Whistleblower: Ubiquiti Breach “Catastrophic” https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/03/whistleblower-ubiquiti-breach-catastrophic/
Krebs on Security
Final Thoughts on Ubiquiti
Last year, I posted a series of articles about a purported "breach" at Ubiquiti. My sole source for that reporting was the person who has since been indicted by federal prosecutors for his alleged wrongdoing – which includes providing false…
This Blog is now hosted on a GPS/LTE modem https://nns.ee/blog/2021/04/01/modem-blog.html
blog.nns.ee
This blog is now hosted on a GPS/LTE modem
Ethical Hacking and Cybersecurity Blog
Lithium battery costs have fallen by 98% in three decades https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/03/31/lithium-battery-costs-have-fallen-by-98-in-three-decades
The Economist
Lithium battery costs have fallen by 98% in three decades
In a few years electric vehicles may cost the same as their combustion-engine counterparts
Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/18-956_d18f.pdf
The Real Book https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-real-book/
99% Invisible
The Real Book
Since the mid-1970s, almost every jazz musician has owned a copy of the same book. It has a peach-colored cover, a chunky, 1970s-style logo, and a black plastic binding. It’s delightfully homemade-looking—like it was printed by a bunch of teenagers at a Kinkos.…
The architecture behind a one-person tech startup https://anthonynsimon.com/blog/one-man-saas-architecture/
Anthonynsimon
The Architecture Behind A One-Person Tech Startup
As grandiose as the title of this article might sound, I should clarify we’re talking about a low-stress, one-person company that I run from my flat here in Germany.
Zoom zero-day discovery https://blog.malwarebytes.com/exploits-and-vulnerabilities/2021/04/zoom-zero-day-discovery-makes-calls-safer-hackers-200000-richer/
Malwarebytes
Zoom zero-day discovery makes calls safer, hackers $200,000 richer
White hat hackers demonstrated a Zoom vulnerability allowing a Remote Code Execution attack at the Pwn2Own event.
Embrace the Grind https://jacobian.org/2021/apr/7/embrace-the-grind/
jacobian.org
Embrace the Grind - Jacob Kaplan-Moss
Sometimes, programming feels like magic: you chant some arcane incantation and a fleet of robots do your bidding. But sometimes, magic is mundane. If you’re willing to embrace the grind, you can pull off the impossible.
What was the point of [ “x$var” = “xval” ]? https://www.vidarholen.net/contents/blog/?p=1035
Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter https://tips.ariyh.com/p/good-sound-quality-smarter
Science Says
High quality audio makes you sound smarter
People rated a physicist’s talk as 19.3% better when they listened to it in high (vs low) audio quality. They also thought he was smarter and liked him more.
Luca App: CCC calls for a moratorium https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2021/luca-app-ccc-fordert-bundesnotbremse
The Story of the SolarWinds Hack https://www.npr.org/2021/04/16/985439655/a-worst-nightmare-cyberattack-the-untold-story-of-the-solarwinds-hack
The Endless Acid Banger: algorithmic self-composing acid techno music https://www.vitling.xyz/toys/acid-banger/
www.vitling.xyz
vitling: The Endless Acid Banger
Algorithmic music experiement by Vitling
“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose” https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/YH+zwQgBBGUJdiVK@unreal/
Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-vulnerabilities/
Signal
Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer from an app's perspective
Cellebrite makes software to automate physically extracting and indexing data from mobile devices. They exist within the grey – where enterprise branding joins together with the larcenous to be called “digital intelligence.” Their customer list has included…
Why Lichess will always be free https://lichess.org/blog/YF-ZORQAACAA89PI/why-lichess-will-always-be-free.
lichess.org
Why Lichess will always be free.