Mastodawn

This is super-super niche, but I just made a little launcher for Visual Studio Code workspaces. Very helpful for quickly opening workspaces based on Windows and/or WSL.

Free & open source: https://github.com/robpomeroy/vscode-launcher

#VSCode #WSL #Windows #Development

Rob Pomeroy May 2

EU OS May 1

#EU_OS looks out for potential early adopters in the public sector to inform the design of the proof of concept.

Many current Linux on the Desktop deployments are in the education sector: schools and universities.

Dear @primtux or any other education Linux project, would you be interested to join the first developer sprint in person in Paris or online?

Event: https://hackdays.numerique.gouv.fr/

Planning: https://gitlab.com/eu-os/eu-os.gitlab.io/-/issues/31

@bluehats @codegouvfr @blagarrigue
@ThierryM
#plasma #gcompris #endof10

HackDays - Hackathon Digital Workspace

Les 2, 3 et 4 Juin 2025 - Travaillons ensemble à développer des outils souverains & open source

Rob Pomeroy Apr 30

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Kevin Beaumont Apr 28

Marks and Spencer cyber incident = ransomware.

It's DragonForce ransomware cartel, they have encrypted their VMware ESXi clusters. Lines up with network traffic I saw.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/marks-and-spencer-breach-linked-to-scattered-spider-ransomware-attack/

Marks & Spencer breach linked to Scattered Spider ransomware attack

Ongoing outages at British retail giant Marks & Spencer are caused by a ransomware attack believed to be conducted by a hacking collective known as "Scattered Spider" BleepingComputer has learned from multiple sources.

BleepingComputer

Rob Pomeroy Apr 30

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Kevin Beaumont Apr 29

Bloomberg confirm DragonForce ransomware at Marks and Spencer https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-29/ransomware-hack-said-to-be-cause-of-marks-spencer-outages

Rob Pomeroy Apr 26

Dear America,

WHAT?!

"Individuals associated with DOGE have attempted to exfiltrate and alter data while also using high-level systems access to remove sensitive information..."

Whistleblower describes how DOGE tore through NLRB IT system • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/17/whistleblower_nlrb_doge/

#1984 #dictatorship #exfiltration #DataBreach

Whistleblower describes DOGE IT dept rampage at America's labor watchdog

: Ignored infosec rules, exfiltrated data … then the mysterious login attempts from a Russian IP address began – claim

The Register

Rob Pomeroy Mar 26

"Credential stuffing as a service".

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-atlantis-aio-automates-credential-stuffing-on-140-services/

Imagine if these people used their powers for good? 😏

#Cybercrime #Innovation

New Atlantis AIO platform automates credential stuffing on 140 services

A new cybercrime platform named 'Atlantis AIO' provides an automated credential stuffing service against 140 online platforms, including email services, e-commerce sites, banks, and VPNs.

BleepingComputer

Rob Pomeroy Mar 24

boB Rudis 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 🇨🇦Mar 24

This one hits too close tbh

Rob Pomeroy Mar 24

DrayTek routers in the UK (and to a lesser extent elsewhere) are having A Bad Weekend. Lots of "spontaneous" reboots.

Also, DrayTek's UK website is unreachable. So this looks like a concerted attack.

Details are patchy, but ISP Review is tracking the problem: https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/03/broadband-isps-report-uk-connectivity-problems-with-vulnerable-draytek-routers.html

Applying firmware upgrades and disabling VPN services will help. Search your networks for indicators of compromise.

#DrayTek #Outage #DDoS #CVE

Broadband ISPs Report UK Connectivity Problems with Vulnerable DrayTek Routers

A number of broadband ISPs from across the United Kingdom (and possibly other countries too), such as ICUK and Andrews & Arnold (AAISP), have this weekend n

ISPreview UK

Rob Pomeroy Mar 8

LastPass* in the Krebs spotlight again for all the wrong reasons...

Feds Link $150M Cyberheist to 2022 LastPass Hacks – Krebs on Security
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/feds-link-150m-cyberheist-to-2022-lastpass-hacks/

*I remain a LastPass user. Come at me bro.

#LastPass #Crypto

Feds Link $150M Cyberheist to 2022 LastPass Hacks – Krebs on Security

Rob Pomeroy Feb 24

This is alarming.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/trump-2-0-brings-cuts-to-cyber-consumer-protections/

#Trump #America #Cybersecurity #Crime

Thank you as ever, @briankrebs

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