Infosec refugee, now part-time carer / caretaker for my parents. Main interests - climate, extreme weather, infosec, news & current affairs/politics,.. ; various musical artistes; currently in danger of being seduced by architecture & maintenance of period buildings.
Diagnosed autistic in mid-50s (does it show? lol)
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Possibly the most 2026 headline of all time. Who needs Warren Ellis when the world does this to us?
Was just looking for something on our local Bargains Hunt style auction shop, and noticed a link on the nav menu: "AI videos". Well, I had to look, didn't I... These are TOTALLY NOT FREAKY at all, there is something wrong with your head if you think otherwise... Brainworms, probably.
News from occupied Ukraine: Russia confiscating homes in Mariupol, continuing forced passportization, restriction of reproductive rights
This weekly update from the Kyiv Independent aims to shed light on the situation facing Ukrainians living under Russian occupation and the tight control of information imposed by the Kremlin.
Photo: Vladimir Aleksandrov/Anadolu via Getty Images
Two posts in my feed today. In the first, what looks like four air-defense interceptors - Patriots, maybe? - missing an incoming Iranian missile.
In the second, the Ukranian military celebrating a soldier with a record six Shahed interceptions in one day.
I know they're not the same, I get it but Patriot missiles cost $4,000,000 each. Just for the missile, not the platform/deployment.
Those Sting FPV interceptors cost $700.
https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/116218693871247871
https://cosocial.ca/@VitalisViVa@mastodon.social/116223393028053334
Attached: 1 video The US base in Fujairah, UAE was seen being struck around 1am on March 11th, which has become routine. Video filmed by sailors showed 4-6 US missile interceptors missing the incoming Iranian missile before it struck the base. Costing a minimum of $16M in failed interceptors. #US #UAE #EpicFury #EpicFail #Iran #Israel
(Via @ollie_whitehouse )
Why o why did I surrender to curiosity and peek? ... It seems that five years metaphorically lying down in a darkened room isn't long enough for the fundamental impossibility of #infosec to change or evolve.
"This paper provides a comprehensive practitioner-oriented analysis of the Bill's provisions, their practical implications, and the steps organisations must take to achieve compliance. "
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.07861
"Must" is doing an awful lot of structural load bearing there. Put another way: what a waste of time and electrons.
PS the non-word "cyber" still hasn't laid down & died, see. Too much to hope for, eh.
The Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill, introduced to Parliament in November 2025, represents the most significant reform of UK cyber security legislation in nearly a decade. This paper provides a comprehensive practitioner-oriented analysis of the Bill's provisions, their practical implications, and the steps organisations must take to achieve compliance. It examines the expanded regulatory scope covering managed service providers, data centres, and designated critical suppliers; the enhanced 24/72-hour incident reporting regime; the strengthened enforcement architecture including penalties of up to \pounds17 million or 4\% of worldwide turnover; and the Secretary of State's new executive powers. The paper compares the Bill with the EU's NIS2 Directive and DORA, proposing a practical dual-compliance framework for financial services firms. It explains how Zero Trust Architecture principles can serve as a foundation for meeting the Bill's requirements, and how the NCSC's Cyber Assessment Framework v4.0 provides the assurance pathway. Four detailed appendices provide entity-specific compliance roadmaps, worked case studies mapping real UK incidents to Bill provisions, sector-specific action plans for financial services, energy, health, and MSPs, and a complete gap analysis and self-assessment tool mapped to CAF v4.0 and the Bill's requirements.
Yet another example of the endless, ever-descending spiral stairs to hell that is #infosec...
Five, maybe ten years too late, but full marks to the Grauniad for spotting the early trickles of fine sands and tiny pebbles starting to accumulate at the foot of the mountain of conflict, I mean the mountain of ""#AI"" hype. Haven't seen any sign of other professional news organisations working it out, yet, but it'll come.
The G doesn't seem to be comfortable with the main problem - the gulf between the general notion of what it is, and what it can actually do - but that's OK. Another couple of years of practical demonstrations, a few hundred deaths, some organisations collapsing and the penny will drop. Maybe a global equities correction and a three year recession, too, just for fun?
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