Josue Ortiz Novoa
@josueon24.bsky.social
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NSO Group publishes a new transparency report that is somehow even less transparent than the last one. Why bother? Because they're salivating over that sweet, sweet US government contract money. techcrunch.com/2026/01/08/c...
Critics pan spyware maker NSO's transparency claims amid its push to enter US market | TechCrunch
The infamous spyware maker released a new transparency report claiming to be a responsible spyware maker, without providing insight into how the company dealt with problematic customers in the past.
techcrunch.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM
NSO Group publishes a new transparency report that is somehow even less transparent than the last one. Why bother? Because they're salivating over that sweet, sweet US government contract money. techcrunch.com/2026/01/08/c...
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jfc
The best way to honor Charlie's memory is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse. In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate — never through violence.
September 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
jfc
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Kudos to Mikko for understanding that Russia is absolutely not going to stop at Ukraine and deciding to do what he can about it. www.theregister.com/2025/06/04/m...
Mikko Hyppönen pivots from infosec to drones inspired by war
Interview: Why? There's a war in Europe, Finland has a belligerent neighbor, and cyber is a settled field
www.theregister.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Kudos to Mikko for understanding that Russia is absolutely not going to stop at Ukraine and deciding to do what he can about it. www.theregister.com/2025/06/04/m...
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Tenable discovered a privilege-escalation vulnerability in the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The issue, which Tenable named ConfusedComposer, is now fixed.
www.tenable.com/blog/confuse...
www.tenable.com/blog/confuse...
ConfusedComposer: A Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Impacting GCP Composer
Tenable Research discovered a privilege-escalation vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that is now fixed and which we dubbed ConfusedComposer. The vulnerability could have allowed an identity...
www.tenable.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Tenable discovered a privilege-escalation vulnerability in the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The issue, which Tenable named ConfusedComposer, is now fixed.
www.tenable.com/blog/confuse...
www.tenable.com/blog/confuse...
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Thank you @spaikin.bsky.social for having me on @tvotoday.bsky.social to talk about my book *Chasing Shadows*, all things @citizenlab.ca, and the disturbing descent into technofascism in the United States 🇺🇸
Watch here:
www.tvo.org/video/how-cy...
or here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF3p...
Watch here:
www.tvo.org/video/how-cy...
or here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF3p...
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
www.tvo.org
March 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Thank you @spaikin.bsky.social for having me on @tvotoday.bsky.social to talk about my book *Chasing Shadows*, all things @citizenlab.ca, and the disturbing descent into technofascism in the United States 🇺🇸
Watch here:
www.tvo.org/video/how-cy...
or here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF3p...
Watch here:
www.tvo.org/video/how-cy...
or here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF3p...
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New report from @quad9dns.bsky.social: "Government control over DNS is more than a regulatory shift; it’s a direct threat to the freedom, privacy, and security of every Internet user. When authorities dictate how DNS operates, the consequences extend far beyond blocked websites."
The Public Risk of Governments Controlling DNS Providers | Quad9
Government control over DNS is more than a regulatory shift; it’s a direct threat to the freedom, privacy, and security of every Internet user. When authorities dictate how DNS operates, the consequen...
www.quad9.net
March 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New report from @quad9dns.bsky.social: "Government control over DNS is more than a regulatory shift; it’s a direct threat to the freedom, privacy, and security of every Internet user. When authorities dictate how DNS operates, the consequences extend far beyond blocked websites."
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Kassi Burns: NIST Publishes Guidelines on Mitigating Cyberattacks Against AI.
March 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Kassi Burns: NIST Publishes Guidelines on Mitigating Cyberattacks Against AI.
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Hörenswert: „Die Akte #Pegasus - Wie die #Spionagesoftware Privatsphäre, Pressefreiheit & Demokratie attackiert“
#Hörbuch Fund auf #Download Portal:
DDL: we.tl/t-J4fzwsZuQS
#Hörbuch Fund auf #Download Portal:
DDL: we.tl/t-J4fzwsZuQS
October 15, 2023 at 5:50 AM
Hörenswert: „Die Akte #Pegasus - Wie die #Spionagesoftware Privatsphäre, Pressefreiheit & Demokratie attackiert“
#Hörbuch Fund auf #Download Portal:
DDL: we.tl/t-J4fzwsZuQS
#Hörbuch Fund auf #Download Portal:
DDL: we.tl/t-J4fzwsZuQS
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The Ballista botnet exploits an unpatched RCE vulnerability (CVE-2023-1389) in TP-Link Archer AX-21 routers, infecting over 6,000 devices since April 2023. Detected on January 10, 2025, it uses a malware dropper to establish a C2 channel on port 82, enabling RCE and DoS attacks.
Ballista Botnet Exploits Unpatched TP-Link Vulnerability, Infects Over 6,000 Devices
thehackernews.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Ballista botnet exploits an unpatched RCE vulnerability (CVE-2023-1389) in TP-Link Archer AX-21 routers, infecting over 6,000 devices since April 2023. Detected on January 10, 2025, it uses a malware dropper to establish a C2 channel on port 82, enabling RCE and DoS attacks.
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I am starting to think these Lockdown Mode notifications are even dumber and confusing than I thought.
I get them all the time while I chat with someone, for example, after their first message. Apparently, they don't do anything because the conversation keeps going. 1/
I get them all the time while I chat with someone, for example, after their first message. Apparently, they don't do anything because the conversation keeps going. 1/
March 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I am starting to think these Lockdown Mode notifications are even dumber and confusing than I thought.
I get them all the time while I chat with someone, for example, after their first message. Apparently, they don't do anything because the conversation keeps going. 1/
I get them all the time while I chat with someone, for example, after their first message. Apparently, they don't do anything because the conversation keeps going. 1/
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Trump duplicará hasta el 50 % los aranceles al acero y aluminio canadiense lopezdoriga.com?p=1696669
Trump duplicará hasta el 50 % los aranceles al acero y aluminio canadiense
El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump duplicará los aranceles previstos al acero y al aluminio provenientes de Canadá
lopezdoriga.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Trump duplicará hasta el 50 % los aranceles al acero y aluminio canadiense lopezdoriga.com?p=1696669
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I work with cool people who do cool things: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying
Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators (CSS...
www.eff.org
March 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I work with cool people who do cool things: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Founder Ron Deibert of Citizen Lab with Cindy Cohn and Eva Galperin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, speaking about Ron’s great new book at City Lights in San Francisco. (The talk is also being shown on the Web.)
March 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Founder Ron Deibert of Citizen Lab with Cindy Cohn and Eva Galperin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, speaking about Ron’s great new book at City Lights in San Francisco. (The talk is also being shown on the Web.)
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An ongoing "service interruption" at government contractor Conduent has caused outages across at least four U.S. states, leaving residents without access to some benefits and support payments.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/21/g...
techcrunch.com/2025/01/21/g...
Govtech giant Conduent won't rule out cyberattack as outage drags on | TechCrunch
At least four states were affected by the outage, which Conduent says is ongoing.
techcrunch.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
An ongoing "service interruption" at government contractor Conduent has caused outages across at least four U.S. states, leaving residents without access to some benefits and support payments.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/21/g...
techcrunch.com/2025/01/21/g...
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New ship, new year: SpaceX to deploy model Starlink satellites on next Starship launch
New ship, new year: SpaceX to deploy model Starlink satellites on next Starship launch
SpaceX is significantly upping the ante of its Starship test flight program, with the next rocket launch expected to demonstrate payload deployment for the first time. The payload in question will be 10 Starlink “simulators” that will be similar in size…
tcrn.ch
January 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
New ship, new year: SpaceX to deploy model Starlink satellites on next Starship launch
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Hehe.
January 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Hehe.
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TODAY: From Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team to @mcuban.bsky.social, WIRED will be sitting down with some of the biggest names in technology, business, science, and beyond for a full day packed with in-depth conversations.
Join us live now:
Join us live now:
Watch WIRED’s Big Interview Event Right Here
On December 3, WIRED is sitting down with some of the biggest names in technology, business, science, and beyond for a full day packed with in-depth conversations.
www.wired.com
December 3, 2024 at 5:07 PM
TODAY: From Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team to @mcuban.bsky.social, WIRED will be sitting down with some of the biggest names in technology, business, science, and beyond for a full day packed with in-depth conversations.
Join us live now:
Join us live now:
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Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.
A Place of Joy.
A Place of Joy.
December 3, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
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Google is inserting search links into webpages in the Google App now
Google is inserting search links into webpages in the Google App now
Have you seen them yet?
buff.ly
November 25, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Google is inserting search links into webpages in the Google App now
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Good news everyone! The US intelligence apparatus is about to be handed over to people with such lax opsec that elaborate backdooring of telcos will no longer be necessary. www.theregister.com/2024/11/25/s...
China's telco attacks mean 'thousands' of boxes compromised
Senate Intelligence Committee chair says his 'hair is on fire' as execs front the White House
www.theregister.com
November 25, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Good news everyone! The US intelligence apparatus is about to be handed over to people with such lax opsec that elaborate backdooring of telcos will no longer be necessary. www.theregister.com/2024/11/25/s...
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Meta announced today that it's done 2 million account takedowns related to pig butchering this year, but the real news is Meta talking about pig butchering in any specific/substantial way (the company has warned a bit about investment/romance scams in the past)
www.wired.com/story/meta-p...
www.wired.com/story/meta-p...
Meta Finally Breaks Its Silence on Pig Butchering
The company gave details for the first time on its approach to combating organized criminal networks behind the devastating scams.
www.wired.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Meta announced today that it's done 2 million account takedowns related to pig butchering this year, but the real news is Meta talking about pig butchering in any specific/substantial way (the company has warned a bit about investment/romance scams in the past)
www.wired.com/story/meta-p...
www.wired.com/story/meta-p...
