illumineX
@illuminex.bsky.social
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@illuminex.bsky.social
· Apr 30
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Encourage Apple to resume firmware updates for Airport Express (security, environment)
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Did you see the @wired.com story by @agreenberg.bsky.social about the "AirBorne" defects discovered in Apple's AirPlay software stack?
These vulnerabilities render the discontinued and unsupported Airport Express devices immediately obsolete and dangerous to operate.
PLS Share!
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These vulnerabilities render the discontinued and unsupported Airport Express devices immediately obsolete and dangerous to operate.
PLS Share!
chng.it/PSngnLgxpk
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Where does TDD fit in the iOS ecosystem? Here's a podcast about how I depend on TDD for iOS development, and the backstory for why I do. https://qualitycoding.org/test-driven-ios-development-jon-reid/
Podcast: Exploring Test-Driven iOS Development with Jon Reid
Where does TDD sit in the iOS ecosystem? Here's a podcast about how I depend on it, and the backstory for why I do.
qualitycoding.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Where does TDD fit in the iOS ecosystem? Here's a podcast about how I depend on TDD for iOS development, and the backstory for why I do. https://qualitycoding.org/test-driven-ios-development-jon-reid/
"We adopted Rust for its security and are seeing a 1000x reduction in memory safety vulnerability density compared to Android’s C and C++ code."
security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust...
security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust...
Rust in Android: move fast and fix things
Posted by Jeff Vander Stoep, Android Last year, we wrote about why a memory safety strategy that focuses on vulnerability prevention in ...
security.googleblog.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
"We adopted Rust for its security and are seeing a 1000x reduction in memory safety vulnerability density compared to Android’s C and C++ code."
security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust...
security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust...
"But the biggest surprise was Rust's impact on software delivery. With Rust changes having a 4x lower rollback rate and spending 25% less time in code review, the safer path is now also the faster one."
security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust...
security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust...
Rust in Android: move fast and fix things
Posted by Jeff Vander Stoep, Android Last year, we wrote about why a memory safety strategy that focuses on vulnerability prevention in ...
security.googleblog.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
"But the biggest surprise was Rust's impact on software delivery. With Rust changes having a 4x lower rollback rate and spending 25% less time in code review, the safer path is now also the faster one."
security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust...
security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust...
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September 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Simson L. Garfinkel @simson.net has a new book out with Chris Jay Hoofnagle.
Law and Policy for the Quantum Age
www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...
Law and Policy for the Quantum Age
www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...
Law and Policy for the Quantum Age
Cambridge Core - Law and technology, science, communication - Law and Policy for the Quantum Age
www.cambridge.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Simson L. Garfinkel @simson.net has a new book out with Chris Jay Hoofnagle.
Law and Policy for the Quantum Age
www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...
Law and Policy for the Quantum Age
www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...
"Sanders found at least 56 cryptocurrency exchanges were using Cryptomus to process transactions…"
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/10/cana...
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/10/cana...
Canada Fines Cybercrime Friendly Cryptomus $176M
Financial regulators in Canada this week levied $176 million in fines against Cryptomus, a digital payments platform that supports dozens of Russian cryptocurrency exchanges and websites hawking cyber...
krebsonsecurity.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"Sanders found at least 56 cryptocurrency exchanges were using Cryptomus to process transactions…"
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/10/cana...
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/10/cana...
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I help companies improve their software development process so that public relations disasters like this one don't happen.
insideevs.com/news/774024/...
insideevs.com/news/774024/...
‘Sorry To Customers Who Lost Trust’: Inside Volvo’s Scramble To Fix Its Software
After the disastrous launch of the EX90, Volvo says a heavily upgraded software stack can finally iron out all the problems.
insideevs.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I help companies improve their software development process so that public relations disasters like this one don't happen.
insideevs.com/news/774024/...
insideevs.com/news/774024/...
Faster penetration-free simulation based on VBD (Vertex Block Descent) + OGC (Offset Geometry Contact).
This seems like an inflection point.
youtu.be/7NF3CdXkm68
This seems like an inflection point.
youtu.be/7NF3CdXkm68
NVIDIA Just Solved The Hardest Problem in Physics Simulation!
YouTube video by Two Minute Papers
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Faster penetration-free simulation based on VBD (Vertex Block Descent) + OGC (Offset Geometry Contact).
This seems like an inflection point.
youtu.be/7NF3CdXkm68
This seems like an inflection point.
youtu.be/7NF3CdXkm68
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Today is iPhone 17 Day™ — when the first batch of people outside of Apple receive their new iPhone with an A19 processor and iOS 26, a combination which provides dramatically better protection from state-sponsored attacks against memory-safety defects. #MIE
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
Memory Integrity Enforcement: A complete vision for memory safety in Apple devices - Apple Security Research
Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) is the culmination of an unprecedented design and engineering effort spanning half a decade that combines the unique strengths of Apple silicon hardware with our adv...
security.apple.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Today is iPhone 17 Day™ — when the first batch of people outside of Apple receive their new iPhone with an A19 processor and iOS 26, a combination which provides dramatically better protection from state-sponsored attacks against memory-safety defects. #MIE
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
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Help your parents update their phones to iOS 26, and enable and learn to use the new call screening feature.
This will help protect them from fraud.
This will help protect them from fraud.
Apple could have implemented call screening, mentioned it in their marketing materials, and left it at that.
Instead, Apple elected to prompt users who interact with Phone app, offering them the chance to enable it. This will drive adoption of the anti-spam feature.
www.wired.com/story/apple-...
Instead, Apple elected to prompt users who interact with Phone app, offering them the chance to enable it. This will drive adoption of the anti-spam feature.
www.wired.com/story/apple-...
Apple’s Best New iOS 26 Feature Has Been on Pixel Phones for Years
The iPhone’s new software screens your calls using machine intelligence. Neat, but Google had the feature first—just like so many other features that rely on AI to work.
www.wired.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Help your parents update their phones to iOS 26, and enable and learn to use the new call screening feature.
This will help protect them from fraud.
This will help protect them from fraud.
Apple could have implemented call screening, mentioned it in their marketing materials, and left it at that.
Instead, Apple elected to prompt users who interact with Phone app, offering them the chance to enable it. This will drive adoption of the anti-spam feature.
www.wired.com/story/apple-...
Instead, Apple elected to prompt users who interact with Phone app, offering them the chance to enable it. This will drive adoption of the anti-spam feature.
www.wired.com/story/apple-...
Apple’s Best New iOS 26 Feature Has Been on Pixel Phones for Years
The iPhone’s new software screens your calls using machine intelligence. Neat, but Google had the feature first—just like so many other features that rely on AI to work.
www.wired.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Apple could have implemented call screening, mentioned it in their marketing materials, and left it at that.
Instead, Apple elected to prompt users who interact with Phone app, offering them the chance to enable it. This will drive adoption of the anti-spam feature.
www.wired.com/story/apple-...
Instead, Apple elected to prompt users who interact with Phone app, offering them the chance to enable it. This will drive adoption of the anti-spam feature.
www.wired.com/story/apple-...
Any Apple developers interested in memory safety, as well as cyber security peeps, will find this of keen interest.
#InfoSec #Swift #iOS
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
#InfoSec #Swift #iOS
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
Blog - Memory Integrity Enforcement: A complete vision for memory safety in Apple devices - Apple Security Research
Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) is the culmination of an unprecedented design and engineering effort spanning half a decade that combines the unique strengths of Apple silicon hardware with our adv...
security.apple.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Any Apple developers interested in memory safety, as well as cyber security peeps, will find this of keen interest.
#InfoSec #Swift #iOS
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
#InfoSec #Swift #iOS
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
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Just released a Swift package to make building reusable SwiftData queries easy. Check it out. github.com/impossiblefl...
GitHub - impossibleflight/swift-query
Contribute to impossibleflight/swift-query development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Just released a Swift package to make building reusable SwiftData queries easy. Check it out. github.com/impossiblefl...
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Whether you're in the market for a fully operational Apple-1, a baseball signed by Tim Cook, or an iPad prototype, the latest Apple memorabilia auction is packed with pricey objects.
Rare Apple memorabilia, Macs, & more up for auction ending August 21
Whether you're in the market for a fully operational Apple-1, a baseball signed by Tim Cook, or an iPad prototype, the latest Apple memorabilia auction is packed with pricey objects.
appleinsider.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Whether you're in the market for a fully operational Apple-1, a baseball signed by Tim Cook, or an iPad prototype, the latest Apple memorabilia auction is packed with pricey objects.
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With TDD, where do you even begin? https://qualitycoding.org/tdd-where-do-you-even-begin/
TDD: Where Do You Even Begin? | Quality Coding
When you're starting TDD, the hardest part is knowing where to begin. What should the first test be? What even counts as a “first step”?
qualitycoding.org
July 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
With TDD, where do you even begin? https://qualitycoding.org/tdd-where-do-you-even-begin/
Username of the Day: admin
Password of the Day: admin
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If you want help migrating your enterprise systems away from passwords to authentication systems with no phishable factors, contact illumineX today.
#passkeys Work on what matters.
thehackernews.com/2025/07/hard...
Password of the Day: admin
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If you want help migrating your enterprise systems away from passwords to authentication systems with no phishable factors, contact illumineX today.
#passkeys Work on what matters.
thehackernews.com/2025/07/hard...
Hard-Coded Credentials Found in HPE Instant On Devices Allow Admin Access
HPE fixed two flaws in Instant On Access Points that could allow admin access and command injection. Patch now to stay secure.
thehackernews.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Username of the Day: admin
Password of the Day: admin
😑
If you want help migrating your enterprise systems away from passwords to authentication systems with no phishable factors, contact illumineX today.
#passkeys Work on what matters.
thehackernews.com/2025/07/hard...
Password of the Day: admin
😑
If you want help migrating your enterprise systems away from passwords to authentication systems with no phishable factors, contact illumineX today.
#passkeys Work on what matters.
thehackernews.com/2025/07/hard...
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Adopting the new Apple design system in your app for this fall?
We’re bringing 3-day, in-person workshops to New York and Cupertino. Get hands-on help from Apple engineers and designers. We'd love to see you there!
apple.co/new-design-w...
We’re bringing 3-day, in-person workshops to New York and Cupertino. Get hands-on help from Apple engineers and designers. We'd love to see you there!
apple.co/new-design-w...
Meet with Apple - Apple Developer
Join us around the world for a variety of sessions, labs, and workshops — tailored for you.
apple.co
July 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Adopting the new Apple design system in your app for this fall?
We’re bringing 3-day, in-person workshops to New York and Cupertino. Get hands-on help from Apple engineers and designers. We'd love to see you there!
apple.co/new-design-w...
We’re bringing 3-day, in-person workshops to New York and Cupertino. Get hands-on help from Apple engineers and designers. We'd love to see you there!
apple.co/new-design-w...
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Your iOS app delegate is probably slowing down your unit test runs. You can make your tests faster and safer by using a separate app delegate for tests. https://qualitycoding.org/ios-app-delegate-testing/
How to Switch Your iOS App Delegate for Improved Testing | Quality Coding
Your iOS app delegate is probably slowing down your unit test runs. You can make your tests faster and safer by using a separate app delegate for tests.
qualitycoding.org
July 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Your iOS app delegate is probably slowing down your unit test runs. You can make your tests faster and safer by using a separate app delegate for tests. https://qualitycoding.org/ios-app-delegate-testing/
Were the "Volt Typhoon" cyber attacks against the telcos, and related attacks against Microsoft a "failure"?
#InfoSec #NatSec
blog.illuminex.com/volt-typhoon...
#InfoSec #NatSec
blog.illuminex.com/volt-typhoon...
Volt Typhoon attacks failed?
With all due respect to the good and hard working people of the NSA, the statement that the Chinese attack against telcos was a "failure" strikes me as overly optimistic.
The Chinese group that Micro...
blog.illuminex.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Were the "Volt Typhoon" cyber attacks against the telcos, and related attacks against Microsoft a "failure"?
#InfoSec #NatSec
blog.illuminex.com/volt-typhoon...
#InfoSec #NatSec
blog.illuminex.com/volt-typhoon...