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Niels Hofmans

@ironpeak.be

Cybersecurity professional from πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ Belgium. Head of Cyber @ Cresco, Freelance Cyber Expert

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Net een -nog- voordeliger aanbod gekregen van mijne huidige elec/gas provider na het overstappen naar groepsaankoop. Klagen (en overstappen) blijft lonen.

13.06.2025 10:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's the source code for the unofficial Signal app used by Trump officials Yesterday, I published an analysis of what I could publicly find about TM SGNL, the obscure and unofficial Signal app used by Mike Waltz, and presumably also by Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, ...

The source code for the TM SGNL apps (basically a backdoored version of Signal used by Trump officials) is public! Since it's open source, I've pushed it to github for easier research micahflee.com/heres-the-so...

03.05.2025 20:25 πŸ‘ 960 πŸ” 308 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 44
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BelgiΓ« voert als tweede Europees land 'herstelbaarheidsindex' in Vanaf 2 mei moet op vaatwassers, stofzuigers en nog enkele andere elektrische apparaten die verkocht worden in BelgiΓ« de 'herstelbaarheidsindex' vermeld staan. Het cijfer geeft aan hoe gemakkelijk ze ...

Goed nieuws!
www.tijd.be/r/t/1/id/106...

29.04.2025 11:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Zou mij niet verbazen als dat de Thales sovereign cloud zou zijn. Die zijn dan certified owned en operated door bv franse burgers, updates en hardware vanuit US komen in sluizen. Maar worst case scenario exportverbod naar EU geeft dus nog steeds issues.

09.04.2025 20:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Like the crypto-exchange hack, it's much more likely that the end user will be targeted here. Russia used the 'linked devices' feature of Signal to do QR code phishing.

27.03.2025 07:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is inaccurate. There is no known vulnerability with Signal's core tech. The memo was discussing phishing attempts, which Signal has worked to mitigate. And it was hastily reported.

It's important not to spread misinfo that can confuse people into moving away from meaningfully private comms.

26.03.2025 13:40 πŸ‘ 2545 πŸ” 744 πŸ’¬ 114 πŸ“Œ 60
VRT verspreidt desinformatie over communicatieapps Beste VRT NWS, beste Kenneth Lasoen,

Seems VRT was spreading misinformation about Signal in favour of Threema, which my old blog post also mentions is subpar compared to Signal.
www.rubdos.be/2025/03/26/v...

27.03.2025 07:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Meta AI was forcibly enabled for EU whatsapp users. AI chat input is used to train the model. Use β€˜ /reset-all-ais’ to clear the AI memory.

26.03.2025 18:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fun fact: the latest Apple WebKit security patch was done based on a Reddit story of a user being targeted and reporting the original patch not begin sufficient. I flagged this to Apple Product Security, which I like to think is the cause of iOS 18.3.2 & macOS 15.3.2.

11.03.2025 21:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Apple retracting Advanced Data Protection from the UK after it requiring a legal backdoor should tell you everything you need for this E2E encryption feature. Get some yubikeys and enable it on your fruit ecosystem!

21.02.2025 22:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screen Security Use Screen Security to prevent Signal previews from appearing in the app switcher on your phone. This is unrelated to the screen lockΒ designed to lock your Signal screen so that you can't interact ...

If you use Signal, take a moment and confirm you have this setting turned on. Trust me on this when I say it’s important.

support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...

22.01.2025 22:21 πŸ‘ 133 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
Digi Belgium is busy with a press conference

Humongous shoutout to DIGI for finally challenging the gated telco monopoly situation here in Belgium. This is just amazing.
10Gbps duplex for 20 EU/m. Mobile for 5eu/month.
Executives at Proximus and Telenet are sure worried right now.

11.12.2024 12:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0