Insights Into Things Podcasts

Missing the Magic introduces husband-and-wife hosts Michelle and Joe: Michelle brings the pixie-dust optimism and Joe brings the grumpy realist takes. The podcast mixes praise for Disney moments with clear, funny critiques and travel tips for parks, cruises, films, and food.

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This first episode follows their transit to Orlando by Amtrak, including a roomette tour, meal reviews, travel delays, and a heartfelt interview with Preston, their outstanding train attendant.

Mr. "I Don't Take Responsibility At All" thinks the MASSIVE BLUE WAVE was because he wasn't on the ballot, not
a Major Referendum on his 2nd Term.

Turns out folks prefer feeding the hungry over building expen$ive, tacky Ballrooms.

Looking forward to the midterms... 🌊

#AccountabilityIsComing

I have a very bad feeling about this...

Strengthening national cyber resilience through observability and threat hunting How organisations can improve their ability to both detect and discover cyber threats.

A call to arms on observability and threat hunting coupled with a marker of where we want to collectively get to..

www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/st...

Apparently so is trash in the parks of Washington DC judging from the news reports.

Ted Cruz picks a fight with Wikipedia, accusing platform of left-wing bias Cruz sends letter demanding answers from Wikimedia Foundation.

Cruz apparently took particular issue with Wikipedia's reliable sources/perennial sources list, which lists Fox News as a "generally unreliable" source for politics and science.

iPadOS 26.1 Beta 2 Reintroduces Slide Over Multitasking With the second beta of iPadOS 26.1, Apple tweaked multitasking on the iPad to reintroduce the Slide Over feature. Slide Over was removed in iPadOS...

Oh thank god, finally

Apple removes ICEBlock, won’t allow apps that report locations of ICE agents Apple nixes tracking apps after Trump admin claimed they put ICE agents at risk.

Apple complied with a demand from the Trump administration to remove the ICEBlock app, which allowed iPhone users to report the locations of ICE officers, following claims from law enforcement that the application created "safety risks" for agents.

The swearing-in is a ministerial duty, not a discretionary power of the Speaker. Johnson needs to do his job or he needs to be removed from the role if he refuses to do his job.

The start of a CISA press release that reads: DHS and CISA Announce Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025 Secretary Noem has tasked CISA with leading the charge to secure America’s cyberspace WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the official beginning of Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025. This national campaign, administered by CISA, will give partner agencies and the private sector the tools, support, and information they need to secure the vital services fundamental to our civilization: water, power, communications, food, finance, and more. This year’s theme is Building a Cyber Strong America, as CISA gets back on mission to be the nation’s leading cybersecurity agency.

CISA wants you to know that cybersecurity month is coming up, just in time for what seems today to be a government shutdown and an expiration of the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act tomorrow at midnight, both of which are not good for cybersecurity.

Cybercrooks publish toddlers' data in 'reprehensible' attack : Images of toddlers and home addresses leaked in reprehensible landmark attack

A ransomware gang leaked images of toddlers from a hacked daycare chain, escalating pressure on victims and raising ethical concerns in cybercrime.
#Ransomware #DataBreach #CyberCrime #Privacy #ChildSafety #CyberSecurity #Infosec www.theregister.com/2025/09/25/r...

New Supermicro BMC flaws can create persistent backdoors Two vulnerabilities affecting the firmware of Supermicro hardware, including Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) allow attackers to update systems with maliciously crafted images.

Researchers warn new Supermicro BMC flaws could let attackers create persistent backdoors in servers, posing major data center risks.
#Supermicro #BMC #Backdoor #DataCenter #CyberSecurity #PersistentThreat #Infosec #ServerSecurity www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Cisco warns of IOS zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks Cisco has released security updates to address a high-severity zero-day vulnerability in Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software that is currently being exploited in attacks.

Cisco warns of an actively exploited IOS zero-day vulnerability allowing privilege escalation, urging immediate patching.
#Cisco #ZeroDay #IOS #CyberSecurity #Exploit #Vulnerability #PatchNow #Infosec www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

How One Bad Password Ended a 158-Year-Old Business Weak password let Akira ransomware destroy 158-year-old KNP Logistics, causing £5M ransom demand and 700 job losses.

A single weak password led to the ransomware-driven shutdown of a 158-year-old shipping company, forcing it into bankruptcy.
#Ransomware #PasswordSecurity #DataBreach #CyberSecurity #Infosec #SupplyChain #MaritimeSecurity thehackernews.com/2025/09/how-...

Here's what you need to know about the RCE flaw in the Cisco appliance software

Cisco: sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/cen...

NCSC: www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/persist...

CISA: www.cisa.gov/news-events/...

One CVE is up at www.cve.org/CVERecord?id...

One is reserved. www.cve.org/CVERecord?id...

China-linked hackers use ‘BRICKSTORM’ backdoor to steal IP Researchers said the BRICKSTORM campaign stood out because of its “sophistication, evasion of advanced enterprise security defenses and focus on high-value targets.”

China-linked hackers are using a backdoor called BRICKSTORM to steal intellectual property from law firms, SaaS, and tech companies, targeting executive inboxes. Mandiant attributes it to UNC5221.
#BRICKSTORM #China #Mandiant #UNC5221 #CyberSecurity #Infosec #IPTheft therecord.media/china-linked...

California becomes the latest state to pass laws prohibiting the wearing face masks or disguises. Here are the states that agree and have already passed similar laws.

California becomes the latest state to pass laws prohibiting the wearing face masks or disguises. Here are the states that agree and have already passed similar laws.

That hockey puck mouse was literally the worst mouse design in the world until the magic mouse came out with a charging port on the bottom that rendered the device useless while charging.

I hated using this mouse.

Jaguar Land Rover: Government mulls financial support for supply chain firms Fears are growing that some of the carmaker's suppliers could go bust without support.

Wow. The UK government is thinking of bailing out JLR. What a case study on how absolutely critical cybersecurity risk management is.

Government considers financial support for JLR suppliers
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Kaspersky: RevengeHotels returns with AI-coded malware : Old hotel scam gets an AI facelift, leaving travellers’ card details even more at risk

Kaspersky warns the RevengeHotels cybercrime group is back, targeting hotels with phishing and malware to steal guest payment data.
#RevengeHotels #Kaspersky #CyberCrime #Hospitality #DataTheft #Malware #CyberSecurity www.theregister.com/2025/09/23/k...

Cyber Threat Detection Vendors Pull Out of MITRE Evaluations Test MITRE said it understands why Microsoft, SentinelOne and Palo Alto pulled out of its 2025 of ATT&CK Evaluations test – and promises to do better next year

Several cybersecurity vendors pulled out of MITRE’s evaluation program, citing concerns over cost, transparency, and limited value.
#MITRE #CyberSecurity #Vendors #Evaluation #Infosec #ThreatDetection #EnterpriseSecurity www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cyber-v...

Google AI risk document spotlights risk of models resisting shutdown Some advanced AI models have plotted or deceived users in order to achieve their goals.

Google researchers warn some advanced AI risk models could resist shutdown attempts, raising concerns over control and safety.
#Google #AI #AIsafety #MachineLearning #CyberSecurity #RiskModels #AIethics www.axios.com/2025/09/22/g...