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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · Sep 2

You are correct. It was about 200' from shore at high tide, in front of a house that had other watercraft. My best guess is that the person who owns it likes to swim out to the paddleboard and relax a bit before swimming back home. Hope they bring a washcloth!

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · Sep 1

Check your WhatsApp version if you use an iPhone or Mac: the flaw affects WhatsApp for iOS before version 2.25.21.73, WhatsApp Business for iOS before version 2.25.21.78, and WhatsApp for Mac before version 2.25.21.78.

Patrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · Sep 1

WhatsApp 0-Day Exploited in Attacks on Targeted iOS and macOS Users

Follow us on Bluesky, Twitter (X), Mastodon and Facebook at @Hackread

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · Sep 1

That is really cool! I took this picture while kayaking in the Puget Sound, south of Seattle. There are no hippos or gators around here, so maybe this Heron was just practicing. I didn't have the heart to tell him that his paddleboard was upside down, or that it was missing a paddle

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · Aug 30

Those abusing copyright can wield the court’s power to override an internet user’s right to anonymous speech, without permission from a judge. But now that power has been limited. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Victory! Ninth Circuit Limits Intrusive DMCA Subpoenas

The Ninth Circuit upheld an important limitation on Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) subpoenas that other federal courts have recognized for more than two decades. The DMCA, a misguided

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · Aug 31

SUP, Heron

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · Aug 25

I love fresh food! I went to the farmer's market and bought a baguette just baked this morning, fresh mozzarella made last night, an heirloom tomato and purple bell pepper picked recently, and added basil snipped from the crazy basil plant that grows like crazy in our dining room

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · Aug 16

Nice analysis of a voicemail themed phishing lure on Gmail: malwr-analysis.com/2025/08/16/w...

Watch Out for This Gmail Scam

This week, I received an email claiming I had a “New Voice Notification”. The email included a big “Listen to Voicemail” button: Looking at the email headers revealed even more: The email was sent …

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DEATHCon @deathcon.io · Jul 5

DEATHCon online/remote ticket sale round 1 will start Monday 7th of July at 00:01 UTC! www.worldtimebuddy.com?pl=1&lid=100... Last year they sold out in 24h 😳

On-site tickets will be available on 7/7 at around 10am local time for each site.

All details here: deathcon.io/tickets.html

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · Jun 14

Today in Boston.

Over a million people turned out.

Even the drone couldn't get it all.

#NoKingsDay #BostonStrong #ICEProtest

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · May 23

I love the collaboration between law enforcement around the world and threat researchers at cybersecurity firms. So proud of my colleagues at @proofpoint.com Threat Research, our friends at @teamcymrus2.bsky.social, FBI and other law enforcement. Nice disruption!

ThreatInsight @threatinsight.proofpoint.com · May 22

Today, Proofpoint joins the cybersecurity community and the U.S. and international law enforcement in celebrating the disruption of #DanaBot, a malware-as-a-service used by sophisticated cybercriminals since 2018. brnw.ch/21wSRiZ

A Brief History of DanaBot, Longtime Ecrime Juggernaut Disrupted by Operation Endgame | Proofpoint US

Key Findings: Proofpoint first identified and named DanaBot in May 2018. Initially developed as a banking trojan, DanaBot was also used as an information stealer and loader for follow-on

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The DFIR Report @thedfirreport.bsky.social · May 19

🌟New report out today!🌟

Another Confluence Bites the Dust: Falling to ELPACO-team Ransomware

Analysis and reporting completed by @pcsc0ut.bsky.social, @irishdeath.bsky.social & @0xtornado

🔊Audio: Available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube and more!

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Another Confluence Bites the Dust: Falling to ELPACO-team Ransomware

Key Takeaways The threat actor first gained entry by exploiting a known vulnerability (CVE-2023-22527) on an internet-facing Confluence server, allowing for remote code execution. Using this access…

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · May 19

thedfirreport.com/2025/05/19/a...
It was fun working on this Report with @pcsc0ut.bsky.social && 0xtornado. I hope my #threathunting friends will find it helpful. We came up with a new detection for Impacket tools in this investigation

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · Apr 16

I wrote some song lyrics and got help from AI to make a "recording" of it: suno.com/song/360f92b...
This song has a double meaning - on the surface, it is about actual moto-taxi drivers speeding up and down mountain roads. But it's also about how one slip in the gig economy can cost you everything

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Apr 7

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · Apr 8

I was having a fascinating conversation with a Spanish speaker who is learning English, trading tips for each other's native language (I'm trying to learn Spanish). He asked me why the word "get" or "got" has so many different meanings. I didn't know, so I said "You got me there"

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Kate Crawford @katecrawford.bsky.social · Dec 23

My prediction in @wired.com: 2025 is the year of AI agents.
The coming psychopolitical regime "directs the environments where our ideas are born, developed, and expressed. Its power lies in its intimacy—it infiltrates our subjectivity.

We will be playing an imitation game that ultimately plays us."

AI Agents Will Be Manipulation Engines

Surrendering to algorithmic agents risks putting us under their influence.

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · Feb 19

I want to do something positive but have such a hard time. I think the most personally impactful thing we can do is support refugees and send direct support to Ukraine (u24.ua.gov is the way I support them directly)

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · Feb 19

Thanks for the kind words. It was amazing to see people come together and work to diagnose and fix such a difficult bug over some long and sleepless nights, all while remaining kind to each other and practicing patience with everyone on the troubleshooting call

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Feb 1

Did you know?

In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.

The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · Feb 2

You're right. This action is unprecedented in the United States. Never before has a president targeted the career of civil employees. It's not unusual for political appointees or heads of government agencies to be replaced, but this is different and deeply troubling

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · Feb 2

A lawyer added some excellent language to the sample letter to Congress. I love this version: pastebin.com/UAdPJqcz

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · Feb 1

Thank you for sharing! Here's an NBC article with some background on the facts so far: www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Senior FBI official forcefully resisted Trump administration firings

Brian Driscoll, the acting FBI director and head of the bureau's Newark field office, pushed back so aggressively that some feared he would be dismissed.

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · Feb 1

The people who would be affected include technical specialists who have taken down malware botnets and unmasked APT threat actors, people who rescue kidnapped kids, people who capture violent criminals, and more. Firing these people is not right and it hurts us all to let it happen

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · Feb 1

Targeting FBI line level employees sends a chilling warning to all employees in federal law enforcement to not work on investigations that might affect the President or any of his associates. If they are fired, we all lose their years of skills and capabilities on all the cases they work on (2/3)

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Randy @irishdeath.bsky.social · Feb 1

The FBI is being asked to identify all employees who worked on J6 investigations, including thousands of Agents, Analysts, Computer Scientists in field offices and HQ. If you live in the US, please write to your representative and senator in Congress. Sample letter: pastebin.com/aibF74Hc
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