Nahim EL ATMANI

CUDA performance @NVIDIA. Building hardware, software & AI tools outside work. Sharing measurements and mistakes. Posts & views are my own.

[Nahim EL ATMANI @nahimbuilds]

@apple: considering that #biometric authentication can be used against us when not fully conscious (e.g: at night), why not add a "do not disturb" like mode to #TouchID/#FaceID, switching back to passcode at that time?

[Nahim EL ATMANI @nahimbuilds]

@trq212 This is good; most of the time, the context isn't long enough to answer properly. Prompting the user to go "chat" about something when a bit more observability would have been sufficient.

[Nahim EL ATMANI @nahimbuilds]

The Ransomware Doctor Without a Cure - Check Point Research https://t.co/LT3xAGNKQR

[JimyLongs @JimyLongs]

I got quite a few questions on the Pump-Rake from the last video and wrote a quick writeup on how to make them. These take about 15 minutes to make and are irritatingly effective. Under $10. https://t.co/x4X2C7j8Ew

[thaddeus e. grugq @thegrugq]

For anyone not familiar with /dev/null, bit of a history lesson. Originally the null device was used to deal with null pointers, although these days that’s all handled in software. Here’s an old IBM null device.

[Nahim EL ATMANI @nahimbuilds]

@Tesla model S before Jun 2018? Add a pin code to start your vehicle or disable passive entry.

[Nikolaj Schlej @NikolajSchlej]

Got this asked several times via DMs, answering here:
if you want to maximize security of your Mac (with or without T2), please do enable both FileVault and firmware password. T2 and SecureBoot are additional layers, but they can't and don't magically cover everything at once.

[Lee Chagolla-Christensen @tifkin_]

Dumb trick of the day we got to use again recently in case you didn't know about it: Search AD with a GUI via built in tools. Command line: "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" dsquery.dll,OpenQueryWindow

[x0rz @x0rz]

Curated list of Unix binaries that can be exploited to bypass local security restrictions 👍 https://t.co/bSGXblceLh #LOLBins #unix #pentest #redteam

[Filippo Valsorda @filippo.abyssdomain.expert @FiloSottile]

You are logged into an old server. The uptime is 788 days.
There are a lot of kernels here.

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[Nicolas Chatelain @Nicocha30]

New way to crack WPA PSK without capturing handshake and without clients : https://t.co/eP0Bne07HR
#hashcat #infosec

[Nahim EL ATMANI @nahimbuilds]

@MarwanBurelle Which aligns better with the “there is no arrow” philosophy. That I appreciate since it removes the magic.

[Nahim EL ATMANI @nahimbuilds]

@MarwanBurelle Nice, I recognize some of the content here haha. Although I don’t like very much comparing pointer parameters with reference call semantics.

[Nahim EL ATMANI @nahimbuilds]

@MarwanBurelle I think it’s less confusing and more true to understand that a pointer parameter is just a pass by value where the value is an address — that can be used in that new scope in the very same way as the first example you gave.

[Binni Shah @binitamshah]

Google reportedly allows outside app developers to read people's Gmails : https://t.co/5RfOPN6wY6

[Khalil @sehnaoui]

Student designs a ‘Mobile Airbag’ that deploys when your device is dropped. Genius!
#Engineering

[Nahim EL ATMANI @nahimbuilds]

@DaveEwart thanks for colordiff, still using it on a daily basis

[Nahim EL ATMANI @nahimbuilds]

I asked a password reset for them since it hasn’t been done in three years and my data are probably on that drive. Good news is that they changed it since then.