Q for IT defenders: How would you tell if your Bluetooth-enabled light switches, WiFi access points, phones, door access control, HVAC, TVs, vending machines, etc had a worm spreading via BT?

The answer today is, you wouldn't. The goal of this class is to provide you with the start of an answer for tomorrow. This class covers a tool that can be used to look for out of date patch status or tomorrow's indicators of compromise.

And lest you think there aren’t wormable unpatched BT arbitrary code execution vulns out there. Here’s a very recent one which is still not patched on a bunch of devices (primary headphones): https://darkmentor.com/bt.html#Headphone%20Jacking%3A%20A%20Key%20to%20Your%20Phone:%5B%5BHeadphone%20Jacking%3A%20A%20Key%20to%20Your%20Phone%5D%5D%20%5B%5BBluetooth%20Security%20Timeline%5D%5D
From: @OpenSecurityTraining2
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Me: I don't need any more t-shirts.

The Bitter Southerner: Are you sure about that?

https://bsgeneralstore.com/collections/t-shirts/products/product-of-public-school-tee

I think on the left we don't value propaganda because we think it's easy to make and expect it to simply materialize out of nature like the rain or the wind. And we are suspicious of anyone trying to sell anything.

I'm using propaganda here to simply mean "media made to persuade" rather than "media made to deceive."

Part of the reason it's not valued is because we think "reality has a left-wing bias."

Why would you fund media about how the earth is a globe? It's true. Reality will win.

Connect the dots on the AI hype + Big Tech going all in despite vast losses.

I say: it's all about surveillance capitalism (an enhanced version of it).

Think of it: unprecedented access to personal data, scanning & analyzing private messages under the guise of "productivity" & "saving us time."

All Big Tech companies that make their money in advertising are going all in.

This article by Ed Zitron shows the BILLIONS they are losing: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/

And yet: https://www.theverge.com/news/711621/amazon-bee-ai-wearable-acquisition

Today in 1963, 62 years ago: The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.

#OnThisDay

As we grapple with yet another horrific revelation that Trump is named throughout the Epstein files related to child sex trafficking—a reminder that Mueller could've charged Trump but chose not to due to made up DOJ "rules," McConnell could've removed Trump but chose not to due to "politics," Garland could've convicted Trump but chose not to due to "norms," and Biden could've replaced Garland with a new AG to charge Trump but chose not to due to "optics."

We are not here by mere accident.

Jurassic Parks & Recreation

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The Importance of Being Friends
(Madame's contribution)

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GIlligan's Travels

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