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Brian Honan

@brianhonan.bsky.social

Irish cybersecurity pro, author, speaker, and commentator. CEO of BH Consulting, Head of Ireland's first CSIRT - IRISSCERT, former member of ENISA Advisory Group, & former Special Advisor on CyberSecurity to Europol. PGP ID 0xF1B5CF7D

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The moon going from full moon to a red moon and starting to go back to a normal full moon, then my camera battery door fell off.

The moon going from full moon to a red moon and starting to go back to a normal full moon, then my camera battery door fell off.

Here's my first edit on the March 3rd Lunar Eclipse. 15 moon shots, 1 foreground. Taken over a 3 hourish period.

04.03.2026 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8058    πŸ” 1708    πŸ’¬ 133    πŸ“Œ 68

Literally, we are so obnoxious you guys

04.03.2026 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 189    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm reading a bunch of Coruna reports after dinner because I am a cool person who knows how to party. Of particular interest: not only does Coruna not work against iOS in lockdown mode, but if it even detects lockdown mode running, it bails. This is why I talk about lockdown mode so damn much.

04.03.2026 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Saw it on here the other day but can’t find the post for it now

04.03.2026 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There is an infosec league I believe

03.03.2026 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man says uh i don 't really like football ALT: a man says uh i don 't really like football
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Ha, I didn’t think of that one but I like it :)

03.03.2026 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: U.S. Marines fired on protesters storming consulate in Karachi, officials say U.S. Marines opened fire on demonstrators during the storming of the Karachi consulate over the weekend, two U.S. officials said on Mondayβ€”a rare use ​of force at a diplomatic post that could sharply ...

This hasn't got the attention it needs. 10 people were killed.

03.03.2026 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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Great opportunity there with Europol. If you are technical and into that sort of thing.

03.03.2026 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Who needs AI when you can do this ?? πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

03.03.2026 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Holy shit, that’s tight.

03.03.2026 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.

A full iOS exploitation toolkit, "Coruna," has been found in the wild, hacking iPhones that visited infected websites, used by Russian spies targeting Ukrainians and thieves targeting Chinese crypto holders. And it may have been originally created for the US government. www.wired.com/story/coruna...

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1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

03.03.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2295    πŸ” 833    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 140
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A Iran-tied hacktivist group claims to have hacked Saudi Aramco. 12 years ago Iran wiped that company, one of the most significant cyberattacks in history. I didn't think this looked to be similar, but I asked Aramco anyway. This is their response.

03.03.2026 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

03.03.2026 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6515    πŸ” 1554    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 43
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The Irish For: Baby names - RΓ­an’s fada and the myth of the β€˜neutral’ name Ireland’s latest baby-name data shows how parents bend tradition, blur gender lines, and quietly make wishes for their children’s futures, writes Darach Γ“ SΓ©aghdha.

I'm going to be on @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social this afternoon talking about this piece I wrote on baby name trends for @thejournal.ie !

jrnl.ie/6971893

03.03.2026 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Govt considers contingency plans for Irish in Middle East The Government is mulling over contingency plans and what next steps it should take as it advises the 22,000 Irish citizens in the Middle East region to shelter in place.

"It is understood that all EU partners are actively examining the possibility of getting charter flights to airports located some distance from the centre of the conflict."

The Irish gov is "developing a list of its most vulnerable citizens who need assistance leaving the Gulf."

#SpΓ©irGorm

03.03.2026 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Number of garda investigations into Grok AI rises to 244 The number of garda investigations into images generated by the Grok AI tool has risen from 200 to 244.

The number of garda investigations into images generated by the Grok AI tool has risen from 200 to 244

www.rte.ie/news/politic...

03.03.2026 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CNN put together a montage of the regime's incoherent talking points about Trump's war on Iran

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Spectacular moonset over Dublin City this morning.

03.03.2026 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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CTO at NCSC Summary: week ending March 1st Agencies strongly encourage immediate investigation of potential compromise of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, and full updating and hardening.

Weekly summary is out..

ctoatncsc.substack.com/p/cto-at-ncs...

28.02.2026 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Cabinet will today approve legislation to dissolve NAMA, the State’s crash-era β€˜bad bank’, and to conclude the special liquidation of IBRC (Anglo and Irish Nationwide). Both will have remnant operations transferred to the NTMA, closing a major chapter for Ireland. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

03.03.2026 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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AWS says drones hit two of its datacenters in UAE UPDATED: Multiple zones Middle East in UAE disrupted, with water damage complicating recovery

www.theregister.com/2026/03/02/a...
AWS says drones hit two of its datacenters in UAE, urges users to move resources to different regions

03.03.2026 05:47 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Those who sow in joy, shall reap in sorrow Don’t say you weren’t warned… 2026 has launched itself as the contender for an annus horbilis that exceeds the late Queen’s misery of 1992, the collapse of Pan Am in 1991, ending any hope of a shuttle...

🎢 Spring has meteorologically sprung,
The grass has ris'
Wonder what the Chris and Danny cyber prediction for March is?
Ah! There's the FUD out on the 'net,
With those two, what you fear,
Is usually what you get... πŸ™ˆ

www.linkedin.com/pulse/those-...

03.03.2026 05:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Such a machine...is not feasible to build any time soon.

So when your CISO or a vendor starts going off about "post-quantum" security, feel free to use this to remind them that we still have SMB1 in some places and Telnet in others. Plenty of work to do around the house.

03.03.2026 04:53 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It would be ***extremely prudent*** to increase your OT threat posture as an organisation if you are in global or regional logistics, oil and gas, communication, agriculture, etc. Or critical infrastructure in any potentially involved nations.

03.03.2026 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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UK govermnent's Vulnerability Monitoring System is working - fixes flow far faster PLUS: Firefox adds XSS protection; Leadership turnover at CISA; FTC exempts some data collection Infosec In BriefΒ  DNS vulnerabilities are being addressed 84 percent faster in the UK public sector thanks to an automated vulnerability scanning system established as part of a program kicked off early last year.…

ICYMI: UK govermnent's Vulnerability Monitoring System is working - fixes flow far faster

03.03.2026 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Farewell, Felix Β· The Recurity Lablog

"Farewell, Felix" - a blog post by Nico Lindner and Recurity Labs on the passing of Felix "FX" Lindner. RIP FX :(

blog.recurity-labs.com/2026-03-02/F...

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