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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 4h

Errr… queued, your podcast is not a game of pool 🤣

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 4h

Not a lie, it’s cued up for my flight home tomorrow morning!

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 4h

I can’t wait to listen to your thoughts…

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 6h

I just celebrated my 9th Anniversary at Recorded Future and I know how much the application process has changed in those 9 years.

I dread ever having to go look for another job…

Lesley Carhart @hacks4pancakes.com · 7h

I see so much gaslighting of people who are struggling to find jobs at junior and mid-level cybersecurity by folks who got their last job or first job before 2023. It's unreal and uncalled for. The market and the automation in the hiring processes have gone to hell. www.reddit.com/r/SecurityCa...

From the SecurityCareerAdvice community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the SecurityCareerAdvice community

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 6h

This @cyberwarcon.bsky.social agenda looks amazing!

Get your tickets before they sell out!

Agenda — CYBERWARCON

Agenda

www.cyberwarcon.com

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 8h

I mean, they do start recruiting in Roblox.

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 9h

This is a good thread from @dannypalmer.bsky.social & @caffeineislife.bsky.social

Danny Palmer @dannypalmer.bsky.social · 13h

Even after all my years of covering cybersecurity, it still kind of blows my mind how young the kids behind these major attacks have become.

Plus the way it appears to be evolving into a homegrown issue - attacks by British people, rather than the 'traditional' faraway Russian perpetrators...

Jessica Lyons @jessicalyons.bsky.social · 23h

London cops on Tuesday arrested two teenagers on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail following a ransomware attack on a chain of London preschools.

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 9h

Teens arrested in London preschool ransomware attack

via @theregister.com

Teens arrested in London preschool ransomware attack

: Both men, 17, taken into custody

www.theregister.com

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 1d

Man, ShinyHunter is ALLL kinda pissed CL0P for the Oracle breach.

I sure hope this doesn’t lead to hotheaded ransomware groups doxxing each other or attacking each others infrastructure.

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 1d

When we play them in two weeks Tomlin should activate Polamalu and give Flacco a good scare.

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 1d

💯

Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 1d

No, not the old GoAnywhere exploitation, this is a new one!

Medusa ransomware used during exploitation of GoAnywhere file transfer bug, Microsoft says

via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

Medusa ransomware used during exploitation of GoAnywhere file transfer bug, Microsoft says

Cybercriminals are using the Medusa ransomware strain during exploitation of a vulnerability in Fortra's GoAnywhere file transfer tool.

therecord.media

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 1d

Oh good…it’s no better than Nextdoor 🤣🤣🤣

“…police department audits have established that the systems often falsely report other sounds as gunfire and lead to disproportionate police surveillance of majority minority neighborhoods.”

via @suzannesmalley.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

License plate reader company Flock launches new product that detects human voices

A new gunshot detection system from Flock Safety also can track human voices. Civil liberties advocates are urging cities not to use it.

therecord.media

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 1d

But, don’t sleep on Torch George at guard.

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 1d

If you are going by best win record and coolest sounding name, Hammer Harrison.

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 1d

Did someone call my name 🤣?

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 2d

C'mon Louisiana, just say ransomware....

Tech ‘incident’ disrupts services at Louisiana’s student financial aid office

via Ed Scoop

Tech 'incident' disrupts services at Louisiana's student financial aid office | EdScoop

A scholarship and a tax-advantaged college fund program were disrupted by a technology "incident" at the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance.

edscoop.com

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 3d

Russia's Crime-Terror Nexus

via @johnmooneyirl.bsky.social

Russia's Crime-Terror Nexus

Dr Kacper Rekawek discusses Russia’s use of organised crime gangs to conduct hybrid warfare across Europe.

open.substack.com

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Reposted by Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska

Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 3d

Gary Warner looks at "the Four Great Families" that ran most of the scam compound operations in Myanmar's Kokang region: garwarner.blogspot.com/2025/10/scam...

China sentenced members from each family last week, with some receiving death sentences: news.risky.biz/risky-bullet...

Scam Compound Operators: Members of The Four Great Families sentenced to death in China

A blog about cybercrime and fraud and the cases and criminals related to those crimes. BEC, scams, fraud, spam, phishing and malware

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 3d

I’ve never read or seen any of the Harry Potter books/movies.

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 3d

Y’all @zackwhittaker.com is the most even-keeled person I know, so when he goes on a rant people should listen (even when he doesn’t, people should listen to him).

Discord says users' government IDs used for age checks stolen by hackers

Thanks to age verification laws, expect more data breaches of users' government-issued passports and driver's licenses.

this.weekinsecurity.com

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 4d

This #bannedbooksweek @greenarcher.io is highlighting banned comics/graphic novels.

Follow us on Instagram, learn about banned comics, and help us raise money for the @cbldf.bsky.social

Green Archer Comics @greenarcher.io · 4d

The @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social’s #BannedBooksWeek is October 5th-11th this year and over on our Instagram channel we are highlighting banned comics.

For every like the videos get, we’ll donate $1 (up to $1000) to @cbldf.bsky.social!

Check out the videos and buy some banned comics!

Instagram

Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 5d

Yea…I mean Carly Simon would like a word. This is nothing new.

Carly Simon - You're So Vain

YouTube video by Carly Simon

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 5d

Thank you 🙏! I hadn’t seen this.

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 5d

Great catch from @mattkapko.com, especially because I hear copycats are already being sent out.

Here is the email Clop attackers sent to Oracle customers

via @cyberscoop.bsky.social

Here is the email Clop attackers sent to Oracle customers

The emails, which are littered with broken English, aim to instill fear, apply pressure, threaten public exposure and seek negotiation for a ransom payment.

cyberscoop.com

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