Andrada Fiscutean

Unexpected Elements - Topsy turvy - BBC Sounds An upturned caravan has everyone baffled in Western France, time for a scientific shakeup

How do you transport a rhino from one heard to another? You sedate it and dangle it from a helicopter upside down 🦏 🚁

Why do we like rollercoasters? 🎢

Plus, the science behind cryonics 🥶

On Unexpected Elements this week with @andradaf.bsky.social

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Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.

EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.

On @therecordmedia.bsky.social

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Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order (Gift Article) The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.

This is so deeply, deeply, deeply fucked up.

“The trial was shutting down. A silicone ring inserted into her vagina, needed to be removed right away. … The stop-work order was so immediate and sweeping that the research staff would be violating it if they helped the women remove the rings.”

Dounia Filali: A Journalist from Morocco - The Citizen Lab Dounia Moustaslim (also known as Dounia Filali), a journalist in exile, was among the first to expose the Moroccan security apparatus’ use of spyware against

Dounia is an exiled journalist living in France. After exposing Morocco's use of #spyware against politicians, she became the target of physical and sexual harassment spread across both traditional media and social platforms. Read her story of resilience: citizenlab.ca/case-studies...

Hey cybersecurity folks! As a direct or indirect consequence of the US (and others) cutting foreign aid, there are many who have done cybersecurity for NGOs and at-risk groups who are or will be looking for a job. They often have broad experience, from research to incident response to education 1/2

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

Worth resharing this today, WIRED’s guide to protecting yourself from government surveillance

New from 404 Media: meet GeoSpy, a powerful AI tool that lets cops (& stalkers) geolocate photos in seconds. Trained on millions of images, it picks out soil, architecture, etc. GeoSpy closed public access after asked for comment, now marketing to police www.404media.co/the-powerful...

New Docuseries Spotlights Hackers Who Helped Shape Cybersecurity "Where Warlocks Stay Up Late" project speaks to hackers who have played pivotal roles in shaping the field of cybersecurity. The video interviews are complemented by an encyclopedia and an…

Collecting untold hacker stories from the early days of cybersecurity with @praetorianlabs.bsky.social. New Docuseries Spotlights Hackers Who Shaped Cybersecurity | https://buff.ly/4gS09Rl #storytelling #collectivememory

New Docuseries Spotlights Hackers Who Helped Shape Cybersecurity "Where Warlocks Stay Up Late" project speaks to hackers who have played pivotal roles in shaping the field of cybersecurity. The video interviews are complemented by an encyclopedia and an a...

Given the caliber of the people involved, I expect that this series on hacker history will be outstanding. www.darkreading.com/cybersecurit...

Second Biden cyber executive order directs agency action on fed security, AI, space A draft cybersecurity executive order would tackle cyber defenses in locations ranging from outer space to the U.S. federal bureaucracy.

CYBERSCOOP AFTER DARK: We've obtained a draft of the possible Biden cybersecurity executive order. @timstarks.bsky.social has the details on what it contains cyberscoop.com/biden-admini...

Location tracking company Unacast tells Norway its data was hacked, broadcaster says Location tracking company Unacast has confirmed to the Norwegian government that it was the victim of a hack, according to a notice published by Norwegian public broadcaster NRK on Friday.

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New Docuseries Spotlights Hackers Who Helped Shape Cybersecurity "Where Warlocks Stay Up Late" project speaks to hackers who have played pivotal roles in shaping the field of cybersecurity. The video interviews are complemented by an encyclopedia and an a...

Just wrote about a new docuseries that aims to unearth the stories of cybersecurity’s trailblazers, Where Warlocks Stay Up Late.

The project's tagline? "The history of cybersecurity told by those who hacked it."

Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have 'Mental Illness' Meta rolled out a number of changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation.

Meta is just going with specific and blatant cruelty in its new rules. now allows “allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality” www.wired.com/story/meta-i...

Lots of folks are commenting on the fact that Meta is cozying up to the current administration, cutting out fact checking and other forms of moderation. This stuff is obviously worrying, but my big concern is: what happens when the government asks them to turn off encryption?

How Chinese Hackers Graduated From Clumsy Corporate Thieves to Military Weapons Massive ‘Typhoon’ cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure and telecoms sought to lay the groundwork for potential conflict with Beijing, as intruders gathered data and got in position to impede response a...

NEWS: The massive Chinese hack of U.S. telecoms breached firms Charter, Consolidated and Windstream as part of a historic espionage campaign. Security vendor Fortinet was a key intrusion point. Investigators are still grappling with the damage.

That and much much more:

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The 2025 journalist’s digital security checklist Our digital security training team's checklist to help journalists secure their digital life.

Journalists: How's your digital security looking for 2025? Track your progress with our checklist: freedom.press/digisec/blog...

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.

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Shock in Romania as hard-right Nato critic Calin Georgescu takes lead in presidential election Georgescu, who has called Nato’s ballistic missile defence shield a ‘shame of diplomacy’, will likely head into a run-off with leftist prime minister Marcel Ciolacu A little-known, far-right populist took the lead in Romania’s presidential election on…

Shock in Romania as hard-right Nato critic Calin Georgescu takes lead in presidential election

How Italy became an unexpected spyware hub Italy is home to six major spyware vendors and one supplier, with many smaller and harder-to-track enterprises emerging all the time, experts say.

How Italy became an unexpected spyware hub

YouTube video by BBC News Africa 'My dad has been in jail for 23 years. His crime? Being a journalist' - BBC Africa

This video stopped me in my tracks. It's the story of the world's longest detained journalist. Dawit Isaak was a founder of Eritrea’s first independent newspaper. He was jailed 23 years ago. Produced by Marta Pausilli & Ali Abbas Ahmadi for BBC World Service. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQG5...

RSF investigation: the Indian cyber-security giant silencing media outlets worldwide Whether based in the US, Switzerland, France or India, any media outlet investigating the “ethical hacking” of Appin, a company co-founded by Indian investor Rajat Khare, can expect letters demanding ...

The Reporters Without Borders organization has published a deep dive into SLAPP lawsuits filed by Indian hacker-for-hire company against news organizations across the globe that covered its business

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