Kate O'Flaherty

US and Israel Launch Strikes Against Iran US president Donald Trump said a “major combat operation” against Iran had begun as he called for the country’s government to be overthrown.

Here’s the latest on the US/Israeli strikes on Iran. @mattburgess1.bsky.social & @lhn.bsky.social report www.wired.com/story/us-ira...

I went grey at 19! It’s dark hair (usually). Have to dye it now obv.

Just for men?

The New ChatGPT Caricature Trend Comes With A Privacy Warning Jumping on the ChatGPT caricature trend could see people handing over a bunch of potentially sensitive data to the AI tool. Here's what you need to know.

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Before you create that ChatGPT caricature….

And yes, this is me

Thanks @jakemooreuk.bsky.social

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Thanks! Enjoy Brommers 😎

Deffo when one day I don’t have pneumonia anymore. Three months and counting

👋

Ha that’s harsh

I met them at one of their early gigs at a tiny venue when I was at NME. They were like 17 (literally)

Cybersecurity - and #Compliance with #Cybersecurity regulations - remain among of the #Utilities sector’s greatest challenges. Kate O'Flaherty shares how organisations can build a more solid foundation: https://www.isms.online/cyber-security/the-utilities-compliance-challenge/

How to Protect Your iPhone or Android Device From Spyware Being targeted by sophisticated spyware is relatively rare, but experts say that everyone needs to stay vigilant as this dangerous malware continues to proliferate worldwide.

New by me @wired.com

It’s targeted at a specific set of users, but spyware is still very scary stuff. Here’s how to protect your smartphone.

www.wired.com/story/how-to...

The Evolution of North Korea – And What To Expect In 2026

What could Santa have under the tree for your organization?

Yep. It's North Koreans for you this year and in 2026.

Thanks to @kateoflaherty.bsky.social for grabbing my thoughts!

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Merry Christmas 🎄 ya filthy animals

Big thanks to @kateoflaherty.bsky.social for including my thoughts on this look at CRINK threat actors.

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So weird! Apple has removed “and later” from the devices that can run iOS 18.7.3. 👀

Cyber attacks are now having a measurable impact on GDP, as demonstrated by the JLR breach. Kate O'Flaherty explores how every organisation can do their part to minimise the impact of cyber attacks on the UK economy: https://ow.ly/75jF50XK8JH

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Waiting for iOS 26.2 like

Amazon Web Services (#AWS) was hit by one of the biggest outages in years in October. Kate O'Flaherty shares how supplier disruptions can cascade into customer-facing risks, including #Phishing and #SocialEngineering: https://ow.ly/SNqu50Xxlul

Thank you 🙏

Going to take a rare impromptu afternoon off. Diagnosed with pneumonia last week and probably not been taking rest seriously enough. If I don’t reply for a while, I’m on the sofa and will be back tomorrow morning.

Cloudflare Down: Global Outage Impacting Large Parts Of The Internet Services including X, Zoom and ChatGPT are experiencing issues after a technical outage at web infrastructure firm Cloudflare. Here's what you need to know.

In case you missed it, there was an outage earlier today….

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How cute is my dog 🐕 🥰

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Remembering that time I sent a document to an editor with the file name ransomware.KO

Last month’s #Cyberattack on a software supplier impacted passenger processing software used by airlines, leading to delays at many European airports. Kate O'Flaherty discusses how #Heathrow stayed on the right side of disruption vs disaster: https://ow.ly/QwcT50Xiavt

This is kind of fair 🤣

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Anyone who’s waited until today to send comments about AWS

the AWS outage is affecting Ring doorbells. Sky News says “some users can’t see outside their house, definitely scary”

just look outside your window 😅

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Meanwhile at #AWS

DEFCON talk on Linux kernel bugs drives AI slop row "The code would not compile or run. This all points to LLM hallucination..."

New by me

Remember *that* defcon talk? This story was a wild ride, even if I do say so myself. I have been obsessed for over a week.

Thanks @mrr3b00t.bsky.social

www.thestack.technology/defcon-ebpf-...

DEFCON talk on Linux kernel bugs drives AI slop row "The code would not compile or run. This all points to LLM hallucination..."

New by me

Remember *that* defcon talk? This story was a wild ride, even if I do say so myself. I have been obsessed for over a week.

Thanks @mrr3b00t.bsky.social

www.thestack.technology/defcon-ebpf-...