December 6, 2022

Between Two Nerds: The ethical rules of espionage

When "economic gerrymandering" crosses a line...

A truly great between two nerds.

https://risky.biz/BTN15/

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Andrew Dwyer @DrAndrewDwyer

Unfortunately, I think this piece in @lawfare by @weberv_ falls short in thinking about cyber operations in terms of arms delivery - as they are not 'weapons', but mediated through complex computational networks and environments.

lawfareblog.comThe Benefits and Risks of Extending Weapons Deliveries to the Cyber DomainWhile NATO members continue to supply weapons to Ukraine, they should consider the benefits and risks associated with extending these deliveries to include cyber weapons.

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NATO prepares for cyber war

More than 1,000 cyber professionals in NATO members and its allies across the globe participated in an exercise this week to test and strengthen cyber defenses.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/03/nato-future-cyber-war-00072060

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Matthijs R. Koot @mrkoot

Project Spaceman: early British computer security & automatic data processing (2022) doi.org/10.1080/026845… Open Access Re: Tiger Teams efforts against ICL mainframes deployed by MI5 c.s. By Richard Aldrich & @HostileSpectrum, published online 10 Nov 2022 in @IntelNatSecJnl.

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Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps

Railway map of Antarctica

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Tim Connors • 101 @itstimconnors

This fucking guy

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A comprehensive chronology of cyber in Ukraine. It is based entirely on public sources.

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/29410-national-security-archive-cyber-vault-ukraine-cyber-chronology

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“HAL. Give me root, HAL”

“Ok, Dave. I can do that.”

The text log is here:

https://pst.klgrth.io/paste/qotwg

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Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) @HeidyKhlaaf

Seeing that folks are forgetting (or perhaps never explored) that using ChatGPT to code will have the same risks & technical limitations as Codex including bugs and discriminatory outputs. Recommend reading our Codex papers on this. arxiv.org/abs/2107.03374 arxiv.org/abs/2207.14157

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Rick Bomstein @BomsteinRick

Who wants to tell them

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Electrospaces @electrospaces

Pentagon Papers whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg says that in 2010 he was the secret back-up for all the documents which Chelsea Manning provided to Wikileaks:

bbc.comI was Wikileaks’ back-up in case something happened to AssangeJulian Assange gave me the files before they were in the press, the Pentagon Papers whistle-blower says.

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mRr3b00t - staying here! 🤣 @UK_Daniel_Card

tweeps lemme know your thoughts on this please.. it's clearly just my scribbles... @ciaranmartinoxf @thegrugq @quentynblog @BeckyPinkard

pwndefend.comHow to not lose your job as a CISO – PwnDefend

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Lukasz Olejnik (@LukaszOlejnik@Mastodon.Social) @lukOlejnik

Cyber tools playground with ChatGPT. Relax, we have a backup. Though this below does not look particularly impressive, but it can be translated to Algol on the fly.

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Matthijs R. Koot @mrkoot

The politics of intelligence failures: power, rationality, and the intelligence process doi.org/10.1080/026845… (Open Access) Research article by @TomLundborg, Swedish Defence University. Published online 4 Dec 2022 in @IntelNatSecJnl. Screenshots: abstract + conclusion.

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The promise and the peril of ChatGPT

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https://mathstodon.xyz/@timhenke/109462327312838836

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Pentagrid AG @pentagridsec

Today is tool day. We are releasing our #Python #SMSGateway tool. Attach your #modempool or your old #Surfsticks from the grab box, insert SIM cards and forward #SMS to your e-mail box. And why not using it for @icinga SMS alerts? #pentesting #monitoring

pentagrid.chAn open source SMS gateway for pentest projectsWe publish an open source Python-based server for sending and especially receiving SMS using multiple GSM modems and SIM cards, which helps us in pentesting projects, but also for alerting system moni

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Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto

Universal patterns in profanities. "The best candidate for a cross-linguistic phonemic pattern in profanity was the absence of approximants (sonorous sounds like l, r, w and y)."

link.springer.comThe sound of swearing: Are there universal patterns in profanity? - Psychonomic Bulletin & ReviewWhy do swear words sound the way they do? Swear words are often thought to have sounds that render them especially fit for purpose, facilitating the expression of emotion and attitude. To date, however, there has been no systematic cross-linguistic investigation of phonetic patterns in profanity. In…

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