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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻

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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10h
This is what happens each time I open up the mastodon report queue lately
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10h
To be clear, this ONLY helps with accounts that haven't been accessed in the past 6 months. That means you, who are reading this, could have your mastodon/fedi account taken over if the password you use has been stolen and do not have MFA enabled. Please, make sure you use a unique password here […]
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 11h
I apologize if the infosec/fedia/ioc/convo family of instances becomes unavailable. just know that it is because I am running doom on the database server.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 11h
I get to go to Boo at the Zoo with my 7 week old granddaughter tomorrow. and her parents will be there too. exciting
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 12h
There are major account take-over problems happening right now on mastodon instances - all appearances are that the actor is using stolen passwords, probably from malware running on desktops. I've suspended hundreds of compromised accounts over the past 48 hours, but only two on mine. If you […]
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026
@adamhotep and no, I have no idea why they are bad.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026
@adamhotep yeah, I agree. Though I have been seeing a growing “passkeys are bad” crowd.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026
@adamhotep I’ll have to write a custom query. Last time I did, it was sort of depressing.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
Here in Georgia, both the Dem and Repub candidates for governor are running attack ads on TV accusing the other of supporting datacenters. it's kinda wild.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
Lots of account take overs today resulting in posts with malicious links tagging dozens of accounts. gird your passwords, my friends. turn on 2fa. don't click on sketchy links.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
You know, I was just thinking that it’s been a long time since the last mass fediphishy campaign.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
said on a meeting today: "This is not a Festivus celebration. We do not need an airing of grievances"
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
images a b0rked on infosec.exchange and friends due to the server not coming back after a reboot.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
@simonzerafa yeah, hitting my beach place today and my house in Atlanta tomorrow 🙃
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
@wagesj45 apologies. It’s fixed now
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 360 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxG2NG1ZLtw defensivesecurity.org/defensive-sec…
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Defensive Security Podcast Episode 360
https://media.blubrry.com/1463551/content.blubrry.com/1463551/Defensive_Security_Podcast_Episode_360.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: RSS Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. 1. AI agents broke into 395 organisations, including ones their operator ruled out https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/11/ai-agents-papercut-ng-mf-attack-campaign/ 2. A nuclear agency lost reactor data to an ownCloud bug patched two years earlier https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/old-unpatched-flaws-attackers-philippines-nuclear-agency 3. One in ten exposed AI gateways still accept the example key from the setup guide https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/nearly-1-in-10-exposed-litellm-gateways.html 4. Click rate falls when your phishing tests get easier, not when your people get better https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/11/pistachio-employee-phishing-risk-report/ 5. Microsoft ships 974 fixes, and the bottleneck moves to whoever has to test them https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/microsoft-plugs-nearly-1000-security-holes/ ### Share this: * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * ### _Related_
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 359 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu2dyWVIMIo defensivesecurity.org/defensive-sec…
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Defensive Security Podcast Episode 359
https://media.blubrry.com/1463551/content.blubrry.com/1463551/Defensive_Security_Podcast_Episode_359.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: RSS Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. 1. CISA Red Team Compromised Two Critical Infrastructure Orgs, One Detected Nothing https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/cisa-red-team-compromised-two-critical.html 2. CISA: Most exploited vulnerabilities should have been eradicated decades ago https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/28/cisa-most-exploited-vulnerabilities-should-have-been-eradicated-decades-ago/5293194 3. North Korean Fake Employees Move Into Sales, Marketing and Healthcare Roles https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/28/north-korean-remote-workers-jobs-sales-and-marketing/ 4. Unit 42 says one attacker chained 50 vulns and attack paths in 10 hours https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/frontier-ai-tipping-scales-cyber-adversaries/829088/ 5. AI Bug Report Flood Is Cratering Bounty Prices and Triage Queues https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/vulnpocalypse-repricing-bug-bounty-economy ### Share this: * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * ### _Related_
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
A boy can dream... www.theregister.com/systems/2026/09…
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An Epyc trip to Venice: Everything we do and don't know about AMD's 256-core monster chip
16 channels of DDR5, 5 GHz clock speeds, and support for CXL 3.1 memory god boxes? What's not to like?
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
@darkuncle we are running 4.8.0, which is the prerelease glitch-soc fork. I’ve not had anyone else complain about it but I have observed that there is often a delay where it shows pending for a while then on refresh it appears.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
@simonzerafa you would not believe the number of emails I am getting from that damn batch of AI agents. they are quite polite, but there are dozens of them.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
I've concluded that the ddr5 memory in my desktop is faulty so need to buy replacements. HAVE YOU SEEN THE PRICES????!? It's up 5x since I bought the computer at the beginning of 2025. Hopefully the software vendors can start spending a little bit of time not assuming we will have 2x the ram […]
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026
@Jerry@hear-me.social yep. I am seeing many of those. I've had about 5 on my instances so far
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026
I’m seeing more than normal account takeovers. Please don’t click on telegram links and for the love of $deity, please use 2fa.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
ok, now I'm going to need y'all to get off my lawn.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
@simonzerafa pssh. I've been doing that for years
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
I guess the urge to sit in front of Fox News for hours at a time should set in any time now, right?
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
My promotion just came through. s/parent/grandparent
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Upgrading pixelfed on pixe.infosec.exchange did not go well. it's in an unhealthy state. I will be working on it as I can.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Today’s daily DefSec brief: youtu.be/CfkF3-oceyM?is=0teBkD4tIC6… Happy Friday!
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
I can't believe it's pumpkin spice season already
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
I know I’m getting old when I mutter to myself, I can’t believe she is gone. She was only 80.
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Lesley Carhart :unverified: @hacks4pancakes.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026
I’ll be on NBC Chicago talking about the recent water (and other stuff) cyberattacks this evening. All the way groggily from Australia.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026
@xabean @support ok, looks like it's working correctly now (at least for me) - you likely need to refresh again and then it should work - let me know if it doesn't
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026
@xabean @support ok. Let me go kick it. I applied some updates and that may have broken something
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
@simonzerafa I take my caffeine in pill form 😅
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
In other news, my swearing off of all drinks other than water is not working out today.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
//safe from leaks//
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
Having one's water shut off for non-payment is quite exciting. 💩 It's definitely the second monday of the week.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
@hozhoogoo @Xavier I'll give you a DM once I have a chance to take a breath at work.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
@sophieschmieg that was added in mastodon 4.7. We’re on an early 4.8 release. So all good. It is only for activitypub messaging between instances, though, so it isn’t anything that is outwardly visible.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026
@andrew about $50 each. I took a lot more than that, though. Just posted 4, so maybe $5 each. I am hoping to use it more.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026
Finally, years after buying a lightning trigger, I had my first chance to use it. It worked pretty well.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026
Today's daily defsec brief: www.youtube.com/watch?v=reYjF0U8PHI (yes, I'm still doing them)
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026
@chillybot cert renewal budget probably got doggied
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026
Lots up fedi-updates this week: all the masto instances I run are updated and that will fix the known export bug and a few other UI issues akkoma on infosec.place is updated writefreely is yet again updated to fix another signup bypass Peertube had about 802341 container updates this week. I […]
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 357 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba6FwmC6qpM defensivesecurity.org/defensive-sec…
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Defensive Security Podcast Episode 357
https://media.blubrry.com/1463551/content.blubrry.com/1463551/Defensive_Security_Podcast_Episode_357.mp4 Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: RSS Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Stories: 1. Ransomware Gangs Bypass the CEO, Target the 40-Something IT Manager https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/09/ransomware-gangs-skip-the-ceo-head-straight-for-the-40-something-it-manager/5284499 2. Ransomware Attacks Spike While Industry Attention Shifts to AI https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/07/ransomware-attacks-spike-as-world-distracted-by-ai/5284934 3. ChainDrop supply chain compromise: Anatomy of a self-propagating worm https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/08/04/chaindrop-supply-chain-compromise-anatomy-self-propagating-worm/ 4. AI Agent Tried to Backdoor a Real Open-Source Repo During a Security Test https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/claude-mythos-5-tried-to-backdoor-real.html 5. Cloudflare Ditches Most Third-Party Security Tools — But Says Don’t Copy Them https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/04/cloudflare-has-mostly-ditched-third-party-security-tools-suggests-not-trying-that-at-home/5282600 ### Share this: * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * ### _Related_
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 355 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpU2FF8Wgl8 defensivesecurity.org/defensive-sec…
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Defensive Security Podcast Episode 355
https://media.blubrry.com/1463551/content.blubrry.com/1463551/Defensive_Security_Podcast_Episode_356.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: RSS Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Stories: * https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/anthropic-claude-ai-hacking-test/826708 * https://thecybersecguru.com/news/openai-ai-agent-containment-escapes-hugging-face-investigation/ * https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/after-the-break-in-what-attackers-do-once-theyre-already-inside/ * https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/why-resetting-passwords-no-longer-stop-attacks * https://cybersecuritynews.com/adform-advertising-platform-compromised/ ### Share this: * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * ### _Related_
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026
@jernej__s there are some known bugs with rendering messages with certain types of links. There was a new version of mastodon released this week that fixed a bunch of UI bugs and need to get that update applied. and it's friday, so that means it's time. maybe later tonight.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026
@JessTheUnstill It used to be much more complicated. Now it's just a big database server and an even bigger front end server, connected by 10gb networks. I've been contemplating consolidating it all onto one, since we seem to be drifting lower on user counts, not going up.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026
@JessTheUnstill I've seen a lot of instances come and go over the past 10 years, and definitely the past 6 months has been a big squeeze, particularly on the small and mid size instances.
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