barryv.bsky.social
@barryv.bsky.social
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Check out my #DEFCON33 talk about the Signalgate, full of unbelievable incompetence from the highest levels of the Trump administration www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFYy...
"We are currently clean on OPSEC": The Signalgate Saga (DEFCON 33)
YouTube video by Micah Lee
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August 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
April 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Working with Chris Krebs and getting to know his wife Emily and their family has been one of the great honors of my life. The attack against their family should be condemned by all.

I have written a post about what is happening to them here: www.linkedin.com/posts/alexst...
Exclusive | Former Trump Official Targeted With Government Probe Vows to… | Alex Stamos
*The following is a message from Alex and Katie Stamos and does not represent any company or organization* Working with Chris Krebs and getting to know his wife Emily and their five children has been...
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April 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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„Meanwhile, his attempts to raise concerns internally within the NLRB preceded someone "physically taping a threatening note" to his door that included sensitive personal information and overhead photos of him walking his dog that appeared to be taken with a drone“

www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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April 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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New: Someone hacked audio-enabled crosswalk buttons across Silicon Valley over the weekend to upload voices that sound like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.

"They say money can't buy happiness…I guess that's true. God knows I've tried," said one button hacked to sound like Musk. "F--k I'm so alone."
Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg voices | TechCrunch
The crosswalk buttons, which include audio alerts, were hacked over the weekend.
techcrunch.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Posting the longer form explainer here for anyone who finds this thread later:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/stop-t...
Stop Tracking Russian Cyber? That's Not How Anything Works...
In the last 72 hours, multiple stories have broken detailing how the US is reprioritizing its tracking of threat actors. More specifically, at least two different agencies, CYBERCOM and CISA, have bee...
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March 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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New from 404 Media: buying this $250 ID from the tropical nation of Palau allows you to bypass U.S. crypto laws. The law blocks certain exchanges and limits trades. I bought the ID, verified it works for making accounts on crypto exchanges. Traders are doing this.

www.404media.co/buying-a-250...
Buying a $250 Residency Card From a Tropical Island Let Me Bypass U.S. Crypto Laws
U.S. traders are buying 'digital residency' in Palau to skirt restrictions on the amount of cryptocurrency they can withdraw and the exchanges they can use. Major exchanges have already banned the ID,...
www.404media.co
March 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
cybernews.com/security/win...

Microsoft has included Paragon Partition Manager's BioNTdrv.sys driver, versions prior to 2.0, to its Vulnerable Driver Blocklist. However, this security feature is not enabled by default on all systems. The software must be updated to continue to work.
a man with a mustache looks at the camera with a blurry background
Alt: A man stifles laughter at the thought of the Microsoft Vulnerable Driver Blocklist working in a default Windows install reliably
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March 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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GDP has risen 12.6 percent over Biden’s tenure, far outpacing both predictions made even before Covid became a household name and growth in other advanced countries.
Bidenomics Was Wildly Successful
The president’s domestic record wasn’t just extraordinary. It might put Democrats back in power in four years.
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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Russia's Office of Prosecutor General declares Recorded Future an undesirable organization (a status introduced in 2015 initially for Western NGOs & foundations), banning its activities in Russia & essentially making it illegal to share info produced by it
epp.genproc.gov.ru/web/gprf/mas...
December 18, 2024 at 6:17 AM