My cellphone cyber-security primer for travellers, immigrants, emigrants, dissidents, activists, and journalists, updated (by popular demand) with an added tl;dr checklist of top tips: Protecting your data from cops and robbers: hasbrouck.org/articles/cyb...

Nigel Farage is currently the man writing Labour’s policy for them. He may be unsuccessful electorally, but he has controlled the political narrative and shaped policy in the UK for the last 10-15 years, with zero accountability, and it’s dangerous to pretend losing elections means he’s powerless.

«Contagious Interview (DPRK) Launches a New Campaign Creating Three Front Companies to Deliver a Trio of Malware: BeaverTail, InvisibleFerret, and OtterCookie» www.silentpush.com/blog/contagi...

«I Trained With Russian Diplomats. I Can Tell You How They Work» #Держава #Derzhava www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/14/i...

«Cybersecurity on Mute: Trump’s Second Term Declares War on America’s Digital Defenses» observer.com/2025/04/trum...

U.S. Marines and Sailors have begun arriving in Australia’s Northern Territory for the 14th rotation of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D), ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=58424

«Trump Signs Memorandum Revoking Security Clearance of Former CISA Director Chris Krebs» www.zetter-zeroday.com/trump-signs-... See also www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

«Russian Intelligence Service-backed Campaigns Impersonate the CIA to Target Ukraine Sympathizers, Russian Citizens and Informants» www.silentpush.com/blog/russian...

«What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X» www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...

Bryan McGrath’s resignation from the National Commission on the Future of the Navy conservativewahoo.substack.com/p/my-resigna...

«Disrupting a global cybercrime network abusing generative AI» blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...

«Musk did not post that 'billionaires are tired of subsidizing' public services» www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...

«Demystifying the Security Implications in IoT Device Rental Services» via Usenix www.usenix.org/system/files...?

«Apple pulls iCloud end-to-end encryption feature for UK users after government demanded backdoor» techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/a...

Ah, yes. Famous "free speech enthusiast" argues those who disagree and make their voices heard should be imprisoned. 🙄

50 shades of privacy 🤣

Biden on Putin: “He’s a murderous dictator.” Trump on Putin: “We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other’s nations.” A few thoughts, after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone.

🇺🇸This is Putins way of telling how weak he thinks the US are right now.

Te pilns Trampa aizsardzības ministra teksts Ukrainas kontaktgrupā. Komplektā ar Trampa “ilgo un ļoti produktīvo” sarunu ar Putinu tā ir gan morāla nodevība, gan ğeopolitiska kļūda. Vai Eiropai ir ietekmes sviras, kas to vēl var labot? www.defense.gov/News/Speeche...

❗️Russia plans to purchase American and German equipment to produce electronic warfare. A company from the Rostec corporation has signed contracts for the purchase of American and German equipment worth RUB 720 million to expand the production of electronic warfare,the Agentstvo publication reported

USAF Rivet Joint heading back from surveillance of Russia over the Barents Sea.

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards recently conducted rigorous urban combat training to sharpen the tactical skills necessary for their role in NATO’s Allied Reaction Force. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=56701

An independent investigation conducted by the Marine Corps inspector general found “a climate that fosters ‘surviving’ [instead of] ‘thriving’” and a perception among staff that drill instructors’ welfare “is of low priority” to leadership.

«The future of China's new information support force» www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...

New paper on how a massive bot campaign is currently in action in Twitter/X to undermine the current german election... Spoiler : They better than the russian bots, and they're not afraid to spam 1000 tweets by day with IA help. PDF in english downloadable here : tinyurl.com/GermElecTwiX

Today one Russian paper describes how Moscow views the idea of negotiations to end the war in Ukraine: “Russia is ready for talks. But on its terms. If you drop the diplomatic language, essentially that is called an ultimatum.” #ReadingRussia

«Path masquerading: Hide in plain sight» - Interesting cyber deception technique using Unicode characters that look like a normal space. Good for cyber analysts & defenders to know about. www.zerosalarium.com/2025/01/path...

For US civil service people: thepublicservicealliance.com/introducing-...

Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc.

«Russian escort agencies are seeking women with advanced skills in video games such as Counter-Strike and DOTA, to work as 'gamer girls' for $3,000 a day for members of the Saudi Arabian royal family. Sleeping with the clients is not compulsory.» threadreaderapp.com/thread/18858...

Suicide boats, aka naval drones.

Eagle S lawyer "was forced to leave the board of a large marine equipment manufacturer" "which manufactures, among other things, navigation equipment for the Finnish Defence Forces' warships". "It is not appropriate that the person who commented like that [in Eagle S case] is affiliated with us."

New Baltic Sea cable break it seems. This time a Latvian state comms cable from Ventspils to Gotland. If anyone can find more facts such as time of disconnect it would be swell. @eldomador.bsky.social ?

That took about the 30 minutes one would expect as the minimum time for lifting an anchor.

I mean, good grief, I am not especially conscientious about power use but there is a point beyond which one has to say: this demand is extraordinarily large and hence requires extraordinary justification. theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...

Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road drug marketplace www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The Westminster whistleblower: how my friend Sergei tried to expose the Kremlin plot against Britain www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

www.aol.co.uk/fact-check-s... For all of the conspiracy nutters claiming that the Southport trial was scheduled by Labour to bury bad news as part of a cover up.

«Русский язык на постсоветском пространстве» Джо Люк Барнс о том, как меняется (и сокращается) использование русского языка за пределами России ridl.io/ru/russkij-y...

«The Russian language in the former USSR» Joe Luc Barnes studies how the use of the Russian language appears to be evolving (and dwindling) outside of Russia ridl.io/the-russian-...

«When Do Parties Lie? Misinformation and Radical-Right Populism Across 26 Countries» journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

«3 takeaways from red teaming 100 generative AI products» www.microsoft.com/en-us/securi...