November 9, 2022

Matthew Burton @matthewburton@mstdn.social @matthewburton

Recently, @ONCD solicited ideas for building a larger, more diverse cyber talent pool. A friend and I submitted a response. I want to tweet the gist here, and share some insights about the state of national cyber defense that might surprise you. 🧵 whitehouse.gov/oncd/briefing-…

whitehouse.govOffice of the National Cyber Director Requests Your Insight and Expertise on Cyber Workforce, Training, and Education | ONCD | The White Ho…By Camille Stewart Gloster, Deputy National Cyber Director, Technology and Ecosystem Security The United States depends on reliable and resilient critical infrastructure and functions, supported by our country’s cyber professionals. Our Nation continues to face a significant shortfall in cyber talen…

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TrustCor Systems, a root certificate authority with intelligence community ties that's registered in Panama and operates out of a UPS Store PO box in Toronto.

Cool.

(via @josephmenn@twitter)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/08/trustcor-internet-addresses-government-connections/

https://mamot.fr/@jvagle/109308503963923021

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#introduction MY LATEST ARTICLE:

Pentagon PSYOP Scandal Demands an Urgent Debate on #Propaganda Ethics

“It’s time for a public debate about clandestine PSYOPs” @Techpolicypress #UnitedStates #military #pentagon #psyop #influenceoperations #covert #datascience #informationoperations #ethics #influence #Facebook #Twitter https://techpolicy.press/pentagon-psyop-scandal-demands-an-urgent-debate-on-propaganda-ethics/

https://mastodon.online/@emmalbriant/109305795349349865

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J. A. Guerrero-Saade @juanandres_gs

I love the idea of having this APT mysteries list to refer to (and hopefully collectively 'solve'). No better Cyber Paleontologist than @craiu.

securelist.comTen most mysterious APT campaigns that remain unattributedTajMahal, DarkUniverse, PuzzleMaker, ProjectSauron (aka Strider), USB Thief, TENSHO (aka White Tur), PlexingEagle, SinSono, MagicScroll (aka AcidBox), Metador—all these targeted attacks are still unattributed.

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Lukasz Olejnik @LukaszOlejnik@Mastodon.Social @lukOlejnik

And restrict zero-day vulnerability markets: discovery, sharing, patching and exploitation of vulnerabilities should be regulated. Do you see any chances of this happening…?

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femb✦t @__femb0t

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Whitney Merrill @wbm312

Apple, do better.

gizmodo.comApple Tracks You Even With Its Own Privacy Protections on, Study SaysAn independent test suggests Apple collects data about you and your phone when its own settings promise to “disable the sharing of Device Analytics altogether.”

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pourmecoffee @pourmecoffee

"May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard." "Oldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered"

theguardian.comOldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered – on a head-lice combTimeless fret over hygiene picked out on engraved Bronze age comb from ancient kingdom of Judah

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Mick Ryan, AM @WarintheFuture

As the story notes, deception is an old and integral part of warfare. And deception - stratagems - are also an integral part of the Chinese way of war. We must reinforce the potential of deception in each new generation of Western military leaders.

nytimes.comPhantom Retreats and Stolen Bones: The War of Deceit in UkraineBoth Russia and Ukraine are using confusion as well as artillery on the battlefield.

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Steven @nonregemesse

‘King Harold, a second army has landed in England’

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War on the Rocks @WarOnTheRocks

The American sea services were busy on Oct. 18, 2022.

ow.lyPreventing Wars is as Important as Winning Them: Lessons From Past Naval Strategies - War on the RocksThe American sea services were busy on Oct. 18, 2022. The destroyer USS Roosevelt was in the Baltic Sea, visiting Poland as it concluded the Joint Warrior

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🧦🌹 🇺🇦 Comrade Technocrat 🇺🇦🌐🧦 @AndyWarrenStein

@swolecialism The expanded universe gave us a horse X Wing pilot named Hohass Ekwesh, what more do you need know

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This thread is epic!

FractalEncrypt ∞/21M @FractalEncrypt

The US Government stole $3.6 Billion in #Bitcoin from Bitcointalk user Loaded, who stole it from Silk Road in 2012. My man held 50k BTC through EVERY bear market, in Aug 2017 maxi dumps ALL his forked bcash for bitcoin, & HODLs that too! Let's dig into exactly what happened...

FractalEncrypt ∞/21M @FractalEncrypt

After holding him in a cage for 6 MONTHS we see the exact moment where he breaks down- on-chain. March 25, 2022. They didn't crack it, they couldn't hack it, & this is the government, they HAD the devices! NO! Until he GAVE them the keys, they had no coin. Amazing!

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