Michael Loadenthal

Apple Says iPhone and iPad Are Approved to Handle Some Classified Data No assembly required.

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Spyware makers sentenced to prison in Greece for wiretapping politicians and journalists | TechCrunch Tal Dilian and three other Intellexa executives were tried for their role in a scandal dubbed "Greek Watergate," which dates back to 2022.

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Microsoft says bug causes Copilot to summarize confidential emails Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely ...

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Journalism under attack: Predator spyware in Angola - Amnesty International Security Lab A new investigation by the Security Lab uncovers the first forensically confirmed case of the Predator spyware being used to target civil society in Angola.

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Not Safe for Politics: Cellebrite Used on Kenyan Activist and Politician Boniface Mwangi - The Citizen Lab Following the widely-condemned arrest in July 2025 of prominent Kenyan opposition voice Boniface Mwangi, the Citizen Lab analyzed artefacts from devices seized during the arrest. We found that Cellebr...

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This tracked with my understanding of this as a non-problem.

Marine Detained in Minneapolis Says Feds Copied His Phone Without a Warrant He was observing after Alex Pretti's killing. Feds detained him at gunpoint, sampled his DNA, scanned his face, and cloned his phone.

“They took my cell phone and cloned it. They actually told me they did that.”

Fake AI Chrome extensions with 300K users steal credentials, emails A set of 30 malicious Chrome extensions that have been installed by more than 300,000 users are masquerading as AI assistants to steal credentials, email content, and browsing information.

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Apple fixes zero-day flaw used in 'extremely sophisticated' attacks Apple has released security updates to fix a zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in an "extremely sophisticated attack" targeting specific individuals.

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KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash Flock off

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

ICE observer says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face Global Entry and PreCheck revoked three days after incident, court filing says.

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State actor targets 155 countries in 'Shadow Campaigns' espionage op A new state-aligned cyberespionage threat group tracked as TGR-STA-1030/UNC6619, has conducted a global-scale operation dubbed the "Shadow Campaigns," where it targeted government infrastructure in 15...

“A state-sponsored threat group has compromised dozens of networks of government and critical infrastructure entities in 37 countries in global-scale operations dubbed 'Shadow Campaigns'.”

Seems like the discourse has breached containment of its popping off in pro wrestling events…no?

ICE Watch Digital Security | Digital Security Checklists for Activists Digital security checklist for anyone doing ICE watch, rapid response foot patrols, or accompaniment

🌱🌱🌱🌱 New checklist: ICE Watch Digital security. For anyone working to hold ICE accountable through filming, foot patrols, adopt-a-corner, or rapid response.

→ activistchecklist.org/ice

Designed with a lot of feedback from folks on the frontlines (Minneapolis and elsewhere).

Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers Two Minneapolis friends who have been monitoring immigration officers’ actions during the Trump administration’s latest crackdown say they were detained without charge for several hours in distressing...

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Quote: "DHS investigators took him to another room and offered him money or legal protection for any family members who might be in the country illegally in exchange for giving up the names of protest organizers or neighbors who don’t have legal immigration status."