Always fun to be on the BBC’s science show Unexpected Elements. As an added bonus I got to talk a bit about the color blue this time with @amsterdammed.bsky.social and @andradaf.bsky.social.
Mostly though it was about the topic of “strength”.
🎧🧪 You can listen here:
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Florida’s move on vaccine mandates will lead to avoidable illnesses and deaths.
Abortion clinics in the US, NGOs, and newsrooms were forced to pull down sensitive data. Some of that data is now stored on servers in Romania and Iceland.
My latest piece for @darkreading.bsky.social dives into the world of “gray-zone” hosting providers.
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How do you transport a rhino from one heard to another? You sedate it and dangle it from a helicopter upside down 🦏 🚁
Why do we like rollercoasters? 🎢
Plus, the science behind cryonics 🥶
On Unexpected Elements this week with @andradaf.bsky.social
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EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
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This is so deeply, deeply, deeply fucked up.
“The trial was shutting down. A silicone ring inserted into her vagina, needed to be removed right away. … The stop-work order was so immediate and sweeping that the research staff would be violating it if they helped the women remove the rings.”
Dounia is an exiled journalist living in France. After exposing Morocco's use of #spyware against politicians, she became the target of physical and sexual harassment spread across both traditional media and social platforms. Read her story of resilience: citizenlab.ca/case-studies...
Hey cybersecurity folks! As a direct or indirect consequence of the US (and others) cutting foreign aid, there are many who have done cybersecurity for NGOs and at-risk groups who are or will be looking for a job. They often have broad experience, from research to incident response to education 1/2
Worth resharing this today, WIRED’s guide to protecting yourself from government surveillance
New from 404 Media: meet GeoSpy, a powerful AI tool that lets cops (& stalkers) geolocate photos in seconds. Trained on millions of images, it picks out soil, architecture, etc. GeoSpy closed public access after asked for comment, now marketing to police www.404media.co/the-powerful...
Collecting untold hacker stories from the early days of cybersecurity with @praetorianlabs.bsky.social. New Docuseries Spotlights Hackers Who Shaped Cybersecurity | https://buff.ly/4gS09Rl #storytelling #collectivememory
Given the caliber of the people involved, I expect that this series on hacker history will be outstanding. www.darkreading.com/cybersecurit...
CYBERSCOOP AFTER DARK: We've obtained a draft of the possible Biden cybersecurity executive order. @timstarks.bsky.social has the details on what it contains cyberscoop.com/biden-admini...
Just wrote about a new docuseries that aims to unearth the stories of cybersecurity’s trailblazers, Where Warlocks Stay Up Late.
The project's tagline? "The history of cybersecurity told by those who hacked it."
Meta is just going with specific and blatant cruelty in its new rules. now allows “allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality” www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Lots of folks are commenting on the fact that Meta is cozying up to the current administration, cutting out fact checking and other forms of moderation. This stuff is obviously worrying, but my big concern is: what happens when the government asks them to turn off encryption?
NEWS: The massive Chinese hack of U.S. telecoms breached firms Charter, Consolidated and Windstream as part of a historic espionage campaign. Security vendor Fortinet was a key intrusion point. Investigators are still grappling with the damage.
That and much much more:
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Journalists: How's your digital security looking for 2025? Track your progress with our checklist: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
After annulling the first round of the presidential election, Romanian authorities have now raided a local man paying influencers to support the pro-Kremlin candidate--which is against the law in Romania.
www.agerpres.ro/justitie/202...
Shock in Romania as hard-right Nato critic Calin Georgescu takes lead in presidential election
This video stopped me in my tracks. It's the story of the world's longest detained journalist. Dawit Isaak was a founder of Eritrea’s first independent newspaper. He was jailed 23 years ago. Produced by Marta Pausilli & Ali Abbas Ahmadi for BBC World Service. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQG5...
The Reporters Without Borders organization has published a deep dive into SLAPP lawsuits filed by Indian hacker-for-hire company against news organizations across the globe that covered its business
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