Below are posts associated with the “cybersecurity” tag.



In hindsight, I should not have waited for the day I wanted to submit final grades to do the obligatory annual reset of my institutional password.


🔗 linkblog: The Story Behind The XZ Backdoor Is Way More Fascinating Than It Should Be'



I’ve been meaning to read more about this story, so I’m grateful for Masnick’s summary here.


🔗 linkblog: Hackers are targeting a surprising group of people: young public school students'



Audrey Watters was warning about something like this almost a decade ago. It’s time for edtech folks to step up and recognize that technology in schools goes far beyond that exciting new classroom tech—and that we can’t do something about stuff like this if we’re overly focused on efficiency and effectiveness.


🔗 linkblog: Microsoft and OpenAI say hackers are using ChatGPT to improve cyberattacks'



Hmm. Unsurprising but all the more frustrating for it.


🔗 linkblog: Inside the World’s Biggest Hacker Rickroll | WIRED'



What an epic—if illegal—rickroll. The best part in my book is repurposing student monitoring software.