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Pasquale Stirparo 🇺🇦 🇪🇺

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Founder @ RationalEdge #ThreatIntel #ICS #DFIR; ''Learning iOS Forensics'' author; #BSidesZH #PIVOTcon org. @pivotcon.bsky.social pstirparo.ch rationaledge.io Related interests/obsessions: #ThreatHunting #CTI #YARA #CriticalThinking #Books

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Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kathi Zellweger made ~70+ trips to North Korea over decades, and even lived there for five years. She has a book out now — MISS KATHI — and this CNN segment shares never-before-seen footage she captured off her camcorder over the years. 🔗 bit.ly/cnn-kathi
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What North Korean life is actually like beyond Pyongyang
A Swiss aid worker’s never-before-seen footage reveals decades of life inside North Korea. Kathi Zellweger’s rare access allowed her to capture famine-era hardship, private moments and a side of the country few outsiders have witnessed. 0:00 The secret lives of North Korea 1:02 Who is Kathi Zellweger? 5:01 Former CNN Beijing bureau chief on Kathi Zellweger's unusual access to North Korea 8:32 Inside a Catholic church in North Korea 10:00 Driving in North Korea For more of this, subscribe to stream on the CNN app: https://cnn.it/4zpecHE #NorthKorea #Korea #News
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The Vertex Project @vertexproject.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Okay, we’ll stop being cryptic. 👀 We pressed a limited-edition Signals & Stories vinyl to celebrate 10 years of The Vertex Project. 💿 There aren’t many and they’re coming to LABScon in your welcome bags. 🙌 See you in Scottsdale. 💚
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PIVOTcon @pivotcon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#PIVOTcon crew Paco @pstirparo.bsky.social and Bart @corpen.secman.pl are travelling today to hot ☀️Arizona for the last #LABScon edition. As its European cousin, we couldn't miss the farewell party! 🥂 Time to reconnect with #ThreatResearch #ThreatIntel community. See you across the Pond. ✈️🌎
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Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Why are some tech billionaires turning against democracy? @gilduran.com joins Chris to trace the rise of the “Nerd Reich”, from Peter Thiel and Elon Musk to J.D. Vance and the network state. Links below 👇👇👇
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Q: On the checks, we have $40t in debt. If your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote? T: I'm doing it as a reward for having to put up w/Biden Q: You also offered tariff refunds-- TRUMP: Not you Q: And that didn't happen T: You're the worst
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 09/09/2026
Drone almost struck Zelenskyy’s plane, says Ukraine ft.trib.al/vgwurTq
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Drone almost struck Zelenskyy’s plane, says Ukraine
Official travelling with Ukrainian president says they believe a Russian weapon was used
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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 03/09/2026
"1Password employees don’t seem impressed by its leaders’ comments based on dozens of emoji reactions we saw in their internal Slack conversations." www.theverge.com/tech/988536/...
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1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project
The controversy surrounds David Heinemeier Hansson, who has posted strident anti-vax and anti-immigrant views.
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Ben Read @benread.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We're looking for a couple people to join my strategic threat intel team here at Wiz Sr. Threat Researcher - www.wiz.io/careers/job/... Threat Intel Analyst - www.wiz.io/careers/job/... More details below, but we're looking to hire quickly, so if you're interested, apply now.
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Threat Intelligence Researcher (Cloud) | Wiz Careers
Join the Battle for Cloud Security
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 02/09/2026
Apple has now caved to the Trump administration’s petty renaming of Lake Ontario, following Google’s lead. It’s as good a moment as any to consider alternatives.
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Apple Maps changes name of Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' | CBC News
Apple changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America on the web version of its Apple Maps following U.S. President Donald ‌Trump's executive order renaming the lake. The move by Apple on Tuesday fol...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
U.S. and European authorities disrupted the long-running botnet Sality, turning its peer-to-peer architecture against itself therecord.media/sality-botne...
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Sality, one of the longest-running botnets, finally gets disrupted
U.S. and European authorities disrupted the long-running botnet Sality, turning the malware’s peer-to-peer architecture against itself to cut thousands of infected computers off from operators.
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Nozomi Networks @nozominetworks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We're hiring a Malware Analyst Tech Lead, a leadership role for someone who combines deep expertise in malware analysis and detection engineering with the ability to mentor others, set technical direction, and communicate complex findings clearly. Apply: ow.ly/FSAG50ZFqF6
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The Vertex Project @vertexproject.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Trust in intelligence isn’t binary. It’s a spectrum. You can trust parts of a report more than others and predictive assessments aren’t simply “right” or “wrong.” In our latest episode, we unpack what it really means to evaluate trust in intelligence. 🎧 hubs.la/Q04rHhzX0
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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Two security researchers shipped me a pink plastic kid's smartwatch from Amazon. When I wore it, they tracked my movements, surreptitiously took photos of me, even listened to my conversations. The same backend they hacked is used by 30+ watch brands for kids. 🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/hacker...
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Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids
Security researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. It’s just one piece of a deeply insecure supply chain of GPS-enabled gadgets.
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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I got a question for you: Was Ceuta’s migration crisis really a threat to Europe? Or was it a trap we fell into? Tune in into “European Question Time” #ceuta
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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 14/07/2026
Incredible Wall Street Journal reporting on how this war succeeded in making the Iranian people rise up…to support hardliners within the regime. Secular women showing up to rallies to change “We are the soldiers of Seyyed Mojtaba,” things of that nature. www.wsj.com/world/middle...
The U.S. and mediators say any attempt by Iranian diplomats to find an understanding on the administration of the strait are being sabotaged by hard-liners. Iranian diplomats have told mediators they would like to find a compromise but their hands are tied.
They are under pressure in the streets as well. In regime-managed funeral ceremonies for Khamenei's burial last week, massive crowds unfurled giant banners that read "kill Trump." President Masoud Pezeshkian, a
moderate, was greeted by chants of "Death to the normalizers" and "Death to the traitors."A 40-year-old female teacher, who had joined the anti-hijab protests in 2022 and subsequently stopped wearing the veil, said she recently participated in a pro-regime rally in Tehran.
"I saw many girls whose clothing would previously have been reprimanded by the government—unveiled, wearing blouses and pants, with manicured nails," she said. They were waving the Iranian flag. The women were joined by male university students sporting tattoos and T-shirts, Western attire frowned upon by the regime. They chanted,
"We are the soldiers of Seyyed Mojtaba," using an honorific title, she said.Last week, a 34-year-old Tehran-based startup entrepreneur who had long opposed
the regime posted a picture of himself proudly posing in uniform after joining the military.
He was beaten so badly by security forces during the 2022 protests he couldn't move for days. He was tear gassed during the January protests and waited hopefully for the war, thinking the regime was about to be toppled.But he changed his mind after his uncle's house in Tehran was destroyed in the early days of the war and after scrambling to reach his ex-girlfriend who worked at a civilian ministry near a targeted location. She survived.
"America had made an excuse to support human rights," he said. Then, "they said that a civilization was going to be destroyed, not a regime."
The regime came into the conflict in a weak position. Protests sparked in December by the pressures of a deepening economic crisis spiraled into calls to topple the system. Polls consistently showed no more than 20% of Iranians supported clerical rule.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 16/07/2026
Co-Founder of Controversial Spyware Firm Had Israeli Diplomatic Passport www.occrp.org/en/project/t...
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Co-Founder of Controversial Spyware Firm Had Israeli Diplomatic Passport
Spyware company NSO Group’s co-founder Shalev Hulio used an Israeli diplomatic passport to enter Panama in 2013, raising questions over the firm’s claims of independence from the Israeli state.
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Sung Kim @sungkim.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Wow! Just wow!
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State of Statecraft Conference @what-is-sos.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We’re proud to recognize @vertexproject.bsky.social as our 2026 Pillar Sponsor! The Vertex Project creates technology for analytical teams to provide intelligence-driven insights to decision makers. vertex.link #VertexProject #VertexSynapse We’re grateful for their support in making SOS possible!
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Julian-Ferdinand Vögele @julianferdinand.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
1/ Today @milenkowski.bsky.social from @sentinellabs.bsky.social and I are publishing a project we've been working on over the past few months. We found suspected China- and India-linked espionage actors independently targeting the same victim: #Balochistan Police in #Pakistan. s1.ai/spy2flags
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One Target, Two Flags | Rival Espionage Actors Converge On Pakistani Law Enforcement
China and India ran separate espionage operations against the same Pakistani police force, each drawn by different stakes in Pakistan's internal security.
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Ben Jacobs @jacobsben.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
🚨 Exclusive: The White House made a direct call to FIFA to ask Gianni Infantino to review Folarin Balogun’s red card. FIFA approached for comment and referred to the findings of its independent committee.
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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
My colleagues are reporting, citing a source familiar, that FIFA's decision to overturn Balogun’s suspension came after Trump made a call to FIFA's president.
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U.S. star Folarin Balogun eligible to play vs. Belgium after FIFA suspends red card ban
Balogun was given a controversial red card during the team’s 2-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina and was initially not allowed to play in the round of 16.
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Sung Kim @sungkim.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Mistral's Leanstral 1.5. "It achieves SOTA performance on graduate algebra benchmarks FATE-H and FATE-X and improves Pareto Frontier on PutnamBench, solving 587/672 problems with a x10 cheaper budget."
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antirez @antirez.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
In the glm5.2 branch of DwarfStar you can find a preview of GLM5.2 support. The model is strong and works well, but I'm highly hesitant to say that the 4bit GLM5.2 quants are able to perform *strongly* better than DeepSeek v4 Flash, which has a decisive speed advantage: github.com/antirez/ds4/...
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GitHub - antirez/ds4 at glm5.2
DeepSeek 4 Flash and PRO local inference engine for Metal, CUDA and ROCm - antirez/ds4
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Researchers @citizenlab.ca say EU lawmaker who investigated surveillance was hacked by Israeli spyware @raphae.li www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Researchers say EU lawmaker who investigated surveillance was hacked by Israeli spyware
A former member of the European Parliament who served ​on a committee investigating abusive surveillance was himself hacked using an Israeli-made spy tool, a Canadian tech watchdog group ‌said on Frid...
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Credit where credit is due: the NY Post is the only major news outlet so far to give this story its own headline instead of burying it in live updates The statement, while not official, appeared on IRGC-affiliated Fars News, which means the IRGC approved its publication
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Iran must develop nuclear bomb to protect ‘peace and calm,’ IRGC media says — despite pledge to Trump
Iran has “no choice” but to develop a nuclear bomb, a media outlet linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said — the latest threat to the US-organized peace deal.
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antirez @antirez.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
GLM 5.2, Q2_K routed experts (effectively ~2.6 bits) running with SSD streaming on an M5 Max 128GB computer.
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Daniel Probst @skepteis.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
150 years or so ago, some guy wrote that ecological sustainability was "of very limited practical relevance to capitalist society". Well.
Temperature map Europe. A lot is red.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Beginning next week, Australians get free electricity for three hours every afternoon. That's what happens when you build out wind, sun, and batteries open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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How about Free? Is that affordable enough for you?
The latest on energy, climate and affordability
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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 21/06/2026
🌈🇺🇦 Kyiv Pride, today. Just imagine, we are under martial law, but the gathering is allowed, because we live in a democracy and people show up to advocate for their basic human rights. Not something you could see in Moscow.
Gatherers at the Kyiv pride, rainbow flagsCrowds in KyivKyiv pride supporters next to the University Trans flag at the Kyiv pride
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 20/06/2026
⚡️Update: Former Ukrainian presidents renounce Polish Order of White Eagle in solidarity with Zelensky. Leonid Kuchma, Viktor Yuschenko, and Petro Poroshenko all chose to surrender their titles after the honor was revoked from President Zelensky.
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Polish president strips Zelensky of honorary title over military unit controversy, as Kyiv calls decision 'strategic mistake'
Editor's note: This article has been updated with additional details and comments from officials. Polish President Karol Nawrocki stripped President Volodymyr Zelensky of the country's honorary Order...
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Adrienne Fichter @adfichter.eurosky.social · 20/06/2026
How Google Switzerland works for Israel The tech company advises the Israeli government from Zurich and responds to inquiries from its armed forces. Now, the authorities are taking action. Finally in english: www.republik.ch/2026/06/20/h...
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How Google Switzerland works for Israel
Now, the authorities are taking action.
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Tim Blazytko @mrphrazer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The slides from our @reconmtl.bsky.social talk with @nicolo.dev on agentic deobfuscation are now online. Topics: commercial VMs, anti-cheat, DRM systems, malware, and anti-agentic obfuscation. Slides: synthesis.to/presentation...
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State of Statecraft Conference @what-is-sos.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Registration and CFP for 🆘VOLUME II is officially OPEN! On October 22, 2026, we return to Brussels to showcase a day of community and discussions on the latest developments in state-sponsored operations and the actors & institutions that champion them.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Congratulations to Elon on becoming the world’s first trillionaire from London 🔥
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 12/06/2026
Palantir loses legal challenge against Swiss investigative magazine ft.trib.al/TS7SOJp
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Palantir loses legal challenge against Swiss investigative magazine
Peter Thiel-chaired data intelligence group sued publication over reports that Switzerland rejected its approaches
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Justin Schuh @justinschuh.com · 11/06/2026
Every day is more of this sort of thing. I used to think we were living through another Gilded Age, but now I've just taken to calling it the Grifted Age.
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An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major polic...
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
NEW: Several fmr @signal.org devs + others have a new project out today, Encrypted Spaces, which provides the technical model for building end-to-end encrypted versions of collaborative apps like Slack/Discord (& maybe a lot more). @agreenberg.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/signal...
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Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps
The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or Google Docs—but with added protection against surveillance.
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
NEW: On Thursday, @wired.com reported that Meta had quietly added code for a face recognition system to Meta AI, its smart glasses companion app. On Friday, code for the face rec system was removed. @dmehro.bsky.social and @dell.bsky.social with the scoop: www.wired.com/story/meta-r...
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Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.
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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
BREAKING: NSO Group caught trying to hack across #WhatsApp. Again! Defying 🇺🇸US Courts. WhatsApp disrupted the Pegasus campaign & says it violates US Federal injunction they won against NSO. Asks Federal judge to hold NSO Group in contempt. Many implications... 1/ about.fb.com/news/2026/06...
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hasherezade.bsky.social @hasherezade.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
New release: #PEbear 0.7.2: github.com/hasherezade/... - with important bugfixes and new features:
PE-bear release notes - available on GitHub
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Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️ @graceonfootball.com · 07/06/2026
Canada vs Bosnia-Herzogovina in Toronto on Friday will be the first World Cup game in 20 years played in a country the Economist's Democracy Index considers a "full democracy".
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 03/06/2026
Carola Frediani, an Italian infosec journalist and member of Amnesty and Human Rights Watch, has unexpectedly passed away this week www.ansa.it/canale_tecno...
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È morta Carola Frediani, pioniera del giornalismo tecnologico italiano  - Notizie - Ansa.it
Aveva 51 anni, ha fondato il blog Guerre di Rete (ANSA)
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Pasquale Stirparo 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @pstirparo.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Ci mancherai Carola, che la terra ti sia lieve. 🖤 @carolafrediani.bsky.social
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 31/05/2026
⚡️ Zelenskyy is urging the US to ramp up Patriot missile production and issue licenses to Ukraine, warning current output is nowhere near enough.
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StrikeReady @strikeready.com · 28/05/2026
What is "AI SOC" all about anyways?
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What is AI SOC, in 5 minutes or less
YouTube video by StrikeReady
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BleepingComputer @bleepingcomputer.com · 29/05/2026
A Google security engineer was charged with insider trading after winning $1.2 million using confidential company data to place bets on the cryptocurrency-based Polymarket decentralized prediction market.
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US charges Google security engineer with Polymarket insider trading
A Google security engineer was charged with insider trading after winning $1.2 million using confidential company data to place bets on the cryptocurrency-based Polymarket decentralized prediction market.
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Gynvael Coldwind @gynvael.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I'm thinking of doing an in-depth Python summer camp? (online live workshop, in English). If you're potentially interested, please add your email to the list: hackarcana.com/summer-pytho... (it's just so I can measure interest and have a way to let you know once more info is up).
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 29/05/2026
🔴 Ukrainian gymnast protests at European championships. During the European junior championships, a Ukrainian athlete covered her ears and eyes in protest as the Belarusian national anthem played, following the decision to permit Russian and Belarusian gymnasts to compete under their national flags
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Ryan Naraine @ryanaraine.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
🔥 Aaron Portnoy on the early days of Pwn2Own, why LLMs can't dream up the next speculative-execution-class bug, and the coming patching apocalypse... Plus, the legendary story of carrying a Walmart "fat stack" of cash to bootstrap Ekoparty in Buenos Aires. youtu.be/2LprkKEtiqM
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Aaron Portnoy on Pwn2Own, the End of Easy Bugs, and AI-Fueled Offense
YouTube video by Three Buddy Problem
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/05/2026
Congratulations to the Ukrainian Parliament and President Zelenskyy's team for the swift work to ratify the main documents related to the €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan. This hard work paves the way for the first disbursements in June.
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