CIRCLE WITH A DOT

Russian Intelligence Services Target Commercial Messaging Application Accounts

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(www.cisa.gov)

The Proliferation of DarkSword: iOS Exploit Chain Adopted by Multiple Threat Actors

The Proliferation of DarkSword: iOS Exploit Chain Adopted by Multiple Threat Actors | Google Cloud Blog

DarkSword is a new iOS exploit chain that leverages multiple zero-day vulnerabilities to fully compromise iOS devices.

Google Cloud Blog (cloud.google.com)

The Proliferation of DarkSword: iOS Exploit Chain Adopted by Multiple Threat Actors

The Proliferation of DarkSword: iOS Exploit Chain Adopted by Multiple Threat Actors | Google Cloud Blog

DarkSword is a new iOS exploit chain that leverages multiple zero-day vulnerabilities to fully compromise iOS devices.

Google Cloud Blog (cloud.google.com)

U.S. officials 'not allowed' to tell Trump Iran war concerns, former counterterrorism director claims

U.S. officials 'not allowed' to tell Trump Iran war concerns, former counterterrorism director claims | CBC News

Joe Kent, the former U.S. counterterrorism director who resigned this week over concerns about the Iran war, said Wednesday during an appearance on Tucker Carlson's podcast that he and other senior officials "were not allowed" to share doubts about the U.S. airstrikes with President Donald Trump.

CBC (www.cbc.ca)

Good --> #Afroman wins lawsuit with Ohio police who said rapper mocked them in viral music video

Afroman wins lawsuit with Ohio police who said rapper mocked them in viral music video | CBC News

"We did it, America! ... Freedom of speech!" the rapper shouted outside the courthouse, dressed in a red, white and blue American flag suit. Seven Ohio sheriffs deputies sued Afroman for using home security footage to mock their 2022 raid of his home.

CBC (www.cbc.ca)

Shocker...Membertou's cannabis enforcement ban a political move, chief says

Membertou's cannabis enforcement ban a political move, chief says | CBC News

Membertou First Nation Chief Terry Paul says a band resolution banning RCMP and provincial tobacco officers from enforcing Nova Scotia's cannabis law is intended to encourage the provincial government to negotiate a deal on the regulation and sale of cannabis.

CBC (www.cbc.ca)

Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild

Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild

A powerful iPhone-hacking technique known as DarkSword has been discovered in use by Russian hackers. It can take over devices running iOS 18 that simply visit infected websites.

WIRED (www.wired.com)

Switzerland built a secure alternative to #bgp. The rest of the world hasn't noticed yet

Switzerland built an alternative to BGP. Nobody noticed

Feature: SCION: Proven in banking and healthcare, slow to spread everywhere else

(www.theregister.com)

Canadian crypto fugitive is seeking U.S. presidential pardon on criminal indictment, U.S. lobbying firm says

Canadian crypto fugitive is seeking U.S. presidential pardon on criminal indictment, U.S. lobbying firm says | CBC News

A Washington, D.C., lobbying firm says it is seeking a presidential pardon for Canadian crypto fugitive Andean Medjedovic, documents filed with the U.S. Department of Justice show.

CBC (www.cbc.ca)

The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada

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(thetyee.ca)

Microsoft Authenticator to nuke Entra creds on rooted and jailbroken phones

Microsoft tightens Authenticator checks on Android and iOS

: Warning, lockout, then wipe if your device trips detection

(www.theregister.com)

@capergrrl So @Toxic_Flange said to me:

SSDs /NVMEs are actually bigger than they report to account for bad or failed “sectors”. also there’s a reason why you can over allocate stuff (i think that’s the term) to account for wear and tear of some sectors.

So a bad sector is recognized as marked as bad and remapped to another sector within its hardware.

"The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Here's an odd one for y'all...My Mac Mini (Mid-2010) had #Debian13 & #LMDE installed & was showing bad sectors on it's SSD. I ended up installing #Ubuntu Server on it & now this:

Bcachefs creator insists his custom LLM is female and 'fully conscious'

Bcachefs creator claims his custom LLM is 'fully conscious'

: It's not chatbot psychosis, it's 'math and engineering and neuroscience'

(www.theregister.com)

As soon as you decide to Be something, you then decide to do something about it. - Neale Donald Walsch

Work experience kids messed with manager's PC to send him to Ctrl-Alt-Del hell

Work experience kids sent manager to Ctrl-Alt-Del hell

Who, Me?: Rogue user showed them an excellent prank, which they put into production

(www.theregister.com)