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Scarred For Life @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 12h

Final Destination had nothing on British public information films.

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 7h

The last time I updated my website the world was a rather different place so I thought I'd spend an hour updating it lapsedordinary.net

Martijn Grooten – Lapsed Ordinary

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Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 7h

Anybody know how I can transfer the Armenian goalkeeper into my fantasy football team?

#coybig

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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 9h

Powerful ick in this story from Emily Ngo and Jason Beeferman:
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 9h

Truly, SS7 is the surveillance gift that keeps on giving: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

www.motherjones.com

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Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 7h

True. But that doesn’t mean we won’t stop trying :)

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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 8h

German and Bulgarian authorities have seized more than 1,400 websites that were used for financial crypto scams.

Officials recorded more than 866,000 attempts to access the sites over the ten days after they were seized, which highlighted the attackers' success

www.bafin.de/SharedDocs/V...

Schlag gegen Cyberkriminelle

Die Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Karlsruhe, das Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg und die Finanzaufsicht BaFin informieren über einen Schlag gegen international agierende Cyberkriminelle.

www.bafin.de

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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 12h

NB

This was not a judgement b/c AJ 'hurt some feelings' or that he 'just repeated what other people were saying.'

His emails - which he tried to hide - showed not only that he KNEW the claims were false, but also that he kept making them b/c it was PROFITABLE to do so.

apnews.com/article/supr...

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shoot...

apnews.com

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BH Consulting @bhconsulting.bsky.social · 13h

CEO/CFO Fraud and Invoice Re-Direction Fraud are among the most costly #cybercrimes targeting businesses today.

Check out the infographics from the @garda.ie National Economic Crime Bureau to learn more and help protect your organisation from financial loss.

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Danny Palmer @dannypalmer.bsky.social · 14h

2025: What a time to be alive. 💀

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14h

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. Included AI-generated robot porn.

www.404media.co/man-stores-a...

Man Stores AI-Generated Robot Porn on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. As part of ...

www.404media.co

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Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 13h

This is good news. However, it is likely to be resurrected again in the future so the fight is not yet over.

This is an opinion piece I wrote about #EUChatControl earlier this year and why it could enable mass surveillance and undermine encryption.

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

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Cynthia Brumfield @metacurity.com · 16h

I love that the Australian Signals Directorate produced an informative video that spells out the findings of its cyber threat report released today.

vimeo.com/1126705145/b...

Annual Cyber Threat Report 2024-25

This is "Annual Cyber Threat Report 2024-25" by ASD Gov AU on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

vimeo.com

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Mathew J Schwartz @mathewjschwartz.bsky.social · 17h

Salesforce customer-targeting extortion group leaks data after FBI disruption www.databreachtoday.com/salesforce-e...

Salesforce Extortion Group Leaks Data After FBI Disruption

A ransomware group that's been extorting Salesforce customers leaked some stolen data, following the FBI disrupting its shakedown sites. ShinyHunters, part of the

www.databreachtoday.com

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 17h

New from @agreenberg.bsky.social and me: For three years, security researchers pointed a satellite at the sky and found highly sensitive data being sent unencrypted

They found: calls and texts on T-Mobile’s network; military info from the US and Mexico; in-flight Wi-Fi browsing, and a lot more

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 15h

or more to the point the "f" in cybersecurity is why we drink coffee :)

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Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 15h

I like the mug, but I thought it was the "f" in cybersecurity that brought happiness :)

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Cynthia Brumfield @metacurity.com · 22h

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Cyber-attacks rise by 50% in past year, UK security agency says

Cyber-attacks rise by 50% in past year, UK security agency says

Officials say increased dependence on technology leaves society more vulnerable to threats such as ransomware

www.theguardian.com

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 21h

For those who want to know about how I chop vegetables between meetings, or grind my coffee, have I got the article for you www.businessinsider.com/day-in-the-l...

I'm the president of Signal. I love dance music in the mornings, night yoga, and acting like a tourist — here's a day in my life.

Meredith Whittaker wakes up by 6 am whether she's in New York or Paris and checks her Signal, where the entire company operates and communicates.

www.businessinsider.com

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Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social · 21h

Our annual review is out covering technical highlights such as

- Engineering resilience against critical loss
- Passkeys
- The future of digital identity
- Post quantum crypt transition
- Our Initiate r&d program with industry
- Radical transparency in technology

.. and more

NCSC UK @ncsc.gov.uk · 21h

It’s time to act

Today we’ve published our 2025 Annual Review, revealing that cyber threats facing the UK are accelerating rapidly. We must take action.

It's time to act: Cyber attacks are designed to disrupt society with real human costs. Annual review 2025

It's time to act: Take cyber security seriously or risk exposing your customers' data. Annual Review 2025

It's time to act. Open your eyes to the imminent to your economic security. Annual Review 2025

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Deviant Ollam ツ @deviantollam.bsky.social · 1d

This week's video is a fun one... inspired by Phuzion and friends who sent me a little clip, it kicked off a fun and informative -- if brief -- discussion about elevator security. Enjoy! 👍😁👍

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4l7...

P.S. - Phuzion, are you here on Bluesky? Several accounts with that name.

Zero Clearance Vestibules: Just How Far CAN You Go When Securing An Elevator?

YouTube video by DeviantOllam

www.youtube.com

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Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 1d

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TJ McIntyre @tjmcintyre.com · 1d

www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=20...

Dr Manhattan meme, with text about Irish failure to drift cybercrime convention.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 1d

Fota Wildlife Park in Co Cork will be closed tomorrow following suspected cases of avian flu - commonly known as bird flu

Fota Wildlife to close following suspected bird flu cases

Fota Wildlife Park in Co Cork will be closed tomorrow following suspected cases of avian flu - commonly known as bird flu.

www.rte.ie

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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 1d

Sobering words from the German intelligence services - “We must not sit back and assume that a possible Russian attack would come in 2029 at the earliest. We are already under fire today.”

For deterrence now we must take the necessary decisions now.
www.euractiv.com/news/german-...

German spy chief says Russia won't shy from military confrontation | Euractiv

Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Martin Jaeger, warned on Monday that Russia posed a direct threat and the current “icy peace” with the EU could erupt at any moment into “heated confrontation”. J...

www.euractiv.com

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The Journal Investigates @investigates.thejournal.ie · 1d

Alcohol industry correspondence, briefing notes and lobbying disclosures reveal a transatlantic strategy to thwart Ireland’s public health plans over placing cancer warning labels on alcohol.

Read our cross border investigation here:

Inside the alcohol industry’s global campaign to delay Ireland’s world-first health labels

New documents reveal an organised effort by alcohol giants to pressure the Irish government into delaying landmark cancer warnings.

www.thejournal.ie

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