🎙️ Nouvel épisode avec @g : on parle de DarkSword, un toolkit d'exploitation mobile à plusieurs millions qui se retrouve sur la place publique.
Le vrai danger ? Vos messages textes, pas les ports USB.
La vraie protection ? Installer vos mises à jour.
🎧 Web: https://bit.ly/41jmd18
🎧 Spotify: https://bit.ly/3PPfutm
🎧 YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Q10atB
🔐 Wi-Fi public, codes QR, juice jacking, Bluetooth, cookies, rotation de mots de passe — on croit encore à ces mythes de cybersécurité?
Nouvel épisode avec @g sur le projet Hacklore : pourquoi ces conseils périmés nuisent à notre crédibilité, et ce qu'on devrait dire à la place.
🎧 Web: https://polysecure.ca/posts/episode-0x710.html#7d774309
🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2bxJV6bM7AOFuARqbKMEc5?si=Wu6VxeAyR1uz2JC29Kk4tg
🎧 YouTube: https://youtu.be/SzXVZPlkCvA
An excellent follow-up article from Bob to the #hacklore interview. I particularly like the focus on #SecureByDesign and questioning the need for bolt-on, aftermarket solutions to product failures.
https://medium.com/@boblord/why-hacklore-persists-and-how-we-replace-it-985ac1065a98
Cyber threats have evolved over time. If the calculated risk of a particular threat decreases, then our list of top to-do items should reflect the changing landscape. Today @boblord argues that some old advice should be retired as #Hacklore.
https://podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2026/02/02/debunking-hacklore/
Tune in Monday when I'll be debating the efficacy and wisdom of some oft-repeated security tips with cybersecurity guru @boblord - something he calls #Hacklore.
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I have a weekly podcast called Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons. The show is a mix of cybersecurity news and interviews of prominent people in the industry. But like the book, the shows are targeted squarely at everyday, non-technical people - covering the info that everyone needs to know in a way that's accessible and practical.
🎁 🎄 🎅 All I want for Christmas is…
links to the #hacklore you keep seeing 👀
You know the advice. Everyone repeats it. No one questions it.
Send it my way, and spread the word: https://www.hacklore.org 🙏
I really do like the "Stop #Hacklore!" recommendations from https://www.hacklore.org/
However, in my opinion, they do ignore the gigantic #tracking threat on #privacy by the #Bluetooth tracker industry and the Multi-Billion-Dollar-Business of #DataBrokers sharing this data when they say that "turning off Bluetooth and NFC" is an "outdated advice".
For NFC I can not tell.
Unfortunately, most retail chains are using Bluetooth tracking and share their tracking with basically all others.
So my recommendation is: turn off at least Bluetooth any time you're not actively using it! Furthermore, I'd recommend people to randomize their #WiFi MAC address for unknown networks as well in their settings.
Modern Android has a neat feature to turn off Bluetooth when you're not using it for xx seconds/minutes. Use that and be aware that if you're walking through streets or shopping areas with your active BT headphones, you're being tracked all the time.
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