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January 17, 2026

WSL2 is a powerful attacker hideout because it runs as a separate Hyper-V VM, and defenders rarely monitor it.

Daniel Mayer explains how attackers pivot into WSL2 and what it took to build tooling that works across WSL2 versions.

Read more ⤵️ https://t.co/TaPsDDW4Cq

— SpecterOps (@SpecterOps) January 16, 2026


I miss the evil billionaires who'd try to buy their way into heaven by funding massive public libraries

— Neil Renic (@NC_Renic) January 14, 2026


Not a bad place to live if you're an oligarch in Putin's Russia https://t.co/ycCSsd2d9d

— Pinboard (@Pinboard) January 14, 2026


Did a red team engagement this month, heres how I made their blue team USELESS

1) Sent fake layoff notices to the entire blue team's personal emails with the HR email I compromised
2) Locked out their AD accounts with the help desk I compromised

— nc 🌐🕸️🐱 (@thoughtfault) January 16, 2026


um, it seems that Sci-Hub .se domain has been finally blocked.

P.S. You can access Sci-Hub by alternative addresses such as https://t.co/HEgPDPvYtP (yes, this world needs alternative DNS and independent legal systems to ensure freedom - not a single world government) pic.twitter.com/cKqvwez9Oq

— Alexandra Elbakyan (@ringo_ring) January 16, 2026


Microslop: replace the books with AI too, fuck it pic.twitter.com/AEKypwOu76

— vx-underground (@vxunderground) January 17, 2026


Cryptographer who died by suicide at Russia's embassy in Cyprus contacted Lavrov and an SVR lieutenant colonel before arriving on the island

Phone records obtained by The Insider shed light on Anton Panov's activities before his apparent Jan. 8 suicide. https://t.co/SHTasjy6TB

— The Insider (@InsiderEng) January 15, 2026


They walked straight into Lars Løkke’s trap, and he deployed the Danish WMD.

It will make an Entmoot look like a rapid decision-making tool. The Trump administration will have passed into history before they even decide whether to meet on odd or even weeks. https://t.co/gUgqxO254P

— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) January 16, 2026

#Denmark’s secret weapon to defeat Trump over #Greenland has been revealed - the working group! pic.twitter.com/NmUjBaE8zT

— (((Jon Benjamin)))🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇱✡️ ⚒🇬🇭 (@JonBenjamin19) January 17, 2026


Offline OCR using DeepSeek-OCR AIhttps://t.co/ldRitUTQm3 pic.twitter.com/CgGzzdV68a

— Tom Dörr (@tom_doerr) January 16, 2026


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