[-] bulwark@infosec.pub 26 points 4 months ago

I live in an area with strong winds and I'm happy with Knirps, they can be found in both NA and EU.

More expensive than "regular" umbrellas, but they are built to last and are compact to boot.

[-] bulwark@infosec.pub 10 points 4 months ago

"Tell me you don't understand web apps without telling me you don't understand web apps"

[-] bulwark@infosec.pub 2 points 10 months ago

The SEO-angle is interesting, thank you for the insight!

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During the last two days it seems we have been "bombarded" with advertisement bots.

I found it curious, the advertisements are correctly targeted to sysadmins and security professionals. Meanwhile they have somewhat believable biographies (even if they are a little on the nose), suggesting hand crafted accounts.

Something they all have in common is their instance (discuss.tchncs.de) and that they have a "bachelors degree in computer science".

This is not the first time I've seen adbots on Lemmy, but it's the first time I've seen them on infosec.

Does anyone have any insight into the world of adbots they could share? I find myself increasingly curious in what goes on behind the curtains.

[-] bulwark@infosec.pub 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Unless the BIOS locks down control of fan speed (as is the case with some Dell models), you should be able to use fancontrol to modify your fan curve.

You can install it with sudo apt install fancontrol, then you would run sudo pwmconfig to run fan tests and create a config file. To reduce fan noise you would typically raise the minimum trigger temperature to engage the fans.

If the tests came out alright, enable fancontrol with sudo systemctl enable fancontrol --now.

For more information and suggestions, take a look at this ArchWiki entry.

[-] bulwark@infosec.pub 3 points 11 months ago

Trying to catch up on documentation, I've been implementing a couple of services during the past few weeks and need to write it all down before I forget.

I do this for every service I implement as part of my backup strategy, it tends to be easier to recover from a disaster when you have reproducible steps to follow.

[-] bulwark@infosec.pub 9 points 11 months ago

A reminder: if you care enough to validate the checksum of your recently downloaded ISO, don't follow links from a stranger. Navigate to the distributors website and find the checksum yourself.

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Crosspost of an ongoing thread over at !android@lemdro.id

Some interesting discussions on the trade-off between security and being able to use your aging Android for a little while longer.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by bulwark@infosec.pub to c/cybersecurity@infosec.pub

Article published by AlternativeTo yesterday. Visiting the VirusTotal website I could not find an official sources or response, let's see how this develops.

EDIT: Source appears to be the German news outlet Der Spiegel, here is a link (no paywall)

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by bulwark@infosec.pub to c/infosecpub@infosec.pub

Hi, I saw this Beehaw post while browsing All. Anything we need to be concerned about?

EDIT: False alarm, see himazawa's response.

bulwark

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