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Secret Service agents dismantle network that could shut down New York cellphone system Agents discovered electronic devices in five locations in and around the city that could be used to disable cellphone towers. The system could also be used for criminal activities.

1/ Hi, I'm TProphet. I write the Telecom Informer for @2600.com. A lot of people have been asking me about www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... given that I'm somewhat knowledgeable in the area.

Here's my take: I'm kind of astonished that this is public, and it isn't normal that it would ever be.

The idea that joining NATO would make Ukraine an intolerable threat to Russia is absurd and Poland is demonstrating why: they were just hit by Russian munitions and yet because NATO makes them feel secure they are comfortable literally just calling a meeting rather than a kinetic response

since everyone seems to be talking “AI” these days—if you’re a reverse engineer, how are you using LLMs to aid your analysis, if at all?

#reverseengineering #llm

"Every dollar of oil revenue reduction shrinks Russia’s fiscal cushion, increases reliance on debt issuance, and ratchets up the political pressure on Moscow," notes the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program.

Read more about a potential Russian oil surcharge: www.csis.org/analysis/rus...

What's happening with the Russian economy:

◾️ Automotive industry
Sales of passenger cars and trucks have dropped due to high loan interest rates. Tens of thousands of vehicles are stuck at the car factories' warehouses with no buyers in sight⤵️

They also covered the People of Color in Cryptologic History honorees—like Wash Wong and Ralph Adams.

Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.

me: “so you want to transition from IT to security. what do you wanna do in security?”

person on the internet: “defense analyst…security analyst”

me: “a security analyst can include soc, grc, ir, vulnerability assessment/management, etc. so, what do you wanna do in security?”

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meanwhile false positives:

okay, serious question: why don’t enterprises mandate default adblockers for all users? would it not avoid headaches and a good chunk of credstealing/malware download opportunities?!

Syria Live Updates: Rebels Breach Key City of Homs, Monitor and Fighters Say

syria: “def joining the party”

www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...

A Russia/Iran-backed coup of senior Assad regime officers seems to be underway in Damascus. If they’re successful, and they can prevent a conflict with the opposition forces, it will allow them a say in any negotiated settlement.

After annulling the first round of the presidential election, Romanian authorities have now raided a local man paying influencers to support the pro-Kremlin candidate--which is against the law in Romania.

www.agerpres.ro/justitie/202...

Romania Scraps Election After Russian Influence Allegations The presidential election was canceled after the government accused Moscow of a TikTok campaign to propel a pro-Kremlin candidate to the fore.

romania: “cheers y’all”

www.wsj.com/world/europe...

international affairs genie: “hey, it’s almost the end of the year, how bout we all chill out and take a breather?”

south korea: “lmao too late”
france: “hold my beer”

South Korea’s defence minister resigns over martial law crisis Defence minister’s resignation follows brief martial law declaration and as Russia-North Korea pact comes into force.

well, this was interesting to say the least. a spectacularly failed “self coup”.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12...

For anyone interested in detection and prevention methods against Salt Typhoon intrusions targeting communication providers, here is a comprehensive guide:

media.defense.gov/2024/Dec/03/...

It is the biggest con in cyber security, hands down. There is *no data* that it changes cyber security *outcomes.*

I theorize that most people intuitively know this, but because "improving click rate" is easy to track (and game), many performatively champion it as a "good metric" for security.

nice, love polarproxy! in one of my setups, i had a dedicated ubuntu vm that i used as dns/gateway and proxy with polarproxy. that way i could log any actual traffic from any of the vms 😊

also, what’s everyone’s favorite IDE for C++ on non-Win systems? i don’t do any complex stuff (max handling 3-4 classes per project). been using CLion and i don’t dislike it, but sometimes it acts up/crashes for no reason.

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ah, the joys of building hash tables that refuse to populate.

Game of Emperor: Unveiling Long Term Earth Estries Cyber Intrusions

more fun malware to add to the reversing list

tools and guides listed by @eff.org are excellent for privacy:

www.eff.org/pages/tools

#SaltTyphoon

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most early stage startups be like

show opinions needed!

last week i finally watched “dune: part two”, liked it, and now wondering about dune: prophecy. anyone watched it? is it a yay, nay, or meh?

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tho i think, especially with DPRK IT workers fraud, people are starting to understand how nation-states can pursue strategic objectives even through financially motivated ops. so maybe perspectives are changing?

Nearest Neighbor? Espionage. www.wired.com/story/russia...

Salt Typhoon? Espionage. wapo.st/3CHK3dQ

GRU’s use of Moobot? Espionage. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

MSS hack of MSFT? Espionage. www.cisa.gov/sites/defaul...

SolarWinds? Espionage. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sanc...