Reminder that the CEO of Telegram will owe me $1 Million USD in June 2022.
If you own an iOS device, update it right now. #iOS
COVID adjacent
For years, I had pre-tax money put into a transit spending account that I used to pay for all my #NYC subway fares. When I went WFH full time for COVID, I canceled the transfers and started to spend down the remaining balance. It took a long time (I'm rarely on a subway these days) but I am down to my last $24. That's eight trips left.
Wow: North Korea targets security researchers via Twitter DMs, a compromised Visual Studio Project and 0-days in Chrome/Windows: https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/new-campaign-targeting-security-researchers/
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After the death of G+ , I tried out some, then new, social media network called MeWe. Despite the twee name, I was hoping that it could be a decent replacement to Google's offering. After many months of use, I discovered some rather dubious Libertarian and worrisome aspects to this new service. I finally decided that the platform wasn't for me and made the jump to Mastodon and never looked back.
Gotta say, I am glad that I did.
The Hacker Who Archived Parler Explains How She Did It (and What Comes Next)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7vqew/the-hacker-who-archived-parler-explains-how-she-did-it-and-what-comes-next
Malwarebytes is one of those companies that I don't work with often but has always been shockingly honest when I talk with them.
Malwarebytes hacked by the SolarWinds guys.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/malwarebytes-said-it-was-hacked-by-the-same-group-who-breached-solarwinds/
>"After an extensive investigation, we determined the attacker only gained access to a limited subset of internal company emails," said today Marcin Kleczynski, Malwarebytes co-founder and current CEO.
>"Our internal systems showed no evidence of unauthorized access or compromise in any on-premises and production environments.
"Our software remains safe to use," Kleczynski added.
It's a reminder that even straight-forward seemingly apps, like messaging services, are far more complex and hard to talk about.
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