<![CDATA[Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring.]]>Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. Like, bro, your local water treatment plant runs Windows XP, your mobile provider's hardware is older than you are, and the protocol that routes internet traffic is secured by everyone just agreeing that hijacking it would be uncool.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/2c38e4c1-20e3-48aa-83db-21491d5165d8/listening-to-cybersecurity-people-freak-out-over-mythos-is-so-tiring.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 05:38:15 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2026 14:23:27 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:50:58 GMT]]>@IAmDannyBoling @darwinwoodka @nav @malwaretech
One of my classmates in high school borrowed his dad's "portable" phone now and then. It looked like this one:

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/jakobtougaard/statuses/116495159036721306https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/jakobtougaard/statuses/116495159036721306Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:50:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:25:02 GMT]]>@ErikBussink @gsuberland @floe @malwaretech

"We're being scanned, Captain."
"Shut it down. Shut it all down."
🫡 🖖

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/IAmDannyBoling/statuses/116494821151924100https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/IAmDannyBoling/statuses/116494821151924100Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:25:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:21:03 GMT]]>@darwinwoodka @nav @malwaretech

Indeed, 'tis true.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/IAmDannyBoling/statuses/116494805457022149https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/IAmDannyBoling/statuses/116494805457022149Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:21:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:17:28 GMT]]>@cesarb @malwaretech oh wow. I haven't seen an OS/2 warp machine in a long time.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/mossyfoot/statuses/116494791395724520https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/mossyfoot/statuses/116494791395724520Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:17:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:04:31 GMT]]>@malwaretech be fair! We secured BGP with lots of crypto, but then left an XSS exploit in the crypto control panel allowing your entire network to get de-routed with one mis-click. https://mxsasha.eu/posts/ripe-ncc-rpki-exploit-chain/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.mythic-beasts.com/users/beasts/statuses/116494740476239873https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.mythic-beasts.com/users/beasts/statuses/116494740476239873Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:04:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:57:33 GMT]]>@mossyfoot @malwaretech As recently as this week, I used an ATM which had that "please activate Windows" watermark visible in the corner of the screen. (At least the other bank AFAIK uses Linux for its ATMs, replacing the OS/2 they used previously.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/cesarb/statuses/116494713032932432https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/cesarb/statuses/116494713032932432Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:57:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:51:47 GMT]]>@sancla @eliasp @malwaretech it will get lots of companies drop some of their open source tools/libraries for proprietary ones, where they can then shift the blame onto some other company when things go south.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/markush/statuses/116494690391963902https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/markush/statuses/116494690391963902Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:51:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:45:40 GMT]]>@malwaretech

Fuck Mythos and marketing bullshit, but AI that immensely reduces time-to-exploit is real. Companies are not prepared for it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Newk/statuses/116494666311297816https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Newk/statuses/116494666311297816Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:45:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:39:48 GMT]]>@Wouter @malwaretech No kidding. The entire community has been lamenting this for two decades now.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116494643251975583https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116494643251975583Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:39:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:22:23 GMT]]>@drwho @malwaretech
That is a problem from a cybersecurity standpoint.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://maly.io/users/Wouter/statuses/116494574755155651https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://maly.io/users/Wouter/statuses/116494574755155651Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:22:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:21:55 GMT]]>@malwaretech so true

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116056513631316930/statuses/116494572953532150https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116056513631316930/statuses/116494572953532150Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:21:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:20:50 GMT]]>@malwaretech The Internet being held together by string and bubble gum is not far from the truth.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/T2R/statuses/116494568675640676https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/T2R/statuses/116494568675640676Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:20:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:18:48 GMT]]>@malwaretech I think you're right about the hype level but I think there is something to the idea that all of the places which were gambling on obscurity as their primary defense are probably going to find that strategy looks even worse.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://code4lib.social/users/acdha/statuses/116494560712371275https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://code4lib.social/users/acdha/statuses/116494560712371275Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:18:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:17:50 GMT]]>@Wouter @malwaretech If only that were true.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116494556913108353https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116494556913108353Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:17:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:17:43 GMT]]>@malwaretech That's the new meta strategy man. When the execs ask "What are you doing to protect against mythos?!" Just pull out the OWASP top ten.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://defcon.social/users/varx/statuses/116494556416330789https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://defcon.social/users/varx/statuses/116494556416330789Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:17:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:17:34 GMT]]>@steff @malwaretech And all six hundred AWS instances have port 22/tcpb exposed on public IP addresses, and use password authentication.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116494555858733206https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116494555858733206Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:17:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:15:45 GMT]]>@malwaretech Can I quote you on that?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116494548680018934https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116494548680018934Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:15:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:11:38 GMT]]>@malwaretech excellent point.

A lot of infrastructure runs outdated software.

But thankfully, most of these systems are not connected to the internet.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://maly.io/users/Wouter/statuses/116494532482543000https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://maly.io/users/Wouter/statuses/116494532482543000Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:11:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:00:23 GMT]]>@nav @malwaretech

Indeed, all us fossils live here on Mastodon, it's the only social media we can still stand.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/darwinwoodka/statuses/116494488239197265https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/darwinwoodka/statuses/116494488239197265Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:00:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:57:28 GMT]]>@malwaretech@infosec.exchange It's awesome everyone focuses on new exploits and zero-day attacks while their company's leaders will just blithely follow any link in an e-mail sent to them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://soc.femme.cat/objects/9b00b1a9-ba1f-49d5-805b-d66433b30d94https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://soc.femme.cat/objects/9b00b1a9-ba1f-49d5-805b-d66433b30d94Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:57:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:51:38 GMT]]>@malwaretech And your company CEO's password is password.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/JonnyT/statuses/116494453869484832https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/JonnyT/statuses/116494453869484832Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:51:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:44:30 GMT]]>@malwaretech

Well only hijack / hack mobile connection when it's really necessary like when your princess has escaped and you want to kidnap her back.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/116494425818187343https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/116494425818187343Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:44:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:30:21 GMT]]>@malwaretech I think it would be kinda cool.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/rrb/statuses/116494370185673454https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/rrb/statuses/116494370185673454Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:30:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Listening to cybersecurity people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:24:40 GMT]]>@malwaretech until recently, all ATMs ran a crazy version of Windows XP and now they run a crazy "IoT" version of Windows 11. Instead, of, say, something like SELinux. Something halfway sane.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/mossyfoot/statuses/116494347840432327https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/mossyfoot/statuses/116494347840432327Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:24:40 GMT