MHei
@miihei.bsky.social
Just random Finnish infosec- /cybersecurity guy. Observing cybersecurity as a socio-technical issue on a micro-macro scale. FIN/ENG.
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It has been published: the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy's report on undersea cables.
It was a privilege to be involved in the inquiry and see some of my suggestions picked up by the committee.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jt...
It was a privilege to be involved in the inquiry and see some of my suggestions picked up by the committee.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jt...
September 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
It has been published: the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy's report on undersea cables.
It was a privilege to be involved in the inquiry and see some of my suggestions picked up by the committee.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jt...
It was a privilege to be involved in the inquiry and see some of my suggestions picked up by the committee.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jt...
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Whatever happens in Alaska, Europe needs to stop being shocked by Trump and start stopping Russia. open.substack.com/pub/berlinbr...
Europe: Stop Being Shocked by Trump. Start Stopping Russia.
Trump’s incompetence on Russia is matched only by Europe’s incompetence on Trump.
open.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Whatever happens in Alaska, Europe needs to stop being shocked by Trump and start stopping Russia. open.substack.com/pub/berlinbr...
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NEW: I spoke to @rondeibert.bsky.social ahead of his keynote at Black Hat today.
Ron travelled to Vegas to warn the cybersec industry that perhaps it’s time to get political.
“They should be aware of what’s going on and hopefully they can not contribute to it, if not help reverse it,” he said.
Ron travelled to Vegas to warn the cybersec industry that perhaps it’s time to get political.
“They should be aware of what’s going on and hopefully they can not contribute to it, if not help reverse it,” he said.
Citizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent | TechCrunch
Ron Deibert, the head of the prominent digital human rights groups Citizen Lab, sounds the alarm at the Black Hat security conference about the "dramatic descent into authoritarianism," but one that t...
techcrunch.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW: I spoke to @rondeibert.bsky.social ahead of his keynote at Black Hat today.
Ron travelled to Vegas to warn the cybersec industry that perhaps it’s time to get political.
“They should be aware of what’s going on and hopefully they can not contribute to it, if not help reverse it,” he said.
Ron travelled to Vegas to warn the cybersec industry that perhaps it’s time to get political.
“They should be aware of what’s going on and hopefully they can not contribute to it, if not help reverse it,” he said.
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ah yes giving unpatched vuln information to entities under the jurisdiction of the MPS and MSS, two organizations well-known as NDA respecters
July 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
ah yes giving unpatched vuln information to entities under the jurisdiction of the MPS and MSS, two organizations well-known as NDA respecters
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"China is more directly providing [Shahed] components to Russia,” @katstepanenko.bsky.social told @theguardian.com. "Integration of Chinese components, where before there was supply from Iran, means the manufacturers now have a lot more available parts,” she said. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
July 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"China is more directly providing [Shahed] components to Russia,” @katstepanenko.bsky.social told @theguardian.com. "Integration of Chinese components, where before there was supply from Iran, means the manufacturers now have a lot more available parts,” she said. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Suomen uusi kyberturvallisuusajattelu korostaa aktiivista toimintaa, sektoriyhteistyötä ja strategista autonomiaa.
🧩 Jari Pirhonen ja Tuomo Rusila avasivat näitä palasia tuoreessa haastattelussa.
Juttu on osa The Kyberist -projektia yhteistyössä Accenturen kanssa.
ulkopolitist.fi/2025/06/16/t...
🧩 Jari Pirhonen ja Tuomo Rusila avasivat näitä palasia tuoreessa haastattelussa.
Juttu on osa The Kyberist -projektia yhteistyössä Accenturen kanssa.
ulkopolitist.fi/2025/06/16/t...
The Kyberist: Suomi etsii keinoja vastata kasvaviin kyberuhkiin valtion ja yritysten yhteistyöllä — The Ulkopolitist
The Kyberist: Suomi etsii keinoja vastata kasvaviin kyberuhkiin valtion ja yritysten yhteistyöllä — The Ulkopolitist
ulkopolitist.fi
June 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Suomen uusi kyberturvallisuusajattelu korostaa aktiivista toimintaa, sektoriyhteistyötä ja strategista autonomiaa.
🧩 Jari Pirhonen ja Tuomo Rusila avasivat näitä palasia tuoreessa haastattelussa.
Juttu on osa The Kyberist -projektia yhteistyössä Accenturen kanssa.
ulkopolitist.fi/2025/06/16/t...
🧩 Jari Pirhonen ja Tuomo Rusila avasivat näitä palasia tuoreessa haastattelussa.
Juttu on osa The Kyberist -projektia yhteistyössä Accenturen kanssa.
ulkopolitist.fi/2025/06/16/t...
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Haastatteluni #kyberturva-tilanteesta @ulkopolitist.fi, jossa korostan:
- jatkuvaa kehittämistä
- teknologisten riippuvuuksien ymmärtämistä
- yritysten ja viranomaisten yhteistyötä
- tasapainoista lainsäädäntöä
- kansalaisten roolia
Myös @tuomorusila.bsky.social
ulkopolitist.fi/2025/06/16/t...
- jatkuvaa kehittämistä
- teknologisten riippuvuuksien ymmärtämistä
- yritysten ja viranomaisten yhteistyötä
- tasapainoista lainsäädäntöä
- kansalaisten roolia
Myös @tuomorusila.bsky.social
ulkopolitist.fi/2025/06/16/t...
June 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Haastatteluni #kyberturva-tilanteesta @ulkopolitist.fi, jossa korostan:
- jatkuvaa kehittämistä
- teknologisten riippuvuuksien ymmärtämistä
- yritysten ja viranomaisten yhteistyötä
- tasapainoista lainsäädäntöä
- kansalaisten roolia
Myös @tuomorusila.bsky.social
ulkopolitist.fi/2025/06/16/t...
- jatkuvaa kehittämistä
- teknologisten riippuvuuksien ymmärtämistä
- yritysten ja viranomaisten yhteistyötä
- tasapainoista lainsäädäntöä
- kansalaisten roolia
Myös @tuomorusila.bsky.social
ulkopolitist.fi/2025/06/16/t...
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2/2 ‘Under current conditions, oversaturation of European missile defenses is virtually guaranteed within days, or at best weeks, of a war with Russia’.
By @frhoffmann.bsky.social
By @frhoffmann.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
2/2 ‘Under current conditions, oversaturation of European missile defenses is virtually guaranteed within days, or at best weeks, of a war with Russia’.
By @frhoffmann.bsky.social
By @frhoffmann.bsky.social
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1/2 European leaders need to understand that this is their fate as well, unless Europe becomes smarter about missile defense or more serious about deterring Russia, including by deploying a credible counterstrike capability’.
June 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
1/2 European leaders need to understand that this is their fate as well, unless Europe becomes smarter about missile defense or more serious about deterring Russia, including by deploying a credible counterstrike capability’.
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Venäjän massamaiset ukrainalaisten lasten kaappaukset ovat aivan liian harvoin otsikoissa:
"‘Basically impossible to get them back’: Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children is a war crime, say experts"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... >
"‘Basically impossible to get them back’: Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children is a war crime, say experts"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... >
‘Basically impossible to get them back’: Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children is a war crime, say experts
As territories shift and divide families, desperate parents are travelling to Russia to find their children, many of whom have been moved into military camps or orphanages
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Venäjän massamaiset ukrainalaisten lasten kaappaukset ovat aivan liian harvoin otsikoissa:
"‘Basically impossible to get them back’: Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children is a war crime, say experts"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... >
"‘Basically impossible to get them back’: Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children is a war crime, say experts"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... >
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“Keir Giles, a prominent expert on Russian information operations, was targeted with a sophisticated and personalized novel social engineering attack”.
More context:
Russian Government-Linked Social Engineering Targets App-Specific Passwords (18 June 2025) citizenlab.ca/2025/06/russ...
More context:
Russian Government-Linked Social Engineering Targets App-Specific Passwords (18 June 2025) citizenlab.ca/2025/06/russ...
June 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“Keir Giles, a prominent expert on Russian information operations, was targeted with a sophisticated and personalized novel social engineering attack”.
More context:
Russian Government-Linked Social Engineering Targets App-Specific Passwords (18 June 2025) citizenlab.ca/2025/06/russ...
More context:
Russian Government-Linked Social Engineering Targets App-Specific Passwords (18 June 2025) citizenlab.ca/2025/06/russ...
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One of the better stories exposing Telegram's ties to Russian intelligence. Users should be very, very wary.
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project reports today that Telegram's technical backbone is managed by a Russian network engineer with significant business ties to the FSB, Russia's counterpart to the FBI.
Telegram, the FSB, and the Man in the Middle
The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian intelligence services.
www.occrp.org
June 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
One of the better stories exposing Telegram's ties to Russian intelligence. Users should be very, very wary.
Does anyone like to recommend of well-documented and public analyses of cyberattacks targeting UAVs or uncrewed systems that occurred via software supply chains, such as through open-source software components? I'm also interested in academic papers that test or simulate such attacks.
June 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Does anyone like to recommend of well-documented and public analyses of cyberattacks targeting UAVs or uncrewed systems that occurred via software supply chains, such as through open-source software components? I'm also interested in academic papers that test or simulate such attacks.
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One of the worst crimes of Russia’s war is the abduction of children. This Yale lab tracked the kids. Trump and Rubio cut the funding. You can help. Urge Rubio to reinstate the funding — and donate here.
medicine.yale.edu/lab/khoshnoo...
medicine.yale.edu/lab/khoshnoo...
Help the Humanitarian Research Lab Keep Finding Ukraine’s Abducted Children
The Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at Yale helps to locate and bring back Ukraine’s children who have been abducted by Russia. But without additional funding,
medicine.yale.edu
June 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
One of the worst crimes of Russia’s war is the abduction of children. This Yale lab tracked the kids. Trump and Rubio cut the funding. You can help. Urge Rubio to reinstate the funding — and donate here.
medicine.yale.edu/lab/khoshnoo...
medicine.yale.edu/lab/khoshnoo...
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Mitäs jos pantaisiin infosodassa vaihteeksi päälle rehellinen hyökkäysmoodi totuuden puolesta, eikä alituista myöhässä reagointia valheisiin, ehdottaa @vatniksoup.bsky.social. demokraatti.fi/tutkija-tama...
Tutkija: Tämän takia Suomi ja länsimaat ovat häviöllä informaatiosodassa itää vastaan
Venäjä ja Kiina tekevät tunteisiin vetoavaa, räävitöntä ja visuaalista propagandaa. Samaan aikaan me Euroopan maat yritämme vastata siihen kuivilla lehdistötiedotteilla ja virkamiesraporteilla, joita...
demokraatti.fi
June 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Mitäs jos pantaisiin infosodassa vaihteeksi päälle rehellinen hyökkäysmoodi totuuden puolesta, eikä alituista myöhässä reagointia valheisiin, ehdottaa @vatniksoup.bsky.social. demokraatti.fi/tutkija-tama...
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Suomalaisyritysten tekoälyosaamiseen liittyvissä rekryhauissa korostuu it-lähtöisyys, kun niitä verrataan kv-edelläkävijiin. ”Tekoälyosaamista pitäisi Suomessa ajatella laveammin, jotta hyödyt saataisiin koko organisaation tasolle.” #osaamistarpeet
#osaamispulssi #tekoäly
#osaamispulssi #tekoäly
Suomessa tekoälyosaamista haetaan teknologiakärki edellä: ”Kapea osaamiskäsitys voi hidastaa tekoälymurrosta”
Kun suomalaisyritysten tekoälyosaajien hakuilmoituksia verrataan globaalien edelläkävijöiden ilmoituksiin, korostuu suomalaisten osaamishakujen it-lähtöisyys. ”Tekoälyosaamista pitäisi Suomessa ajatel...
teknologiateollisuus.fi
June 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Suomalaisyritysten tekoälyosaamiseen liittyvissä rekryhauissa korostuu it-lähtöisyys, kun niitä verrataan kv-edelläkävijiin. ”Tekoälyosaamista pitäisi Suomessa ajatella laveammin, jotta hyödyt saataisiin koko organisaation tasolle.” #osaamistarpeet
#osaamispulssi #tekoäly
#osaamispulssi #tekoäly
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Kulttuuriarvostelut eivät kuulu normaalisti minun repertuaariini, mutta tätä en voinut jättää tekemättä. Isoviha-ooppera teki niin suuren vaikutuksen.
www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-...
www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-...
Kommentti: Butshan verilöylyä surin – mutta vasta Ilmajoella Kyrönjoen rannalla itkin
Venäjä järjesti Pohjanmaalla omanlaisensa ”Butshan verilöylyn” jo 1 700-luvun alussa. Nyt ne tapahtumat heräävät eloon Kyrönjoen rannalla, Arja Paananen kirjoittaa.
www.is.fi
June 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Kulttuuriarvostelut eivät kuulu normaalisti minun repertuaariini, mutta tätä en voinut jättää tekemättä. Isoviha-ooppera teki niin suuren vaikutuksen.
www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-...
www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-...
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The key to understanding Syria's failure to repel a modest opposition, which led to regime's collapse, may lie in this colossal mistake. But who was behind the app? Syrian opposition militias who were involved in the conflict? Regional or international intelligence services? Or another unseen hand?
June 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The key to understanding Syria's failure to repel a modest opposition, which led to regime's collapse, may lie in this colossal mistake. But who was behind the app? Syrian opposition militias who were involved in the conflict? Regional or international intelligence services? Or another unseen hand?
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How Syrian army officers in final days of war with opposition were duped into 1) disclosing info to fake website about their rank/location and corps/division/brigade and 2) installing phone app that was actually spyware that recorded keystrokes, stole files/photos/call log and spied thru camera/mic
How a Spyware App Compromised Assad’s Army
An investigation reveals how a cyberattack exploited soldiers' vulnerabilities and may have changed the course of the Syrian conflict
newlinesmag.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
How Syrian army officers in final days of war with opposition were duped into 1) disclosing info to fake website about their rank/location and corps/division/brigade and 2) installing phone app that was actually spyware that recorded keystrokes, stole files/photos/call log and spied thru camera/mic
One take from the gloomy but highly important speech by @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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June 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
One take from the gloomy but highly important speech by @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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Strategic autonomy
❗️The U.S. did not provide Ukraine with any intelligence for the planning of Operation “Pavutyna” targeting Russian military sites, CBS News senior White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs reports.
All intel was gathered independently by Ukraine—Zelensky was not briefed by U.S. officials.
All intel was gathered independently by Ukraine—Zelensky was not briefed by U.S. officials.
June 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Strategic autonomy
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Here it is: theins.press/en/inv/281731
Hidden Bear: The GRU hackers of Russia’s most notorious kill squad
Russian GRU Unit 29155 is best known for its long list of murder and sabotage ops, which include the Salisbury poisonings in England, arms depot explosions in Czechia, and an attempted coup d’etat in ...
theins.press
May 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Here it is: theins.press/en/inv/281731
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I am now able to now able to create a believable voice clone using just 10 seconds of someone’s recorded voice. The tools are publicly available, easy to use, and in many cases they are free.
It’s essential your family, friends, and workplace understands how easy this attack is.
It’s essential your family, friends, and workplace understands how easy this attack is.
May 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I am now able to now able to create a believable voice clone using just 10 seconds of someone’s recorded voice. The tools are publicly available, easy to use, and in many cases they are free.
It’s essential your family, friends, and workplace understands how easy this attack is.
It’s essential your family, friends, and workplace understands how easy this attack is.