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BrianKrebs @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1h

Oh, good. So I guess I can disregard all the weird account emails and +1 bot calls I got yesterday? Coolcoolcool.

A message from the ShinyHunters telegram

’ SLSH 6.0 part 3 - lapsus$hiny$scatteredwizard
- Hi Krebs, | hope all is well.
Please disregard the messages by all these retards in the channel. They are simply asking to get arrested. |
spoke with Shiny and others involved in this channel. None of us sent you the malware email you are
accusing us of sending you.
1. We are not that fucking stupid (if we wanted to hack you we would've)
2. We have no reason to RAT you. We don't care about you. Like the person above stated you are
completely irrelevant to us.
To whomever is sending RATS to security researchers using our name:
Please stop. lol. You're making us look bad with your skid fucking malware.
Thank you,
SLH/SLSH Operations Centre
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BrianKrebs @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 2h

I had a serious of hilarious technological failures last night that occurred *immediately* after I published that story, preventing me from fixing stupid typos. Up until I finally quit trying at around midnight last night, Duo was telling me "success" when I would 2FA login, but then it would […]

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BrianKrebs @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 2h

Yeah, you're right. It is a malicious screenSAVER file, not screenshot. I've updated the story.

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BrianKrebs @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 3h

New, by me: A cybercriminal group that used voice phishing attacks to siphon more than a billion records from Salesforce customers earlier this year has launched a website that threatens to publish data stolen from dozens of Fortune 500 firms if they refuse […]

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A screenshot of a scan of the trojan at virustotal.com shows 11 of the 72 security tools detected it as malicious. The malicious indicators are marked in red.

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BrianKrebs @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16h

So I guess Duo has been having an issue today? They say it's resolved but I'm not so sure. https://status.duo.com/incidents/hw98mjf7fkth

[DUO34] Full Deployment Outage

Duo's Status Page - [DUO34] Full Deployment Outage.

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Paco Hope wishes ill for JK Rowling @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Thanks to my hardware store. New insult unlocked.

Photo of a white plastic bag with a UPC bar code. The text of the product name reads “BALLCOCK SHANK NUT BAG.”

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Now, Illinois has sued Trump regime to stop it from deploying National Guard troops in Chicago. From the summary from Illinois AG’s office, appears theory of case is the same as what federal Judge Immergut has relied on to issue TRO against National Guard troops in Oregon. Will now read the […]

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Dr. Lech-Tay 🫘🍷 @tayfonay.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Took my ass down to the beach to get a better view. Bright moon and clouds making it not great but can see with the naked eye. Even caught some movement.

Empire Beach, MI
October 1, 2025

#aurora

Green aurora borealis with columns blend with wispy clouds in a night sky over Lake Michigan

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Steve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Jane Goodall, the most prolific primatologist of a generation, has died at the age of 91. https://abcnews.go.com/International/jane-goodall-famed-primatologist-anthropologist-conservationist-dead-91/story?id=109868347

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BrianKrebs @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 7d

From Bloomberg (doesn't appear to be a paywall story)
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

"Data centers are proliferating in Virginia and a […]

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BrianKrebs @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 7d

The CEO of Cloudflare just reminded me that the he tried to hire me as Employee #6 many years ago. I don't think he quite framed it that way at the time. Anyway, I joking asked him who Employee #6 was. His reply? "Someone worth over $100M." o_0

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BrianKrebs @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 7d

@michaelcoyote Good point. So true.

BrianKrebs @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 7d

Been thinking a lot lately about how many fresh college grads are probably going to wind up joining the cybercrime community thanks to AI's impact to entry-level jobs, particularly in IT. We've spent years telling everyone we had this huge shortage of […]

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A linkedin post by (D2) Paul Eckloff [id - 1st or
Experienced Leader in Security, Threat Assessment & Communication | ...
h-®
THE FRAUD ECONOMY IS HIRING. The IT & Security Economy Is Firing.
© GK8 by Galaxy (Nasdaq: GLXY) just found underground job postings where
cybercriminals are recruiting professional voice impersonators to scam U.S.
crypto executives. Salary: up to $20K a month. Benefits: anonymity, flexible
hours, and all the deepfake tech you can plug in.
& Meanwhile, in the "above ground” economy? Tech CEOs are announcing
record profits... and mass layoffs of highly skilled defenders who might've
stopped exactly this kind of attack.
We've created a bizarre paradox:
& Criminals are hiring voice talent with curated data sets and Al-driven tools.
® Companies are firing IT and security talent, leaving execs more exposed than
ever.
The result? The underground looks like LinkedIn with fewer buzzwords, and the
surface looks like a Fortune 500 boardroom congratulating itself while its phone
lines are wide open.
J» This isn't phishing emails anymore. These are personalized deepfake calls
targeting the people who hold crypto custody keys, legal authority, and access
to the financial core. If you think your MFA and spam filters cover it, you're
already on mute.
We've commoditized the defenders while adversaries are professionalizing the
attackers. And when the “shadow HR department” offers $20K/month to pretend
to be a CFO, guess who wins that recruiting race?

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

This is not just about their hatred of DEI. Trump and Hegseth have explicitly told top military they should resign if they do not agree with all Trump and Hegseth say, which has included broadening the use of troops in U.S. cities.

Go back and read the live blog in full. You need to know their […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

A great researcher I work with @carlysagan is looking for research funding or a remote position! It is really depressing how little funding is available to research the effects of satellite reentries... we REALLY need to get more scientists on this, because 1-5 Starlinks per day are reentering […]

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Tropical Storm Jerry🌀 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 7d

I just got an alert that Nvidia’s market cap crossed $4.5T. I know I am mixing elephants and telephone poles here, but it seems weird that the manufacturer of IT components has a market cap that is almost 15% of the GDP of the US for 2025 🤔

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Steve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 7d

In a 161-page ruling, Federal District Court Judge William Young finds that noncitizens in the US have the same First Amendment rights as citizens, and the State and DHS secretaries violated the law by arresting and deporting pro-Palestinian protesters […]

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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 10d

Tim Berners-Lee explains why he gave away the #www for free.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free

"For the web to have everything on it, everyone had to be able to use it, and want to do so. This was already asking a lot. I couldn’t also […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 10d

I think we should treat people who get scammed and come out and talk about it like heroes. And this is important: no matter how "obvious" the scam might seem in retrospect or from the outside of the community it prey'd on.

The more I look at scams the more I think this is major factor in how […]

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10d

Trump has ordered the military to an American city that is not under any threat except from his regime. Here’s #oregon Governor Tina Kotek on the situation in #portland, posted on Bluesky at about 10 am pacific time.

Tina Kotek@tinakotek.bsky.social
My office is reaching out to the White
House and Homeland Security for more
information. We have been provided no
information on the reason or purpose of
any military mission. There is no national
security threat in Portland. Our
communities are safe and calm.
I ask Oregonians
to stay calm and enjoy a
beautiful fall day.
We will have further
comment when we have
more information.

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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 11d

Apparently there is an outbreak of killer fettuccine going on (per the LA Times). I didn't know fettuccine was contagious. 🫢 #fettucine

Headline consumers warned not to est products linked to a deadly fettuccine outbreak

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Ben Werdmuller @ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gy · 10d

War ravaged Portland

The famous unicycling Darth Vader on a bridge in Portland. He is playing flaming bagpipes.

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BrianKrebs @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10d

Next up in the anything-but-Epstein distraction plan: Send troops into Portland.

"President Donald Trump said Saturday that he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, and to immigration detention facilities around the country, authorizing “Full Force, if necessary” and escalating a campaign to […]

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Steve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 11d

The FBI has fired a group of agents who kneeled during a DC civil rights-related protest in the wake of George Floyd's death in 2020. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-fires-agents-kneeled-protest-after-george-floyds/story?id=125985792

FBI fires agents who kneeled at protest after George Floyd's death: Sources

The FBI has fired a group of agents who kneeled at a protest in Washington, D.C., in the wake of George Floyd's death in 2020, according to sources.

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BrianKrebs @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 11d

Peter Thiel seems really confused about the Antichrist. In the Bible, the Antichrist is a charming and disarming deceiver who promises world peace and prosperity for all who agree to worship it and bear its mark on their bodies, which is required if you want to buy or sell anything.

I'm not […]

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