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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 2h

Into malware? SANS talks polymorphism and the `inspect` module.

https://isc.sans.edu/diary/32354

#malware #development

Polymorphic Python Malware - SANS Internet Storm Center

Polymorphic Python Malware, Author: Xavier Mertens

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 4h

@stinerman After careful consideration, I categorize this as "Hell yeah."

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 6h

A CISO walks into a bar and orders a beer.

The bartender says, "That'll be $8."

The CISO replies, "I'll need to see your PCI-DSS compliance certificate, conduct a vendor risk assessment, review your incident response plan, and get approval from three committees before I can hand you my credit […]

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

I'm not sure if "leaving your unauthenticated database internet accessible" is still a 10. Didn't they make a CVSS score for "duh"?

https://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerability-puts-60000-redis-servers-at-risk-of-exploitation/

#redis #cve

Critical Vulnerability Puts 60,000 Redis Servers at Risk of Exploitation

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

I am so glad my job doesn't require me to travel. So glad my boss is reasonable about such things. The American air system is a disaster.

Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Potential solution to the Windows 11 account problem.

Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Hey, middle of October. Time for Cilantro! Again? #gardening

Fresh Cilantro seedling in the herb patch.

Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

[Politics]

@ai6yr from what I've been told, by law enforcement folk, if they break the law, the sheriff can indeed arrest them legally. It would literally be the first time in the United States that something like that happened.

Now, that hasn't been tested in the court of law. Also, it […]

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@nerdpr0f Shit! That's saying the quiet part out loud.

Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

No rain in September. Nothing so far in October. Today, 4 1/2". #wx #ohwx

Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@FritzAdalis Actually yes. Insight not just search.

Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@Viss If we are ever in person together, remind me to tell you the story of Rob Gillan and the CodeMash wifi at the Kalahari.

I just can't do it justice in text.

Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

So I asked GPT-5 to take a pass at some code review I am doing and woo, I saw at least 3 things I didn't.

Take that for what it is worth, but I just read https://theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art and I feel there might be a crossover there somewhere.

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@stinerman Fair assumption.

Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@Viss Oh that makes WAY more sense now thank you.

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@stinerman I read your message incorrectly, but my comments curiously still holds water.

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@ai6yr That's too bad because talk about a space-saving convenience!

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@stinerman

The headline says it soon will be back.

For some reason the MAGA crowd thinks doctors are running around cutting kids dicks off willy nilly, and I am fairly sure that has happened all of 3 times in the US. All of those doctors lost their license. So, to them it's "Go to therapy of […]

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@stinerman So THAT'S what a quote toot looks like. Huh.

Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Aah, I see torturing children is back on the menu. Awesome, I'll be back in a bit.

BREAKING NEWS

Supreme Court Seems Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban
on Conversion Therapy
Colorado and over 20 other states have banned the practice aimed at changing
the sexual orientation or gender identity of young people.

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@Viss

Yay!

Where are we going?

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Making chili today. In general have enough scraps to do it, pieces from trimming ribeye and other beef, homegrown chilis and tomato. The general consensus was, it needed a pound of hamburger.

$10. $10 for 1 pound of cheap hamburger.

The pound of hamburger in question. It is 90/10 for the record, which does make it more expensive.

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 2d

OUR government?? LIE?? Never in a MEEEEELEEEON years!!!

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/06/infosec_in_brief/

#usgov #breach

US government fibbing over FEMA security failings?

Infosec in brief: Plus, PAN under attack, IT whistleblowers get a payout, and China kills online scammers

www.theregister.com

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@emarktaylor.bsky.social I was so sure they weren't going to do it I switched to the news.

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 2d