Brian Honan

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As the old saying goes “ a husband never has the last word in an argument with his wife. It’s the start of a new argument” 🤣🤣

Overhead footage of Gaza offers rare glimpse of the scale of destruction brought by Israel's war The airdrop by the French military is one of a number being carried out by European countries, including the UK.

The video shows a desolate and dust-coated urban landscape with no obvious signs of life.

There are no cars, carts or people visible on the streets and almost every building shows signs of damage. Many are completely flattened.

http://jrnl.ie/6782706

Ransomware will thrive until we change our strategy - Help Net Security Ransomware is a national security threat, requiring global cooperation, regulation, and proactive efforts to disrupt criminal networks.

I wrote about this topic recently too. We should get together soon and discuss best ways forward

www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/29/r...

The urge to outlaw ransom payments is understandable. It feels morally clear and politically decisive. But clarity != effectiveness.

I explore why banning payments may do more harm than good. Not a defence of payment but sometimes the option must remain. Policy rarely moves faster than crime

WDYT?

Italian watchdog fines Shein €1m for greenwashing The Italian competition authority has fined the Dublin-based company that manages Shein’s website in Europe €1m for greenwashing.

The Italian competition authority has slapped the Dublin-based company that manages Shein’s website in Europe with a €1m fine for greenwashing.

Not just one, a triptych.

Smart cities know that, as hot as they already are, they’re just going to keep getting hotter. Greening the city not only cools it down, it cleans the air, quiets the noise, improves mental health & happiness, saves public money, & more. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs. 2025. Via @modacitylife.com

Quantum networking technologies A white paper outlining the NCSC’s approach to quantum security technologies.

At the UK's National Cyber Security Centre we have just published a white paper outlining the NCSC’s approach to quantum security technologies including QKD, QRNG and quantum networking

www.ncsc.gov.uk/whitepaper/q...

Nothing is free. Apart from the LUAS of course, that’s always free

Brittany Ferries to start daily Rosslare-Cherbourg service bypassing Brexit UK Freight and passenger travel - seven days a week - year-round

Brexit has done wonders for Ireland-France-Spain connectivity - here's another major expansion of ferries bypassing the sunlit uplands 😉

2025H1 Threat Review This report examines the latest cyber threats of 2025 including data on ransomware attacks, cyber crime, vulnerabilities, and state-sponsored hacktivism.

The first half of 2025 saw a 36% increase in ransomware, a 46% rise in zero-day exploitation, and the return of Iranian faketivism in OT environments.

Our latest threat report looks behind the headlines at what attackers are targeting, how tactics are shifting, & what defenders need to be watching.

Trump: "get rid of the windmills and bring back the oil".

British electricity generation today:

Wrote about how the UK's online age verification requirements are already proving to be a disaster (as UK regulators were clearly warned it would be) and how unhelpful the UK's response to this mess has been, including their tech minister saying anyone who complains supports predators.

“I’m not a hero, just human.
Still standing, still serving, still hoping.”

Abeer is an UNRWA colleague in #Gaza. Despite exhaustion and displacement, she continues to serve her community.

Her story reflects the daily reality of UNRWA staff.

#Ceasefire

Oh please. They might simply want to post to BlueSky & then must allow a facescan that will attempt to verify age, or use a service that verifies age by credit card. That happened to me when my VPN was connected to a UK server. The UK law affects lots of services -- & yeah, THAT'S a privacy concern

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

Alex on twitter writes: "Someone on Twitter writes: "You’re a menswear writer. You don’t know anything about manufacturing in America, or steel mills, or metallurgy, or CNC machining, or how anything is produced from raw material into a finished product in this country or anywhere. Stick to writing about “men’s fashion."" I reply: "i actually had a career in knifemaking before this. the reason why you can't avoid tariffs in knifemaking is because everyone relies on Gobelin machinery. are you aware of this?" Alex replies: "Gobelin machinery? What exactly are you referring to?" I reply: "you Gobelin DEEZ NUTS!"

"stick to menswear"

Yes yes, this is all as predicted.

A Fight Over a West Point Job Reveals Two Visions of America Under Trump

On the one hand, a patriot with decades of experience defending America. On the other hand, a conspiracy theorist who hates Americans and American institutions. Presented here as "two visions of America under Trump"

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...

German phone repair biz collapses following 2023 ransomware attack Founder miffed over prosecutors holding onto its Bitcoin The founder of a German mobile phone repair and insurance biz has begun insolvency proceedings for some operations in his company after struggling financially following a costly ransomware attack in 2023.…

German phone repair biz collapses following 2023 ransomware attack

Just to say that every age-verification is an identity verification.

This creates the long held, never-possible dream of surveillance agencies everywhere of a full, Govt-backed record of Internet habits linked to ID.

Reflections on the Revolution in Freelance: Volume 1 - August '25 So, I figured it might be useful to start a monthly roundup of what I've been up to - both for my own benefit in terms of having a single place to put links to my work, but also for my ongoing quest t...

Forgive me, for I have published a blog post detailing the things I've had published in the last month or so in a vain effort to placate the algorithm Gods and promote my #brand.

dannypalmer.co.uk/blog/f/refle...

I am very tired of people in my industry saying “you have to learn AI or you will be doomed forever and never get a job in infosec ever again” and I’m just like yeah well I like clean air and water so I’d rather keep that instead of giving up brain power to a computer that always gets stuff wrong

Hot take: nothing has really changed with regards to male loneliness except empowering women to say no to losers and live a fulfilling life without men who won't treat them well.

I'll die on this hill.

Irish person believed among nine kidnapped in Haiti An Irish person is reported to be among nine people who were kidnapped from an orphanage near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.

An Irish person is reported to be among nine people who were kidnapped from an orphanage near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.

Thousands without power after Storm Floris hits Around 10,000 homes and businesses have been left without power in the west and northwest of Ireland following the arrival of Storm Floris overnight.

Around 10,000 homes and businesses have been left without power in the west and northwest of Ireland following the arrival of Storm Floris overnight.

Tens of thousands protest Israel’s war on Gaza in Australia’s Sydney Australia may join more than a dozen other nations in recognising the state of Palestine.

Australia may join more than a dozen other nations in recognising the state of Palestine.

An aerial view of what the Gaza City area looked like this week. Taken from a Jordanian military aircraft, by our colleague Heidi Levine.