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Ouganda : l'internet coupé deux jours avant le scrutin

Le gouvernement avait pourtant promis de maintenir l’accès à internet avant l'élection présidentielle...

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Ouganda : l'internet coupé deux jours avant le scrutin
Une coupure internet a débuté en Ouganda, deux jours avant l'élection présidentielle.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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Cette information a (malheureusement) été confirmée par Netblocks et @radar.cloudflare.com...

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It appears that the expected #Internet shutdown in #Uganda has been implemented in advance of upcoming elections.

A message from UCC_Official said the suspension of services would be effective at 1800 (15:00 UTC). At that time, we saw traffic from Uganda drop, falling 95% in under 30 minutes.
January 13, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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🚨 URGENT 🇺🇬 Possible suspension de l'internet en Ouganda à venir

Une source vient de me partager un document en provenance de la Uganda Communications Commission, prévoyant une suspension de l’accès à internet dans le pays à 18 heures ce 13 janvier. A croiser avec d'autres sources.
coupecircuit.bsky.social Coupe-circuit 📴 @coupecircuit.bsky.social · 2d
🇮🇷 L'Iran vit la plus grande coupure internet de son histoire

Pour comprendre ce qu'il se passe dans le pays, c'est par ici : coupecircuit.substack.com/p/liran-vit-...
January 13, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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🇮🇷 L'Iran vit la plus grande coupure internet de son histoire

Pour comprendre ce qu'il se passe dans le pays, c'est par ici : coupecircuit.substack.com/p/liran-vit-...
January 13, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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👀 VulnWatch Monday: CVE-2026-21858 🔓
aka "Ni8mare"

A security researcher reported a critical vulnerability in popular AI workflow automation platform n8n that could enable adversaries to compromise enterprise secrets.

📰 www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/maximum...
January 12, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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Du Rajasthan, à l'ouest, à l'Assam, à l'est, les Etats indiens ont le même réfflexe en cas de problèmes d'ordre public : couper les vannes de l'internet.

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December 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Pourquoi Taïwan bloque RedNote (mais pas TikTok)

Cette semaine, dans Coupe-circuit: open.substack.com/pub/coupecir...
December 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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GreatFire balance tout !

Après des mois à tenter de protéger Vultr, @greatfire.org a révélé le rôle central de l’entreprise américaine dans la censure que le géant chinois Tencent essaie de lui imposer en demandant la suppression de son site FreeWeChat.

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December 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 🎧 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆

We sat down with Rebecca Taylor from Sophos and @bushidotoken.net from @teamcymrus2.bsky.social to discuss 2025’s highs and lows in cyber and make educated guesses on what to look for in 2026.

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December 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Uganda’s authorities are mulling imposing strict controls on internet use, including the possible blocking of major social media networks ahead of the general elections scheduled for mid-January 2026.

Platforms affected include TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and X.
coupecircuit.bsky.social Coupe-circuit 📴 @coupecircuit.bsky.social · Dec 9
En Ouganda, le secrétaire de la Commission électorale a révélé que les autorités du pays pourraient restreindre l’accès aux réseaux sociaux en préparation des élections générales prévues pour mi-janvier 2026.

La nouvelle édition de Courts-circuits: coupecircuit.substack.com/p/un-scrutin...
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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𝗡𝗘𝗪 - 𝗨𝗞'𝘀 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝘀 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝟭 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘀

Almost one billion early-stage cyber-attacks have been prevented in the past year in the UK thanks to Share and Defend, a service run by @ncsc.gov.uk.

www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-cybe...
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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𝗡𝗘𝗪 - 𝗨𝗞 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗺𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

Speaking at the @financialtimes.com's Cyber Resilience Summit: Europe today, British Security Minister Dan Jarvis said the ban on ransomware payments will include "national security exemptions."

www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-rans...
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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👀 VulnWatch Monday: CVE-2025-35028 🔓

A critical vulnerability was found by the Austin Hackers Association in HexStrike AI MCP server.

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December 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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🔎 VulnWatch Friday: CVE-2025-66022 🔓

A critical vulnerability was discovered in Faction, a pentesting report generation framework developed by Faction Security.

🔧 This issue has been patched in version 1.7.1.
🔎 nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/...
November 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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𝗡𝗘𝗪 - 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵

🇫🇷 The FFF detected unauthorized access to the software platform used by all licensed football clubs in France to manage administrative tasks, incl. registering their players with the federation.

📰 www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/french-...
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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🇬🇧 Cyber Security & Resilience Bill: Key Changes Revealed

Shona Lester, Head of CSR Bill Team, just shared the bill's key provisions.

Here’s what’s coming:
☑️ Expanded Regulatory Scope
☑️ Enhanced Incident Reporting
☑️ Strengthened Regulatory Powers

📰 www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/key-pro...
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Reposted by Kevin Poireault
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Pour les plus friands de détails techniques mais pas forcément anglophones, j’ai aussi concocté un tableau résumant les résultats de l’analyse des chercheurs, à découvrir ici : datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Ea0qo/13/
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Votre VPN est-il vulnérable à la censure numérique ?

Des chercheurs de l’IIIT Delhi, en Inde, se sont demandé dans quelle mesure un gouvernement pourrait détecter du trafic VPN et ainsi (potentiellement) le bloquer.

On vous explique ce qu'ils ont trouvé ⬇️

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November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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🚨 𝐎𝐩. 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 3.0 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐲𝐬, 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐑𝐀𝐓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦

The third "season" of Operation Endgame resulted in:
🗄️ Over 1025 servers taken down or disrupted
🌐 20 domains seized
🚪 11 locations searched
👮 One arrest

📰 www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/operati...
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 - 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

I sat down with Matthew Maynard, a cybersecurity pro by day and a cyber ghost-buster by night, who doesn’t just hunt vulnerabilities, but haunts the hackers themselves.

🎧 Listen here: feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundc...
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐄𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞)

The latest cyberattack on airports is a serious incident that warrants thorough investigation. (1/5)

www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/airport...
Airport Chaos Enters Third Day After Supply Chain Attack
Heathrow, Brussels, Dublin and Berlin airports are among those disrupted by a cyber-attack on Collins Aerospace
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September 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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EXCLUSIVE - Why Three Vendors Pulled Out of ‘Cybersecurity Olympics’

Microsoft, SentinelOne and Palo Alto Networks have decided not to take part in the 2025 edition of MITRE’s EDR test.

I spoke with MITRE CTO to understand what motivated these moves.

www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cyber-v...
September 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Hackers calling themselves SafePay. carried out a ransomware attack on the five-star K Club resort in Co Kildare as it prepared to host some of the world’s top golfers at the Irish Open this past weekend.
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
Cyberattack on K Club before Irish Open
The five-star resort was hit by a ransomware attack, with leaked data including financial records, IT documentation and administrative information
www.thetimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Cybersecurity firm Netskope eyes up to $6.5 billion valuation in US IPO
www.reuters.com/business/cyb...
Cybersecurity firm Netskope eyes up to $6.5 billion valuation in US IPO
Netskope is seeking a valuation of up to $6.5 billion in its initial public offering in the United States, the cloud-based cybersecurity firm said on Monday, signaling investors' appetite for new listings.
www.reuters.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Hackers are using security reports to translate technical problems into “partial malicious code” as part of the “vibe coding” trend.
www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/sec...
Do Security Blogs Enable Vibe-Coded Cybercrime?
Security companies routinely publish detailed analyses of security incidents, making attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) widely known and visible. These reports often provide comprehen...
www.trendmicro.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM