Scott Mortimer @ScottMortimer@infosec.exchange

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Is All Security through Obscurity?

Https://perishablepress.com/security-obscurity/

“Catastrophic” hack on email provider destroys almost two decades of data

VFEmail says data for virtually all US users is gone for good.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/02/catastrophic-hack-on-email-provider-destroys-almost-two-decades-of-data/

DNS Servers That Offer Privacy and Filtering

https://danielmiessler.com/blog/dns-servers-you-should-have-memorized/

Just 24hrs with Pi-hole protecting my home network. That's a lot of DNS activity.

Just found my weekend project.

https://scotthelme.co.uk/securing-dns-across-all-of-my-devices-with-pihole-dns-over-https-1-1-1-1/

So much for strong German privacy laws.

"Meanwhile, it added, Germany's Telecommunications Surveillance Ordinance (TKÜV) obliges providers to "provide the technical infrastructure necessary for carrying out telecommunications surveillance and to take the organizational measures necessary in this regard to ensure that surveillance can be implemented without undue delay".

Log-free email provider Posteo: 'You must log user IP addresses', court rules (ZDNet) https://www.zdnet.com/article/log-free-email-provider-posteo-you-must-log-user-ip-addresses-court-rules/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

57% of IT workers who get phished don't change their password behaviors

Despite the wide-ranging effects of the Facebook data privacy scandal, only one-fifth of people are concerned over privacy issues related to social media use, according to a Yubico study.

57% of IT workers who get phished don't change their password behaviors - TechRepublic https://www.techrepublic.com/article/57-of-it-workers-who-get-phished-dont-change-their-password-behaviors/#ftag=RSS56d97e7

I hope to see some beneficial outcomes from this project that shame IoT manufacturerers into producing secure devices.

Japanese government plans to hack into citizens' IoT devices | ZDNet

Japanese government wants to secure IoT devices before Tokyo 2020 Olympics and avoid Olympic Destroyer and VPNFilter-like attacks.

Japanese government plans to hack into citizens' IoT devices | ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/japanese-government-plans-to-hack-into-citizens-iot-devices/

Hopefully Fox News gets a well-deserved Red Shield.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3335683/mobile/microsoft-fights-fake-news-with-newsguard-integration-in-its-mobile-edge-browser.html

"If you don't know how to code, learn - like planting a tree, the best time to start was ten years ago, but the second best time is now. If your technical competence is ten years out of date, don't cling to your hard-won kingdom of decaying knowledge and sabotage any attempts at change: get out and pick up a certification, attend a meetup, something. Anything. At the end of the day, we're all self-taught engineers."

https://forrestbrazeal.com/2019/01/16/cloud-irregular-the-creeping-it-apocalypse/

Re-decentralizing the Web, for good this time

https://ruben.verborgh.org/articles/redecentralizing-the-web/

I have finally found the perfect light-weight and private Chrome start tab extension.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/favorites-new-tab-page/kjkbcegjfanmgocnecnngfcmmojheiam/

Who’s Really Behind the World’s Most Popular Free VPNs?

Half of the world’s most popular free VPN apps are run by secretive Chinese companies. Find out what’s really happening to your data.

Who’s Really Behind the World’s Most Popular Free VPNs? https://hackernoon.com/whos-really-behind-the-world-s-most-popular-free-vpns-d74bafc82178

I'll just leave this here...

https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-replace-windows-7-with-linux-mint/