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If you haven't done so already, you may wish to renew your 🇺🇸 passport.Information on doing so can be found at...

If you haven't done so already, you may wish to renew your 🇺🇸 passport.

Information on doing so can be found at https://mytravel.state.gov/. Costs range from $160-241.36 (plus postage), depending upon whether you are getting a passport book and/or card, and need to expedite processing.

Although I have almost a year left on mine, I decided it would be a good idea to get mine done as soon as possible in order to avoid any possible delays.

Looking through a collection of about 134,000+ installation files (about 13.5 TB) for various Windows applications from years past, and it...

Looking through a collection of about 134,000+ installation files (about 13.5 TB) for various Windows applications from years past, and it is amazing how many programs had potentially unwanted applications like toolbars and adware bundled with them… including some security programs.

Does anyone have any recommendations for handles that could be attached to these small Wi-Fi antenna tools? They are about 40mm × 5mm ×...

Does anyone have any recommendations for handles that could be attached to these small Wi-Fi antenna tools? They are about 40mm × 5mm × 1mm in size.

I thought lock pick handles might work but those all seem to need longer hardware.

So, there I was, minding my own business, and this delivery truck rolls up.I wonder what could be inside?#LenovoIN #ThinkPadThursday

So, there I was, minding my own business, and this delivery truck rolls up.

I wonder what could be inside?

#LenovoIN #ThinkPadThursday

@ESET North America's ninth annual Women in Cybersecurity Scholarship is now live:...

@ESET North America's ninth annual Women in Cybersecurity Scholarship is now live: https://www.eset.com/us/women-in-cybersecurity-scholarship/

Well, it's just past business hours for the eastern United States, and so far no reports of the Michelangelo computer virus wrecking...

Well, it's just past business hours for the eastern United States, and so far no reports of the Michelangelo computer virus wrecking havoc on any computers.

I guess it is fair to say this DOS-era virus is pretty much extinct.

Might be a bit before it is released due to other projects, but I have just recorded a new podcast for @ESETresearch This is the first time...

Might be a bit before it is released due to other projects, but I have just recorded a new podcast for @ESETresearch

This is the first time I have had questions from listeners who wrote in, so I got to record a segment of answers to them!

A few folks have reached out to me asking about Mr. McAfee's Twitter account. I would suggest not reading too much into it: Mr. McAfee...

A few folks have reached out to me asking about Mr. McAfee's Twitter account. I would suggest not reading too much into it: Mr. McAfee is deceased and friends, family or business partners are running the account now.

I guess there's a kind of symmetry to use the account to promote memecoins after John's death.

I just had my 19th anniversary at #ESET, and passed my 35 year anniversary in the AV industry a couple of months ago, which started at...

I just had my 19th anniversary at #ESET, and passed my 35 year anniversary in the AV industry a couple of months ago, which started at #McAfee.

Still fighting the good fight, and thinking about how the industry has changed over the decades... A long way from floppy diskette boot sector infectors to EFI system partition infectors on solid state drives. Well... maybe not so far after all. :)

My latest blog post for ESET's WeLiveSecurity is now online!—————Your info was stolen - what now? 🤔Check out our latest...

My latest blog post for ESET's WeLiveSecurity is now online!

—————

Your info was stolen - what now? 🤔
Check out our latest blog for tips on how to restore control and protect yourself against future attacks. 📲
#ESET #ProgressProtected #Cybersecurity

https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/cybersecurity/my-information-was-stolen-now-what/

A new @ESETresearch podcast is now live!Tune in and listen to an update on what the Gamaredon nation-state backed threat actor has been up...

A new @ESETresearch podcast is now live!

Tune in and listen to an update on what the Gamaredon nation-state backed threat actor has been up to:

https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/podcasts/eset-research-podcast-gamaredon/

Back from @ESET's annual technical conference… with a cold.The irony of an antivirus researcher coming down with a virus is not lost...

Back from @ESET's annual technical conference… with a cold.

The irony of an antivirus researcher coming down with a virus is not lost on me. :)

Been kind of busy with work working on blogs, recording podcasts, scripts for podcasts, getting ready for conferences, etc., so I didn't...

Been kind of busy with work working on blogs, recording podcasts, scripts for podcasts, getting ready for conferences, etc., so I didn't hit me until earlier today that I've passed yet another anniversary in the information security field.

It was in September of 1989 that teen-aged me asked John McAfee for a job.

At the time, I knew him through the BBS he ran (a prior business attempt that never quite materialized), and had seen him appear on local TV news a couple of times talking about computer viruses. I had helped stuff envelopes and some other front office things for him before, but those were just one-off kind of things.

After the second time I had seen him appear on TV, I figured he had something going, business-wise. He had left his day job, was doing the antivirus thing full-time, and the workload was steadily increasing.

As for me, I had just graduated high school and had started to go to college. I knew I wanted to do something with computers, but wasn't sure exactly what. Mr. McAfee was doing something with computers, and I figured I could help with front office work while learning about computers.

Anyways, Mr. McAfee looked at me for a few seconds, thinking it over, said, "Yes." and that's how I got my first job out of high school.

I didn't exactly go great the first day; I thought I was going to be fired. That's another story, and you can read about it at https://old.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/7x8av3/tales_from_the_scottishsounding_anti_virus/.

It is now September of 2024, some thirty-five years later. I still work in the information security field, and I'm still learning about computers.

Another @ESETresearch podcast recorded, this time with @ESET Senior Malware Researcher Lukas S!It should be available on...

Another @ESETresearch podcast recorded, this time with @ESET Senior Malware Researcher Lukas S!

It should be available on https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/podcasts/ shortly.

Just as kind of an aside for anyone who's dealing with #CrowdStrike remediation, be sure to check your OS boot partition for crash...

Just as kind of an aside for anyone who's dealing with #CrowdStrike remediation, be sure to check your OS boot partition for crash dumps.

I've read reports of folks getting low disk space warnings from the space those take up.

A conversation I had a couple of weeks ago on Reddit seems remarkably valid right now:...

A conversation I had a couple of weeks ago on Reddit seems remarkably valid right now:
https://old.reddit.com/r/antivirus/comments/1dvwxzk/avfirewall_insights_on_my_current_solution/

Reads https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4782740-cyber-safety-review-bill-crowdstrike-crisis/.Thinks to himself, "Something like the...

Reads https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4782740-cyber-safety-review-bill-crowdstrike-crisis/.

Thinks to himself, "Something like the FAA's aviation safety reporting system would be so useful right about now."

Looks at @adamshostack.

Been watching the Crowdstruck reports from around the globe. Having been in the same position at some competitors, I have a lot of sympathy...

Been watching the Crowdstruck reports from around the globe.

Having been in the same position at some competitors, I have a lot of sympathy for the CrowdStrike developers and support engineers working to fix things.

Hoping for a speedy recovery for them and their customers.

@jerry I saw the announcement about the service going offline for maintenance on July 1, and was wondering what time zone the hours were in...

@jerry I saw the announcement about the service going offline for maintenance on July 1, and was wondering what time zone the hours were in for that maintenance window? Was it displaying my local hours, yours, UTC, or something else?

Interesting use of Messenger icons in Facebook ads to trick people into clicking on them. Domains...

Interesting use of Messenger icons in Facebook ads to trick people into clicking on them.

Domains are:

lightssplash[.]shop
wildwestshine[.]com

in case you would like to block accidental click-throughs.