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Pasquale Stirparo 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
@pstirparo.bsky.social
Founder @ RationalEdge
#ThreatIntel #ICS #DFIR; ''Learning iOS Forensics'' author;
#BSidesZH #PIVOTcon org.
@pivotcon.bsky.social
https://pstirparo.ch
https://rationaledge.io

Related interests/obsessions:
#ThreatHunting #CTI #YARA #CriticalThinking #Books
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Google gave ICE the sensitive personal data of a student journalist, including his bank account and credit card info, without even letting him know.

The company is also helping bankroll Trump’s vanity ballroom project.

Google is enabling fascism — all to protect its bottom line.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) Palo Alto Networks opted not to tie China to a global cyberespionage campaign the firm exposed last week over concerns that the cybersecurity company or its clients could face retaliation from Beijing, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Exclusive: Palo Alto chose not to tie China to hacking campaign for fear of retaliation from Beijing, sources say
Palo Alto Networks opted not to tie China to a global cyberespionage campaign the firm exposed last week over concerns that the cybersecurity company or its clients could face retaliation from Beijing...
www.reuters.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Making America Stagnate Again
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Making America Stagnate Again
Deportations don’t create jobs and will increase deaths of native-born Americans. Who knew?
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators
Tech companies including Google and Microsoft are paying influencers hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote AI products.
www.cnbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"

www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...

#R4Today
Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase
Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag
www.newscase.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Thrilled to introduce the first two RationalEdge (@rationaledge.bsky.social) advisory board members, Ramses de Beer, Sr. Security Eng. at Google, and Visi Stark (@invisig0th.bsky.social), Co-Founder of @vertexproject.bsky.social (1/N)

rationaledge.io#advisory-board
#ThreatIntel #CTI #Malware
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
February 11, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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“Based on our own contact with targeted users, we are deeply concerned your companies are failing to challenge unlawful surveillance and defend user privacy and speech.” theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google Handed ICE Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers
Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.
theintercept.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Anything you can do in Obsidian you can do from the command line.

Obsidian CLI is now available in 1.12 (early access).
February 10, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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Today, pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong. This is not the rule of law — it is authoritarian repression. 1/2
February 9, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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🚨🇻🇦🇺🇸 Smentendo indiscrezioni giornalistiche, la sala stampa della Santa Sede dichiara che Papa Leone XIV non visiterà gli Stati Uniti nel 2026.
February 8, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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JD Vance loudly booed at the Winter Olympics today.
February 6, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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This may be my last story for the Post. Here is an archive version, free to all. archive.is/2026.02.06-2...
February 7, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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I've got a brand new class in the works!
Applied Physical Defenses: Secure Boot and Encrypted Firmware

The first time I offer this class will be
@blackhatevents.bsky.social in Singapore on April 21-22, more offerings coming soon.

blackhat.com/asia-26/trai...
February 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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Thank you #URLscan for being #PIVOTcon26 Gold Sponsor 🥳

Read more about URLscan: urlscan.io
URLscan is a sandbox for the web and a very useful threat research tool for pivoting.

Check out our sponsors: pivotcon.org/sponsors/
#ThreatIntel #ThreatResearch #CTI
February 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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Pay attention. Concentration camps are being built right now.
February 5, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Alex Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed.

Read our full story: https://propub.li/4qUNfXH
February 5, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Bezos’ cull at the Washington Post seems almost performative. He could run it at a loss indefinitely, he could run it as a nonprofit philanthropic effort, he could sell it. But no.
February 4, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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We are launching our new website and blog, to share #ThreatIntel insights, #malware analysis deep-dives, and updates on what we’re building. This is a very short introduction, we will start sharing more about the platform features as well as some research soon. #ThreatResearch #CTI
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February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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Thank you @vertexproject.bsky.social for being #PIVOTcon26 Platinum Sponsor 🎉
Read more about them at vertex.link

They deliver #Synapse, advanced intelligence and analysis technology that transforms complex data into actionable insight.

Check our sponsors at pivotcon.org/sponsors
February 3, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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There are troubling intersections between Jeffrey Epstein’s circle, figures in Trump’s orbit such as Steve Bannon, and the broader ecosystem of European populism. 1/5
February 3, 2026 at 8:50 AM