Brian Clark

https://infosec.exchange/@deepthoughts10

#InfoSec #Cybersecurity #threatintel and Politics. I try my best.
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2026-08-09 23:58:30 CEST

Last night i had my first Japanese #Stout at Morimoto’s in Las Vegas — an Echigo Stout. It was really good! Smooth with a traditional “stout” flavor. #beer #beersofmastodon
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2026-08-08 19:29:25 CEST

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what do you mean by “deeply contaminated paint”?

2026-08-02 19:40:02 CEST

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“accidentally”

2026-08-02 19:36:17 CEST

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although…some of the off-strip hotels in Vegas are not much better than camping 😉

2026-07-28 14:40:29 CEST

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for most organizations I agree. Patch your Apps and OS and update relevant app libraries and frameworks (if you do custom software development) and you’ll be fine. In most cases, the software will automatically use the best available algorithms.

2026-07-12 21:44:59 CEST

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I’m starting to see some companies log all AI prompts and review them to see what people are using AI to do. The ones I’ve seen do this are positioning it as a way to discover additional training opportunities for their staff — to train them that they gave other, better tools to compare PDFs, for example. It makes sense if you have the tools and resources to put together this kind of analysis.

2026-07-09 04:55:35 CEST

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The problem is that this will instantly be used to host phishing pages and malware. That seems to be the primary function of their Workers service, which is where the files get saved to after being "dropped". But I do agree with the sentiment -- I truly wish that we could have nice things on the Internet -- the way we thought they would be back when the web was new and exciting.

2026-07-09 04:45:08 CEST

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Thanks! My existing block of *.workers.dev already yeets this service into the void

2026-06-30 23:46:58 CEST

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and hopefully not “get the enhanced version of the product you already have with quantum-ready encryption for only $XXX per year”

2026-06-30 00:37:12 CEST

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that’s you driving it, right? 🤪

2026-06-01 04:12:28 CEST

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lol I never thought about this. Excellent idea!

2026-05-06 06:16:17 CEST

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I though I knew where you were going with that toot, and then it turned left and was even funnier 😂

2026-04-22 23:49:32 CEST

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I have no idea what you are taking about but I legit laughed out loud at your screenshot 😂

2026-04-15 21:10:44 CEST

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I have another one of these app hosting platforms to add to your BS lists:
.on-forge.com
It’s the free-tier domain used by Laravel Forge.
Reference:
https://guardz.com/blog/from-keyboard-smash-to-device-control/

2026-04-06 19:08:02 CEST

@npub1ctt…3ll8 I have a few additions to your BS lists for you.
Leapcell.io allows hosting of free-tier apps on the subdomains of .leapcell.dev and .leapcell.app
Railway.com allows hosting of free-tier apps on the subdomain .railway.app
Back4app.com allows hosting of free-tier apps on the subdomains .b4a.io and .b4a.app

2026-02-10 01:29:27 CET

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unless you live in or do business in Russia, this is not likely to affect you. This issue is about risk to you and your users. Security is always about tradeoffs, and for most people in the West, this tradeoff is a no-brainer.

2026-02-10 01:27:15 CET

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you probably don’t want any files torrented out of Russia. 😬

2026-02-06 00:48:44 CET

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@spamhaus/116013190680647542
Folks: block the .ru TLD any and all ways that you can. #cybersecurity
#note1zfn…wtl9

2026-01-19 03:43:24 CET

JAW DROPPING. That was a Nintendo Tecmo Bowl play! #BEARS #nfl

2026-01-08 00:30:57 CET

tl;dr Block these domains and you’ll have broken several links in this attack’s kill chain:
Webhook[.]site
My-board[.]org
ngrok-free[.]app
rf[.]gd
If you followed @npub1ctt…3ll8 ‘s advice and used his block lists, you’d have already blocked a couple of them.
https://www.recordedfuture.com/research/gru-linked-bluedelta-evolves-credential-harvesting #cybersecurity

2026-01-06 14:45:12 CET

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you ever look at Thuma? They have nice furniture made of real wood. https://www.thuma.co

2025-11-25 23:49:25 CET

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you sure they are not just blocking your scanner?

2025-11-25 04:42:05 CET

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thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. I’ve learned a lot from you over the decade or so I’ve followed you.

2025-11-24 17:57:28 CET

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it doesn’t appear that the csv files themselves are accessible. Just the listing. Or at least that’s the behavior I’m seeing right now. You seeing anything different?

2025-11-13 14:49:51 CET

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just apply the policy blocking those exe’s after initial deployment

2025-11-13 03:20:02 CET

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hasn’t had a significant impact in my environment. But I imagine it depends on how much old software you have hanging around.

2025-11-13 02:51:23 CET

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you absolutely should block the execution of mshta.exe. It will only block some of the ClickFix attacks, but block some other techniques too. Mshta.exe is an attacker favorite.
While you are at it, block cscript.exe and wscript.exe too.

2025-11-04 03:52:45 CET

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I’m glad you are here. 🙂

2025-09-24 00:19:53 CEST

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Steven Lim has written a Microsoft KQL detection for EDR Freeze and made it available here:
https://detections.ai/share/rule/cicyA1JW

2025-09-22 00:48:32 CEST

Zensec has a good article on the Akira ransomware group's tactics taken directly from their DFIR experience on 16+ incidents. A few key take-aways:
- Initial Access: Please, please please patch your Internet-facing VPN and firewall devices including your Sonicwall, Cisco ASA and Watchguard devices.
- Patch our Veeam software. They used vulnerable Veeam installs to perform privilege escalation
- Block access to Anydesk.com and remotedesktop.google.com if you don't use those services
#cybersecurity #ransomware
https://zensec.co.uk/blog/unmasking-akira-the-ransomware-tactics-you-cant-afford-to-ignore/

2025-09-12 00:49:55 CEST

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oh boy, I thought I had run out of stupidity for the day

2025-09-04 01:02:55 CEST

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song is giving me Avril Lavigne vibes

2025-08-24 18:38:09 CEST

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I do t really know why, but I never watched B5 despite being a sci-fi fan and watching all the Star Trek series. Is B5 worth watching now? Does it hold up?

2025-08-20 14:51:14 CEST

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I’m worried that they got documentation on their customer network and router configurations. That could open up a lot of new attack paths.

2025-08-20 02:16:31 CEST

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love it!

2025-08-10 19:18:05 CEST

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cool event
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2025-08-08 19:53:49 CEST

Hello #DEFCON33
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2025-08-03 21:59:08 CEST

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it’s uncanny how much she looks like Taylor.

2025-07-13 21:46:49 CEST

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<sigh> sold out

2025-07-07 03:15:36 CEST

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Doritos and cannabis is a winning combination if there ever was one

2025-07-07 03:14:54 CEST

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is this a sub-toot?

2025-07-04 23:24:32 CEST

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can confirm. I’ve got two of these.

2025-06-23 03:45:36 CEST

Please raise your hand if you've disabled PowerShell 2.0 on your Windows systems. What? Didn't know that was a thing you should do? PowerShell 2.0 does not have any of the modern logging and security features that newer versions like v5.1 or 7.x have. But if you don't remove or disable the old 2.0 version, it can be used and abused by malware, info stealers, ransomware operators, etc. Here's an article that provides you with several ways to remove it from you systems (while keeping the newer version in place) #cybersecurity
https://powershellcommands.com/disable-powershell-20

2025-05-31 16:44:06 CEST

For this edition of #caturday I present a #cat and his stuffy toy cat buddy. Which one is the real cat? 😉
#catsofmastodon
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2025-05-28 03:00:31 CEST

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I can barely comprehend the awesomeness of her sparkly emerald green dress!

2025-05-14 14:39:27 CEST

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<sigh> yes, this is true. Will be made worse after all the cuts to social services like Medicare and Medicaid the Republicans are putting in.

2025-05-09 00:54:52 CEST

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I assume this doesn’t work if Tamper Protection is enabled?

2025-05-05 00:39:38 CEST

Hey @npub1dqd…8xy4 is your website down? I cannot get to https://defcon.org

2025-04-29 00:19:20 CEST

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I’m just glad the feature is off by default on managed systems and you have to have an admin specifically allow it to be enabled by an end user.

2025-04-17 23:55:37 CEST

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I didn’t realize this part. It won’t show up in MDE logs?

2025-04-17 15:02:47 CEST

Sekoia has a good report out on Interlock ransomware. One thing that jumped out at me is the continued abuse of Cloudflare’s free trycloudflare[.]com service. This domain should be blocked if you want to avoid ransomware as this isn’t the only group using this service for C2 and remote access. If your developers need this kind of functionality, you should have them sign up for the inexpensive paid version of the service that allows for the use of your own custom domain name. #cybersecurity
From: [@sekoia_io](https://infosec.exchange/@sekoia_io )
https://infosec.exchange/@sekoia_io/114346873677895469

2025-04-17 03:08:09 CEST

Security Firm @npub1xrh…fkxn published another report, this one on incidents at small and medium-sized businesses by @npub1557…mf0x and Anna Szalay. One of the things I always look for in these reports are easy #cybersecurity wins -- and this report has a bunch of them.
First off - take a look at this chart: Top 15 dual-use tools. Imagine the pain you can cause threat actors by blocking the use of these tools and disrupting their playbooks!
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2025-03-20 13:22:33 CET

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dark

2025-03-15 19:58:32 CET

The free service from portmap.io is being abused to support malware C2 communications. If you don’t use it, I suggest blocking *.portmap.io via DNS, NGFW and/or web proxy.
#cybersecurity #threatintel
From: @npub1vcn…s5ug
https://infosec.exchange/@ScumBots/114167879065509347

2025-03-13 03:40:59 CET

I’ve never heard of the MSP-focused bluetrait.io but add it to the list of legitimate services that get abused. If you don’t use this RMM service, I suggest blocking it via DNS, NGFW or Web security proxy. #cybersecurity
From: @npub1n2h…4lsk
https://infosec.exchange/@threatinsight/114144688263847941

2025-03-01 23:54:30 CET

There’s been a #Microsoft #outage going on all day today resulting in email and other M365 services including Teams being unavailable. Microsoft says they’ve rolled back the code change that caused the problem so things should start working again soon. Check on MO1020913 in the Microsoft Admin Portal for details.

2025-02-18 06:00:35 CET

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I’m glad you are here!

2025-02-17 00:55:32 CET

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so this is a post about Telegram, but i also advocate for blocking entire categories of apps, such as messengers and chat apps, and only allowing those that are vetted and approved in your org. The only way you can effectively do that is with a tool that keeps track of those apps for you, such as Netskope, Zscaler, an NGFW or maybe a DNS-based service like Cisco Umbrella.

2025-02-17 00:30:08 CET

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Also, I’d add that blocking an app in your environment that has more than a few users requires communicating with those users beforehand. Doesn’t seem like that happened in your case.

2025-02-16 20:23:37 CET

If you help maintain #cybersecurity on a business network you should absolutely block Telegram—there’s nothing good there. If you have a web security proxy like Netskope or Zscaler, or an NGFW, block it there. You can also block it via DNS. Blocking these domains should do the job:
telegram.me
telegram.org
t.me
cdn-telegram.org
telegram-cdn.org
From: @npub1nfc…yzp9
https://swecyb.com/@nopatience/114009822145442393

2025-02-16 20:08:06 CET

If you can completely disable device code flows using Conditional Access, you should do so. If you cannot, at least limit which user IDs can use them. If you allow any users to use device code flows, use the #KQL provided to hunt for abuse.
#cybersecurity #microsoft
From: [@fabian_bader](https://infosec.exchange/@fabian_bader )
https://infosec.exchange/@fabian_bader/114013896376345681

2025-01-21 20:36:22 CET

This tactic of sending unsolicited messages and calls via Teams has an easy solution—only allow specific external domains to communicate with your end users. Review your Teams logs, see which domains your users are communicating with, add them to the allow list and enable the control. Make your end users open up a support ticket for future domain adds so you can vet them.
Forget about Zero Trust and apply best practice security configurations. Let the marketing people and the CISO worry about whether something is “zero trust” or not. #Cybersecurity
Microsoft docs:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/solutions/trusted-vendor-onboarding?view=o365-worldwide#allow-the-vendors-domain-in-teams-external-access
From: @npub14g0…znd6
https://infosec.exchange/@screaminggoat/113867636525001029

2025-01-15 00:49:04 CET

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I’m glad you still do these write-ups!

2024-12-08 02:50:35 CET

My daughter put a sweater on the #cat and now he looks like a Dr. Seuss character #caturday #catsofmastodon
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2024-12-06 00:18:30 CET

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they just went GA (for Microsoft anyway) last month. Who’s going to widely deploy something from Microsoft that’s not GA?

2024-12-04 04:08:40 CET

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“The Man from Earth” is an underrated movie. Hard to believe it is so good when it’s really just a bunch of people talking for almost two hours.

2024-12-04 01:40:48 CET

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no interest was ever shown where I am — until Copilot PC’s were promoted by Microsoft. Now we have some interest.

2024-11-23 20:35:44 CET

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it’s faithful to the book too. The author was the show runner.

2024-11-22 23:49:21 CET

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I love nerd insults!

2024-11-19 00:54:49 CET

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aren’t all forward web proxies identity-aware these days?

2024-10-08 04:56:04 CEST

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that hurricane is TIGHT!

2024-10-05 23:51:45 CEST

This #cat is well-snuggled #caturday #catsofmastodon
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