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February 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

"In a long social-media post yesterday, Mike Johnson challenged Pope Leo XIV’s understanding of Christian Scripture, detailing how his study of the Bible leads him to the “Biblical case for border security and immigration enforcement.”"

Apparently representative Johnson's religious training did […]

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February 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

Oh look, more AI bugs. But hey, it's in docker and no one uses that.

Isn't docker needing AI like my oven needing internet?

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/dockerdash-weakness-dockers-ask/

#genai #docker

DockerDash Exposes AI Supply Chain Weakness In Docker's Ask Gordon

DockerDash vulnerability allows RCE and data exfiltration via unverified metadata in Ask Gordon

www.infosecurity-magazine.com

February 4, 2026 at 4:46 AM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

Hopefully it links to the executive's chair that made these shitty decisions for Mozilla and sends a little jolt every time it is turned off.

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/mozilla-adds-one-click-option-to.html

#mozilla #genai

Mozilla Adds One-Click Option to Disable Generative AI Features in Firefox

Mozilla on Monday announced a new controls section in its Firefox desktop browser settings that allows users to completely turn off generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) features. "It provides a single place to block current and future generative AI features in Firefox," Ajit Varma, head of Firefox, said. "You can also review and manage individual AI features if you choose to use them. This

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February 4, 2026 at 4:41 AM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

Hack more AI shit.

February 4, 2026 at 1:07 AM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

Presented without comment.

A Florida woman has been accused of driving a motorized shopping cart through a target while drinking wine from the bottle and eating sushi and cinnamon rolls.

February 3, 2026 at 9:53 PM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

Six hundred grand for a pen test? Yeah, ok the accomodations weren't great but picky picky.

https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/county-pays-600k-wrongfully-jailed-pen-testers

#pentesting #legal

February 3, 2026 at 4:32 AM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

Someone made a documentary about joybubbles! Phone phreaks for the absolute win.

https://decipher.sc/2026/02/02/phreaks-and-geeks-joybubbles-and-the-pre-history-of-hacking/

#history #hacking

Phreaks and Geeks: Joybubbles and the Pre-History of Hacking - Decipher

The proto hacker whose innate ability, curiosity, and absolute joy in the act of discovery is conveyed so artfully in the new documentary Joybubbles.

decipher.sc

February 3, 2026 at 4:30 AM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

I am gonna have to tear a corner off of my appsec card. I canNOT get this GitHub public key to work.

February 3, 2026 at 3:35 AM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

Hey y'all I think @Gabrielle stumbled on a real life active disinformation campaign. If anyone is advising someone who is looking at a move to Canada, you should know this bullshit is out there.

And WILD, huh? "Hey, we need people to be scared of leaving, so can we start making shit up?" […]

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February 3, 2026 at 1:30 AM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

Is the job market starting to turn around? I've received maybe a half-dozen decently written, directly focused requests to interview for real positions that are out there from organizations that I know at least in passing. It seems like I haven't seen that since last summer, maybe earlier.

It's […]

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February 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

Whelp, that's one more in the books. #january

Four images showing the phase of getting through the month.

February 1, 2026 at 9:10 AM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

Everyone go right now and revoke applications in your personal github that you are no longer using.

February 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

Hey I got a great idea lets change POINT's whole application pentesting process in a weekend. That sounds like fun dunnit?

February 1, 2026 at 2:07 AM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

Won't lie. Bout done with this. #cold

January 31, 2026 at 8:43 AM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

Oh, awesome, Discount Schacht is making federal appsec decisions now. That'll turn out well, I'm certain!!!

https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/trump-administration-rescinds-biden-era-sbom-guidance

#SBOM #uspol

January 30, 2026 at 4:47 AM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

The @eff is setting up a push for e2e encryption. Worth doing.

https://encryptitalready.org/

#eff #privacy

Encrypt It Already

End-to-end encryption protects the privacy of your data.

encryptitalready.org

January 30, 2026 at 4:41 AM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

I was shocked when my wife ran into this giant recall of 2000 items, some of which we use! And she was reading it to me I'm thinking "wow I haven't seen one of those kind of recalls in a long time this place must have been a mess." […]

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January 29, 2026 at 11:12 PM

Bill

@sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

Ok this one is pretty cool. A C2 client written in JScript (!) so is an more easily interact with bugs in older Microsoft software.

https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/china-linked-hackers-have-used.html?m=1

#JScript #malware