SwiftOnSecurity

SwiftOnSecurity, 9 months ago to random

Tell me something only minorly interesting.

SwiftOnSecurity, 8 months ago to random

UX designers who eliminated the filesystem from user consciousness in name of simplicity ruined the world and are morally culpable for shriveling minds of children who are unable to tackle the challenges of today thanks to a choice sold as advocacy for the user but was ultimately motivated by control of a disempowered customer.

SwiftOnSecurity, 7 months ago to random

YOU HAVE JUST BEEN CYBERED

WHAT DO YOU DO?

SwiftOnSecurity, 8 months ago to random

I have, a number of times now, joined a P1/P2 incident bridge, and helped fix it from curiosity.
I observe for a bit and gently push them to establish basic facts of their assumptions. I’m not even a party to the problem. Failure is interesting.
And suddenly things start moving…

SwiftOnSecurity, 11 months ago to random

Welcome to Mastodon, for the people who move into an unincorporated area of the county so they don't have to deal with The Man, but then setup a HOA.

SwiftOnSecurity, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to random

Holy crap Microsoft figured out how their signing key was leaked. Must read:
https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2023/09/results-of-major-technical-investigations-for-storm-0558-key-acquisition/

SwiftOnSecurity, 7 months ago to random

Change my mind: Mac’s are exclusively used by vagrant overpaid employees to subvert their employer and to act as an unmanaged proxy for attackers

SwiftOnSecurity, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Periodic reminder just leaving shit unplugged for hours does fix things. Fucking capacitors/resettable fuses are everywhere and you have to defeat them with waiting it out with ALL POWER REMOVED. Even your USB devices and screens with their own power. No power in contact with anything that’s connected.

Fixed a washing machine like this. Just fixed my motherboard despite me hitting the reset to defaults button AND removing the battery.

Sometimes you got to just give things a time-out in a corner to think about what they did.

SwiftOnSecurity, 9 months ago to random

If you're confused about the history of this account and want an explanation about its quirks and proclivities I'm sorry that's a few hours of lore going back a decade on Twitter.

SwiftOnSecurity, 8 months ago to random

Gordon Freeman was 27, what’s your excuse?

SwiftOnSecurity, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

Here‘s my position on certs:
Their value is individual and what you make of them.
I see them as the greatest of a positive when correlated with other work and accomplishments and mission, in whatever position held.
They are also valuable to groups who benefit from validation of their skillsets. To get past gatekeepers.

Despite some sporadic complaints about credential-pushers, I will never negatively judge anyone for any certificate. That took determined directed effort to improve yourself. Seems obvious.

Hell, if you work in security and have an A+, I super respect that. It’s a way better cert than what a lot of older people grew up with.

“Ground floor” stuff others do not understand, paired with a striving for security excellence, carries immense weight with the right audiences. The most senior people people did not grow up with a “cyber pipeline.” They just worked as Helpdesk and Sysadmins. They’ve been there. Anyone you’re anxious about looking down on you probably isn’t shit and doesn’t have the professional cred you think.

Unfortunately I do not have advice on certs as career/HR gateways. Just I know they can be useful.

SwiftOnSecurity, 7 months ago to random

Magnets are fucking bullshit and nobody says this enough

SwiftOnSecurity, 8 months ago to random

You always hear about threat actors, but not threat musicians – makes u think

SwiftOnSecurity, 11 months ago to random

ADVICE TO NEW MASTODON USERS:
In your router forward port 3389 to your computer's IP address, then visit canhazip.com and post it here

SwiftOnSecurity, 11 months ago to random

Okay is there a client you like that publishes on Mastodon and Bluesky I can't do this 3 network thing anymore

SwiftOnSecurity, 8 months ago to random

Apple technology isn't in Star Trek because they couldn't integrate into existing Enterprise systems.

SwiftOnSecurity, 7 months ago to random

SwiftOnSecurity, 8 months ago to random

Literally Arma3 the video game. Half million Twitter “views.”

SwiftOnSecurity, 8 months ago to random

If I was an IT person I would simply turn off the stuff that let you hack computer

SwiftOnSecurity, 11 months ago to random

WOW: Google announces the end of IPv6

SwiftOnSecurity, 8 months ago to random

I highly endorse this for keeping your PC's software up to date.

https://patchmypc.com/home-updater

PatchMyPC is an enterprise solution provider so everything is validated, and home users get it for free for advertising and extra testing.

SwiftOnSecurity, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

This year consider not “migrating” settings and apps to your new phone. Weird ghosts in the machine you have no ability to inspect can be in the configuration files. I had a mail syncing bug move between three iPhones where I had to sometimes exit and enter a mailbox for refresh.

SwiftOnSecurity, 7 months ago to random

👏Antivirus👏is👏the👏highest👏fidelity👏alert👏you👏have👏.

A threat getting far enough through your defenses to trigger antivirus means you have already failed. You are already in a possible breach. Even if it says “cleaned.”

SwiftOnSecurity, 7 months ago to random

Just FYI to newer journalists: You can define “cyber attacks” in ways to arrive at basically any number you want. I promise you these statistics are wholly literally meaningless. Your home internet router discards zillions of junk probe packets a day, too.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-67228223

SwiftOnSecurity, 4 months ago to random

GDPR is what Europe has instead of God