for Biden. That can all be obviously inferred from the content of what I said. Now do you have anything to say about why the content of what I said is wrong or is it all attacks and ideological grandstanding with you?

funes,

@sciencerenaisance

You just had me go reread my post for the part where I claimed Biden wasn't doing any of the things you listed.

Let me reiterate for clarity: Fuck Joe Biden. But fuck Tump more.

@argumento @palestine

funes, to random

Seeing a lot of campaigns lately kicking of with .wsf files. Know what I never see a lot of? Legitimate usage of .wsf files. Worth keeping an eye on.

adhdeanasl, to random
@adhdeanasl@beige.party avatar

I like to think my mind has opened over the years rather than closed, and I’m honestly sometimes horrified by people my age whose view of the world is closed off and hateful (some of them are people I’ve known all my life, and who used to be quite adventurous). What makes someone just decide “I want to stop being curious about the world and its people, and now I’m angry that things aren’t made for me and me only?” Seriously, who the hell wants to live like that?

funes,

@Lizette603_23 @adhdeanasl was gonna say something along these lines. Trauma and fear will cause people to put up cynical protections. They start to prioritize safety and close off access to vulnerable parts of themselves over being able to accept the risk of being open and getting hurt again.

I struggle against myself with this a lot. I used to be very open and adventurous. I got hurt because of it several times and now I have to fight to maintain the openness of self that I value so much. Most people don't want to fight though. They're too tired.

funes, to Depression

After living so long with near-constant and , I've pretty much forgotten what it feels like to not be in either of those states. Now that I've been able to start accessing professional help to address these issues I've started to reach that state at times and I've realized that it's not how I imagined it would be.

I thought it would be like constantly living in the high periods that contrast my depressive low periods, but those are just another part of the depression and aren't me occasionally feeling normal. It's not finally being happy, or feeling calm, or having all your troubles addressed and everything finally working out. Instead, normal is just living unobstructed by the anxiety and depression I'm used to so that I can address my life without their influence.

I just bring it up because it took me awhile to even notice it. Many people going through the same problems I am might not know if things are improving because they're expecting something much different as a result.

Obviously not a professional so take my perspective with that in mind.

funes, to linux

I've been trying to teach someone with very little prior general computer experience how to use the command line. It has really illuminated how my own personal success and enjoyment with it is based on the accumulation of tons of tiny bits of knowledge, understanding, and skills that allow me to quickly pick apart problems, understand the direction I probably need to go for the solution, and hunt down the information needed to get to the solution.

It's not just computing knowledge, but also cultural knowledge. Documentation and manpages are wildly inconsistent. But I can make sense of them due to some amount of foundational computing knowledge, but also because I have a shared background with the authors.

When someone without this shared background comes in and tries to use these systems and parse through all this documentation they have to acclimate to this. It can seem like magic that we can both read the same paragraph, make verbal sense of it, but I can connect it to the solution to a problem in a way they can't. It has nothing to do with their ability to do such a thing, but they can't see that.

It's the * of Pierre in action, what he referred to as a "feel for the game". So many of these systems we use were developed by people with shared backgrounds absent from a of input about their design and development. This has resulted in many cultural elements being subconsciously baked into how everything works in ways that can make it difficult for anyone outside of that shared background to make sense of anything.

It's been an interesting problem for me trying to figure out how to teach someone how to understand all these things the way I would without walking them through all of the experiences I've had that lead to me making sense of it. But it's something I hope to keep in mind when I write documentation and develop systems that other people have to use. I hope others can as well, otherwise we risk building walls that only those privileged with similar backgrounds can easily scale.

*: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitus_(sociology)

funes, to Youtube

I feel like everyone should know I just needed to see a quick visual representation of a simple process and was able to find a video that showed me in a 30 second clip with minimal introduction. That's it.

funes, to DadBin

My grandmother passed this year. She is one of the women who taught me how to sew by hand as a child specifically and how to be a self-sufficient craftsperson generally.

For my 8th birthday she gave me a quilt, like she did all of her grandchildren. I've minimized and thrown everything away to start fresh moving somewhere else several times in my life and it's one of the only things I've managed to keep around. All of my cousins stowed theirs away somewhere, or have them on display in some way or another, but mine has been keeping me warm since I was 8 while I've patched and mended it along.

This Christmas my mom gave me a pin cushion my grandmother made and she was taken aback that I went straight to using it and sticking pins in it instead of preserving it and displaying it. It's going to be my new main pin cushion.

Not everyone shares this sentiment, but I think the best way to honor any craftsperson is to use their gifts and creations, and use them well.

I don't want my grandmother to be a museum piece, carefully handled and sealed away like she left the world: in a distant hospital bed. I want her to be there with me every time I make use of all the knowledge and self-empowerment that she shared, like she lived.

futurebird, to Electronics
@futurebird@sauropods.win avatar

Making 32 bespoke hand crafted bits. Hand made bits are so much nicer than factory made bits. .

weaving the address wire in and out of each bit.

funes,

@futurebird sad to see this kit was discontinued, but the creator linked to this kit for anyone like me still wanting to play with core memory https://www.core64.io

funes, to infosec

A couple weeks back we noticed an uptick of incidents from trojanized Advanced IP Installer's delivered due to #malvertising. We tied it back to a group who were formerly a #darkside #ransomware affiliate according to Mandiant.

You may remember articles circulating about Bing's AI providing malvertising links. This is from the same campaign.

#infosec #malware #ioc #detectionengineering #threatintel #threathunting

https://www.connectwise.com/blog/cybersecurity/former-darkside-ransomware-affiliate-distributing-trojanized-installers-via-malvertising

funes,

Please, if you're a or otherwise work a support role, keep a repository of verified versions of tools you regularly use. Do not make "I just search Google and download it every time I need it" a part of your process.

lowqualityfacts, to random
@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar

I want to promote my Patreon but I am terrible at networking, so please put me in contact with any wealthy frogs in your social circle.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

funes,

@lowqualityfacts playing the untapped prince-to-frog market. Savvy.

Em0nM4stodon, to programming

Is being a "minimalist programmer" a thing? 👀

As in a programmer who specializes in coding with as few external dependencies as possible. Or is this just generally frown upon?

funes,

@Em0nM4stodon I guess I always thought that was what you were supposed to do. Never thought it would be named something specific. Wikipedia has a whole article on minimalism in computing though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimalism_%28computing%29?wprov=sfla1

GottaLaff, to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Via Angry Staffer:

Holy shit.

Close to 2 million in support.

👉🏼Conservative Group Accidentally Reveals Its Secret Donors.

Some of Them Are Liberal Orgs.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/conservative-group-accidentally-reveals-its-secret-donors-some-of-them-are-liberal-orgs

funes,

Link to a summary article from AlterNet for anyone that doesn't want to sign up for an account to read it: https://www.alternet.org/right-wing-group-s-secret-donors-revealed-report/

The donors with histories of liberal causes, for those that don't want to click at all: "the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Omidyar Network Foundation"

tinker, to solarpunk

Loaded up some Turkey & Dressing and Mashed Potatoes into the Free Fridge / Free Pantry near downtown.

I prefer the free fridge as it does not require means-testing. It's just open to whoever needs it whenever they need it.

Also, it's outside with no one to interact with. So you just walk up, grab what you need, and go.

This plus the Olio app means we have distribution of food for post-scarcity / no means-testing.

That's a good start.

More Info: https://www.downtowngreens.org/free-fridge--pantry.html

Aw dang!!! Turkey & Dressing and Mashed Potatoes! Happy Thanksgiving!

funes,

@nf3xn @GuillaumeRossolini @tinker I mean, subscription models aren't unique to this situation. If I subscribe to a magazine then I don't concern myself with whether or not they'll pull a bait-and-switch on me. I've likely read it before and vetted their trustworthiness to some degree.

Likewise, most farms with CSAs have farmer's market presences for you to meet the farmers and get a feel for the general quality of their produce. In my various experiences with the CSA process (farm volunteer, subscriber for myself, subscriber via a restaurant) the CSA patrons typically get the best produce because, you're right, it is beneficial to the farm and they would like to continue receiving the benefit. It's also beneficial to the subscriber. Without a CSA I typically spend $70-100 a week on produce. With my current subscription it comes out to $33 a week.

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