Chris Womack2d ago
A ton of news in today's Threat Model: #Cybersecurity from @violetblue , and Violet wades into the Bitwarden brouhaha. Plus RIP PGN, commencement speakers touting AI getting booed, the Polis pardon, and much more. Oh, and cats! Read/share/support: https://www.patreon.com/posts/158658665
#AI #InfoSec #NatSec
Pia3d ago
"FBI recovered deleted Signal messages from an iPhone through iOS notification records " www.slashgear.com/2172683/fbi-... "The trial where FBI Special Agent Clark Wiethorn testified about the extraction provides more details." #cybersec data hack privacy #infosec #natsec #law

How The FBI Found Deleted Sign...
How The FBI Found Deleted Signal Messages From An iPhone, Even After The App Was Removed - SlashGear

The FBI recovered deleted Signal messages from an iPhone through iOS notification records that remained after the app was uninstalled.

SlashGear
Pia3d ago
"State-backed ransomware activity raises new concerns over escalating threats to OT, critical infrastructure operations Ransomware groups are increasingly being used as proxy weapons in geopolitical cyber warfare, enabling nation-states to..." industrialcyber.co/features/sta... #cybersec #natsec

State-backed ransomware activi...
State-backed ransomware activity raises new concerns over escalating threats to OT, critical infrastructure operations - Industrial Cyber

State-backed ransomware activity raises new concerns over escalating threats to OT and critical infrastructure operations.

Industrial Cyber
Pia3d ago
“We have also detected attempts to gain access to your private data in Signal,” techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/a... "Ó Cearbhaill, who heads Amnesty International’s Security Lab, immediately recognized that this was an “unwise” attempt at hacking his Signal account" #cybersec hack data #infosec #natsec

A spyware investigator exposed...
A spyware investigator exposed Russian government hackers trying to hijack Signal accounts | TechCrunch

A group of likely Russian government hackers tried to hack a security researcher who investigates spyware attacks. He was then able to turn the tables on the hackers and reveal details of their espionage campaign.

TechCrunch
Chris WomackMay 12
A ton of news in today's Threat Model: #Cybersecurity from @violetblue
Particularly worth your attention is her editorial discussing the Great Security Backslide and also the ramifications of Kickstarter banning sexual content.
Read/share/support: https://www.patreon.com/posts/158044076
#InfoSec #NatSec
Joe Public 🍁May 12
🇺🇦 Ukrainian authorities detained an SBU officer suspected of leaking classified information to russia’s FSB #Ukraine #natsec www.kyivpost.com/post/75975

Ukrainian Security Service Maj...
Russian Spy Arrested Within Ukraine's Security Service

Ukrainian prosecutors said an SBU officer was detained on suspicion of passing sensitive information about Ukrainian operatives and counterintelligence activities to Russia’s FSB.

Kyiv Post
PiaMay 9
How much taxpayer money burned through by Kushner & Witkoff to date on doomed to fail 'Peace' talks with Iran while domestic medical emergencies operate underfunded / understaffed? 👁️🤷 Health #med policy #natsec security

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vwzbmxqxnw4afydmh4mbjft2/post/3mlgae2ygac2c
Show threadmjMay 8
Unpacking that: When a Gov understands the societal & #NatSec importance of a particular resource, you will not see the so-called Free Market in place. Along w/the military itself, they are ran by a central command & control politic. The same #philosophy that #Corporations use in seeking profit.
Chris WomackMay 5
New Threat Model: #Cybersecurity this week and @violetblue is firing on all cylinders, taking on China, Google, the Five Eyes, the Trump admin, Rudy Giuliani, and Richard Dawkins, plus much more. Oh, and cats! Read/share/support: https://www.patreon.com/posts/157412472
#InfoSec #NatSec
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Pluralistic: The three armies fighting for the post-American world (05 May 2026)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/05/three-is-a-magic-number/

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