David Krause

@krausedw@defcon.social
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David Krause is an information security professional specializing in threat intelligence.
Views expressed are my own and not those of my employer.
Websitehttps://www.davidkrause.com/
Show threadDavid KrauseMay 14
@damien @GossiTheDog I would say most breach and ransomware victims hire a professional crisis comms vendor. It's another whole sub-industry of the ransomware industry. And those vendors do the opposite of what most cyber people would want. Mostly doing minimal statements, trying to kill stories, and less communication.
Show threadDavid KrauseMay 1
@JesseSkinner It depends on the mirror. There are some mirrors that have really old versions around. You can technically skip versions on upgrades, but it's not recommended and may not work correctly.
David KrauseFeb 25
@da_667 Maybe look into an at home sleep study instead. There are some online, but no idea how great they are. You are just getting started, just wait until you learn about the scam of durable medical equipment (DME) vendors for sleep supplies. There's a bunch of CPAP forums online with people raging about the CPAP industry.
Show threadDavid KrauseJan 15

@GossiTheDog Are you sure about that? This subdomain seems pretty important according to the docs and it still is resolving to an Edgecast IP.

https://bgp.he.net/dns/iecvlist.microsoft.com

"This network traffic is related to the Microsoft Edge browser. The Microsoft Edge browser requires this endpoint to contact external websites."
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/manage-windows-11-endpoints

iecvlist.microsoft.com - bgp.he.net

iecvlist.microsoft.com DNS Information

Show threadDavid KrauseJan 6
@GossiTheDog Arsenal FC website is still running on Edgio
Show threadDavid KrauseNov 19, 2024
@solenepercent @solene
File system definitely could be better. Also, I was getting a lot of random crashes and I found that if I disabled xcompmgr they went away, so it may be issues with GPU acceleration.
David KrauseNov 12, 2024
@joel I wrote a shell script to automatically cycle between 4 states similar to how Microsoft Windows does, extend, second, duplicate, laptop. I have it mapped to a hotkey and also just apm powerup/powerdown rather than hotplug since I use a dock. I thought about trying to share but I may need to clean it up and tweak it some to be usable in other setups.
David KrauseOct 1, 2024
@GossiTheDog that’s ok, Qualys will be happy to tell you about their acronym year round, it’s even on the third version of it…
David KrauseSep 30, 2024

Here we go, more posturing that ultimately doesn't fix the problem. :(

https://therecord.media/counter-ransomware-initiative-washington-meeting-2024

Here's what to expect from the Counter Ransomware Initiative meeting this week

The fourth annual gathering of the Counter Ransomware Initiative will include “significant, major new deliverables” according to Anne Neuberger, the U.S. deputy national security adviser.

David KrauseSep 30, 2024

I saw a great comment on Reddit in response to "Why do some people prefer Unix to Linux": https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1fjtg9v/comment/lnqiylg/

#FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

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David KrauseSep 30, 2024

I saw a great comment on Reddit in response to "Why do some people prefer Unix to Linux": https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1fjtg9v/comment/lnqiylg/

#FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

Show threadFelix Palmen  Sep 30, 2024
@krausedw I wonder whether I should try to create a "toolkit" (that would ONLY work with #X11 and #Xrender) out of the small collection of "widgets" I created in #C / #xcb for #Xmoji, just to publish more stuff intentionally incompatible with #Wayland... 😏
Show threadSyntaxError  Sep 30, 2024
@krausedw In the end #linux people are doing exactly what #MS does: embrace, extended, extinguish.
Show threadlfa   Sep 30, 2024
@krausedw In part those are reasons why I switched from Debian to Devuan first (because of SystemD), and now little by little I'm testing and evaluating switching to BSDs. In fact I already migrated my laptop to FreeBSD and it works fine so far.
Show threadColin McMillenSep 30, 2024
@krausedw I am really, really relieved every time I see a post where another person despises this hellish never-ending deprecation cycle. It's not just me, then.
Thanks for sharing
Show threadChuckSep 30, 2024
@krausedw That is pretty great. For me it has been watching Linux => Windows. The OS experience is influenced by who is working on it and what OS they want a 'free' version of. Back in the day that was UNIX but for the bulk of FOSS programmers working on Linux that now seems to be Windows. Without a Linus equivalent for the userland this is to be expected.
Show threadjbzSep 30, 2024
@krausedw that's the life
Show threadXenotarSep 30, 2024
@krausedw Perfect
Show thread@haitchfiveOct 1, 2024

@krausedw

Fair.

Show threadsoftware_libero_e_dintorniOct 1, 2024

@krausedw Linux is the kernel, GNU is the operating system....
https://www.gnu.org

GNU means Gnu (is) Not Unix.

We got the 4 freedoms, you don't. :P

Show threadmirabilosOct 1, 2024

@krausedw huh, arts… haven’t heard that in a long while.

This. Everything this. I hereby undersign that.

Show threadstfOct 1, 2024
@krausedw if i do a "s/linux/python/" and a "s/bsd/perl/" on this text, it still rings true. my py bitrots away with every new minor #python version, but my #perl stuff from 20 years ago still works...
Show threadFrancesco P Lovergine Oct 1, 2024
@stf @krausedw
That's only because you are unfamiliar with Javascript and its ecosystem of frameworks in frontends; otherwise, you would discover how deep the rabbit hole is.
Show threadSam AlexOct 1, 2024
@krausedw I’ve used Linux on my primary system since 2000 and have been a Linux user since 1996. It’s just a nice change and a fun OS to use. Even now using PopOS on my daily driver, it just works.
Show threadClara “idling forward” sparksOct 1, 2024
@krausedw wait what, how is Linux busting tmux now??
Show threadOriel Jutty Oct 1, 2024
@mxsparks @krausedw Not exactly "now". The linked issue is from 2016.
Show threadMᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢOct 1, 2024
@krausedw I think I've said each and every one of those things. That makes me old, doesn't it?
Show threadDušan MitrovićOct 1, 2024

@krausedw So, all of these reasons are basically due to a stubborn resistance to change?

As an example, ip is so much easier to use than ifconfig and we need a new display server implementation that will finally catch up to modern advancements in hardware. Is Wayland the answer? Probably. Does it need more work, yes. Should it be abandoned because X does everything you need already? No, because X doesn't actually do that.

Show threadHarald Hannelius Oct 1, 2024
@krausedw did I write that?
Show threadSK53Oct 1, 2024

@nfgusedautoparts Apart from being too early for X windows (knew the CTO of 🇩🇪 firm PCS Gmbh when he chose X) get feelings of deja vu: https://defcon.social/@krausedw/113227801721022873

About the only Perl programming I ever did was a wrapper so that I coul.d pass the same arguments to both FSF and Posix join(1).

David Krause (@krausedw@defcon.social)

Attached: 1 image I saw a great comment on Reddit in response to "Why do some people prefer Unix to Linux": https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1fjtg9v/comment/lnqiylg/ #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

DEF CON Social
Show threadLily StarOct 1, 2024
@krausedw Reminds me of every app owner who just cant understand why we have to patch anything ever, or why that 12 year old OS version is no longer supported.
Change happens. Learn to accept it for less stress in your life already.
Show threaddeutrinoOct 1, 2024
@krausedw this is an interesting take, I used "there's less pointless change than Windows" to woo 2 normies away from Microsoft to Linux. I'm glad to know there's another leap toward less pointless change possible, because I have limited capacity to learn new tools