This story introduced me to a new "innovation": bitcoin ATMs, or BTMs. They convert cash into crypto, which can then be transferred to a digital wallet. And guess what? They facilitate impersonation fraud, routinely. DC's attorney general just sued one of the big operators. James Baratta reports:

We're ceding ground: “Trump has dismantled the American government’s efforts to combat foreign disinformation. The problem is that Russia has not stopped spreading it...reckless destruction of all elements of America’s soft power is clearly leaving the field vacant for others to rush in unopposed.”

hmm. not good. www.nbcnews.com/world/rcna22...

Farmers got whacked - www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

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Financial services firm Wealthsimple discloses data breach

X's new encrypted messaging feature, XChat, has some red flags.

CISA guide seeks a unified approach to software ‘ingredients lists’

Who watches the watchmen? Surveillanceware firms make bank, avoid oversight Enough governments love it and it's highly lucrative Governments can't get enough of hacking services to use against their citizens, despite their protestations that elements of the trade need sanctioni… #hackernews #news

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New Large-Scale Phishing Attacks Targets Hotelier Via Ads to Gain Access to Property Management Tools

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And then here's a comparison of the rare Labubu (SHEIN) vs the really good knockoff (eBay), I'll post one more thread in a sec which @amyhoy.bsky.social you'll find interesting from a cybersecurity perspective! bsky.app/profile/evel...

FBI, cybersecurity experts warn of 3-phase scam that is draining bank accounts www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/29/217243/vivaldi-browser-doubles-down-on-gen-ai-ban?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

To be clear: this is yet another reason why many of these laws are so problematic. If people want to run fediverse instances of any size, the fact that costly age verification requirements could put them in legal jeopardy, is very bad. Regulators make laws as if every website is Facebook.

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US accused of conducting hostile campaign designed to destabilize Denmark, a close democratic ally amp.dw.com/en/denmark-s...

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"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense

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“Ex-CISA Official Warns: We’ve Gutted Cybersecurity—A Gift to Iran, China and Russia” Cybersecurity expert Dr. David Mussington, explains why the clock is ticking on U.S. vulnerabilities under Trump www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/07/ex-c...

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Interesting

Agentic AI promises a swift revolution for cybersecurity defenders, with one expert calling it a "Cambrian explosion" and another likening it to "the fastest train ever made." 1/3 www.csoonline.com/article/4040...

Also increasingly able to hit companies with major security budgets - so what about small and medium business and family offices not scaled cybersecurity wise for these attacks?

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Forty years since Live Aid tomorrow. I wrote about it as a populist movement here - and how much it changed the NGO sector. www.cambridge.org/ie/universit... But the story that best represents the madness (and farce) of that moment is the one I opened with, about sending chocolate to Djibouti... 🗃️

In a 2025 submission to the Defense Department, Microsoft didn't mention its use of employees based in China, the top cyber adversary of the U.S., to work on highly sensitive department systems, according to a copy obtained by ProPublica. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/micr...

US Federal Bureau of Investigation warns that Russians are committing acts of cyber terrorism related to networks and critical infrastructure.

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👀 ATESH cyber partisans disrupted Russia’s largest commodity exchange, which handles 99% of its raw materials trade.

"Among other changes announced by Gabbard, the restructuring eliminates the Foreign Malign Influence Center, which monitors foreign efforts to influence the US public." Also eliminates Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center. (Ryan Goodman)

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My Uber is a tuner Lexus IS with lowered suspension, some kind of engine/exhaust mod, illegal tints, and moonlight interior liner. The driver has a 5.0 star rating. lol. People respect a different kind of ride to the airport after 74 times I suppose.

Googling “intel chips” + “Russia” is illuminating…

"It is beautiful. It is elegant. Does it work well in practice? Not really. This is often the caveat we face in research: the things that are beautiful don't work and the things that work are not beautiful." – Daniel Cremers