Vice recently reported that The Internet Archive is actively fighting the lawsuit brought on by five of the world’s largest publishing companies. The lawsuit is seeking to shutdown the Online National Emergency Library that was…
Getting Started with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
- July 26, 2020
- Tagged as: Cygwin, Linux, PowerShell, Windows 10, Windows Subsystem for Linux, Wine, WSL
We’ve talked the last two weeks about running terminal applications in Linux with tmux and Midnight Commander, but it recently dawned on me that most of our listeners use Windows. Some of them may have…
Ian’s OSINT Class
- July 26, 2020
- Tagged as: Bellingcat, Joe Gray, OSINT, OSINT Framework, Recon-NG, SnapChat Maps, SOCINT, Sock Puppet, Temp SMS
This past week I had the privilege to learn about OSINT from Joe Gray. He was teaching the topic of OSINT. OSINT stands for Open Source Intelligence. In the class we discussed getting started in…
Most Recommended Books
- July 26, 2020
- Tagged as: Books, MostRecommendedBooks, Pick of the Week, Reading
If you have ever found yourself in an old bookstore or, more likely, endlessly scrolling down a list of books on Amazon, Audible, or GoodReads, hoping to stumble across your next amazing read by happy…
Ingredients 4 cups all-purpose flour2 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon salt4 tablespoons of shortening (oil)1 1/2 cups warm water2 quarts of oil for frying Step 1 In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, salt…
Can’t File for Unemployment? Don’t Blame COBOL
- July 26, 2020
- Tagged as: COBOL, Development, IBM, Programming, WIRED
WIRED reported recently that back when everyone was filing for unemployment at the beginning of this pandemic, COBOL was not necessarily to blame for all of the errors encountered. For those unaware, the 60-year-old programming…
Comcast is Bringing Back G4TV
- July 26, 2020
- Tagged as: Chris Pirillo, G4TV, Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, TechTV, TekThing, TWiT, twitter
Comcast announced that they would be bringing back G4TV in 2021. For those too young to remember, G4 was an old cable channel that focused on gaming and male-oriented entertainment. The channel rose to fame…
Learning Linux: Midnight Commander
- July 19, 2020
- Tagged as: CentOS, CLI, Debian, DOS, Fn, Function Key, GUI, Linux, Midnight Commander, TUI
Outside of the name being mildly erotic, the Midnight Commander utility for Linux is actually a really cool way to browse the file system on a Linux distro. Traditionally, the CLI has always had a…
Twitter’s Insider Threat
- July 19, 2020
- Tagged as: Apple, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Insider Threat, Jeff Bezos, Joe Biden, twitter, Uber
Last Thursday Twitter reported that 130 accounts had been compromised in a cyberattack that took control of high-profile accounts to promote a bitcoin scam. The attackers used three different bitcoin accounts and managed to receive…
Florida First State to Enact DNA Privacy Law
- July 19, 2020
- Tagged as: AncestryDNA, DNA, Florida, Gattaca, Government, Privacy
The Center Square reported on at the beginning of this month that Florida became the nation’s first state to enact a DNA privacy law, prohibiting life, disability and long-term care insurance companies from using genetic…