Brian Honan

@brianhonan
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CEO of BH Consulting. Speaker, Blogger, Author, Founder & Head of Ireland's CSIRT (IRISSCERT), & former Special Advisor on CyberSecurity to Europol.

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NEW: Someone has publicly leaked an exploit toolkit called DarkSword, which allows any hacker or cybercriminal to easily hack iPhones and iPads running iOS 18.

Apple said it is aware & has issued patches. Security researchers have already tested the code as working.

w/ @lorenzofb: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/23/someone-has-publicly-leaked-an-exploit-kit-that-can-hack-millions-of-iphones/

Someone has publicly leaked an exploit kit that can hack millions of iPhones | TechCrunch

Leaked "DarkSword" exploits published to GitHub allow hackers and cybercriminals to target iPhone users running old versions of iOS with spyware, according to cybersecurity researchers.

TechCrunch
Looks like Handala is spinning up new sites this week

Well, you will not be surprised to find out that the Tangerine Tyrant has threatened the EU with constraints on supplies of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) from the USA (now that global supply is constricted by the US/Israeli attack(s) on Iran), if they fail to pass the delayed EU/US trade deal without amendments.

So having delayed the ratification with his threats to Greenland, Trump is now using his disruption of LNG markets to drive his trade agenda.

Once a bully...

#Trump #EU #LNG
h/t FT

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/116279106767666563

Good luck to all international cybersecurity professionals travelling to SFO for RSA Conference #RSAC #RSA #RSAConference #RSAcon

Curiosity: 4844th day of the mission

Image captured 6 hours ago.

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

#Mars #Curiosity #rover #Sol4844 #CuriosityRover #space #science

Europe champions digital freedom and its open source community.

We have introduced a tailored approach to boost open source development across EU countries and ensure it is safe from cyber threats.

We only apply security rules to software used in commercial activities.

We are also creating open source software stewards to support security with a light-touch regime and no administrative fines.

Find out more 👇
https://link.europa.eu/Jc7hBy

Some tips on giving digital privacy/security advice: if you tell people they absolutely need to do a long list of difficult and expensive things before they travel, people will nod and smile and then not do it at all. This is why my advice focuses on harm reduction and understanding trade-offs.
For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/journalist-security-checklist-preparing-devices-travel-through-us-border
A Journalist Security Checklist: Preparing Devices for Travel Through a US Border

We wrote this checklist to help journalists prepare for transit through a U.S. port of entry while preserving the confidentiality of your most sensitive information, such as unpublished reporting materials or source contact information. It’s important to think about your strategy in advance, and begin planning which options in this checklist make sense for you.

Electronic Frontier Foundation