Exactly this. Social engineering attacks, ie. picking up the phone and calling people to reset passwords, etc., remains a popular hacking tactic because it works incredibly well.

Troy Hunt@troyhunt.com · 10h ago

While everyone is stressing out about the latest scary AI news, kids are just picking up the phone, asking for access to your data and being infinity times more successful than the machines 🤷‍♂️

More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are trans athletes in youth sports.

NEW: For nearly two years, researcher Vangelis Stykas has had access to North Korean hackers’ servers. His work shows they pulled off intrusions in 1,640 companies across 57 countries

A Security Pro Hacked North Korean Hackers. He Found They’d Breached Hundreds of Networks Worldwide

For nearly two years, researcher Vangelis Stykas has maintained access to North Korean hackers’ servers. His work shows they pulled off intrusions in a shocking number of systems across the globe.

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The #BSidesLDN2026 "No REST 'Til Hammersmith' Call for Papers, Rookies and Workshops is no official open! #Security #BSides #London #CFP

Go on, get that talk idea submitted!

BSides London@bsideslondon.bsky.social · 2w ago

The #BSidesLDN2026 CFP opens at 1337hrs this Saturday (1st August), and you have until the 30th September to get your proposal in! Call for Papers - 45 min presentations Call for Rookies - 15 mins, 1st time speakers only! Call for Workshops - 2hr or 4hr non commercial workshops

The Refugee Convention has protected so many people over 75 years: but now it needs protecting. Refugee rights are under huge threat in the UK - with refugees now granted only temporary protection. Speak up for refugee rights now & send your MP a blueprint for a system that actually works:

Give the new PM a blueprint to fix the broken asylum system - Fight for Asylum Rights

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency@unhcr.org · 2w ago

For 75 years, the Refugee Convention has kept the promise of protection alive, offering a safe haven to millions of people forced to flee war, violence and persecution.

You see everything is connected. The marine heatwaves off the coasts of Europe make heatwaves on land more intense, which in turn dries out vegetation, which then creates perfect fire weather conditions. Brought to you by the world's refusal to drastically reduce the burning of fossil fuels.

Ongoing marine heatwave in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea | EU Space Support Office

In late May 2026, several countries in Western Europe faced above-average temperatures. During the same period, large areas of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea also recorded above-average ...

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Spain’s Nico Williams gave his mother, Maria, his World Cup winner’s medal after Sunday’s final ❤️💛 Nico's parents trekked some 2,000 miles across the Sahara from Ghana to Spain as refugees. Now, their son is a world champion 🥹

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

Nigel Farage vs "the establishment" He went to private school, worked as a stockbroker, has been a professional politician for 31 years, has his own TV show, is a brand ambassador for gold, is mates with POTUS, accepted a secret £5m gift, and owns five houses bought outright with cash What a rebel

If the England FA were cunning they would write to FIFA today asking whether Quansah can play in the next game or does the exception only apply to American players. And publish the letter.

About bloody time, now so the rest of the government: UK culture minister Nandy says she is leaving X over abuse and misinformation - www.reuters.com/world/uk-cul...

Time for me to repeat one of my ‘sayings’. If you try to solve a problem by passing a law, but people don’t obey the law, you now have two problems where you used to have one.

Cobalt Strike 4.13 has a new Aggressor hook to support BOF cocktails. Here's a quick walkthrough: rastamouse.me/bof-cocktail...

Israel has killed nine paramedics in just 72 hours in southern Lebanon and it’s business as usual. Now imagine the outrage if that was nine Israeli paramedics. The entire world would be screaming and condemning it as terrorism.

I've pulled at least one kid out due to learning these signs; save a life and learn what to look for:

Trish Greenhalgh@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Microsoft employees should not have sided with their employer and tutted at employees protesting about Gaza - as it turns out said protesting employees were right. cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...

New: A British utilities company supplying drinking water to 1.6 million people failed to discover hackers hidden inside its computer network for nearly two years before the intrusion came to light through an IT performance slowdown, the UK's data protection regulator has found.

UK water company allowed hackers to lurk undetected for nearly two years, regulator finds

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) fined South Staffordshire Water £963,900 ($1.3 million) on Monday over an attack by the Cl0p ransomware group that led to the personal data of 633,887 custo...

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Hi friends, hope you have a great Friday 😊 #cats #catsofbluesky #friday

[BLOG] This post demonstrates how to weave evasion tradecraft (using Crystal Palace) into a merged COFF suitable for use as Beacon's sleepmask. It's actually more of an exploration as to whether evasion knowledge in a capability is good or bad (or both). rastamouse.me/crystal-mask/

Exciting news: Zero-Point Security has joined Fortra and will work alongside the @cobaltstrike.bsky.social, @outflank.bsky.social, and @coreimpact.bsky.social teams to develop the next generation of offensive security training! Get more details on the blog www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/new-mou...

New Mouse in the House: Zero-Point Security Training Joins the Fortra Family

Fortra has acquired Zero-Point Security, and Daniel Duggan (RastaMouse) is joining the team to build out the next generation of offensive security training.

cobaltstrike.com

It's 4 weeks to the date since I launched ZephrSec Ltd LMS and Malwareless Adversarial Emulation(MAE), here's a blog post about a lot of the challenges, lessons learnt and general chaos of building and running your own platform and all the fun that follows building blog.zsec.uk/roll-your-ow...

Roll Your Own... LMS

People say don't roll your own crypto but nobody ever warns you not to roll your own LMS (when you have minimal dev experience).

blog.zsec.uk

We've had quite a few submissions to our CFP so far, but we still need more. If you have something interesting to share with the community, get it submitted here: forms.gle/Sx4EZNRcS9zb...

Our CFP is now open. We aren't just looking for 1337 tech talks, we want social skills, admin, defence, and all sorts to give us a nice rounded day. Any questions, please ask. forms.gle/JRrZQZojtbGQ...

SteelCon Call For Papers 2026

Same as every year, we are looking for cool talks and workshops to amaze and entertain our delightful audience. We are interested in topics related to security and hacking in some way however they don...

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Every time you speak up - and every time you don't - there are people watching and learning about you and the world you help create.

madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · 6mo ago

The drunk uncle theory. You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there

I love watching my friends create awesome stuff. @zephrfish.yxz.red made some artisan, farm to table, shell to terminal red team training for you. lms.zsec.red

MAE - Malwareless Adversary Emulation

Advanced red team training — 13 modules on adversary emulation without traditional malware. Learn the techniques that bypass modern defences.

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Love this response to Ratcliffe's comments by @mrjamesob.bsky.social

How much people everywhere are basically the same. Human experiences are universal and we have soooo much more in common than we have in difference

Sapana@sapana.bsky.social · 6mo ago

What has surprised you the most when traveling?

New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok. The chatbot still produces sexualized images — even when told the subjects don’t consent. even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation. even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse. www.reuters.com/business/des...

Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent

Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.

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Hi there, fellow white people (especially my fellow white dudes)! It's Black History Month, and all of us who have lived in the privilege bubble our entire lives should get educated! Every day this month, 28daysofblackhistory.com drops a new story in your inbox. Every single one of them is amazing.

28 Days of Black History

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