Zeljka Zorz

@zeljkazorz@infosec.exchange
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Editor-in-Chief of Help Net Security.

I use this account for work and privately.

Work-related interests: Anything and everything to do with information security and related topics.

Personal interests: As above, + hiking, painting/art, development and use of language, human psychology, gardening and plant ecology... Always open to picking up new ones and often falling down internet rabbit holes.

Help Net Securityhttps://www.helpnetsecurity.com/author/zeljkazorz/
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/zeljka-zorz-ba0065242/
Zeljka Zorz1d ago
Joseph Cox1d ago
New from 404 Media: Flock has cut off cameras in California, Illinois, and Virginia from national lookups after our investigations and others based on our reporting. Comes after we revealed cops doing lookups for ICE and an abortion case. Massive changes to this tech https://www.404media.co/flock-removes-states-from-national-lookup-tool-after-ice-and-abortion-searches-revealed/
Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches Revealed

Following 404 Media’s reporting and in light of new legislation, automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company Flock has stopped agencies reaching into cameras in California, Illinois, and Virginia.

404 Media
Zeljka Zorz2d ago

A recently patched directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-6218) in WinRAR could be leveraged by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations.

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/24/high-risk-winrar-rce-flaw-patched-update-quickly-cve-2025-6218/

#WinRAR #Cybersecurity #Vulnerability

High-risk WinRAR RCE vulnerability patched, update quickly! (CVE-2025-6218) - Help Net Security

A recently patched directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-6218) in WinRAR could be leveraged by attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Help Net Security
Zeljka Zorz6d ago
Show threadKevin Beaumont6d ago

I found an interesting Microsoft Recall issue with the latest version - Recall is enabled on my PC, but the tray icon (bottom right) saying it is running is missing.

Edit: after a reboot, it's back. I'll keep an eye on it. After the latest Windows Update the UI wasn't visible, but it was still recording.

Zeljka ZorzJun 20

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/19/gps-tracker-detection/

#Privacy

GPS tracker detection made easy with off-the-shelf hardware - Help Net Security

This article explores a low-cost GPS tracker detection method, helping security pros uncover hidden surveillance devices in vehicles.

Help Net Security
Zeljka ZorzJun 19
#Everything
Zeljka ZorzJun 12
Zeljka ZorzMar 20, 2024

Sometimes it needs to be presented just like this.

(From a report submitted by the Victoria Police (AU) to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Joint Committee Inquiry into law enforcement's capability to respond to cybercrime.)

Link to the report:
https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=ab2821cf-4ad7-4a77-8633-455a6b0eb5bd&subId=753218

#Cybercrime #Cybersecurity

Zeljka ZorzJun 11

ConnectWise is rotating code signing certificates. What happened?

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/11/connectwise-is-rotating-code-signing-certificates-what-happened/

#Cybersecurity #Connectwise

Connectwise is rotating code signing certificates. What happened? - Help Net Security

Connectwise is updating the digital signing certificates used in ScreenConnect, Automate, ConnectWise RMM due to security concerns.

Help Net Security
Show threadZeljka ZorzJun 10
#ClassicalKebab
Zeljka ZorzJun 10
Passing the Colloseum, the sunset in the harbour, going to a classical concert in the old Roman amphitheatre, and having to go into a porta potty 🙃 #MediterraneanSummer
Zeljka ZorzJun 10

What are some common mistakes legal teams make in the first 72 hours of a breach?

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/10/iva-miskovic-law-firm-cyber-legal-stategy/

#Breach #Cybersecurity

The legal questions to ask when your systems go dark - Help Net Security

Learn why legal strategy and tech understanding are key for lawyers supporting CISOs during cyber incidents.

Help Net Security
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crkⓋMay 28
Show threadEdMay 28

@crk5 #AltText

Finland Didn't End Homelessness With Magic.

They Just Didn't Treat It Like a Business Plan.

You can still run a café. Start a band. Sell socks online. Capitalism still works in Finland.

But they decided that housing people didn't need to turn a profit.

Because sometimes, the moral thing is the practical thing. And no one thrives when their neighbour is sleeping in a tent by the river.

You can't KPI your way out of a crisis. Sometimes, you just have to give a damn.

Show thread<undef>Jun 1

@EdCates @crk5 Sorry, all that got canceled and we decided to go with the business plan instead. For reals.

https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/26110-homelessness-rises-in-finland-for-first-time-in-over-a-decade.html

Homelessness rises in Finland for first time in over a decade

The number of homeless people in Finland has increased for the first time in 11 years, according to new data from ARA, the Finnish Housing Finance and Development Centre. The report shows that 3,806 people were experiencing homelessness in 2024, an increase of 377 compared to the previous year. The rise comes after more than a decade of steady declines and raises concerns about the country’s long-standing success in tackling homelessness.

Helsinki Times
Show threadEdJun 1
@undefined_variable @crk5 well THAT'S depressing as hell.
Show thread☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Jun 2

@EdCates @crk5 @undefined_variable “so many people end up homeless that services simply cannot keep up,” said Ojankoski.

According to the ARA report, rising rents, cuts to social benefits, and reductions in funding for housing advice services are key drivers behind the increase in homelessness.”

Fi is that pendulum between communist / capitalist values. Is the idea of housing dead in the publics mind; Or is it some kind of political opportunism?

Show thread<undef>Jun 2
@peterrenshaw @EdCates @crk5 Basically it's the Finnish Project 2025, just started in 2023. The government is ramming through the agenda of the monied (often literally, they get their policy papers pretty much straight from the Confederation of the Finnish Industries), dismantling the welfare state, including stealth-privatization of healthcare, huge tax cuts to the rich, austerity to the poor, rolling back civil rights, and consumer and environmental protections, the whole nine yards, except just, except wrapped in this blanket of Nordic conformity, so it's not as blatant.
Show thread☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Jun 2

@undefined_variable I remember reading the birth of Linux, “Just For Fun”. Cheap higher Ed., lots of time and a home to code over winter. What a loss for future Fins. @crk5 @EdCates

<https://raw.githubusercontent.com/limkokholefork/just-for-fun-linus-torvalds/master/just-for-fun.pdf>

Show threadBob ThomsonJun 2
@EdCates I saw someone in the U.K. has called for social housing to be treated as critical infrastructure. Hear hear. Totally sensible and another one of those things like public healthcare, libraries and early life support that those who are against them have no argument or business case, just toxic vibes.
Show thread8124🟦Jun 1

@crk5 What if you make the KPI homelessness, which you then end*?

Versus, "giving a damn" about homelessness, but then making a social media post and doing nothing to actually solve it.

I'm all for ending homelessness but the emotional, pro-irrationality appeal seems unnecessary and frankly absurd.

*Finland reduced homelessness by somewhere between 35% and 50%, which is still highly commendable