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switched Jul 14, 2023

@newsie just one more reason to avoid that cursed app

switched Jul 14, 2023

Sam Bowne

Jul 14, 2023

EXCLUSIVE: San Francisco business owner patrols Fisherman's Wharf neighborhood with imitation gun, ski mask to scare off thieves - ABC7 San Francisco https://abc7news.com/san-francisco-neighborhood-patrol-sf-boots-residents-watch-man-with-imitation-gun-ski-mask/13500292/

EXCLUSIVE: SF business owner patrols neighborhood with imitation gun, ski mask to scare off thieves

Armed with an imitation gun and a ski mask, one San Francisco business owner has taken it upon himself to protect his neighborhood from thieves breaking into cars.

ABC7 San Francisco

switched May 11, 2023

Frédéric Jacobs May 10, 2023

Twitter DMs: “In order to preserve and extend this user experience to encrypted messages, we decided to forgo forward secrecy. We don’t plan to address this limitation.”
https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/encrypted-direct-messages

About Encrypted Direct Messages – DMs | Twitter Help

Twitter seeks to be the most trusted platform on the internet, and encrypted Direct Messages are an important part of that.

switched Apr 21, 2023

Sam Bowne

Apr 21, 2023

ActivityPub is the next big thing in social networks - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23689570/activitypub-protocol-standard-social-network

Can ActivityPub save the internet?

Mozilla, Meta, Medium, Flipboard, Tumblr, and so many other companies are betting that the future of social networks looks more like email than it does Elon Musk’s Twitter. And they’re betting on a little-known protocol to make it happen.

The Verge

switched Apr 21, 2023

Too soon?

switched Apr 6, 2023

Police arrest almost 120 people globally following Genesis Market takedown

https://therecord.media/genesis-market-arrests-cybercrime?utm_campaign=cyber-daily&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=253325879&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--m4Xf0RYcdRsZBsYOuUF-jz-pE_MrsMtwljW6UvEBK-sMJPuhaAGPettYpYOljf5fdWZGktGKegK6f9EBlaY0wIAQ_8A&utm_content=253325879&utm_source=hs_email

Police arrest almost 120 people globally following Genesis Market takedown

Law enforcement agencies from multiple countries started apprehending suspects in the Genesis Market case within 24 hours of the cybercrime business' takedown.

switched Apr 5, 2023

The Telegram phishing market

https://securelist.com/telegram-phishing-services/109383/

The Telegram phishing market

Phishing bots and services on Telegram: how malicious actors use the messaging app to automate the process of generating phishing pages, and sell phishing kits and data.

Kaspersky

@krypt3ia easy come, easy go

switched Mar 30, 2023

THE VULKAN FILES
Secret trove offers rare look into Russian cyberwar ambitions

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/03/30/russian-cyberwarfare-documents-vulkan-files/

Secret trove offers rare look into Russian cyberwar ambitions

More than 5,000 pages of documents from a Moscow-based contractor offer glimpse into planning and training that would allow Russia’s intelligence agencies and hacking groups to find vulnerabilities, coordinate attacks and control online activity.

The Washington Post