JosephMenn

@JosephMenn@infosec.exchange

Washington Post cyber reporter. Author of Cult of the Dead Cow and Fatal System Error. Joseph.Menn@washpost.com, DM for Signal etc.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/joseph-menn/

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JosephMenn, to random

Gift link: European Commission study found Musk’s changes spread Russian propaganda further. https://wapo.st/3R0JiBF

JosephMenn, to random

When they want a story about a Musk tweet.

realhackhistory, to random
@realhackhistory@chaos.social avatar

Confession, I still have never managed to make myself watch the "Blackhat".

Random scenes from the movie Blackhat involving computer terminal text, a man getting hit in the head and Chris Hemsworth looking nervous and firing a gun.

JosephMenn,

@realhackhistory You're good, relax.

JosephMenn, to random

Important story. Free version. https://wapo.st/3EbFvdb

JosephMenn, to random

Influential hacktivist group Cult of the Dead Cow will headline Def Con next week, releasing a framework and distributed network for apps that fully encrypt files, messages and even social networking. GIFT LINK: wapo.st/3Yl9nNK

JosephMenn,

You may recall cDc from such hits as Mudge Zatko's creation of fast-track DARPA cyber grants, the creation of Veracode, Back Orifice and the word hacktivism itself.

JosephMenn,

The leader of this effort is Chris Rioux, aka Dildog, former L0pht member, co-founder of Veracode, and lead author of Back Orifice 2000, released at Def Con in 1999. Please read and share, and I'll see you in Vegas.

JosephMenn, to random

A day after a bombshell preliminary injunction by a Louisiana federal judge decrying vast censorship, the State Dept. canceled meetings with Facebook to compare notes on foreign influence campaigns, sources told us at The Washington Post for this story, which is hereby gifted. https://wapo.st/3PNdi3p

JosephMenn, to random

If you work on election disinformation or foreign influence at one of the social media companies, I'd like to chat about the injunction. DM me at the bird place for my Signal. Thank you.

JosephMenn, to random

I don’t usually gift breaking news articles before the context and analysis are added. But holy moly, a preliminary injunction against Biden officials communicating with the social media companies. https://wapo.st/44snxyc

jerry, to random

Y’all…

I had to go to FB to find out about fireworks tonight due to a passing rain storm. I haven’t been on FB in a long, long time.

There are people posting elementary school math problems and adults are arguing about the answers.

What is happening to this world? Did people forget how to do basic arithmetic?

JosephMenn,

@jerry they changed math.

JosephMenn,

@jerry well it’s a reference to one of the Incredibles movies. But kids are now taught to do multiplication and division with different methods, and they have to show their work. So adults trying to help with the way they we’re taught would get marked down.

briankrebs, to random

Working on Sundays in July brings back memories as a lowly copy aide at WaPo (1996-ish), when I frequently worked the weekend shift sorting mail/faxes, etc. On Sundays during the summer, Bob Woodward was usually the de facto editor-in-chief of the newsroom, and each week he would send me or one of the other copy aides w/ a fistful of cash to take a cab to Ben & Jerry's and buy dozens of pints of ice cream for everyone in the newsroom.

He called it Bob Woodward's Ice Cream Sunday. To my mind, the cab part was always the fatal flaw, because the shitty DC cab's AC never worked and half the pints were usually a mess by the time they made it back.

Needless to say, when I was the one responsible for fetching the ice cream, the selection was over-represented with New York Super Fudge Chunk!

JosephMenn,

@briankrebs The One True Flavor

JosephMenn,

@briankrebs Coffee Heath Bar held the title until they swapped out Heath

JosephMenn, to random

Taranto showed up at Obama's residence on Thursday after former President Donald Trump posted screenshots on his Truth Social platform that featured a purported address for Obama's home in Washington. Taranto's account reposted Trump's post.

"We got these losers surrounded!" Taranto wrote on Telegram yesterday. "See you in hell, Podesta's and Obama's!"

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-defendant-arrested-obamas-home-guns-400-rounds-ammunition-van-rcna92094

JosephMenn, to random

Gift link: Russian military satellite communications provider knocked offline. https://wapo.st/3JE5tJx

JosephMenn,

https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1674905048415870976?s=20

JosephMenn,

Sorry, here you go in Mastodon. https://bird.makeup/users/netblocks/statuses/1674905048415870976

spaf, to random
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Big congratulations to my student, Alexander Master, on successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation "Modeling and Characterization of Internet Censorship Technologies." After some minor edits, his dissertation should be available in a few weeks via the CERIAS library (https://www.cerias.purdue.edu/apps/reports_and_papers/index.php). Or contact me directly.

JosephMenn,

@spaf Congratulations to Doctor Master

JosephMenn, to random

Or this. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/11/hacking-ai-cybersecurity-future/

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The Washington Post has dropped its paywall until Thursday at midnight. If you register with an email address, you can not only read as much as you want about today's news but go back into the archives. Some people might choose to copy stories to read later. Enjoy! https://www.washingtonpost.com/

JosephMenn,

This too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/26/gettr-guo-wengui-social-media/

JosephMenn,

No charge for this one. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/06/disinformation-researchers-congress-jim-jordan/

JosephMenn,

@SpaceLifeForm to free content from the post? Why?

JosephMenn,

@SpaceLifeForm Doesn't have to your primary one.

JosephMenn,

Free, free, set them free.

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