Raymond K

Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms

"Carrot often struck people as simple. And he was.

Where people went wrong was thinking that simple meant the same thing as stupid."

White House Cybersecurity Strategy Is Light on Details, Big on Consequences The policy, which name-checks President Trump 15 times, aims to hit cyber adversaries first and 'use all instruments of national power to raise the costs for their aggression.'

My thoughts on the new cyber strategy in a piece by @robpegoraro.com for @pcmag.com
It eases reqs on industry & threatens kinetic action for cyber attacks against the US. @brysonbort.bsky.social points out no mention of CISA & I’m concerned with escalation we’ll pay for
www.pcmag.com/news/white-h...

OSINTukraine V2 is around the corner. After months of development, we have deployed our new prototype, its not fully operational but it already does most of what the old archive is doing and more:

Canadian military personnel identified on white supremacist dating site | CBC Accessibility Members of the Canadian Armed Forces are among the profiles leaked from a white-only dating website that promoted white supremacist ideology, a CBC News visual investigation found.

Canadian military personnel identified on white supremacist dating site

In December, an anonymous hacker known as Martha Root shut down WhiteDate and published its data, exposing thousands of users from around the world on a site called OKStupid. 🤣

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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

yeah this is basically it

Most of the Windows code is older than your kids

Those are real problems, but they don't have to be *your* problem, at least when you want to read the web. A couple years ago, I wrote a guide to using RSS to improve your web experience, evade lock-in and duck algorithmic recommendation systems:

pluralistic.net/2024/10/16/k...

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A beginner's guide to analyzing the network traffic of apps and websites In 2025, journalist Zack Whittaker found three popular apps were leaking sensitive user data. This is how he uses network analysis tools like Burp Suite to understand how apps and websites work and sh...

By me at this.weekinsecurity.com: In 2025, I found 3 popular apps leaking sensitive user data, thanks to simple security bugs. In this very deep-dive for subscribers, this is how I use network analysis tools like Burp to understand how apps and websites work & share your data, and how you can, too!

Abbas Amanat IRAN AMODERN HISTORY

If you’re looking for a good “oh no I need to know more about Iran” book, I’m really enjoying Abbas Amanat’s “Iran: A Modern History” thus far.

Before you share that story about how troops were told the Iran War is for "Armageddon," read this The narrative is dramatic. The sourcing is thin. And skepticism matters, especially on something this serious.

I agree with a lot of this, worth reading:

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/before-you...

Interplay between Iranian Targeting of IP Cameras and Physical Warfare in the Middle East - Check Point Research Key Findings Introduction As highlighted in the Cyber Security Report 2026, cyber operations have increasingly become an additional tool in interstate conflicts, used both to support military operatio...

Insecure surveillance cameras are a national security vulnerability. research.checkpoint.com/2026/interpl...

picoCTF - CMU Cybersecurity Competition picoCTF is a free computer security education program with original content built on a capture-the-flag framework created by security and privacy experts at Carnegie Mellon University.

VERY IMPORTANT NEWS: picoctf.org starts in FIVE DAYS

If you’re new to hacking or just curious and want to learn, this is a very chill competition geared toward education. There’s also a practice space and you can play the archives of previous years’ games all year round!

literally DOZENS of jobs!

AI Translations Are Adding ‘Hallucinations’ to Wikipedia Articles AI translated articles swapped sources or added unsourced sentences with no explanation, while others added paragraphs sourced from completely unrelated material.

NEW: Wikipedia editors have implemented new policies and restricted a number of contributors who were paid to use AI to translate existing Wikipedia articles into other languages after they discovered these AI translations added AI “hallucinations,” or errors, to the resulting article.

You should hate Google with the energy of 1000 burning suns for attempting to kill ad blockers in Chrome

-LLMs can deanonymize internet users based on their past comments
-CISA has a new acting director
-DHS hackers leak ICE contract data
-Breach at the French Health Ministry
-Google takes down Genisys ad fraud botnet

Newsletter: news.risky.biz/risky-bullet...
Podcast: risky.biz/RBNEWS532/

Eisenhower

Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

i’m tired, boss

“Rutherford Statement on Operation Epic Furry” “Furry” highlighted by me http://rutherford.house.gov/media/press-releases/rutherford-statement-operation-epic-furry

Google result showing the presser for Rutherford’s statement on “Operation Epic Furry” was posted 11 hours ago

What a time to be alive

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

~this week in security~ a weekly cybersecurity newsletter by Zack Whittaker, plus articles and more.

If you like my reporting, you might also like my free weekly cyber newsletter this.weekinsecurity.com, which packs in all the news you can use from the week, plus sections dedicated to good news and a reader-submitted cyber-cat. Goes out on Sundays by email & RSS. Newsletter archive & blog online. 🐈‍⬛

Area Man Accidentally Hacks 6,700 Camera-Enabled Robot Vacuums Plus: The top US cyber agency falls into shambles, AI models develop an upsetting penchant for nuclear weapons, and more.

Plus: The top US cyber agency falls into shambles, AI models develop an upsetting penchant for nuclear weapons, and more. www.wired.com/story/securi...

"I don't know how to save the world. I don't have the answers or The Answer. I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the mistakes of generations past and present. I only know that without compassion and respect for all of Earth's inhabitants, none of us will survive-nor will we deserve to."

The Handbasket 100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.

Off the top of my head:

www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email

Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

AI developers who were willing to cause a hiring crisis and make workers and customers more miserable suddenly shocked their money is coming from unscrupulous military leaders who want just to use it for concentration camps and dubious military strikes.

real

There is a version of this world that could exist where, at any given time, the majority of humans beings are just chillin’ and eating fruit.

Five Eyes issue emergency directive on exploited Cisco SD-WAN zero-day The Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies warn that a critical Cisco SD-WAN vulnerability is under active exploitation and should be patched immediately.

Cisco said there are no workarounds for the vulnerability and urged customers to apply available patches immediately. The company also recommended reviewing system logs, validating controller integrity, and implementing additional hardening measures where possible.

www.csoonline.com/article/4137...