Ned Farhat

Cyber security, Digital forensics

[Ned Farhat @NedFarhat]

@_ZachFoster @threadreaderapp unroll

[Rachel Tobac @RachelTobac]

Here’s an example of a common phone call scam hitting folks right now — the criminal uses AI to clone the voice of a loved one (often a child, nephew, grandson, etc) and call you. When you pick up they tell you they’re in trouble and need money for bail, etc.
Voice cloning only takes me 2 minutes and could trick folks out of thousands, make sure your loved ones and coworkers are aware.

[Corellium @CorelliumHQ]

We are pleased to announce that the U.S. Court of Appeals has further upheld the initial court’s ruling of copyright fair use in Corellium’s favor. This is a big win for the security community and technology innovators.

https://t.co/Gkd0t0dvRA

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

Exciting week for us with the publication of “Pegasus”, the inside story of one of @amnesty most ground-breaking investigations of recent years: the #PegasusProject

[Jake Williams @MalwareJake]

Security vendors demonstrating how their products "would stop the Uber breach."

[vx-underground @vxunderground]

Twitter has confirmed a data breach which exposed as many as 5,000,000 sensitive information.

Twitter offers a 200iq take.

[Ned Farhat @NedFarhat]

@MuffinScript @Slightlyconsci1 @Tsepaka @ilyasut While the design might be based on neurons of a brain, it is an extremely simplified one so to get to the point where they are even close to working "in the exact same manner" i think is a long long way off

[EFF @EFF]

If EARN IT becomes law, what happens on your iPhone won’t stay on your iPhone. And what happens on your website, in your cloud backups, behind your DMs, and pretty much everywhere else online—will be right behind it. https://t.co/B4Ks0hjDX9

[pete @peteherzog]

Cybersecurity New Year's prediction 2022:
We will continue winning small battles against cybercrime and losing the overall war because:

[[email protected] @wjmalik]

@jjx @hacks4pancakes I was at a conference years ago where a vendor was handing out USB sticks pre-loaded with their docs. I took one from the fishbowl, and came back later to ask if they were secure. Sure, they said.
I dropped the one I'd taken into the jar, and asked,
"How about now?"

[CERT NZ @CERTNZ]

UPDATE: The installation page for #Flubot has changed to look like a warning page. If you see this page close the page IMMEDIATELY and DO NOT click “Install security update”. Advisory update to follow.

[4n6lady @4n6lady]

Mobile Forensics - Tool leveling system by Sam Brothers is used help examiners identify the appropriate tools and methods for the acquisition and analysis of mobile devices. Going from bottom to top, each level increases in technical difficulty:

Mini Thread 🧵👇

[Bill Marczak @billmarczak]

THREAD with a couple of interesting bits from @AmnestyTech's new report on what they learned from looking for NSO Group's spyware on phones https://t.co/CG60vx7cRg

[Jen Gentleman 🌺 @JenMsft]

Something you might not know: With multiple monitors, WIN+Tab shows which apps are open on each monitor #Windows10

[Jen Gentleman 🌺 @JenMsft]

#Tip If you ever see a dialog box in this style & need to record what it said, instead of typing it out, just CTRL+C ➡📋 #Windows10

[Jen Gentleman 🌺 @JenMsft]

You want top/bottom snapping? You got it! You want 3 window side by side snapping? You got it! You want custom zones to snap to? YOU GOT IT! Go check out Power Toys RIGHT NOW: https://t.co/V6kU5oi7vH

#Windows10 #WindowsInsiders

[Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay]

We need a plan. But before we can have a plan, we’re going to need a plan to make the plan. In order to have that, we’re going to need to start a process. In order to start that process, we’re going to need a committee.