ddench who art in infosec exchange 

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I don't like to share. I'm a bit grumpy sometimes. I smile regardless, as often as possible, because a smile can heal the unhappiest of days. I like to make people's lives easier through functioning technology. Sweets. I don't like to share sweets...
I’ll give journalists in Ukraine pro-bono cybersecurity guidance, inc. security keys for enhanced two-factor auth for email and social media. If you know folks at Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post or elsewhere who would benefit from this, please put us in touch: runa at granitt dot io.

The new and improved Windows LAPS! (Local Administrator Password Solution) is finally here for both cloud and on-premises environments.

check it out!

https://aka.ms/Techcommunity/LAPS

#LAPS #AzOps

By popular demand: Windows LAPS available now!

Welcome to the new and improved Windows LAPS! That's Local Administrator Password Solution. We've been listening to your feedback and requests, and the day is finally here for both cloud and on-premises environments. We're very happy to announce that new LAPS capabilities are coming directly to your...

TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM

One of the benefits of #Mastodon being #OpenSource: The EU can help make it more secure.

"Awards of up to EUR 5000 are available for finding security vulnerabilities in LibreOffice, LEOS, Mastodon, Odoo and CryptPad, open source solutions used by public services across the European Union. There is a 20% bonus for providing a code fix for the bugs they discover."
https://commission.europa.eu/news/european-commissions-open-source-programme-office-starts-bug-bounties-2022-01-19_en
#EU #OpenCollaboration

European Commission's Open Source Programme Office starts bug bounties

Ethical hackers wanted, for fixing bugs in LibreOffice, LEOS, Mastodon, Odoo and CryptPad.

European Commission
Someone asked me today about my plans for the Fall and it took me a moment to realize she meant my plans for the Autumn and not the collapse of civilization.
@jerry lol ep. 267 #defensivesecuritypodcast "you were supposed to think about today's threats yesterday"... uhuh I gots confused, pretty sure I'm thinking of last week's threats tomorrow.
Hey @WPalant , just wanted to give a personal thanks for the screencastify work. Thanks to @gcluley reporting, not only do I know more about the risk our school's use of screencastify (and extensions in general) poses, but I'm armed with some little knowledge to start investigating the other extensions we use.
Looking forward to the release of @opensuse Leap 15.3? We can all celebrate together! https://news.opensuse.org/2021/05/25/opensuse-community-readies-for-release-party/
openSUSE Community Readies for Release Party

The openSUSE Project is planning to have a 24-hour release party in the openSUSE Bar immediately after the release of openSUSE Leap 15.3. The virtual release...

Cybersecurity in season 2 of The Mandalorian

Investigating the cybersecurity issues of the Empire's bases and spaceships in the context of season 2 of The Mandalorian.

Daily - English - Global - blog.kaspersky.com

To all my #security friends, a modified #infosec blessing for you all:

May your alerts be few and your incidents be minor for the rest of your days.

Happy New Year everyone. Let's try to do better for ourselves and everyone around us in 2021, okay? This whole isolation stuff is starting to get old, and I'm not just talking about lockdowns and such. Stay healthy, stay sane, and stay happy.

Thank god that’s finally over.

Adobe Flash I mean.

Happy new year everyone.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55497353

Adobe Flash Player is finally laid to rest

The beleaguered web browser plug-in will no longer receive security updates from Adobe.

BBC News