Vasileios Vlachos

Asst. Prof , security researcher, FLOSS advocate

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

#OpenShell and #ExplorerPatcher are the best tools to regain the normal #Windows experience. Why on earth #Microsoft keeps messing with the two things that got right from the beginning? The Start button and the taskbar?

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

The real #nostalgia in #xmas movies is when the main character chats using an original #BlackBerry and IMs using #AOL Instant Messenger in a brand-new #Windows98 system.

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

@B1tSmurf @EmbarcaderoTech yes, but I am not very satisfied. I want to show examples with a very simple connection to a DB, a small scientific application, a web app etc. Simplistic yet visual intriguing realistic scenarios that Delphi can make the difference. Found something similar in Lazarus' wiki

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

I do love #Delphi and appreciate @EmbarcaderoTech's state-of-the art #RAD tool, but the complexity of controls has grown insanely. Is there any good book to help simplify matters? Not on the language per se, but to build simple applications. Especially for students?

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

@vivaldibrowser is by far the best browser. The most beautiful #UI, perfect for power users. It reminds a lot the days of #netscapecommunicator where the rest of the browsers are more like #internetexplorer4 #browserwars

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

The fall and rise of a spyware empire https://t.co/23CF6WaSaw

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Chinese hackers disguised themselves as Iran to target Israel https://t.co/IPghaSNqRs

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

Kaseya obtains REvil decryptor, starts sharing it with afflicted customers https://t.co/yFGCRBPeQA via @theregister

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

Everyone cites that 'bugs are 100x more expensive to fix in production' research, but the study might not even exist https://t.co/elQRuzFhNg via @theregister

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

UK and chums call out Chinese Ministry of State Security for Hafnium Microsoft Exchange Server attacks https://t.co/pT1WNnzluH via @theregister

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NSA: We've learned our lesson after foreign spies used one of our crypto backdoors – but we can't say how exactly https://t.co/3B50nurht9 via @theregister

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

So before we fix all the #IoT #insecurity mess maybe we can have a look at the #SCADA disaster waiting to be happen? https://t.co/MO3E4Vsj0W via @theregister

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

Pretty nasty: One malicious MMS is all it takes to pwn a Samsung smartphone #hacking #mobile #samsung https://t.co/Y20MLYjRII via @theregister

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

Another blast for avionics software security: TCAS spoofing! #cybersecurity #avionics https://t.co/GdAJc4JO70

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

Sure, what's next? As Brit cyber-spies drop 'whitelist' and 'blacklist', tech boss says: If you’re thinking about getting in touch saying this is political correctness gone mad, don’t bother #itworld https://t.co/SwhXnwRgaz via @theregister

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

Smoking gun is looking for smoking guns... Vietnam alleged to have hacked Chinese organisations in charge of COVID-19 response #apt #covid19 #hacking #cybersecurity https://t.co/WbZgeVTjXj via @theregister

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

I insist to use #vim #linux and #terminal in my classes. So glad to read this. Why IDEs are considered harmful for teaching programming to first-year students #CS students. https://t.co/Q4AFYHmlAB

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

The decline of usability, very good read. I have stopped using #KDE #gnome after the KDE4 and GNOME3 releases. Happily moved to #Mate #Xfce and #TDE https://t.co/gmCdBjXerp

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

trying #twitter..again

[Vasileios Vlachos @vsvlachos]

We love #Europe: Europe mulls five year ban on #facial_recognition in public... with loopholes for #security and #research https://t.co/uaHryAWFq8