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Rust at Scale: An Added Layer of Security for WhatsApp WhatsApp has adopted and rolled out a new layer of security for users – built with Rust – as part of its effort to harden defenses against malware threats. WhatsApp’s experience creating and distri…

Meta is now using a Rust component to safely process media files shared on WhatsApp

engineering.fb.com/2026/01/27/s...

Assuming that this’ll take at most 33 minutes (3 reqs/min, 1 min delay to prevent account lockout, 100 possible passwords), time to knock a couple pages outta this bad boy #infosec #dungeoncrawlercarl

I used to love having a MacBook for personal use but now I’ll take any laptop, install Debian, and I’m good as gold. Also saves me about $1k in the process (but I do admire the M-series chips)

Love how I’m seeing this as I’ve got my first ever eye appointment coming up. Will def try these out if it all works out

In past 24h:

❌ 1-click exploit dropped for #OpenClaw: Simply visiting a URL allowed attacker to steal everything: keys & files + take control of the device. Patched.

❌#MoltBook had a vulnerability exposing all users emails, real names etc. Patched. 1/

Takeaway: all gas, no brakes.

AppSec w/ experience in blue teaming (SOC) and software engineering. Feel free to reach out w/ any questions!

Big day for the “I only use VIM” crowd

Notepad++ compromised in supply chain attack from June to December 2025 by “likely Chinese state-sponsored actor”. notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacke...

Given that I'm no longer writing microservices as a career (MaaC), I've found myself using Python much more in infosec. I was going through a broken auth lab that required using the X-Forwarded-For header to spoof my IP, and it was *poetic* writing this script to paste into intruder #cybersecurity

“Pitching is the art of instilling fear”

-Sandy Koufax

Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShortLeggedBirds. A Common Tern shows how short it legs are.

Photographed at Middle Quill Lake, #Saskatchewan in the late 1990s on Fujichrome #Velvia.

#EastCoastKin #photography #birds #nature #wildlife

The Sunday cat tax has arrived:

I fell in love with the X1 Carbon I had for a job, Lenovo really knows how to make’em

As much as I’d like to solve this with a python script, having to use Burp Pro for the exam has been driving me to get more familiar with the tool overall while I wait to get a pro license

Using burp community for the blind SQLi labs on PortSwigger Web Academy is like saying “when in Rome, do as the Romans do” but “Rome” is actually Rome, NY