went down to the hotel lobby to retrieve my dinner delivery in a yoga outfit + snuggly cardigan + face mask.

some men with #RSAC2024 lanyards exited the elevator as I re-entered; they turned back to look at me and one said (very loudly, very pointedly staring at me) to the other, “I was like, did you hire me a hooker?”

if you are a man attending #rsac, please shut that kind of shit down when your peers do it. let’s not let insecurity rule our #security industry.

It was a pleasure to work with @RIOT_OS maintainers to contribute in making their RTOS more secure! https://infosec.exchange/@hnsec/112398919861504786

The way sentences containing the German character ß get longer when uppercased was specially designed to create memory problems in C programs doing string handling

finally made an "AI" category (https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?collection=ai) for @web3isgreat to capture all the disasters pertaining to AI-powered cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency-powered AI

I'm proud to announce the launch of the public beta for Clew, my independent web search engine! 🎉🎉🎉

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Any sufficiently advanced systems thinking is indistinguishable from premature optimization

Medieval humor! 9 Astonishing Gargoyle Statues: https://streetartutopia.com/medieval-humor-9-astonishing-gargoyle-statues-a-blend-of-art-and-functionality-in-gothic-architecture/
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Photo: At Abbey of Sainte Foy, Conques, France (c. 1107).

From a friend's discord

#infosec #starWars

Kinda crazy that artificial intelligence needs the entire output of a nuclear reactor but actual intelligence can run on Twix bars and cocaine, for example.

I can finally talk about what we've been working on for the past two years(!)

Using #sigstore, GitHub now supports artifact signing, which allows you to create unforgeable provenance guarantees for any software you build inside Actions.

It's been a heck of a ride, & you can read more about (and learn how to use it) here:

https://github.blog/2024-05-02-introducing-artifact-attestations-now-in-public-beta/

protip: drawing a hilariously bad artwork in MS Paint with a mouse is a much stronger quality signal that you care about the blog post than attaching an obvious AI generation

Someone on Tumblr has made a concept for a Tarot Card deck made out of ISO hazard symbols and it goes hard:

https://www.tumblr.com/medusasstory/749203130036699136/this-is-a-nice-sign-to-look-at-1010-for

Edit: apparently this image was a WIP version, a final, printable version is available here: https://organical-mechanical.itch.io/iso-tarot

Good luck everyone!

#DEFCON #CTF
https://defcon.social/@nautilusinstitute/112344576931750426

😡 @EDPS is giving up on its @Mastodon and @peertube experiment because it couldn’t find an EU agency to continue operating it.

I hope @EU_Commission can find a new home for it before May 18th as the executive body.

https://www.edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/press-releases/2024/edps-decentralised-social-media-pilot-end-successful-story_en

As a user,
I want your application to randomly steal focus
So that,
I enter my password managers main password into a chat box

MS-DOS is now open source, so in a time honored tradition. Lets look for curse words!

https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS

remember how Naomi fucking told us this a YEAR AGO and no one wanted to believe it until the government knocked on her door and she can't post anymore?

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/24/1091740/chinese-keyboard-app-security-encryption/

Cisco warns that a group of state-sponsored hackers has exploited two zero days in its ASA security appliances to spy on government networks over the last several months. Sources close to the investigation tell us they suspect China. https://www.wired.com/story/arcanedoor-cyberspies-hacked-cisco-firewalls-to-access-government-networks/

Around 1985, ISI (Information Storage Inc.) introduced their 525 WC Optical Storage System. This was one of a number of magneto-optical disc storage formats introduced in the mid-1980s, and allowed users to record data to an optical disc in the days before CD-R and CD-RW.

Single-sided and double-sided discs were available, with a capacity of 115 or 230 MB respectively. The discs were pre-formatted, and were WORM (write-one, read many) capable.

Find out more at https://obsoletemedia.org/isi-525-wc/