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Decipher @deciphersec.bsky.social · 18d

Why WarGames is Still Predicting the Future 40 Years Later decipher.sc/2025/10/17/w... #decipher #deciphersec

Why WarGames is Still Predicting the Future 40 Years Later - Decipher

WarGames may be 42 years old but its prescience about our current technocracy and race to take humans out of the loop is as clear as ever

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Lindsey O’Donnell Welch @lindseyodwelch.bsky.social · 19d

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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 19d

It's Cisco disco time!

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text that reads: The operation targeted victims running older Linux systems that do not have endpoint detection response solutions, where they deployed Linux rootkits to hide activity and evade blue-team investigation and detection. Trend Research investigation also found that attackers used spoofed IPs and Mac email addresses in their attacks.

Trend investigation revealed that once a Cisco device has a rootkit implanted, the malware sets a universal password that includes the word “disco” in it, which Trend Research believes is a one-letter change from Cisco.

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Decipher @deciphersec.bsky.social · Sep 12

Catch up on all the week's security news, including the NPM package compromises, the Wyden letter to the FTC, and the new Apple memory safety push, in our latest podcast episode.
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NPM Package Compromises, Sen. Wyden’s Ransomware Letter, and Apple’s Memory Safety Advance

Dennis and Lindsey discuss the targeted compromises of NPM packages (1:00) and the pointed letter that Sen. Ron Wyden sent to the FTC chairman asking for Mic...

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Decipher @deciphersec.bsky.social · Sep 4

When we launched in 2018, the first piece on the site was part one of our four-part oral history of the L0pht. We were able to rescue that series from the archives. Here's that first part again. Enjoy!

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‘We Got to Be Cool About This‘: An Oral History of the LØpht, Part 1 - Decipher

In the beginning, there was a hat factory. Factory is probably too grand a word for it, but the space that would eventually become the first home of L0p...

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Decipher @deciphersec.bsky.social · Sep 5

New pod! We talked through the Salesloft fallout, the potential for a long tail from the incident, and a new shared vision on SBOM from CISA, NSA, and many foreign gov cyber agencies.

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The Salesloft Drift Fallout and SBOM Guidance From CISA and NSA

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Lindsey O’Donnell Welch @lindseyodwelch.bsky.social · Sep 5

So much of what was said here still rings true 10 years later

Decipher @deciphersec.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our last podcast before yesterday, was with @brianraftery.bsky.social of @theringer.com.web.brid.gy and it was on the Sony hack. One of our favorite episodes ever. Worth another listen!

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The Sony Hack Ten Years Later With Brian Raftery

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Decipher @deciphersec.bsky.social · Sep 4

“The federal judiciary has repeatedly proven itself incapable of protecting the highly sensitive and confidential information with which it has been entrusted." @wyden.senate.gov

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Wyden Slams Federal Judiciary After Court Hack - Decipher

In a scathing letter, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) blasted the federal judiciary for its handling of a (second) hack of the federal courts’ case management system...

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Dennis @dennisf.bsky.social · Sep 2

365 days since our last podcast episode, me and @lindseyodwelch.bsky.social are back and so is @deciphersec.bsky.social! Join us! We have lots of cool stuff on the way.

Decipher @deciphersec.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hello friends! We're very excited to let you know....

WE ARE BACK!

Our first video and podcast is live now, and our new site is live as well.

Please have a look, share, and follow us wherever you find fine internet content!

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Decipher Lives!

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Decipher @deciphersec.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hello friends! We're very excited to let you know....

WE ARE BACK!

Our first video and podcast is live now, and our new site is live as well.

Please have a look, share, and follow us wherever you find fine internet content!

youtu.be/2cg7ljpvzdg?...

Decipher Lives!

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J Wolfgang Goerlich @jwgoerlich.bsky.social · Jun 25

Invisible until it breaks: The risk of cutting costs and undervaluing cybersecurity

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · Jun 20

Government internet shutdowns are quite common to silence dissent, but I think this is the first time that a government has shut down the internet in its own country as a defensive measure against cyberattacks.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · Jun 20

NEW: Iran's government has now admitted it took down the internet in the country, arguing it was to protect against Israeli cyberattacks.

I spoke to two Iranians who live abroad and can't communicate with their loved ones back home.

"I haven’t heard from them in two days," said @ammir.bsky.social.

Iran's government says it shut down internet to protect against cyberattacks | TechCrunch

The government cited the recent hacks on Bank Sepah and cryptocurrency exchange Nobite as reasons to shut down internet access to virtually all Iranians.

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Lindsey O’Donnell Welch @lindseyodwelch.bsky.social · Jun 16

*its

Lindsey O’Donnell Welch @lindseyodwelch.bsky.social · Jun 16

I didn’t know the depths to which Twitter could go in it’s unhinged dumpster fire cesspool-ness, but it surpassed my expectations this month

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Lindsey O’Donnell Welch @lindseyodwelch.bsky.social · Jun 16

First time getting warm+butter as a New Englander used to cold+mayo. It was eye opening

Lindsey O’Donnell Welch @lindseyodwelch.bsky.social · Jun 13

Everyone needs a cybersecurity guy

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Lindsey O’Donnell Welch @lindseyodwelch.bsky.social · Jun 3

Congrats!

Lindsey O’Donnell Welch @lindseyodwelch.bsky.social · May 15

Missed this week's @huntress.com Tradecraft Tuesday episode on infostealers? You can catch up on YouTube⤵️
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Tradecraft Tuesday | Infostealers: A Crash Course

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Lindsey O’Donnell Welch @lindseyodwelch.bsky.social · May 10

Post-exploitation activities observed stemming from the Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server flaw, in a nutshell:

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Lindsey O’Donnell Welch @lindseyodwelch.bsky.social · May 8

A win is a win

Lindsey O’Donnell Welch @lindseyodwelch.bsky.social · May 7

The fact that this would not phase me 😭

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Lindsey O’Donnell Welch @lindseyodwelch.bsky.social · May 7

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Tradecraft Tuesday | Infostealers: A Crash Course | Huntress

In this episode of Tradecraft Tuesday, we’re looking at the lifecycle of infostealers and walking through their operational pipeline from marketplace to deployment.

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Lindsey O’Donnell Welch @lindseyodwelch.bsky.social · May 7

Some of the observations we'll discuss include:
-The operational pipeline of infostealers - from marketplace to deployment
-The infostealer "family tree" (and all the MaaS and distribution networks)
-macOS infostealers, and the impact of the Banshee Stealer source code leak

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Lindsey O’Donnell Welch @lindseyodwelch.bsky.social · May 7

🎉 May Tradecraft Tuesday 🎉 Excited to talk about infostealers next week with Greg Linares as part of the @huntress.com May Tradecraft Tuesday.

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