CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@badsamurai @metacurity i shall indeed dance a jigthere is no reason for these machines other than to facilitate victimization

RE: https://mastodon.world/@signalapp/116478659183004819This is what Signal is referring tohttps://www.reuters.com/world/german-government-suspects-russia-signal-attack-targeting-politicians-sources-2026-04-25/

Canada arrests three for operating “SMS blaster” device in Torontohttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/canada-arrests-three-for-operating-sms-blaster-device-in-toronto/

KitKat’s newest product is . . . a Faraday cage?https://www.fastcompany.com/91531587/kitkats-newest-product-isa-faraday-cage

American utility firm Itron discloses breach of internal IT networkhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/american-utility-firm-itron-discloses-breach-of-internal-it-network/

Each week, Metacurity offers our subscribers a curated selection of the best infosec-related long reads.This week's choices cover--Cybercrime has been very good to Cambodia, -- GrapheneOS is a triumph and a cautionary tale,-- Satellite signals can evade state information controls, --AI tools create child exploitation risks, --No excuse to delay creating a US Cyber ForceHappy reading!https://www.metacurity.com/next-long-read-8/

It's finally Friday, but don't kick back for the weekend until you've checked out today's Metacurity for the most crucial cybersecurity developments you should know, including--China’s hackers hide in plain sight through hijacked home routers, allies warn,--US charges two accused of running a major scam compound, --White House accuses China of stealing AI property on 'industrial scale,' --Stuxnet-like code was used in the mid-2000s, --Health info from the UK Biobank was posted for sale in China, --An Indian media giant was hacked by alleged Afghan group,--Coupang breach has triggered a corporate crisis,--Customer data for Canada Life compromised in breach,--UNC6692 is running an intrusion campaign that impersonates Teams,--Firestarter survives firmware updates and reboots on Cisco devices,--xAI may lose market share due to sexually abusive imagery,--Cambodian scam compounds are using more sophisticated malwarehttps://www.metacurity.com/chinas-hackers-hide-in-plain-sight-through-hijacked-home-routers-allies-warn/

As if things weren't bad enough, scam compounds are growing in malware sophistication.Cambodian compound found with new type of scam malware: researchershttps://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/cybersecurity/cambodian-compound-found-with-new-type-of-scam-malware-researchers

Not sure if this is relevant to BlueSky followers, but it seems that Gmail was serious about ditching the POP3 format, and I've had to quickly set up a new email system today for all my accounts. Some emails may have been lost or misdirected. When all else fails, use Signal (in my bio).

Sandy Hook Promise and others use anonymous tips to prevent school shootings. Hackers exposed their datahttps://san.com/cc/sandy-hook-promise-and-others-use-anonymous-tips-to-prevent-school-shootings-hackers-exposed-their-data/?utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=owned-auto

Ukrainian hackers disrupted a closed-door meeting at Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade and made a recording.https://www.kyivpost.com/post/74379

At issue in the Mobley case is whether courts will impute legal responsibility to AI systems for decisions they take on behalf of companies, or whether liability will sit with the companieshttps://www.ft.com/content/51b55431-30e8-4eb3-9730-f5e89c24ad56

Mythos is the cover story at The Economist this week.https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/04/16/america-wakes-up-to-ais-dangerous-power?utm_campaign=a.the-economist-this-week&utm_medium=email.internal-newsletter.np&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=4/16/2026&utm_id=2181431

@metacurity Heats up, you mean immolates

This is going in Metacurity's long reads issue on Saturday, but I urge folks to read it now. Really good description of how Anthropic figured out the power of Mythos.How Anthropic Learned Mythos Was Too Dangerous for the Wildhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-04-16/how-anthropic-discovered-mythos-ai-was-too-dangerous-for-release?embedded-checkout=true

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@metacurity of course they mention curl /cc @bagder

Don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including --ShinyHunters hits Rockstar Games, threatens data dump after cloud breach,--Basic-Fit data breach exposes data on 1m+ members, --Operation Atlantic disrupted $45m pig butchering network, --Hackers exploited Hyberbridge flaw for $237k gain, --Booking [dot] com suffered breach exposing customer details, --UK finance regulators are assessing Anthropic's Claude Mythos,--Hackers infiltrated Japanese shipping giant NYK's fuel procurement system,--Handala claims attack on three Dubai government organizations,--French government is moving from Windows to Linux to ditch US tech,--Dutch cops bust eight men for fake ID platform used by scammers,--800 Hungarian government email addresses and associated passwords were circulated online,--Hackers exploited flaw in Marimo open-source reactive Python notebook platform,--North Korea's APT37 shifts to social media reconnaissance,--OpenAI internal tools downloaded a compromised update from legitimate OSS library,--Palo Alto Networks founder seeks to buy bank to develop AI tools,--Cisco is in talks to buy Astrix Security,--Iran's supposed cyber prowess takes it on the chin,--Mark Zuckerberg wants to replicate himself in AI,--Getting sober or naked on Zoom could be trickyhttps://www.metacurity.com/shinyhunters-hits-rockstar-games-threatens-data-dump-after-cloud-breach/

Japanese shipping giant NYK detected unauthorized access by a third party to its marine fuel procurement system.https://www.manifoldtimes.com/news/nyk-alerts-on-data-breach-in-bunker-fuel-procurement-system/

Basic-Fit data breach exposes details of a million gym membershttps://www.reuters.com/business/basic-fit-says-data-breach-exposes-details-200000-members-netherlands-2026-04-13/