Scott Mortimer @ScottMortimer@infosec.exchange

Fascinating article about the perfidious and covert manipulation of public opinion.

The Plot Against George Soros

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hnsgrassegger/george-soros-conspiracy-finkelstein-birnbaum-orban-netanyahu

Gopher: When Adversarial Interoperability Burrowed Under the Gatekeepers' Fortresses | Electronic Frontier Foundation

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/02/gopher-when-adversarial-interoperability-burrowed-under-gatekeepers-fortresses

WordPress-based botnet deploys anti-adblocker tech to ensure profitability. Today I spend some quiet time envisioning the after effects of malware writers stepping in front of speeding buses.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-botnet-deploys-anti-adblocker-script-to-make-sure-its-spammy-ads-are-profitable/

Looking forward to the day when Oracle disappears into complete irrelevance and is bought by some patent troll.

I really can't believe that there are still so many reasons to hate Larry Ellison and Oracle. It's like an eternal well of shit-sourcery.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-20/trump-backer-ellison-gets-president-s-support-in-google-fight

This is a very interesting article that explains in some detail what COVID-19 does to the human body.

"The report shows that COVID-19 killed 2.3 percent of patients, meaning it is currently 23 times more fatal than the seasonal flu. Severe disease and deaths were reported in every age group, except kids under nine years old."

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/02/here-is-what-coronavirus-does-to-the-body/

Stop Using Encrypted Email

https://latacora.micro.blog/2020/02/19/stop-using-encrypted.html

As long as East Asian markets deal in cruel and dangerous wildlife trading, these types of events will keep happening.

To Prevent Next Coronavirus, Stop the Wildlife Trade, Conservationists Say

To Prevent Next Coronavirus, Stop the Wildlife Trade, Conservationists Say https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/health/coronavirus-animals-markets.html

The push to use TLS everywhere is bearing fruit...some of it rotten.

Nearly a quarter of malware now communicates using TLS

https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/02/18/nearly-a-quarter-of-malware-now-communicates-using-tls/

Google Online Security Blog: Titan Security Keys - now available in Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK

https://security.googleblog.com/2020/02/titan-security-keys-now-available-in.html

How to Detect and Block Bloodhound Attacks

(The AD reconnaissance tool, not the dog)

https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/how-to-block-bloodhound-attacks/

Private Internet Access - Open Source Repository

https://github.com/pia-foss

Lynis – Open source security auditing tool Detailed Explanation

https://gbhackers.com/lynis-open-source-security-auditing-tool-a-detailed-explanation/

Iranian hackers have been hacking VPN servers to plant backdoors in companies around the world

https://www.zdnet.com/article/iranian-hackers-have-been-hacking-vpn-servers-to-plant-backdoors-in-companies-around-the-world/

I apologize upfront for tooting a Medium article, but the OSINT info is pretty good.

OSINT: How to find information on anyone - Petro Cherkasets

https://medium.com/@Peter_UXer/osint-how-to-find-information-on-anyone-5029a3c7fd56

Activate This ‘Bracelet of Silence,’ and Alexa Can’t Eavesdrop

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/technology/alexa-jamming-bracelet-privacy-armor.html

This includes the possibility of using your Android phone as a Security Key via Bluetooth or NFC.

OpenSSH adds support for FIDO/U2F security keys

https://www.zdnet.com/article/openssh-adds-support-for-fidou2f-security-keys/