Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 06/01/2026media.tenor.coma close up of a man 's face with the words inconceivable written on it .ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words inconceivable written on it . 120
Reposted by Steve TurnerZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 07/12/2025I was featured in a UK documentary about stalkerware, an insidious kind of phone surveillance I've investigated for years. In this deep-dive for this.weekinsecurity.com, I look back at what I've learned during my investigations, why stalkerware is a global threat, and what actually gives me hope.this.weekinsecurity.comI've investigated 'stalkerware' for five years. Here's what I've learnedStalkerware is a pervasive surveillance used by millions around the world, but these operations keep getting hacked and leaking victims' private phone data. 04416
Reposted by Steve TurnerZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 31/10/2025It's Friday and you've probably had enough cyber... but I'm re-upping my story on this.weekinsecurity.com about how AI browsers are shipping with security bugs that put your private data (saved passwords, credit cards, browsing history) at risk. Here's why AI browsers aren't safe for general use.this.weekinsecurity.comAI browsers are a hot mess of security risksAI-enabled web browsers are putting their users' data, security, and privacy at risk from rudimentary prompt injection attacks. 22515
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 15/10/2025media.tenor.coma cartoon of a man standing in a glass house .ALT: a cartoon of a man standing in a glass house . 010
Reposted by Steve TurnerZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 04/10/2025Discord said late on Friday that hackers stole users' government-issued IDs (passports and driver's licenses) from one of its customer support databases. I wrote a few words about the risks of age verification laws, and why collecting people's government IDs is bad for security and privacy.this.weekinsecurity.comDiscord says users' government IDs used for age checks stolen by hackersThanks to age verification laws, expect more data breaches of users' government-issued passports and driver's licenses. 219291
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 09/09/2025Sigh, we all know people can’t get work done anywhere other than the office /smedia.tenor.coma young boy wearing a yellow spongebob pajama topALT: a young boy wearing a yellow spongebob pajama top 000
Reposted by Steve TurnerGergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 04/09/2025Wild to me that a CEO sets goals about outcomes that have nothing to do with the business (are customers more satisfied? Is the product more reliable? Etc.) Setting the goal of what % of code should be AI-generated is as useful as setting the goal of how many lines of code devs should write per day 1427530
Reposted by Steve TurnerBarry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 01/09/2025A big round of applause to Ars. I really want to see what the submission was to Defcon that got accepted, because this was bad. 58218
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 01/09/2025I went down to one monitor for just that very reason, it was never good enough or that little gap I couldn’t get rid of 000
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 29/08/2025media.tenor.coma cartoon banana with arms and legs is cheering with his hands in the airALT: a cartoon banana with arms and legs is cheering with his hands in the air 010
Reposted by Steve TurnerDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Companies forcing five days in-office for Zoom calls while still doing remote interviews is peak unseriousness. In an era of ChatGPT and North Korean hackers slipping through hiring processes, it shows a clueless grasp of where the real threats are.wsj.comAI Is Forcing the Return of the In-Person Job InterviewMore companies are returning to the old-school, face-to-face meeting to combat cheating by candidates and more ominous digital threats 3809
Reposted by Steve TurnerNathan McNulty @nathanmcnulty.com · 15/08/2025Le sigh... (at the article) This isn't bypassing FIDO auth (it's called passkeys now btw). It's just asking the user to use a weaker method that they were allowed to use. The solution is to randomize the password so nobody knows it, and if you can't, use auth strengths to prevent weaker methods 5121
Reposted by Steve TurnerDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 25/07/2025I suspect the major negative fallout of vibe coding isn’t going to be taking jobs from software developers but instead an epidemic of insecure apps that get hacked with ease 2859780
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 22/07/2025media.tenor.coma man in a suit is holding three boxes of pizza .ALT: a man in a suit is holding three boxes of pizza . 010
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 09/07/2025media.tenor.coma potato with arms and legs and the words `` i 'm a potato '' written on it .ALT: a potato with arms and legs and the words `` i 'm a potato '' written on it . 010
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 06/07/2025media.tenor.coma cartoon character says choo choo in a dark roomALT: a cartoon character says choo choo in a dark room 010
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 01/07/2025Definitely will be missed! You are a force of nature! Enjoy retirement!! 110
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 16/06/2025I love Lucidchart! And shockingly, they’re one of the few companies that implemented AI in a meaningful way! 010
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 09/06/2025media.tenor.coma man with a crown on his head says i wasn 't aware that was something a person could do ..ALT: a man with a crown on his head says i wasn 't aware that was something a person could do .. 010
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 06/06/2025media.tenor.coma woman sitting in front of a window with blinds onALT: a woman sitting in front of a window with blinds on 000
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 06/06/2025I debated for a second, exactly one secondmedia.tenor.coma close up of a cat laying on a table with the word nope written on the bottom .ALT: a close up of a cat laying on a table with the word nope written on the bottom . 000
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 04/06/2025Did I go a little crazy? Yes. Am I proud of it? Absolutely! 010
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 03/06/2025I'll be at Identiverse on June 3-6th, come say hello at the Microsoft Security booth (Booth # 613)!!! 000
Reposted by Steve TurnerDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 26/05/2025A piece of career advice I give people I mentor is to go where you are valued. It means it’s important to be in a role where you are respected, recognized and rewarded. Sometimes despite tenure, it’s better to leave and accelerate your career trajectory versus staying where you’ve been written off. 727048
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 20/05/2025It just hurt my insides every time I heard someone say it any other way. Not trying to gate keep, but I feel like we haven’t done a good job of communicating how it’s actually said. 010
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 20/05/2025youtu.be/bz2cl1yCErs?...youtu.beHow to Pronounce Microsoft EntraYouTube video by Steve Turner 111
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 20/03/2025media.tenor.coma close up of a man 's face making a funny face .ALT: a close up of a man 's face making a funny face . 010
Reposted by Steve TurnerTashasEv @tashasev.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Dear young gen-x/elder millennials We should just buy back the brand rights to all the things that were good and remake them Like Pizza Hut and Blockbuster and Think Geek and Toys R Us 261308
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 21/02/2025That’s like the first time I met the person behind the dinosaur(s) at Ignite 👀 050
Reposted by Steve TurnerChiefGyk3D @chiefgyk3d.com · 21/10/2024It still irks me that #Bluesky still doesn't have proper MFA and their version is just Email. I would really love to use my #Yubikey! Threads is using OATH TOTP at least as is my crossposting tools, but my #Mastodon is using FIDO/WebAuthn. #Infosec #Cybersecurity #Security 3174
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 10/09/2023Random weekend adventures make you find the most awesome things in the most unlikely of places #gottacatchemall 020
Steve Turner @beingageek.com · 25/07/2023Want to start my time here on a paw-sitive note #doggos #pawsitive 050