Dave Ockwell-Jenner

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Cybersecurity leader, recovering developer, repentant pentester, and a DJ! Views are my own, not those of my employer.
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Getting "..time limit exceeded" when trying to query.
Anyone noticing issues with DNS to 1.1.1.1? Getting some timeouts from multiple sources.

jetbrains is far from the first company to make this particular pair of claims but it is simply, on the most fundamental level, impossible to mass-collect people’s terminal and editor contents and also not collect sensitive or personal data.

I realize they may have the foresight to use pattern-matching filters to skip over some of the most obvious ones (in which case they should be more specific and less handwavey), but that will only ever catch a fraction of it. And no company wants to admit and take responsibility for the fact that their data-hoarding practices are constantly violating GDPR, HIPAA, and every other acronym under the sun

Almost time for the annual #sectorca pilgrimage. Looking forward to seeing the great and good of the Canadian cybersecurity world.

This week, I’ve had a business unit ask “our people can be trusted, they should be able to disable security software”. Sure, I will get right on that!

How’s your week going?

The Russian secret service targeted airports, the defense and logistics industry, the maritime sector, trains, IT companies, and air traffic control.

#Russia #cybersecurity #hack #IT

https://cnews.link/russian-hackers-target-us-disrupt-ukraine-aid-nsa-1/

There's a powerful (and dangerous) runtime that's been overlooked by the bad guys, but you need to know about it. This is an introduction to Deno and its offensive capabilities.

https://taggart-tech.com/evildeno/

Evil Deno: Abusing the Nicest JavaScript Runtime

Deno offers a wonderful developer experience for those who work in the Node ecosystem. Turns out, it also offers a great deal for offensive security researchers—and the bad guys.

At @sectorca this week. Who will I see? #SecTorCA
Canada launches new "Schrödinger passports" to stay one step ahead of fraud.

➡️ Unstrike can automatically rescue a Windows installation affected by the CrowdStrike Falcon update error. This tool creates an ISO that can be copied to a USB drive for automated rescue, including on BitLocker-encrypted systems.

https://legacyupdate.net/unstrike

Unstrike: Rescue PCs affected by CrowdStrike Falcon crash - Legacy Update