Posts by deltatux@infosec.town
(DIR) Post #AXxp6HfSR3Cg5OompM by deltatux@infosec.town
2023-07-21T19:39:56.763Z
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@jerry@infosec.exchange @pauliehedron@infosec.exchange I think infosec.town already has the blobcats. I think it's included as part of the software. On infosec.town, I see it in the emoji picker under "Other".Like this little guy: :ablobcatenjoy:
(DIR) Post #AXxp6PrRyLY9UuUTdA by deltatux@infosec.town
2023-07-21T19:45:21.554Z
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@pauliehedron@infosec.exchange @jerry@infosec.exchange ah, i see, wow thanks Jerry for all the hard work!
(DIR) Post #AXynd3OKWt8McCGU6K by deltatux@infosec.town
2023-07-23T07:26:40.564Z
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#Hackers have been selling nude videos of children from hacked baby monitors on #Telegram.Another reminder that many things shouldn't be connected to the #Internet, many #IoT devices have really poor #security. This includes many "smart" devices that are advertised to parents to watch their little ones.These are the times when convenience shouldn't be at the expense of security & #privacy. When buying baby monitors, make sure to find ones that work without WiFi setup. Find models that where WiFi is optional and comes with a viewing device bundled. These devices may also have questionable security as well, but at least they're not connected to the Internet...#infosec #cybersecurity #BabyMonitor #news #technews #databreach #cybercrimehttps://www.wired.com/story/hikvision-cameras-telegram-children/https://ipvm.com/reports/cp-sale-hack?code=fgasdtgf
(DIR) Post #AYSfmD53Dv8JaN8qBM by deltatux@infosec.town
2023-08-06T17:52:44.661Z
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@selea@social.linux.pizza @Crudge@infosec.exchange Might not be a bad alternative, could be great for a small community. Though for a personal site, really depends on the person's budget as well, it is an additional $5/month vs. free. Could be a good option to give it a try regardless.
(DIR) Post #AYlB6WDn4DBxJ4mwQi by deltatux@infosec.town
2023-08-15T15:32:39.544Z
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@wjmaggos@liberal.city @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social They don't even need to do that, they can just simply choose to deploy an #Akkoma or #Firefish instance that already have those features... You don't need to modify #Mastodon to do something that already exists on the fediverse. If they don't want to deploy their own instance, they can join existing ones running these implementations.Akkoma & Firefish include quote boosts/quote posts, rich text formatting, full text search and more. Firefish even has the option to import your own posts from other instances including from Mastodon as well.Mastodon has the most "market share" but they're definitely not the only #ActivityPub microblogging implementation out there. Others exist and already have features that are missing on Mastodon. Unfortunately because of Mastodon's sheer size, people have equated it to the entire #fediverse, similar to how Kleenex is to facial tissues.I think Big Media is mainly still not sold on the idea of decentralized social networking and they don't believe the audience is there. They seem to have hopped on to Threads pretty fast. I'm interested to see how BBC's experiment on the fediverse plays out, hopefully they have a permanent presence here.
(DIR) Post #AYlPhSdakl2AGSMm6y by deltatux@infosec.town
2023-08-15T17:30:45.478Z
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@wjmaggos@liberal.city @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social @volkris@qoto.org Well, if BBC's experiment proves successful, hopefully other big names would jump in. Another European publication, Heise from Germany has their own instance on the fediverse as well.Apparently Financial Times attempted their own fediverse instance but because they opened it up for registration, made the whole thing not working out for them.I think there would be more trial & error before the big names really take the fediverse seriously.One good news is that smaller publications like @ProPublica@newsie.social, @TexasObserver@texasobserver.social, @TheConversationUS@newsie.social & more are already on the #fediverse. Hopefully more will follow.
(DIR) Post #AZmS6964PEth52ZBHE by deltatux@infosec.town
2023-09-15T03:21:14.515Z
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@retr0id@retr0.id I mean Nostr is full of cryptobros (which Dorsey seems to be a huge proponent), it can be quite nauseating. Sad that the concept of Nostr is great, the community, not so much.
(DIR) Post #AasERHSVVI1ve9FoDw by deltatux@infosec.town
2023-10-17T21:32:04.715Z
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@MishaalRahman@androiddev.social if it's enabled by default in Android 14 kernels, would this mean that this is a default only for devices launched on Android 14 or it's for all devices running Android 14?
(DIR) Post #AcSTrMdPyWORwRtyyG by deltatux@infosec.town
2023-12-03T14:24:28.888Z
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There is a new remote code execution vulnerability in Splunk that has been recently disclosed. It has a CVSS score of 8.8/10 and is currently tracked as CVE-2023-46214.Splunk recommends admins to upgrade to 9.0.7 or 9.1.2 depending on which branch you're currently on. www.helpnetsecurity.com/2023/11/27/cve-2023-46214-poc/#Splunk #RCE #vulnerability #patch #SIEM #CVE_2023_46214
(DIR) Post #AcVRVrs5XZzO11GXZI by deltatux@infosec.town
2023-12-05T17:24:07.088Z
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In a message to Eric Migicovsky (CEO of Beeper, a 3rd party iMessage service), a 16 year old developer claimed that he reverse engineered Apple iMessage.Astounded by the claim, the Beeper team looked into the claim & his prototype to find that it actually worked. They were able to register the Android device as if it's an iPhone and was able to send/receive messages as if nothing is amiss.After months of work, Beeper is now releasing the Beeper Mini app which allows an Android device directly send/receive iMessage with Apple's servers without the use of relay servers. At launch, the app will cost US$2/month.While something like this is a novelty outside of the US. For a market like the US while iMessage dominates, this can be a game changer (assuming it doesn't get legally shut down by Apple).For more: www.theverge.com/2023/12/5/23987817/beeper-mini-imessage-android-reverse-engineer#iMessage #ReverseEngineer #Android #Beeper #Messaging #MessageApps
(DIR) Post #AcmhZTN8MiuqkC5VFA by deltatux@infosec.town
2023-12-14T01:16:09.146Z
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@mttaggart personally I find that there's still value in federation with Threads. Even if you make it a "limited" federation, at least it gives users the choice if they want to see content there or not.There are going to be government agencies, news agencies and other organizations would establish themselves on whatever platform that they believe is where the mainstream is. As much as we constantly make noise to have them come to the fediverse or "Mastodon", that's not where your average users are as much as we try to say otherwise. Most people are on either Threads or Twitter for microblogging, for the most part. Other platforms are still niche.These organizations still provide vital information about local communities and safety information, no matter how problematic the platforms themselves can be, there's still valuable information there.
(DIR) Post #Acmz9oaeeY3wCFKLBo by deltatux@infosec.town
2023-12-14T04:29:22.943Z
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@mttaggart ya, I get why they make their stance to oppose federation but at the same time, it's my understanding that a lot of flagship or "major" instances are open to federating. The main Mastodon instances (Mastodon.social & Mastodon.online) seems to signal in the past that they're open to federation. Right now I'm seeing that pixelfed's creator is actively playing with the only Threads account that's being federated right now (in its limited capacity).Not sure what @jerry's thoughts are regarding Threads federation. I know some regional instances are either open to federating or open to limiting/unlisting Threads so it won't flood the public/instance timeline but still give people the choice to see Threads content if they so choose to.Personally tried running my own instance, even with running Akkoma which is quite lightweight for single user instances, I can't even find the time to keep up with sysadmining these days because life lol. So I'm hoping the instances I'm on are open to federating with Threads (either fully open or even limited/unlisted is good too).
(DIR) Post #AcmzNPyuwbMlvcA7Xs by deltatux@infosec.town
2023-12-14T04:33:50.440Z
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@mttaggart ya it works on infosec.town but it looks like it works for some Mastodon instances and failing on others. Generally if it fails, it is due to an Error 503 Remote certificate can't be validated error.