Robert Ullrey

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Writer, teacher, government wonk. 
#Vim | #Acsiidoc | #Markdown | #Infosec | #Unix
Rogue RDP Files Used in Latest Campaign Targeting Ukrainian Government, Military https://thecyberexpress.com/rogue-rdp-files-used-in-ukraine-cyberattacks/
Rogue RDP Files Targeting Ukrainian Government, Military

Hackers are trying to gain remote access to Ukrainian government and military systems leveraging RDP files disguised as popular network and security services.

The Cyber Express
Lots of people in my mentions asking about Web GPU. It's available right now in Safari Technology Preview. It shipped in version 190, in March. Please test it, and let us know if you see issues at https://bugs.webkit.org.
WebKit Bugzilla

WebKit Bugzilla
ShrinkLocker: Turning BitLocker into ransomware

The Kaspersky GERT has detected a new group that has been abusing Microsoft Windows features by modifying the system to lower the defenses and using the local MS BitLocker utility to encrypt entire drives and demand a ransom.

Kaspersky
More research on the group allegedly behind the MGM casino hack, this time from Mandiant/Google: https://therecord.media/scattered-spider-ransomware-attacks-hospitality-retail
‘Scattered Spider’ group launches ransomware attacks while expanding targets in hospitality, retail

Hackers connected to a group known to researchers by names like "Scattered Spider," "0ktapus," and UNC3944 have moved beyond targeting telecommunication firms and tech companies into attacks on hospitality, retail, media and financial services.

The gallop towards #enshittification as propounded by @pluralistic continues unabated. This time with Duolingo. I've been using the app for years. In fact almost straight for the past 180 days. Then their recent update removed the clear, well articulated speech & replaced it with what seems to be AI generated, barely comprehensible, low quality speech that effectively makes the app (now shapp/shit app) pretty much unusable.

If you're a Duolingo user or just a lover of language in general & if you've noticed this please file regular reports about the sound quality & add a comment. Become ungovernable.

#Languages #Duolingo

Every Monday I send out a CyberSecurity Newsletter:

In this week's news: MoveIT debacle keeps going with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young added to the list, BlackCat hacked Reddit and is now threatening to release data unless Reddit changes its new API policy, LastPass users are locked out when changing MFA, Microsoft Teams vulnerability allows malware distribution and SiegedSec targets Texas.

https://bagheera.substack.com/p/cybersecurity-newsletter-5b8?sd=pf

CyberSecurity Newsletter

June 26th, 2023

Bagheera’s Newsletter

#Moscow #museums close to the #Kremlin are being evacuated: #Tretyakov gallery, the #Pushkin museum, cultural centre #GES-2, and the shopping centres Mega Belaya Dacha and Kvartal

In cities across #Russia #Wagner billboards are being dismantled
#Prigozhin #putin

Looks like #bridges getting blocked closer to the #Moscow region (judging by telegram messages) and some sightings of high calibre weapons on the outskirts of Moscow’s south-western suburbs
#Prigozhin #Putin #Russia #Wagner

First thing I’ve published since surgery seven weeks ago. That was an excruciating hour or so, but have to pay the rent. So, any and all sharing would be *hugely* appreciated.

By me at Forbes, the latest iOS update (16.5) includes fixes for three zero-days impacting most all iPhone and iPad users.

#Infosec #Apple #iphone #ipad #ios #ios165 #0days #vulnerabilities

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2023/05/19/ios-165-update-now-warning-issued-for-all-iphone-ipad-users/

iOS 16.5—Update Now Warning Issued For All iPhone, iPad Users

iPhone and iPad users are urged to update to iOS 16.5 now as three actively exploited zero-days potentially affecting billions of users have been confirmed by Apple

Forbes

A new version of Helix, the modal text editor written in Rust, was released yesterday  

https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#2305-2023-05-18

Today, a long waited PR is merged to support multiple language servers per language:

https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/2507 🚀

#Helix #HelixEditor #Rust #RustLang

helix/CHANGELOG.md at master · helix-editor/helix

A post-modern modal text editor. Contribute to helix-editor/helix development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub