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Unbelievable

#ElonMusk’s US #DOGE Service are feeding sensitive data into #AI software via #Microsoft’s #cloud

#Musk’s US #DOGE Service have fed sensitive data from across the #Education Dept into #ArtificialIntelligence software to probe the agency’s programs & spending….
The AI probe includes data w/personally identifiable info for people who manage grants, & sensitive internal financial data…

#law #security #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #NationalSecurity #Trump #TrumpCoup
washingtonpost.com/nation/2025…


Mit Verlaub, das mag hart klingen, aber für so etwas sollte ein Verantwortlicher zur Rechenschaft gezogen werden – mit Konsequenzen, die sicherstellen, dass er nie wieder eine solche Verantwortung übernehmen darf. Solche »Sicherheitslücken« sind grob fahrlässig. 👇

heise.de/news/Datenleck-in-Reh…

#datenleck #security #sicherheit


Dear #Android #App #Developers, as it still happens far too often (no naming, no shaming! 💩 happens to everyone of us) a reminder to take good care of your #signing keys – and also take precautions for the case that your keystore might get lost. Please take a look at: f-droid.org/2023/09/03/reprodu… where I outline this topic.

Thanks!

#security


Wer eine so gravierende Sicherheitslücke wie d-trust zu verantworten hat, sollte die Fehler eingestehen, statt mit Cyber-Rhetorik vom eigenen Versagen abzulenken. Datenlecks durch Schlamperei sind inakzeptabel, ebenso wie die Kriminalisierung von Sicherheitsforschern. Verantwortung, Entschuldigung, Konsequenzen – jetzt!

ccc.de/de/updates/2025/dont-tr…

#security #sicherheit #schwachstelle #verantwortung


Some fascinating research out on hacking a Subaru via STARLINK connected vehicle service.

"On November 20, 2024, Shubham Shah and I discovered a security vulnerability in Subaru’s STARLINK connected vehicle service that gave us unrestricted targeted access to all vehicles and customer accounts in the United States, Canada, and Japan.

Using the access provided by the vulnerability, an attacker who only knew the victim’s last name and ZIP code, email address, phone number, or license plate could have done the following:

Remotely start, stop, lock, unlock, and retrieve the current location of any vehicle.

Retrieve any vehicle’s complete location history from the past year, accurate to within 5 meters and updated each time the engine starts.

Query and retrieve the personally identifiable information (PII) of any customer, including emergency contacts, authorized users, physical address, billing information (e.g., last 4 digits of credit card, excluding full card number), and vehicle PIN.

Access miscellaneous user data including support call history, previous owners, odometer reading, sales history, and more.

After reporting the vulnerability, the affected system was patched within 24 hours and never exploited maliciously."

samcurry.net/hacking-subaru#in…

#cars #security #subaru @starlink


Signal is a secure messenger, but there are interesting alternatives, such as @matrix , @session , @delta , @simplex or XMPP …

➡️ matrix.org

➡️ getsession.org

➡️ delta.chat

➡️ simplex.chat

➡️ xmpp.org

If you’d like to learn more about these options, have a look at the responses to this toot.

#matrix #session #signal #XMPP #messenger #decentralized #tech #technology #OpenSource #FOSS #WhatsApp #security #InfoSec #data #safety


Really good article. My experience with "security experts" is that most actually have very limited knowledge in the field. And lack critical thinking. This leads to an almost blind trust in these tools that spit out reports on CVSS scores that can easily be exported to nice looking spreadsheets.

Unfortunately, those tend to be taken as gospel by management. Because management never have a clue about anything.

#security #infosec


Die Signatur-Problematik bei F-Droid ist offenbar noch immer nicht gelöst: "We find it concerning that F-Droid constantly chooses to move the goalposts and continues to rely on a fundamentally broken approach for certificate pinning, merely patching [15] known vulnerabilities without ever addressing the underlying cause." 😵👇

github.com/obfusk/fdroid-fakes…

#fdroid #security #privacy #certpinning #signature


just discovered some very cool new projects:
git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/b…
aerogramme.deuxfleurs.fr/

aerogramme is a proxy for imap and caldav that offers encryption and some security guarantees

bagage is webdav with an s3 backend

this is all based on garage which works great on commodity hardware. you could rent a $5/mo/tb vps from hosthatch and have decently good secure, open source, cloud storage of all the above

#privacy #openSource #security #s3 #garage


Elektronische Patientenakte: Lauterbach verspricht einen Start „ohne Restrisiko“
netzpolitik.org/2025/elektroni…

Na ja, man wird sich ja mal versprechen dürfen...

#epa #security





Should someone stumble upon the security vulnerability disclosure at openwall.com/lists/oss-securit… – be assured the patches have already been applied at #IzzyOnDroid (and also that androguard is already aware: github.com/androguard/androgua…)

Also see the toot by the original finder: tech.lgbt/@obfusk/113765201775…

#security


Jetzt ist auch die deutschsprachige Version unseres "Jahresberichts" online:

Ein Blick zurück, ein Blick voraus: Wie war 2024 bei #IzzyOnDroid? Was mag Euch 2025 hier bringen, woran arbeiten wir?

android.izzysoft.de/articles/n…

Und wenn Euch jemand sagt, #security oder #reproducibleBuilds wären (einmal aufgesetzt) reine Selbstläufer: Lacht sie laut aus. Software entwickelt sich weiter – und so auch ihre Risiken und Threats…


A look back, a look ahead: How was 2024 at IzzyOnDroid? What might 2025 bring you there, what are we working on?

android.izzysoft.de/articles/n…

And if anybody ever tells you #security or #reproducibleBuilds are "set-and-forget", laugh straight into their faces. Software evolves, and so do their threats and risks…

German readers: Die Deutsche Version folgt in Kürze…

#IzzyOnDroid




At last, the USB portal originally authored by @refi64 in 2021, later continued by Georges Stavracas in 2023, and finalized by @hub, has been merged!

The USB portal allows sandboxed formats like Flatpak to access USB devices without poking holes in the sandbox. This is great for security, as accessing USB devices will now need to be explicitly granted by the user.

Now we just need to wait for implementers to implement them in their respective portal implementations, starting with GNOME: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/xdg-des…

The documentation for the USB portal is available on the xdg-desktop-portal website: flatpak.github.io/xdg-desktop-…

#Flatpak #Security #GNOME


Repeat offenders drive bulk of tech support scams via #Google #Ads

"Search engines, and Google’s in particular, are our gateway to the web. Yet, that door sometimes opens up to unsavory places thanks to sponsored search results, AKA ads."

This is part of the reason I recommend using an #adblocker (whether in browser, on device, or network-based.)

#cybersecurity #scams #security #privacy

malwarebytes.com/blog/scams/20…


I've noticed a concerning trend of "slop security reports" being sent to open source projects. Here are thoughts about what platforms, reporters, and maintainers can do to push back:

#oss #opensource #security

sethmlarson.dev/slop-security-…


Synapse 1.120.2 was just released with several security fixes: github.com/element-hq/synapse/…
You should really update now and while the last 2 CVEs say, they were fixed on 1.106, to my knowledge that is only true if you enabled authenticated media, which only became the default in 1.120, so you really want to update even for those or at least update your config.

Thank you! :)

#matrix #synapse #security


Gmail and Outlook are popular but not necessarily the best - especially when it comes to #privacy and #security.

In this in-depth guide we review #Gmail vs #Outlook and fill you in on the best email provider that's ad-free, private, and secure. 😉

👉 Read more: tuta.com/blog/outlook-vs-gmail



theguardian.com/technology/202…

This article discusses how to protect privacy, amidst concerns of increased government surveillance.

The article is aimed at Asylum seekers & immigrants to the US, but it's solid advice for anyone, really.

Recommendations include using encrypted messaging apps like Signal, Apple iMessage, and WhatsApp, and setting messages to disappear.

It also recommends minimizing data sharing and deleting data when possible, particularly from Google.

#privacy #security


Oha, das ist provokativ: Dieser Blogartikel sagt:

- Nutzt kein #PGP / #GPG
- Nutzt kein #XMPP + OMEMO
- Nutzt kein #Matrix (im Sinne: verlasst euch nicht auf die Verschlüsselung)
- E-Mails verschlüsseln ist sinnlos

Ich kenne den Autor nicht und würde ihn nicht erwähnen, würde der Artikel nicht in ernstzunehmenden ITSec-Newslettern zitiert

soatok.blog/2024/11/15/what-to…

Meinungen? #itsec #security


I've seen a number of toots today advising people against scanning random #QRCodes because they can be used in a number of malicious ways.

There are a number of legitimate ways people can use such codes to trick others, and it can require some deeper understanding of how systems work to avoid them. For that reason, I'm not going to contradict that recommendation, but I will add to it.

QR codes are usually just URLs encoded in a visual, machine-readable form, so they aren't necessarily more dangerous than a link. The danger comes from the fact that most scanner apps will directly open whatever URL you scan without giving you the opportunity to consider whether that's a good idea.

You can reduce the risk of scanning such codes by installing a better app which requires manual interaction to open URLs after decoding them.

For android users I recommend "BinaryEye", since it's open-source, ad-free, and has a bunch of other useful features.

Its github page links to both F-Droid and the play store:

github.com/markusfisch/BinaryE…

#privacy #security


Great to see you're adopting some of the #security features we've implemented earlier this year at #IzzyOnDroid @fdroidorg! Maybe you want to check our documentation on them?

android.izzysoft.de/articles/n…

* it's SIGNING blocks, not FROSTING blocks
* MEITUAN is about payload, not metadata
* there's no fixed number of blocks as your code assumes (gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver…)

The article you link to (bi-zone.medium.com/easter-egg-…) tells you the same :wink:




@Tutanota I just realised that all the comments I have added to my contacts over the years, including family-related and medical important information, are gone...

github.com/tutao/tutanota/issu…

Bugs are becoming more common recently, and this one made me lose data. I'm quite disappointed.

#Email #OpenSource #FOSS #Security #Privacy




Accrescent 0.25.0 is out with Android 15 app archiving support, Private Space support, and settings UI improvements!

We also forgot to announce that since 0.24.0, Accrescent supports in-app predictive back!

Check out the release notes below 👇

github.com/accrescent/accresce…

#privacy #security #appstore #android #accrescent #opensource




American Water shuts down online services after #cyberattack

American Water is the largest water and wastewater treatment utility in the US…

OT systems not affected - so appears this only affects their IT systems. Suspected nation state activity (Russia).

(I encourage everyone sharing this with their friends because cyber attacks absolutely can have direct “real world” consequences.)

#cybersecurity #infosec #security

bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…


#AIagent promotes itself to #sysadmin , trashes #boot sequence

Fun experiment, but yeah, don't pipe an #LLM raw into /bin/bash

Buck #Shlegeris, CEO at #RedwoodResearch, a nonprofit that explores the risks posed by #AI , recently learned an amusing but hard lesson in automation when he asked his LLM-powered agent to open a secure connection from his laptop to his desktop machine.
#security #unintendedconsequences

theregister.com/2024/10/02/ai_…