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May 8, 2023

May 8, 2023

May 8, 2023

Modern inflatable decoy tanks, and other military vehicles. So cool!

INFLATECH s.r.o. - Inflatable Military Decoys

INFLATECH was established in 2014 in the Czech Republic (EU). We aim to fill a gap in the military decoys market.


See also https://t.co/Fy9fcF3BJZ

— Adam (@uptill_3) May 7, 2023

Very interesting technique. Using games to bypass censorship, but actually doing it pretty well. The information is in-game content.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-cs-go-map-bypasses-russias-censorship-of-ukraine-war-news/
https://twitter.com/jewishworker/status/1655006451000115201

The masculine urge to buy an unopened unabomber package pic.twitter.com/zEU5v2ZU4h

— Kennedy Gaming (@KennedyGaming4) May 6, 2023

Where we stand on *publicly reported* ransomware attacks against schools/school systems:

According to @RecordedFuture data there were 72 *publicly reported* ransomware attacks against schools between January and April of this year. For comparison:
2023 - 72
2022 - 55
2021 - 60 pic.twitter.com/N3bm6mP3sT

— Allan “Ransomware Sommelier🍷” Liska (@uuallan) May 8, 2023

Linux sysadmin forced to join a meeting pic.twitter.com/IVd8S0YHnq

— Linux Handbook (@LinuxHandbook) May 8, 2023

New: “if your app protects the world, you know, and you hurt one person, maybe it’s not the biggest deal.”

Here is the trailer for our new documentary about the vigilante app Citizen. Out now for free, details here: https://t.co/QbfH9szcYq pic.twitter.com/sIgQqbvZDk

— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 8, 2023

You can watch the documentary for free here: https://t.co/27YyVyWnfj

The person targeted by Citizen on that day speaks for the first time

— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 8, 2023

The entire academic board of the journal Neuroimage, including professors from Oxford University, King’s College London and Cardiff University resigned after Elsevier refused to reduce publication charges https://t.co/1pIATmTVQn

— Elisabeth Bik (@MicrobiomDigest) May 7, 2023

Since we’re on propaganda…

Interesting tweets too. While sharing the study to huge audience, he says:
1) This is just one study (implies there are others)
2) I don't know the implications (don't blame me!)
3) Anyway this is all to illustrate a bigger point (so don't focus on the fact this study is crap) https://t.co/rI5eGzkHHu pic.twitter.com/QwQuw1H7LZ

— Stuart Ritchie 🇺🇦 (@StuartJRitchie) May 8, 2023

Not sure where I stand on this. On the one hand, I think it is correct to point out that coercion fails all the time, regardless of the method used. On the other hand, I think there are better ways of achieving a change in behaviour using cyber.

https://warontherocks.com/2023/05/are-we-asking-too-much-of-cyber/
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