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anonsec123on macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner

If I wanted to poison update a bunch of developers who likely work at major US tech companies, this is exactly the type of software I would target for "purchase".

anonsec123on Hackers claim vast access to Western Digital systems

Western Digital has likely been compromised for years. I would be real concerned about their windows drivers and device firmware.

anonsec123on Scrcpy 2.0 mirrors Android devices with audio forwarding

I actually have the perfect(?) solution to this ridiculous problem after it happened to me a couple of months ago.

Hit the Google Assistant button, ask it to turn on "TalkBack". Now you can browse the interface the same way someone blind would browse the interface. Plug in a USB keyboard.

From here you go to the Settings page and enable Developer Tools.

anonsec123on I'm a security engineer and I still almost got scammed

Just being a security engineer doesn't instill you with a defensive or paranoid mindset. I work with security analysts who use TAILS to browse random websites and security engineers who torrent cracked software and install whatever they find directly on their baremetal PC/laptop.