NEW: hackers from #China were capturing call audio from US political figures.#SaltTyphoon gathered other unencrypted communications, too.

When will governments recognize the shortsightedness of undermining end-to-end encrypted communications?

When we can't trust the wires,… pic.twitter.com/WKHtlJ5L3L

— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) October 27, 2024

Possible signs of offensive cyber to shape strikes. "Shortly before Israel launched its... attack...on Saturday, radar systems in the Iranian defense systems were breached, and the radar screens froze, KAN reported on Monday, citing Iranian sources." https://t.co/LPHxiKDQQm

— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) October 28, 2024

I still can’t believe Aldi sells these for 25 cents. I’ve got 8 of them now and don’t really even have a use for them, it was just too good of a deal to pass up. pic.twitter.com/7fL4Pcdb8P

— Ron Rule (@ronrule) October 27, 2024

Wonderful declassified First World War submarine cable papers found at the UK National Archives in London, including reports on cable censorship and a beautiful 1911 cable world map. pic.twitter.com/kldHLd3YFL

— Samuel Bashfield (@SamuelBashfield) October 29, 2024

"little evidence to suggest that China has, or imminently will, reach parity w/ Western engine technology" https://t.co/G6QbtCUEzK
"Chinese military aerospace enterprises are now producing engines nearing...caliber of those from NATO nations" https://t.co/RBXQWzUHl1
Which is it?

— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) October 28, 2024

New joint TAG/Mandiant research on a hybrid Russian espionage/influence campaign (UNC5812) targeting potential Ukrainian military recruits with malware and spreading anti-mobilization narratives

https://t.co/GcnNfwM4qS

— Dan Black (@DanWBlack) October 28, 2024

Intro for beginners to embedded devices reverse engineering

Ghidra setup: https://t.co/Nwwtah9Aco
Tools: https://t.co/CVbjCFB57Y
Firmware extraction: https://t.co/Dnz3Xr7WJa

Credits @voidstarsec#reverseengineering #infosec pic.twitter.com/1HorStmA1q

— 0xor0ne (@0xor0ne) October 29, 2024

Absolutely fucking not pic.twitter.com/Cf4BWiriSz

— Yarden Shafir (@yarden_shafir) October 28, 2024

Man, this preprint is really the gift that keeps on giving.
In case people missed my previous PSA : you can't compare the carbon emissions of people and objects. Humans are more than just the work that they do.
(Also, that paper makes a lot of false assumptions in general) https://t.co/bZA414J9YI

— Sasha Luccioni, PhD 🦋🌎✨🤗 (@SashaMTL) September 19, 2023

My family just got served two jury summons at once.

And as if that wasn’t absurd enough, one is for the one of us in space right now.

Space, space. Orbiting 17.5k mph above our heads. 😐

What should I tell the judge?

Wrong answers only.

— A. Pettit (@PettitFrontiers) October 28, 2024

Clearly we should judge our progress on becoming a spacefaring civilization by how easily and frequently off-world citizens can appear for jury duty.

— A. Pettit (@PettitFrontiers) October 28, 2024