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Stefan Frei

@stefanfrei.bsky.social
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Cyber security expert, pentester, speaker & tech enthusiast. Tame complexity 4 security. Alum RWRI-13, @Accenture, @Swisscom, @Secunia, NSS Labs, ISS X-Force techzoom.net

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Bunkerhunter @bunkerhunter.bsky.social · 8h
Irgendwas ist im Busch… „Ich bin jedoch fest davon überzeugt, dass jeder, der jetzt eine Versicherung abschließt, weiß, dass „es“ VIEL größer ausfallen wird als im Februar... Was auch immer „es“ ist – niemand weiß es.“ Wer „wirtschaftlich“ unterwegs ist, sollte hier lesen. 👇🤔
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Let’s MOVE
Something’s burning.
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Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wow, it’s hard to believe that such sensitive data was stored unencrypted!!
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Omg Really Facepalm
ALT: Omg Really Facepalm
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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There's a problem we see in cybersecurity where hyperfocus on high-tech threats prevents people from defending against the low-tech methods everyone will try first. Like, before burglars build teleporters, they'll ring all the doorbells, hoping someone buzzes them in.
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The Register @theregister.com · 30/09/2026
Irony alert: OpenAI whines that Chinese model stole its special IP that it stole from everybody else
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Irony alert: OpenAI whines that Chinese model stole its special IP that it stole from everybody else
US model makers can train on web data - but distilling theirs is a 'national security risk'
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The Register @theregister.com · 01/10/2026
Azure maintenance mess disrupts hybrid clouds, VPNs, cloudy VMware services
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Azure maintenance mess disrupts hybrid clouds, VPNs, cloudy VMware services
Microsoft broke its own cloud but isn’t sure how
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The Register @theregister.com · 01/10/2026
The tech industry is hot for shopping bots, but they're years away
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The tech industry is hot for shopping bots, but they're years away
What's good for human shoppers does not work with probabilistic AI agents
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Finnish companies Nokia and Iceye want to challenge Starlink and start producing communications satellite systems for governments. First satellites to be launched 2028. Great if they can make this happen on scale
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Teknologia | Nokia ja Iceye haastavat SpaceX:n Starlinkin
Nokia ja Iceye alkavat kehittää viestintäsatelliittijärjestelmää valtioiden tarpeisiin. Ensimmäiset satelliitit on tarkoitus laukaista jo 2028.
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Stefan Frei @stefanfrei.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An last year: Austria's 🇦🇹 Armed Forces Gets Rid of Microsoft Office (Mostly) for LibreOffice itsfoss.com/news/austria...
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Austria's Armed Forces Gets Rid of Microsoft Office (Mostly) for LibreOffice
The Austrian military prioritizes independence over convenience.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Imagine how frantically Natalie will tweet if this happens. Will set a record for caps used at any one time. apnews.com/article/carn...
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Mark Carney's stand against Trump leads to Nobel Peace Prize and Time Person of the Year buzz
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has built a global profile by standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Bunkerhunter @bunkerhunter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wenn die Genies der Genies und ihre über alles dominierende AI zu dumm sind, wenigstens das Land richtig zu schreiben, dann weiss man wie viel das Papier und die „Genies“ dahinter wert sind. 😏
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meta taking data without consent? Say it isn't so!
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The Register @theregister.com · 28/09/2026
Dutch government turns to NixOS for a sovereign desktop
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Dutch government turns to NixOS for a sovereign desktop
DAWO combines a Linux-based client with open source tools for cloud, communications, and collaborative work
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 28/09/2026
I just hope they come up with new answers.
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Baklava Monster, CISSP @ant0i.net · 27/09/2026
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Can't think of a better reason to amplify a post. Also, we always knew the Twitter acquisition wasn't about "free speech" but now there's objective proof.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 27/09/2026
Swiss referendum on further strengthening neutrality fails even more spectacularly than anticipated. Looks like some 70% voted against.
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Schweizer lehnen starrere Neutralität ab – Rückenwind für den Bundesrat
Das Stimmvolk lehnt die Neutralitätsinitiative mit über 70 Prozent ab. Damit behält die Landesregierung in schwierigen Zeiten den nötigen Spielraum.
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
CARRIER USS GERALD R FORD TO UNDERGO VAST REFIT You’re right to wonder why after just one tour (though from an operational point of view an immensely successful one), the carrier that defended Israel and stole Maduro in a sequence of continuous combat missions lasting 10 months needs to be
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Anna Zeiter @anna.wsocial.eu · 19/08/2026
+++ Breaking News +++
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Canada is predictable, reliable, and principled in a world that’s anything but.
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Pascal Gujer @evilmaid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🔓 Breaking BitLocker at Black Hat Europe still needs a few more early registrations to happen. If TPM sniffing, hardware hacking & BitLocker attacks are on your list: now is the time. There may be no later. Help us get around the workbench! 🔬 👉 hos.direct/bheu26
Black Hat training badge, Because reading the advisor. isn‘t the same as running the drillSoldering to the SPI bus inside a disassembled notebooka notebook standing sideways with a logic analyzer connected to its interior. a second notebook showing the recorded traces in dsview / pulseviewclassroom setup woth desks cluttered with hardware, open notebooks and led magnifier glasses
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Mads Korsager @madskorsager.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When national security trumps old laws 🇩🇰📡 Denmark’s Weibel is developing radar technology for ballistic missile defence and counter-drone systems. Now, its previously illegal test site has been allowed to expand. A small but telling sign of Europe’s new defence reality. www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
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Forsvarsministeriet giver omstridt virksomhed lov til at udvide i Nordsjælland
Virksomheden er tidligere blevet politianmeldt på grund af ulovlig aktivitet på den adresse, hvor de nu får grønt lys til at udvide.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 26/09/2026
😅
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Brandon Downey @bdowney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New logomachy challenge! Forget whether 'think' is the correct word for what LLMs do, get ready for: Is this 'hacking'? transluce.org/agent-activity
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Early rogue AI agent activity and attempts to hack found on urlquery.net
We found evidence on urlquery that AI agents were active earlier than previously reported and attempted hacks against public data providers.
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Michael Bauer @bundesheerbauer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#Militärhatserfunden Bei der Schlacht von Solferino 1859 starben tausende Soldaten und Verwundete wurden nicht versorgt. Der Schweizer Kaufmann Henri Dunant wollte allen Verwundeten einen medizinische Versorgung sichern und gründete das Rote Kreuz.
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Alec Muffett @alecmuffett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Always hilarious to see people attempting to compare aircraft safety to software engineering and then observe that aircraft don't put ordinary people into the pilot seat, nor does Excel Airways permit that pilot to duct-tape IKEA Billy Units to the wings and go into production as a cargo carrier
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 22/09/2026
Amazing story
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Konrad Iturbe @konraditurbe.dev · 20/09/2026
Main project page: github.com/Twotoz/C5VRX My T-Embed + C5 screen code + buzzer code: github.com/KonradIT/C5VRX
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The Register @theregister.com · 20/09/2026
How Windows turned months of inactivity into a 7-hour update hostage situation
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How Windows turned months of inactivity into a 7-hour update hostage situation
Windows is getting more efficient. The updates, not so much
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Golang Articles, News, Packages @golangch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A simple, battle-tested and generic set type for the Go language. Trusted by GoogleCloudPlatform, Docker, 1Password, Ethereum and Hashicorp. #golang github.com/deckarep/go...
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A stunning shot of a Ukrainian F-16 pilot looking back at a jet-powered Shahed he had just shot down over Kyiv with his onboard cannon.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In the midst of a storm, Canada and the EU can anchor our ground.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 17/09/2026
This is very good indeed
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Pascal Gujer @evilmaid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🔓 BitLocker enabled. No recovery key. Now what? **Breaking BitLocker** is back in Zürich 🇨🇭 TPM sniffing • DMA • BitPixie + newer attacks • real hardware • fully hands-on. 📅 22–23 Oct 🧰 Hardware kit included 👉 hos.direct/oct26training Also at Black Hat Europe 🇬🇧 👉 hos.direct/bheu26
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Jeremy Kirk @jkirk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This prompt is saving my brain from getting Clauded (and probably a heap of output tokens): "When you explain something, write it in the clearest, shortest way possible without losing any accuracy."
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Zach @thrustwr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The reception of this video has sort of exceeded my expectations by a very wide margin. Wanted to take a little bit of time thanking everyone here, especially friends and Patreons for their continued support and in helping me make this video a reality. Lastly, a big thank you to all of my followers!
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Frode #Fella @frodehommedal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This truly is the great (military) reveal of the last five years.
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Important to remember against the backdrop of "Ukraine doesn't want the war to end." And what a braindead thing to claim. Of course they want the war over, but not if it means giving up their land and their children.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 14/09/2026
You can find our full list of upcoming workshops and webinars on our website: www.bellingcat.com/workshops/
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Workshops Archive - bellingcat
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Stefan Frei @stefanfrei.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
When you forget to put your phone in flight-mode
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'm not a climatologist, but setting new records 100 days in a row (literally each one being, by definition, unprecedented) seems alarming.
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I think it's either the banks are telling him he can't IPO at a valuation he wants or they know of serious liabilities they can't disclose in an S-1 (maybe other agentic hacks, data security issues, etc.) - or maybe both.
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Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Data breach at Revolut impacting some of their customers. Breached data includes passports This is a breach to keep an eye on as it could have implications under #GDPR #DORA and #NIS2 not to mention other regulations techcrunch.com/2026/09/12/r...
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Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests | TechCrunch
Revolut said it notified affected customers and alerted the relevant government agency, law enforcement, and financial regulators.
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Stefan Frei @stefanfrei.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The success rate for AI generating a patch that fully resolved the vulnerability (without messing app functionality) was 26% From „Security through obscurity is dead“ citing 1Password research. www.theregister.com/security/202...
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Security through obscurity is dead, and AI delivered the fatal blow
RIP, you won't be mourned
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Reto Vogt @rvgt.ch · 12/09/2026
2 Quotes aus dem starken Interview mit @stephaniegy.bsky.social. Absolute Leseempfehlung. "Dass ein Modell ausbricht, ist keine autonome Handlung. Fähigkeit ist nicht gleich Autonomie." "Wir dürfen uns nicht auf den Goodwill von Tech-Konzernen verlassen." www.srf.ch/news/gesells...
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Könnte KI bald die Menschheit auslöschen? Expertin relativiert
Ein Ex-Mitarbeiter von Anthropic hat eindringlich gewarnt. NGO-Expertin Stephanie Gygax relativiert im Interview.
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Golang Articles, News, Packages @golangch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Postgres intelligence for AI agents & apps, written in Go #golang #postgreSQL github.com/pgrundev/pgbot
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
At my heart, I am also an engineer. I like to solve problems, not whine about them.
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The Register @theregister.com · 11/09/2026
AT&T store worker gets 16 months inside for SIM-swap side hustle
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AT&T store worker gets 16 months inside for SIM-swap side hustle
Phone shop staffer claimed he was paid less than $4,000 for attacks leading to combined intended losses of $600,000
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Le Canada n'oubliera jamais.
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