Philippe Leclercq

Attending 2025 EU MITRE ATT&CK Community Workshop online.

. @mozilla.org @firefox.com using desktop mode by default in Android is a really, really stupid idea. Give the option to the vocal minority that wants it, but leave default in mobile mode as it belongs for mobile devices. It annoys the majority.

Centre for Cyber security Belgium connect and share webinar announcement for April 25.

Attending

I moved my blog (osix.be/blog) to a European, privacy conscious static site hoster. For free. And I was even greeted by the founder. statichost.eu

Any serious European risk manager should reassess the use of American products and contracts with American companies. Clause 4.1 of ISO 27001: the organisation must determine internal and external issues influencing the security of its information.

Greeting card with drawing of fireworks above distant city with text: best wishes for 45²

@ec.europa.eu stop #chatcontrol. End-to-end encryption is a must.

EU Commission: stop #chatcontrol. End-to-end encryption is a must. Look at FBI's advice following Salt Typhoon.

For project management, I switched from asana to Zenkit. Superior European alternative, free account available, Gannt charts (even on free). Kudos to the creators.

Although the current name is indeed lost bread, the original name around 13th century was "tostée dorée" (golden toast). "Toster" comes from the latin verb torrere (to dry), past part. tostus.

TLS: what is worse? A short key with a strong cipher, or a long key with a weak cipher?

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CyFun. A realistic, actionable cybersecurity framework by Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium.

Happy New Year! 🌅

Chinese spies recruited European politician in operation to divide west Covert officer paid and directed far-right Belgian politician for more than three years

How a Chinese spy ran a Belgian politician as an intelligence asset — a joint investigation by @financialtimes.com, Der Spiegel and Le Monde based on 2.5 years of texts between a China Ministry of State Security officer and Frank Creyelman, a former Belgian senator www.ft.com/content/601d...

.@Gandi: domain from 14€ to 24€, 2 mailboxes from free to 4€/month each. It's not inflation, it's pure greed. Bye bye.

@Google introduces targeted ads in Android apps, sends you a notification telling you have more control on your privacy but enables by default targeting and measuring. This is #evil.

Hey @Namecheap , @tucows and other registrars, remove the captchas from your abuse reporting pages! I have more interesting ways of wasting time than training Google's AI, and recently it's not uncommon to get more than 10 puzzles or even completely fail.

New blog post: osixbe.weebly.com/blog/building-…
Tips to build an affordable (<300€) and desktop friendly home lab.

Started an IT security blog on https://blog.osix.be
Mainly GRC and blue team for the moment.