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Author: Mike Parkin

Zoom attacks and more: first officer’s blog – week 32

First Officer’s log, terrestrial date, 20230102. Officer of the Deck reporting.   The security team has been working diligently to track down the origin of the transmission that had rendered our warp drive temporarily out of service. While it’s always a bit embarrassing to have to call in outside help, sometimes it’s necessary. In this… Continue reading Zoom attacks and more: first officer’s blog – week 32

AWS vulnerability and more: first officer’s blog – week 31

First Officer’s log, Terrestrial date, 20221226. Officer of the Deck reporting.   With a few minor exceptions, because nothing ever goes exactly to plan, the Engineering team has managed to get the Warp Core back online and we should be able to get the ship back into Warp within a few hours. Meanwhile, as our unexpected… Continue reading AWS vulnerability and more: first officer’s blog – week 31

US TikTok ban and more: first officer’s blog – week 30

First Officer’s log, Terrestrial date, 20221219. Officer of the Deck reporting.   We departed Frontier Station [REDACTED] for our next destination, a planet in the [REDACTED] sector that requires assistance interpreting data from its deep space detection network. The assignment should be relatively typical for a support ship such as ours. It is, as we say,… Continue reading US TikTok ban and more: first officer’s blog – week 30

The Rackspace breach and more: first officer’s blog – week 29

First Officer’s log, Terrestrial date, 20221212. Officer of the Deck reporting.   The captain has delayed our departure from Frontier Station [REDACTED] to let Ensign [REDACTED] participate in the final round of the 3D chess tournament, knowing it will mean traveling at higher Warp speeds in order to reach our next destination on schedule.  The final… Continue reading The Rackspace breach and more: first officer’s blog – week 29

CVE-2021-35587, Meta and more: first officer’s blog – week 28

First Officer’s log, Terrestrial date, 20221205. Officer of the Deck reporting. As we finished up our system integration work on Frontier Station [REDACTED] the 3D Chess tournament was coming into its final rounds. With the honor of the ship at stake, at least if you asked some of the crew members who’d become fanatical 3D… Continue reading CVE-2021-35587, Meta and more: first officer’s blog – week 28

Luna Moth, Twitter’s future: first officer’s blog – week 27

First Officer’s log, Terrestrial date, 20221128. Officer of the Deck reporting.   While the technical engagement on Frontier Station [REDACTED] has been proceeding according to plan, with the team ahead of schedule and currently under budget, the crew has been taking a growing interest in the 3D chess tournament. It was true that most of them… Continue reading Luna Moth, Twitter’s future: first officer’s blog – week 27

Memory-safe languages and more: first officer’s blog – week 26

First Officer’s log, Terrestrial date, 20221121. Officer of the Deck reporting.   Our work at Frontier Station [REDACTED] has been proceeding as expected. While the station used a range of tools across their departments, some standard, some decidedly not, and some built on the fly by the local engineering team to meet specific needs, we are… Continue reading Memory-safe languages and more: first officer’s blog – week 26

Raspberry Robin and more: first officer’s log – week 25

First Officer’s log, Terrestrial date, 20221114. Officer of the Deck reporting.   We have arrived at Frontier Station [REDACTED] to participate in a series of infrastructure projects, with our part focused on coordinating communications across the different divisions. It’s a role we are well suited to as a support ship with an experienced crew.  What most… Continue reading Raspberry Robin and more: first officer’s log – week 25

PoS terminal security and more: first officer’s blog – week 24

First Officer’s log, Terrestrial date, 20221104. Officer of the Deck reporting.   With the impending release of the communications system update by [REDACTED] to the subspace communications network, we repositioned the ship to be ready to render assistance wherever needed. As expected, the update was distributed on time. At least, as expected when dealing with the… Continue reading PoS terminal security and more: first officer’s blog – week 24

Typosquatting, OpenSSL and more: first officer’s log – week 23

First Officer’s log, Terrestrial date, 20221031. Officer of the Deck reporting.   Leaving Starbase 42, the captain authorized maximum sustainable warp to reach [REDACTED] to pick up Lieutenant [REDACTED] and her team. By the time we arrived, the vendors they had been working with had long since departed for their home worlds, and the local security… Continue reading Typosquatting, OpenSSL and more: first officer’s log – week 23