The famous story of the "first computer bug" found in 1947—a moth in the Harvard Mark II—may not be the true origin of the term "bug." The term had been in use since at least the late 19th century, long before computers existed, to describe mechanical faults. This example shows how folklore often overrides factual history.
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Ok, here's the deal on the "YubiKey cloning attack" stuff:
Yes, a way to recover private keys from #YubiKey 5 has been found by researchers.
But the attack *requires*:
👉 *physically opening the YubiKey enclosure*
👉 physical access to the YubiKey *while it is authenticating*
👉 non-trivial electronics lab equipment
I cannot stress this enough:
✨ In basically every possible scenario you are safer using a YubiKey or a similar device, than not using one. ✨
#China government #hackers penetrate #US #internet providers to #spy
Beijing’s hacking effort has “dramatically stepped up from where it used to be,” says fmr top US #cybersecurity ofcl.
#Chinese govt-backed hackers have penetrated deep into US ISPs in recent months to spy on their #users.
The unusually aggressive & sophisticated attacks include access to ≥2 major providers w/millions of customers as well as several smaller providers.
#InfoSec #security #geopolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/27/chinese-government-hackers-penetrate-us-internet-providers-spy/
I am liking how this time around a lot of people are outright calling the media out on their parroting Telegram's PR bullshit about how "encrypted, secure, private" the service is.
(it is not.)
As in, not just writing about how Telegram is neither of these things, but very clearly pointing a finger at the media and going: "stop spreading this misinformation, you are putting people in danger."
Keep this pressure on!