THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for May 14th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Thorough rundown of #Hantavirus #ANDV outbreak news and updates

- Phase 3 trials show antiviral ensitrelvir can help prevent infection after #Covid exposure

- #RandPaul goes on a dramatic and detailed Covid conspiracy rant at a meeting of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

- Updated Covid wastewater data map for #Canada from @MoriartyLab

- Large jump in overall Covid cases in the #UK , with hot spots in several places

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for May 12th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Robot lawnmowers with hardcoded passwords allow remote control

- Canvas education platform ransom hack brought colleges worldwide to a standstill (except one)

- Microsoft goes on firing spree in rare stand against Palestine surveillance

- Low water pressure revealed a Georgia data center used nearly 30 million gallons of water through unaccounted-for connections

- Google fails reCAPTCHAs on phones not using Play Services

- Kickstarter enacts extreme ban on sex-related fundraisers (but not AI slop)

...and much more.

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Agentic Threat Model is coming on next release of USecVisLib based on MAESTRO framework. Stay tune 😉

https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2025/02/06/agentic-ai-threat-modeling-framework-maestro#

https://github.com/vulnex/usecvislib

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USB sticks and the fear of "autorun attacks" — turns out that threat has been largely defanged for years, yet the anxiety lingers in collective memory like a BIOS beep in the night. 🖲️

Understanding *why* a threat faded matters as much as knowing it existed. Security intuition needs updates too.

#infosec #USB #threatmodel
https://www.bgr.com/2149604/dont-fall-usb-stick-safely-remove-myth/

THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for May 7th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #Hantavirus onboard the #MVHondius a rare and deadly strain that can spread person-to-person

- US #FDA blocks publication of several studies finding Covid-19, shingles vaccines to be safe

- Australia taking preparations for #PathogenX seriously

- From the #IrishTimes : “we need to refocus on #LongCovid [because] in many respects #Covid19 is a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one.”

- Groundbreaking new 12-month study meticulously tracked post-Covid symptoms in children

- Scientists find human embryos are vulnerable to Covid

- @whn May edition of the Kids' Zone Mag all about plants and gardening

...and much more.

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Worth being honest: you can deploy 2FA on every service, use a vault, audit your password hygiene. All worth doing. None of it reaches the day your cousin saves you under your full name and grants a social application access to her contacts. Your name and number land in that application's database, indefinitely.

Lemmy thread sums it up: "The hardest thing about maintaining ur online privacy are the people around you." Around 250 upvotes.
https://lemmy.ml/post/46929780

The pragmatic fix: separate phone numbers per context. Family gets one, professional services gets another, random online stuff gets a third. A leak in one stays in one.

https://wiggwigg.ca/en/use-cases/privacy/

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for May 5th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #China cancels #RightsCon

- #Iran ’s internal internet gets scarier

- #Google says it's proud to work with Trump admin as the company inks a military #AI deal

- #ShinyHunters member popped after posting selfies in a diamond “Hack the Planet” gangsta necklace

- #FiveEyes countries publish AI guidance

- #RichardDawkins feminizes #Claude AI

- Inside #DEFCONSingapore

- The new @Bellingcat #OpenSourceChallenge is a great way to learn about tracking planes and flights

- @thetyee digs into the looming fertilizer shortage

- Violet's much-needed perspective on the missing context in current journalism

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for Apr. 30th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #HHS Director #RFKjr justifies defunding #mRNA vaccines by stating “Covid is gone” in testimony to Congress

- Acting #CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya blocks publication of a report showing Covid vaccine efficacy

- 78-year-old retired scientist and former aide to Dr. Fauci arrested by the FBI at gunpoint for “concealing federal records related to the debate about the origin” of Covid

- #WHO removes its tweet from 3/22/2020 that inaccurately stated “[hashtag]COVID19 is not airbourne”

- #WhoopiGoldberg raises the alarm about #LongCovid and CDC Covid information censorship on The View

...and much more.

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