Sam Howell

I'm very close to deciding to ditch #LineageOS and #customROMs generally in favour of the stability and reduced hassle of a new and supported #Android phone. Recent changes seem to indicate #Samsung and co are making it even harder for custom ROMs and may soon completely block their use. I feel like their days are numbered. One of the main reasons I'm debating this is the ongoing banking apps issue; they're increasingly fussy about unlocked bootloaders etc.

@GuyBirkin 'Death by Techno' by #i_o is definitely up there for me. It's ruthless, nothing like what I'd heard before. #techno

Yet more reason to ensure your devices are secured to the best of your ability (updates, changing of default credentials etc.), and to help family and friends if they're unable to do this for themselves. This demonstrates the potential for unsuspecting device owners to become caught up in serious cybercrime.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/07/who-and-what-is-behind-the-malware-proxy-service-socksescort/
#SOCKS #SOCKSEscort #proxy #malware #cybersecurity #cybercrime #network #botnet

I realised something important today. Encrypted #ZFS datasets will not automatically be sent encrypted with `zfs send`. To ensure the destination receives the dataset in encrypted form, you need to include the send option `w` or `--raw` for a raw stream. The same applies when using #Syncoid, which I'm now happily relying on for snapshots and scheduled #backups.

#admin #gnu #linux #cli

I made good progress on #LetsDefend tonight. I'm hungry for more after getting three more badges, but my brain needs rest! 🐟🔍🛡️ #cybersecurity #blueteam #soc #phishing

This was an enjoyable start, familiarising myself with the #LetsDefend platform and the incident responder process. I'm already eager to move on to new alerts and cases! 👍 https://app.letsdefend.io/my-badges/detail/8ac86777b8cb4aa1a2a8b485f1172ceb #soc #incidentresponse #cybersecurity #blueteam #firstblood

I'm looking forward to getting some more badges/certs under my belt from #SecurityBlueTeam and #LetsDefend as I make my very gradual way towards #CompTIA Security+. Newcomers to #cybersecurity are incredibly lucky to have access to all these online #courses and sim environments. 🎓 🔐

Before executing important commands and scripts over #SSH, use #screen in case of disconnect. If your connection drops or you close the terminal, you can SSH back in and enter `screen -r` to recover from where you left off. Being reunited with that hanging command prompt will be a relief! #tuesdaytip #gnu #linux #cli #admin

You know when you almost don't want to try to fix something because you just know the attempt is going to be a time sink and you question whether it's really worth the time? Tonight it's #P2P clients, #portforwarding, #firewalls, #VPNs and very questionable download speeds 😑

My #Proxmox install is complete, just resized the root partition following #NetworkChuck's trusty video guide. Any recommendations for #distros? I typically keep #Ubuntu, #Tails and #Kali to hand, but I'm open to new ideas.

Top tip: for those times when you can't #SSH into your #headless #RaspberryPi and you don't want to pull the power, set up a #duckyscript on a '#badUSB' to inject the keystrokes required for a shutdown or reboot. Recommended links below. Also be mindful to put in good delays between commands. I've found the login process can lag sometimes, and you don't want your script finishing prematurely.

Bad USB: https://hak5.org/products/usb-rubber-ducky-deluxe

Ducky script examples: https://github.com/hak5darren/USB-Rubber-Ducky/wiki/Payloads

Do you have a #VoIP strategy for added #privacy? How many numbers do you have and what do you use them for? Do you go as far as never giving out your true #SIM number?

#phones #linphone #softphone #tracking

Any other #LineageOS users noticed #overheating? I have a #Samsung #S10e and I'm getting overheating middle of the night when phone is on charge. I suspect it's some #Seedvault backups process going haywire in the background because I keep noticing a Seedvault notification progress bar endlessly cycling. But I kill the process and the phone doesn't cool down. Bit lost for ideas...