Scott Mortimer 

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Information Security geek, Old School RPG nerd, and wannabe fiction writer.

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OpenAI prepping ChatGPT-5

I always knew that there was an AI Chatbot hiding in the Mountains of Madness.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/technology/shoggoth-meme-ai.html

How the Shoggoth Meme Has Come to Symbolize the State of A.I.

The Shoggoth, a character from a science fiction story, captures the essential weirdness of the A.I. moment.

The New York Times

Just realized that yesterday was the anniversary of me joining infosec.exchange.

My how time flies ⌛​🪰🪰

Glad to see that the folks at Bitwarden are still doing a bang-up job. Now let's hope that their DevOps team aren't running unpatched version of Plex on their dev boxes.

- - Looking at you LastPass 🧐 --

Are you using a secure password manager? Find out why Bitwarden passed its annual audit with flying colors - gHacks Tech News https://www.ghacks.net/2023/03/02/bitwarden-passes-third-annual-security-audit-with-flying-colors/
>Bitwarden, maker of the password management solution, has published the results of two third-party security audits.

Are you using a secure password manager? Find out why Bitwarden passed its annual audit with flying colors - gHacks Tech News

Bitwarden, maker of the password management solution, has published the results of two third-party security audits.

gHacks Technology News

Consider swiching to KeyPassXC if you are concerned about this vulnerability.

KeePass Password Manager Vulnerability: Is Your Data at Risk? - gHacks Tech News https://www.ghacks.net/2023/02/01/keepass-password-manager-vulnerability-what-you-need-to-know/
>A disputed KeePass vulnerability was disclosed recently. It allows attackers with write access to export the entire password database.,

The Space Karen

If you're still using this service, it past time you move on.

LastPass users: Your info and password vault data are now in hackers’ hands

Password manager says breach it disclosed in August was much worse than thought.

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1906575

LastPass users: Your info and password vault data are now in hackers’ hands

Password manager says breach it disclosed in August was much worse than thought.

Ars Technica

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