Cult of the Dead Cow (@cultdeadcow.bsky.social) book signed by all the people who put up with me when I was a young punk kid 🥰

VLC's keeper of the cone nets European free software gong

Bosses will resign, right?

It wouldn't hurt to try, tbh.

NEW: Google is taking legal action against Chinese cybercriminals responsible for sending out millions of scam text messages—including those parcel delivery scams. Google hopes the lawsuit will help to disrupt the scammers' sprawling infrastructure

We're already thinking about VB2026 and we want to hear from YOU! ✨ What would you love to see at next year's conference? Different topics? New formats? Wild ideas? Share your wishes and suggestions in the VB2026 Wish Machine. 👇 tinyurl.com/y2ppm2jy

This is good news! I don’t think people realize how easy it is to get started in delivering malware. Rhadamanthys was $299 a month, so for less than a car payment for most people you could potentially collect hundreds of thousands of emails/credit card numbers/wallets a month.

Your regular reminder that cyber criminals give scum bags a bad name

'In one of the messages, Mr. Epstein flatly asserted that Mr. Trump “knew about the girls,” many of whom were later found by investigators to have been underage. In another, Mr. Epstein pondered how to address questions from the news media about their relationship.' www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

Day One for Catherine Connolly and Michael D Higgins’s (endearing) famously messy desk is no more!

My husband bought me a gingham shirt (I know), which I wore to work (I know). During the day, I had to deliver some paperwork to another office. Someone there, seeing my get-up, lol'd and asked if I was about to do some line dancing. Dear reader, I was roasted by Enda flippin' Kenny. It still burns.

House Democrats release emails that allege #Trump knew about #Epstein's crimes - www.theguardian.com/us-news/live... "Epstein wrote that “of course he knew about the girls”, referring to the now-president"

This is an amazing and very funny thread. Grab a coffee and enjoy :)

"Essential services are now digital by default, leaving many older people feeling locked out of their own lives." As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly. jrnl.ie/6864189

Catherine Connolly will be officially declared the country's tenth president at an inauguration ceremony in Dublin Castle today

Bank of England has confirmed the Jaguar Land Rover ransomware attack impacted the UK's GDP growth, as the government first claimed back in August www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-pol...

A final statement from President Higgins tonight as he leaves the Áras

Michael D Higgins, with his wife Sabina, has left Áras an Úachtaráin for the final time as president. He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron. The President’s term of office ends at midnight. ⁦‪@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social

He will be missed

The Central Bank has issued a warning about an increase in artificial intelligence being used to create realistic social media ads and profiles impersonating public or business figures

Sometimes controversial, strongly opinionated, but never dull, Michael D Higgins' 14-year term as Uachtarán na hÉireann comes to an end this week after many historic moments that helped define modern-day Ireland

Ireland is in favour of Europe’s bid to break encryption to allow police pursue serious crime (particularly CSAM), via the proposed ‘Chat Control’ law. But EU countries are starting to turn against the idea, with Germany calling it “unjustified chat monitoring”. m.independent.ie/business/tec...

Designed by Karl Lagerfeld, I presume.

Here's my latest edition of this.weekinsecurity.com, with all the cyber news you need to know from the week, including: SonicWall's firewall data breach, CBO gets hacked, Korea Telecom's very bad breach, hackers hijacking real-world cargo, Nevada's hack post-mortem, and more. Plus: a new cybercat!

Amongst the Remembrance today, apart from remembering those who have fallen I for one, am reflecting on what it was they fell for, what they set themselves against. The prejudice, hate, and inhumanity. Democracy and freedom are worth fighting for. #NeverAgain

Excellent coverage by @investigates.thejournal.ie on the @irisscert.bsky.social #irisscon cybercrime conference Has interviews with @mickmoran.bsky.social & @hazelmurray.bsky.social who spoke at the event Companies must begin to search for child sexual abuse imagery on work computers, expert says

Looking for an adventure this weekend? Discover the stunning Atlantic coast of Mayo with our Achill Island and Clew Bay Trail. There are few places as wildly beautiful as Achill Island, yet there are many stories to discover. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Wildatlanticway

Doubt it'll go through But Fair play www.independent.ie/sport/soccer...

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

At @ncsc.gov.uk we have just launched the CyberUK tech talks call for papers across three topics - Cyber applications of AI - What works: approaches that reduce cyber harm - The evolving threat www.cyberuk.uk/2026/call-fo...

New podcast mini-series by me on the Masters of the Tech Universe. First one out today: Jensen Huang. His origin story, upbringing, breakthrough moment with Nvidia, what he’s like as a boss and person. Told expertly by FT-shortlisted biographer, @StephenWitt Usual platforms.

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How do you secure a £5.7 billion online retailer against cyber threats in the age of AI? Well, my interview with Zalando CISO Florence Mottay on how she approaches this challenge has gone live over at The Stack. Very interesting, if I do say so myself! www.thestack.technology/zalando-ciso...

Pleasure to do a keynote and book signing at the Irish Reporting and Information Security Service conference today. At the Aviva Stadium in Dublin no less! Thanks for the invite @brianhonan.bsky.social 🇮🇪#irisscon

Big story from Sky news. It is a mistake to think the DSA alone is going to fix this. This requires more, including and most particularly enforcement of GDPR Art 9 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Of all the things I did not expect to hear was @deviantollam.bsky.social singing a song in Irish

Hundreds of devices carried by EU and NATO officials have been tracked to personal and secure locations in Belgium through commercially available phone location data which was obtained by a group of European news outlets

Highlights this morning from the #IRISSCON Cyber Crime Con focusing on the human factors, the role of ai, and risk factors. @joetidy.bsky.social BBC Cyber Correspondent discussing his new book #CTRL+ #ALT+ Chaos and how teen hackers view “Cybercrime as a team sport”

It's my second #Irisscon appearance tomorrow: I'll be breaking down my Computer Weekly article research on the ethics of pulling the plug to stop an attack. Knowing I am meeting @brianhonan.bsky.social and co tonight, the 930am spot isn't phasing me at all. Grab a ticket and join us in Dublin.

A very entertaining and informative talk on whether or not incident response teams should “pull the plug” in response to a cyber attack by @danraywood.bsky.social at #irisscon

It’s great to have @joetidy.bsky.social speak about teenage hackers at this #irisscon

If there's one thing I've learned about covering cybersecurity over the past decade or so, is that the cybersecurity community (the fixers and breakers) and the cybersecurity industry (profits above all else) are two very, very different things.

ok what's next? let's just say after 10+ years in journalism this is the most excited and responsible i feel to contribute to something because i believe in it so much. beating out everyone else's coverage of ICE/tech/your privacy in this dystopia, @404media.co, its an honor to join your badass team

And guess who is the first speaker? Am I the warm up man or the main act? Only @brianhonan.bsky.social knows. I am very looking forward to seeing old friends and making new.

“It endorses a general idea that we’ve been thinking about and talking about for the past several years — that infections are generally not benign." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...

Friendly reminder… the 2025 OWASP Top 10 should be dropping at the end of this week!