Notices by AAKL (aakl@infosec.exchange), page 3

Shameful, really.

#Apple still blocking access to news apps and podcasts at Moscow’s request https://therecord.media/apple-blocking-access-news-apps-kremlin @therecord_media

Kaspersky: Threats in space (or rather, on Earth): internet-exposed GNSS receivers https://securelist.com/internet-exposed-gnss-receivers-in-2024/114548/ @Kaspersky #infosec #cybersecurity

Everything to know about Bluesky Social https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-use-bluesky-social-everything-to-know-about-the-popular-x-alternative/

Bluesky picks up 700,000 new users in one week as more people exit X https://www.zdnet.com/article/bluesky-picks-up-700000-new-users-in-one-week-as-more-people-exit-x/ @ZDNet @lancewhit

Oh-oh. I'm not sure dwarfing Mastodon was the desired goal, except maybe in #Meta's calculations.

This nonprofit is founded by the co-author and current editor of ActivityPub, Evan Prodromou.

The group felt the time was right, "given that Meta recently adopted ActivityPub for its latest app, Threads."

"Thanks to the tech giant’s involvement, there are now over 200 million new potential fediverse users, dwarfing the adoption of other popular federated apps, like Mastodon."

As the open social web grows, a new nonprofit looks to expand the ‘fediverse’ https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/24/as-the-open-social-web-movement-grows-a-new-nonprofit-launches-to-expand-the-fediverse/ @TechCrunch @Sarahp #fediverse #Mastadon

@Sarahp I know. I was referring to the spread of Threads, not to anything you said.

@Sarahp 😆 It just feels like Meta will end up swallowing the Fediverse, kind of like a business merger. How much of Mastodon will remain?

Ara: History Untold is a thin but accessible 4X that's not a threat to Civ's crown https://www.pcgamer.com/ @pcgamer

The #Tor response comes in the aftermath of this report:

Investigations in the so-called darknet: Law enforcement agencies undermine Tor anonymisation https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/panorama/aktuell/Investigations-in-the-so-called-darknet-Law-enforcement-agencies-undermine-Tor-anonymisation,toreng100.html

Tor insists its network is safe after German cops convict CSAM dark-web admin https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/19/tor_police_germany/ @theregister #privacy

Elon #Musk may have fumbled the finances, but his takeover of #Twitter was an informed act of destruction to deny the opposition a key platform. He accomplished this with flying colors and gave the extreme right loonies a platform to boot. Remember this if he ever gets a federal government "auditor" position.

How Elon Musk fumbled his purchase of Twitter https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/how-elon-musk-fumbled-his-purchase-wmur-twitter-and-apparently-gave-grimes-s-baby-name-to-his-other-child/ar-AA1qxdcY

From yesterday: ‘How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter’ authors say platform is ‘a tool for controlling political discourse’ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/how-elon-musk-destroyed-twitter-authors-say-platform-is-a-tool-for-controlling-political-discourse/ar-AA1qvD9S @latimes

Tenable #Cybersecurity Snapshot: #RansomHub Group Triggers CISA Warning, While FBI Says North Korean Threat Actors Are Targeting Crypto Orgs https://www.tenable.com/blog/cybersecurity-snapshot-ransomhub-group-triggers-cisa-warning-while-fbi-says-north-korean #infosec #ransomware

From yesterday. #cybersecurity #Infosec

Veriti: #OnlyFans Hack Gone Wrong – How Cybercriminals Turn into Victims Overnight https://veriti.ai/blog/exposed-onlyfans-hack-gone-wrong-how-cyber-criminals-turn-into-victims-overnight/

Fake OnlyFans tool backstabs cybercriminals, steals passwords https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-trap-fake-onlyfans-tool-backstabs-cybercriminals-steals-passwords/ @BleepingComputer

#Linux OS market share climbs towards 5% — thanks, #Steam Deck! https://www.pcworld.com/article/2438718/linux-os-market-share-climbs-towards-5-thanks-steam-deck.html @pcworld @MichaelCrider

It's incredibly scary when a data-thieving company like #Meta champions #opensource in the EU after being told to stop stealing user data.

Meta and #Spotify CEOs want the EU to embrace open-source AI https://www.androidheadlines.com/2024/08/meta-spotify-ceos-eu-open-source-ai.html @androidheadlines

Open Source #AI? More Transparency, Please https://ipwatchdog.com/2024/08/26/open-source-ai-transparency-please/id=180412/ #opensource #privacy