Mike Saurbaugh

It’s good. I’ve this and a few others from Liquid Death

New from 404 Media: the media's pivot to AI is not real and not going to work.

Media companies are laying off workers and saying they will instead use more AI. This won't work. We have gained a single subscriber from ChatGPT. Yes, one (1). It's not a business model

www.404media.co/the-medias-p...

Google Gemini flaw hijacks email summaries for phishing Google Gemini for Workspace can be exploited to generate email summaries that appear legitimate but include malicious instructions or warnings that direct users to phishing sites without using attachm...

Google Gemini flaw hijacks email summaries for phishing

via @bleepingcomputer.com

Huge bug zhero-web-sec.github.io/research-and...

Pretend HTTP return codes that use the F word a lot

Happy Friday!

Proud of this one!!

I've been asked for this so many times, so here it is!

A deep dive into all the different secure messenger apps, and which ones you should actually trust.

youtu.be/_8CF3HXjtO8

So I am getting the distinct feeling that Google (in addition to Apple) got a Technical Capability Notice from the U.K.

The State of Personal Online Security and Confidentiality | SXSW LIVE YouTube video by SXSW

Some of the clearest and sharpest framing of the importance of encryption and privacy technology via @meredithmeredith.bsky.social in this talk.

This is important.

youtube.com/live/AyH7zoP...

#privacy #infosec

I've created a FREE Error Handling and Logging Cheat Sheet PDF. What TO log, what NOT to log, when errors become incidents, and more! Check it out, here:
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Jen Easterly, former CISA director, has written a post in support of CISA employees facing uncertainty: "stay strong, stay focused, and stay in the arena. Your tireless work to deter and deny our adversaries a foothold in our critical infrastructure is essential" www.linkedin.com/pulse/defend...

Science at Risk: Protect NOAA Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independ...

Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independent, trusted science the agency produces is protected. act.ucsusa.org/4kajJuk

Apple yanks encrypted storage in U.K. instead of allowing backdoor access Apple disabled its most secure data storage offering for new customers in the United Kingdom on Friday rather than comply with a secret government order.

Breaking: Apple pulls end-to-end encrypted storage option from UK after secret order for a back door. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

2FA with SSH for GitLab looks promising. May try it out in a bit.

Russian state hackers spy on Ukrainian military through Signal app Russian state-backed hackers are increasingly targeting Signal messenger accounts — including those used by Ukrainian military personnel and government officials — in an effort to access sensitive inf...

Unsurprisingly, with every privacy guide telling people to use Signal, it is now a much bigger target.

If you can, you should be donating to the Signal foundation so @meredithmeredith.bsky.social and team can keep ahead of these threats.

This group is way ahead of MAHA

YouTube video by Vulnerable U The DOGE Treasury Access Scandal: What Really Happened?

Hey, listen to @mattjay.com and learn some stuff, would ya?

youtu.be/wKc3gJKigls?...

Trump does like the option to blame him if something goes wrong. Somehow has been willing to co-headline this tour. 🤷

If you haven’t turned on Global Privacy Control, it’s a browser level setting that easily allows you to indicate to websites that you don’t want your data sold, including for targeted advertising.

Easy way to quickly up-level your privacy posture.

How to: globalprivacycontrol.org

Oops.

Axios Codebook

I don’t think enough people have read @samsabin.bsky.social’s incredibly good deep dive on LockBit ransomware from a few weeks ago.

It is a really good Friday afternoon read.

Coffee In The Morning by Wet on Apple Music Song · 2025 · Duration 1:23

Here’s one for your coffee posts @georgehahn.com

music.apple.com/us/album/cof...

YouTube video by Netflix ZERO DAY | Official Trailer | Netflix

New Netflix series "Zero Day".

Robert De Niro plays a former U.S. president tasked with investigating a deadly cyber attack that left 3,402 people dead

youtu.be/FOfBiiPdQPI?...

It’s interesting when you second guess the responses you get and it flip-flops. Have had similar when I ask it financial and investment questions.

What Will Happen In 2025 I've done a lot of these January 1st look forward posts in the 20+ years I've been blogging. I've used many different approaches. I sometimes talk big themes, like I did last year. I sometimes focus o...

Among Fred Wilson's 2025 predictions:

* "A housekeeper robot named Judy is launched by Dyson and it becomes a massive success, selling millions of units."

* "An AI doctor with the personality of Mr Rogers will treat millions of patients at zero cost in 2025."

avc.xyz/what-will-ha...

Which one has 0 alcohol? The one of the left is Guinness 0. Surprisingly good.

US Treasury Department breached through remote support platform Chinese state-sponsored threat actors hacked the U.S. Treasury Department after breaching a remote support platform used by the federal agency.

US Treasury Department breached through remote support platform
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Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS), command injection

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Great line

I'm trying to refine and improve how I communicate. At least for me, there's always room for improvement. A good clip👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsr4...

Interested in Wi-Fi security for business?

We have a few slots open in our bootcamp during WLPC conference.
📆 Feb 15-17, 2025
"Secure Wi-Fi Architecture Masterclass and Certification"
with @jjx.bsky.social and @subnetwork.bsky.social
More info-
www.thewlpc.com/presentation...