In the newest @gate15.bsky.social #podcast, @dpounder.bsky.social & I are joined by WaterISAC #cyber analyst Chase Snow to talk the #water sector cyberattacks, #CyberSecurity, and more. gate15.global/weekly-secur...
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Imported Tattooed-🇺🇸. Veteran. Virginian. #OnePride. Founder & CEO, Gate 15 @gate15.bsky.social, cyber & all-hazards risk & resilience. Board Member, Loudoun Hunger Relief, FB-ISAO. Anti-ballroom, Anti-SAVE Act & algae enthusiast.
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Bluesky@bsky.app · 2mo agoWhat's up, chat! Group chats are rolling out today in the new v1.124 update. This is our first feature built for communities, and there's more to come.
Today in the SUN we feature an FBI PSA on the ongoing threats of swatting and indicators for community members. Read more below: www.ic3.gov/PSA/2026/PSA... #cybersecurity @andyjabbour.bsky.social
Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) | Ongoing Threats of Swatting and Indicators for Community Members
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One might think 'Trump wouldn’t make any public effort to say...the fund should still exist. But...we live in the upside down world, where if Donald Trump wants something, he just throws a temper tantrum until he gets it' @masnick.com on the glory of the Golden Age www.techdirt.com/2026/08/03/t...
Trump Spends The Weekend Fighting For The $1.776 Billion Slush Fund His Chosen Attorney General Swears Is Dead
Sometimes it helps to just write out everything that happened leading up to a situation so we don't lose sight of just how ridiculous it is. I mean, would you believe that a President would sue his own IRS for something that happened under his own watch and did him no harm, demand $10 billion,...
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New from the FBI: 'Ongoing Threats of Swatting and Indicators for Community Members' - 'targeting... educational institutions, government buildings, religious institutions, public transportation centers, hospitals, and other public buildings.' www.ic3.gov/PSA/2026/PSA... @gate15.bsky.social
November is gonna be awesome. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department Announces Monitoring of Polling Sites in Four Michigan Cities
Today, the Department of Justice is monitoring polling sites in four Michigan cities for the state’s primary election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law.
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Started with 12 packages... then it was 100... now it's 435 github.com/wiz-sec-publ...
An awesome night at Jiffy Lube in Bristow, Virginia rocking with Extreme, Tesla, & Mötley Crüe, and my youngest son! #LiveMusic #virginia
Awesome... 🫠 The 'discrepancy went completely unnoticed at the trial. It was never brought to the attention of the trial judge.' New @enbrown.bsky.social reminds us how stupid everything can be. This is horrible. reason.com/2026/08/03/p... ➕ makeout police, stupid in Missouri & more.
Police mix up usernames, man spends 18 months in prison for someone else's sex crimes
"He should never have been charged, let alone convicted," judges now say.
reason.com
How can you stay ahead of scams? Count before you click! Take9 seconds to pause and think before you click, download, or share. Follow @pausetake9.bsky.social for tips to avoid online frauds and scams. #Take9 pausetake9.org
9 seconds for a safer world
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The Ransom-ISAC released an article on weaponizing exposed data, highlighting that ransomware and data-extortion groups are moving beyond bulk dumps to analyze, index and price stolen data before it is sold. Read below: www.ransom-isac.com/blog/weaponi... #cybersecurity @andyjabbour.bsky.social
Weaponizing Exposed Data
How threat actors analyze, index and price stolen data — with case studies on FulcrumSec, The Gentlemen, Titan, Sentap, ShinyHunters and the Leak Bazaar indexing-as-a-service platform.
ransom-isac.com
Today in the SUN we feature an article from @cyberscoop.bsky.social on President Trump blaming Minnesota for cyberattacks on the water sector, drawing pushback from the cyber world. Read more below: cyberscoop.com/trump-blames... #cybersecurity @andyjabbour.bsky.social
Trump blames Minnesota for cyberattacks on water sector, drawing pushback from cyber world
Trump blamed Minnesota for recent water cyberattacks, rejecting U.S. intelligence attributing the strikes to Iran. Experts and Gov. Tim Walz pushed back.
cyberscoop.com
Men of a Certain ❌‼️. More buffoonery & more resistence • @dpounder.bsky.social open discussing detaching from tech • The decision to get a new dog • The madness that is this administration: reflecting pool vAnDaLiSm!!, aimless in Iran, a new party?, & the slush fund open.spotify.com/episode/3Xf0...
Men of a Certain X. More buffonery and more resistence
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More good reporting from @bridgetjohnson.bsky.social & @threatbeatnews.bsky.social: Iran’s CyberAv3ngers claim ‘attacks on U.S. infrastructure,’ vow more in first statement since Minnesota water hacks threatbeat.com/attacks-and-... #CyberSecurity #water @gate15.bsky.social
Iran’s CyberAv3ngers claim ‘attacks on U.S. infrastructure,’ vow more in first statement since Minnesota water hacks
“How bad would it be if mobile phone signals in America were disrupted or cut off, or if water and electricity supplies were interrupted, or even if certain sections were to explode?” the hackers said...
threatbeat.com
Good report from @emilypeck.bsky.social, with some helpful perspective on findings, but I still trust that Gen X's best days are ahead. The shadow of the Boomers can't last forever and we have a lot to look forward to. www.axios.com/2026/08/03/g...
Gen X is losing confidence
Many are at or near their peak earning years, and if they're growing more morose it could drag down spending.
axios.com
Anthropic: ' we found three incidents in which a Claude model reached the internet from within or while interacting with a third-party evaluation environment' 👀 www.anthropic.com/news/investi... #CyberSecurity @gate15.bsky.social
Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluations
In a review of our cybersecurity evaluation transcripts, we found three incidents in which a Claude model reached the internet from within or while interacting with a third-party evaluation environmen...
anthropic.com
🇰🇵 Alert to Countries, Companies, and Other Entities Regarding North Korean IT Workers: 'North Korean IT workers impersonate nationals of other countries to obtain work and income...' www.state.gov/releases/off... #CyberSecurity #northkorea @gate15.bsky.social @campuscodi.risky.biz
Alert to Countries, Companies, and Other Entities Regarding North Korean IT Workers - United States Department of State
This alert is jointly issued by the U.S. Department of State and Federal Bureau of Investigation; Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Cybersecurity Office, National Police Agency, Ministry o...
state.gov
Men of a Certain ❌‼️. More buffoonery & more resistence • @dpounder.bsky.social open discussing detaching from tech • The decision to get a new dog • The madness that is this administration: reflecting pool vAnDaLiSm!!, aimless in Iran, a new party?, & the slush fund open.spotify.com/episode/3Xf0...
Men of a Certain X. More buffonery and more resistence
Men of a Certain X · Episode
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-Far-right image board builds AI doxing tool -New NullReceiver C2 technique -New Fuyao ad fraud botnet -New OctLurk and SilkLurk malware -Storm-1516's Armenia campaign -KindaRails2Shell vulnerability -RufRoot vulnerability -Apple introduces bug reporting cool-offs -WaterISAC denounces leak
-Russia is behind the recent hotel WiFi hacks -Anthropic models also did the hacky-hacky -npm adds publish-time malware scanning -Coldcard hacked for $70m -CyberCom to open Silicon Valley office -Iran water hacks impacted seven states P: risky.biz/RBNEWS595/ N: news.risky.biz/risky-bullet...
U.S. investigating if Iran was behind cyberattack on water systems in 7 states, not just Minnesota www.cbsnews.com/news/us-inve...
U.S. investigating if Iran was behind cyberattack on water systems in 7 states, including Minnesota and Michigan
Malicious cyber activity affected technology at water systems in at least seven states this week, including Minnesota, leading authorities to dig into whether Iranian actors are behind the attack, CBS...
cbsnews.com
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social I think you need to start a post on all the ways @governorwalz.mn.gov has attacked America. Like, Gov. Walz is responsible for the recent cyber attacks against water infrastructure. Gov. Walz is THE Reflecting Pool vandal. Gov. Walz caused Signal Gate, etc. ViLliAn!!
But you bet your ass these cyber events in Minnesota are @governorwalz.mn.gov’s fault!! 😑
Mike Masnick@masnick.com · 5d agoIncredible. In normal circumstances this whole thing would be a massive embarrassment to the DOJ and the US Attorney in charge of the case.
@timstarks.bsky.social has a good story about the reaction to these comments: cyberscoop.com/trump-blames...
Trump blames Minnesota for cyberattacks on water sector, drawing pushback from cyber world
Trump blamed Minnesota for recent water cyberattacks, rejecting U.S. intelligence attributing the strikes to Iran. Experts and Gov. Tim Walz pushed back.
cyberscoop.com
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoQ: Can you rule out that Iran is behind the water attacks? TRUMP: I don't think so. I think that Minnesota is behind it. You know who is behind it? Minnesota. Because they're grossly incompetent. I don't think there was an Iranian cyberattack. I think Minnesota ought to get its act together.
Glad to share some thoughts w. @timstarks.bsky.social for @cyberscoop.bsky.social 'given...war w. Iran, recent statements...assessments (re:) CISA warnings...yesterday’s statements from CISA...FBI, unsubstantiated allegations aimed at political opponents seem reckless' cyberscoop.com/trump-blames...
Trump blames Minnesota for cyberattacks on water sector, drawing pushback from cyber world
Trump blamed Minnesota for recent water cyberattacks, rejecting U.S. intelligence attributing the strikes to Iran. Experts and Gov. Tim Walz pushed back.
cyberscoop.com
The Trump administration has told Congress that it's reassigning CISA staff to serve as election security liaisons to states during the midterm season, but CISA is so depleted that its services are limited — and anyway, many states have given up on waiting for fed help. www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/p...
Men of a Certain ❌‼️ EP 406. Recasting Kang the Conquerer, day drinking & food trucks • @dpounder.bsky.social & I talk about day drinking • Food trucks - Dave's not having it! • Is Trump really Kang the Conquerer? • Dislikes and Likes of the week: FIFA, Fauci, more open.spotify.com/episode/1UaJ...
Men of a Certain X EP 406. Recasting Kang the Conquerer, day drinking and food trucks
Men of a Certain X · Episode
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TIL you can make tabs vertical in Chrome. It's actually awesome.
DPA abuse started under Biden, and has hit overdrive under Trump. For a party screaming about cOmMuNiSm!!! 😵💫 the continued abuse of DPA, coupled with the USG taking ownership in private businesses, certainly looks, er, very 'Stalin-esque.' www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Delegates Defense Production Act Authority with Respect to Recoverable Critical Minerals and Materials That Are Essential to Our National Defense
SECURING AMERICA’S SUPPLY CHAINS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Determination delegating authority under the Defense
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