new writeup: the latest DarkSword operator, chinese-speaking, well over a hundred panels found the whole thing off one http body hash. six panels, two totally different codebases, same guy we're at 7-8 unrelated crews running this leaked ios chain now censys.com/blog/darkswo... #darksword

DarkSword's Panel Sprawl: How One Body Hash Unravels a Six-Panel, Two-Codebase Operator Cluster - Censys

Censys ARC noticed a recent spike in DarkSword hosts and web properties. Here are the IOCs and pivots you need to track the growing threat.

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Al Jazeera has the story of a Moroccan footballer who died trying to reach Ceuta and while her story is one of many, that should be our focus. Not Schengen or Spanish politics aje.news/aci1rp

Hundreds mourn Moroccan footballer who died trying to reach Ceuta

Moroccan footballer Faten Ben Omar El Azizi has been buried after dying while trying to reach Ceuta.

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For a hundred grand a year, you can have early access to these images.

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4d ago

Trump having a normal one today

I'm not normally one to enjoy dystopian fiction (I subscribe to several newspapers for that and even there "enjoying" would be a stretch) but "I Who Have Never Known Men" by Jacqueline Harpman is eerily good.

Good grief, this hits home.

This week I read Miranda July's "All Fours". It kinda blew me away.

My phone sent me a breaking news alert "US announces nuclear..." and I've never been so relieved about uranium enrichment.

Imagine the UK govt made a strong statement condemning the Scattered Spider kids who just got sentenced but also, not quite subtly, hinted at how their amazing skills were a result of the British education system. That's how I read posts from AI companies talking about AI used in cyber attacks.

There was a seven hour power cut today and an awful sewage smell in town afterwards so here's your reminder for a post-electricity world: don't leave food in your fridge.

i need people to talk to me with the clarity they reserve for their most expensive prompts

Over the years I have, even I say so myself, become reasonably skilled at recognizing threat infrastructure from scanning data. I have not yet mastered the skill of recognizing a funny feeling as 'I need to eat'.

One more thing about the World Cup: I remember seeing a video of huge celebrations in Eastern Congo after the DRC made it to the second round. That alone made having 48 nations compete worth it.

There just was a power outage that lasted several hours. Street lights were off, most traffic lights too. It was eerie. Anyway, I decided to ask chatgpt what causes these outages, and

I thought Italy boycotting the World Cup by not qualifying was classy, but making it to the final and then doing this, now that is a statement.

Kristian Ross@kristian7ross.bsky.social · 2w ago

In fairness, it has been close. #ESPARG | #FIFAWorldCup

I am watching a bit of the final while getting takeaway pizza and I realize I'm still not over Cabo Verde and Egypt. I want Spain to win mostly because I want them to lose the least. (Okay and Lamine Yamal seems kinda cool.)

Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.

Racism in, racism out.

The Breach@breachmedia.ca · 3w ago

Ontario jails are using an AI tool that claims to predict prisoners’ behaviour. And it’s disproportionately placing Black prisoners in maximum security. An investigation by @desmondcole.bsky.social reveals the province knew the tool would discriminate against Black people—and used it anyway.

New: A Canadian cybersecurity firm accused a former contractor of sharing trade secrets about a previously unknown flaw used to hack iPhones with a rival firm Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

IPhone Hacking Firm Sues Ex-Worker Over Alleged Theft of Secrets

Magnet Forensics Inc., a Canadian cybersecurity firm, accused a former contractor of sharing trade secrets about a previously unknown flaw used to hack iPhones with a rival firm.

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So this means England are the biggest losers?

when sex workers do this they get debanked

Jesse Felder@jessefelder.com · 3w ago

‘On Friday, after 65 bids, one of Huang’s pre-worn and signed jackets sold at auction at Sotheby’s for $960,000, much higher than the pre-sale estimate of $40,000 to $60,000. He wore the jacket in 2023, at an event at Foxconn in Taipei, Taiwan.’ www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/l...

Following a new Dutch intelligence advisory, Censys ARC Principal Security Researcher Martijn Grooten analyzed Internet-connected camera exposure across Europe. Censys sees: 🔻Nearly 2K with known exploited vulns 🔻87K+ across Europe & Ukraine Read more: https://bit.ly/3T77aqu #CensysARC

"I hope that this shares with people that are incarcerated on Rikers, that they too are a part of this city. The World Cup has been a magical moment for the entire city. These are New Yorkers, and they will be New Yorkers when they get out of Rikers. They are New Yorkers today." ♥️♥️♥️

Mamdani watches World Cup semifinal match with Rikers Island prisoners

YouTube video by Associated Press

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3w ago

The beautiful game. The people’s game. Throughout this World Cup, we have been reminded of a simple truth: football belongs to everyone. So does the joy and community it creates. Yesterday, I joined New Yorkers on Rikers Island to watch England take on Argentina.

Mozilla reviewed the privacy practices of six popular period-tracking apps and has one recommendation: Euki. www.mozillafoundation.org/en/nothing-p...

Period and Ovulation Apps Privacy Review 2026: Is Your Period Tracker Safe?

We tested six popular period and ovulation tracker apps to find out how they handle your private health data. Our privacy expert Shoshana Wodinsky did hands-on testing of 6 popular period tracking app...

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It was never ever about Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Trump’s Board of Peace drops full Gaza recovery plan in favour of tiny pilot scheme

Revised plan aims to ‘keep something going’ amid fears Netanyahu may gamble on new all-out offensive before Israeli elections

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Is Letexier playing for Argentina again today? He was so good against Egypt. #worldcup

I'm an optimist so I think that maybe SS7 being used to track US military (rather than, say, journalists or activists) will help fix that gaping hole techcrunch.com/2026/07/14/i...

Iran abused mobile networks' vulnerabilities to locate US military in the Middle East, report says | TechCrunch

The Iranian government exploited well-known flaws in cellphone networks to locate and then strike U.S. military personnel in the build-up and beginning of the war.

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At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1890

Look, I’m an open source maintainer, and if you want people to use that FOSS software as an alternative to that proprietary software it’s good to understand why people wanted to use that proprietary software in the first place and why they might be hesitant to switch It’s not because users are dumb