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

We have our Marilyn and DiMaggio.

JosephMenn, to random

“You have to be afraid of being hit before you get hit," Vitiuk said. https://therecord.media/ukraine-cyberattacks-aiding-ground-war-russia

JosephMenn, to random

Good news, it's safe to brush your teeth again, Fortinet tells me. “To clarify, the topic of toothbrushes being used for DDoS attacks was presented during an interview as an illustration of a given type of attack, and it is not based on research from Fortinet or FortiGuard Labs. It appears that due to translations the narrative on this topic has been stretched to the point where hypothetical and actual scenarios are blurred.”

JosephMenn, to DEFCON

announces new location and theme of engagement for 2024, citing Cult of the Dead Cow's private, open-source file-sharing and messaging protocol Veilid as an example. https://forum.defcon.org/node/248361

JosephMenn, to random

Gift link to my colleagues’ interesting story on tech layoffs. Some cruel irony that the industry that has hollowed out retail, media and other fields may now be hollowing out itself. https://wapo.st/3Ssn0rC

JosephMenn, to random

Emails I never even started reading, an occasional series. China and Swift: Dual threats?

dangillmor, to random
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Glad to see that @mmasnick -- unlike huge but, sadly, too-timid journalism orgs like Reuters -- isn't bowing and scraping to satisfy corporate censorship demands.

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/01/sorry-appin-were-not-taking-down-our-article-about-your-attempts-to-silence-reporters/

JosephMenn,

@dangillmor @mmasnick I mean also, Masnick Inc has smaller Indian operations.

JosephMenn, to random

Wired story on attempts to suppress reporting on Indian hacking for hire industry. https://www.wired.com/story/appin-training-centers-lawsuits-censorship/

JosephMenn, to random

At least 35 civilians in Jordan have been targeted with Pegasus spyware, including human rights lawyers and journalists, far more than previous known. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/01/jordan-pegasus-hacks/

JosephMenn, to random

operation shut down the router botnet used by , Wray testifies. But the Chinese operation has other ways into critical infrastructure. Our story, free link: https://wapo.st/3OnNB7W

JosephMenn, to random

Strong Brian Krebs story on the arrest of a Florida SIM-swapper tied to the scary alliance with Russian ransomware gangs, which I covered last year. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/01/fla-man-charged-in-sim-swapping-spree-is-key-suspect-in-hacker-groups-oktapus-scattered-spider/

JosephMenn, to random

Yeah, there are going to be more SVR email breaches disclosed. Gift link. https://wapo.st/47Qi3yC

JosephMenn, to random

Microsoft says more about how Russian intelligence stole its emails. Says it is notifying others. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/01/25/midnight-blizzard-guidance-for-responders-on-nation-state-attack/

JosephMenn, to random

Russian foreign intelligence has hacked emails from security professionals at both Microsoft and HPE. I have a feeling this is the start of something. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/24/hpe-hacking-russia-cybersecurity/

JosephMenn,

Possible they are seeking the technique for infecting a printer via non-HP replacement cartridges. But very, very unlikely.

JosephMenn, to random

Brilliant reporting from 404. All your paranoid fantasies about national security use of pinpoint tracking are dead on. https://www.404media.co/inside-global-phone-spy-tool-patternz-nuviad-real-time-bidding/

JosephMenn, to random

Disinformation has been killing people for years, with Covid. Ransomware has to, by hitting overloaded hospitals. Soon it will be bogus facial recognition. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/22/facial-recognition-wrongful-identification-assault/

JosephMenn, to random

Gift link: Russian government hackers broke into Microsoft’s systems and stole executive emails. The company is already under investigation for lapses that allowed diplomats’ emails to be taken by the Chinese. My story is here. https://wapo.st/3U3Aqgl

JosephMenn, to random

I have greatly enjoyed the HOPE hacking conferences in New York as an attendee and speaker. It would be horrible if it dies because of arbitrary email company decisions. https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/19/hope-less/

JosephMenn, to random

Another good word for this would be "evil." https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/fujitsu-bugs-that-sent-innocent-people-to-prison-were-known-from-the-start/

JosephMenn, to random

Super awesome start to the year for some of the best publications around, including the Baltimore Sun, LA Times and, per rumors, WSJ. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/01/19/sports-illustrated-layoffs/

JosephMenn, to random

Welcome to the web, https://privacy.ca.gov/

wendynather, to random

For those of you not familiar with the medical term “fatigue,” let me describe it. I experienced it while having mono, undergoing chemotherapy, and again now with .

Think back to a time when you were as tired as you’ve ever been. Not sleepy, but completely physically exhausted, to where you couldn’t wait to get into bed.

Now imagine that you’re in bed, but you don’t feel as if you’ve laid down yet. You’re still that tired. Hours pass. Maybe you sleep all night. You wake up, and you’re still that exhausted. The exhaustion is deep in your bones, and nothing can relieve it.

You can’t think straight. You can’t hold a conversation. You can’t read because holding a book or tablet is too tiring and you can’t focus anyway. You can’t watch anything.

You don’t let yourself cry because then you’d have to blow your nose afterwards, and you’re too tired to do that.

Maybe in a day or two you start feeling as if you can get up and do something, so you tackle the most urgent thing. Or you get a burst of adrenaline and manage to deal with a crisis. Then you’re back to being that exhausted. It goes on for days, or weeks, or months.

You feel as if you should just make yourself exercise a little, and then it’ll get better. You do something small, like a walk. Or you get online for a couple of rousing discussions. The next morning, you wake up exhausted again. You overdid it. Of course you hide this from your friends and colleagues, because nobody wants to hear the same thing every day: “I’m completely exhausted.”

This is what millions of people with are experiencing, and we don’t know yet how to treat it or when it will end.

JosephMenn,

@wendynather Hug.

JosephMenn, to random

New from the Post tech team, gift link: China’s intense effort to influence Saturday’s election in Taiwan can be replicated throughout the world this year. Using local proxies to spread misinformation based on the day’s news is especially hard to defend against. https://wapo.st/48mLnxL

JosephMenn, to infosec

Well this seems bad. https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/01/info-stealers-can-steal-cookies-for-permanent-access-to-your-google-account

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