Darren
@darrenpauli.bsky.social
Ex infosec hack ‘06-‘17 @ TheRegister, SCMagazine, ZDNet, ComputerWorld. Now I write about writing and help regular folk understand infosec.
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Russian man Andrei Tarasov was indicted on cybercrime charges related to the Angler exploit kit. He was arrested in Germany but slipped away to Russia — despite his anti-Russian views. Research by @intel471.bsky.social #infosec intel471.com/blog/how-an-...
How an alleged Russian hacker slipped away
Andrei Tarasov is an alleged malicious Russian hacker who was indicted on charges related to a massive malware distribution scheme. He was arrested in…
intel471.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Russian man Andrei Tarasov was indicted on cybercrime charges related to the Angler exploit kit. He was arrested in Germany but slipped away to Russia — despite his anti-Russian views. Research by @intel471.bsky.social #infosec intel471.com/blog/how-an-...
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The news media is crowded with people who aren’t here to newsgather. They make no research or investigative contributions; just personalities whose job is comparable to pumping out youtube reaction videos. They’re entertainers, not journalists, and they’re paid 5x what decent reporters pull in.
The political media is obsessively relitigating the issue of Biden being too old and out of touch while the current president babbles incoherently at press conferences and regularly admits he's not the one making decisions on key policy matters.
May 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The news media is crowded with people who aren’t here to newsgather. They make no research or investigative contributions; just personalities whose job is comparable to pumping out youtube reaction videos. They’re entertainers, not journalists, and they’re paid 5x what decent reporters pull in.
@robince.bsky.social
@profbriancox.bsky.social Some divers took a photo of a fish and wrote about it in Nature. It got me thinking about which you think is more evolutionarily interesting;
@profbriancox.bsky.social Some divers took a photo of a fish and wrote about it in Nature. It got me thinking about which you think is more evolutionarily interesting;
May 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
@robince.bsky.social
@profbriancox.bsky.social Some divers took a photo of a fish and wrote about it in Nature. It got me thinking about which you think is more evolutionarily interesting;
@profbriancox.bsky.social Some divers took a photo of a fish and wrote about it in Nature. It got me thinking about which you think is more evolutionarily interesting;
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IQ-anon is a classic
May 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
IQ-anon is a classic
Grew some Scarlett Runner beans.
May 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Grew some Scarlett Runner beans.
Duolingo used to link wrong answers to its user forums where often native speakers dived into the many nuances of language. It was *wonderful*.
It's since been replaced with an ad to sign up to its paid inferior AI.
Anyway, I'm sure its new 'ai-first' move to automate staff work will go well.
It's since been replaced with an ad to sign up to its paid inferior AI.
Anyway, I'm sure its new 'ai-first' move to automate staff work will go well.
April 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Duolingo used to link wrong answers to its user forums where often native speakers dived into the many nuances of language. It was *wonderful*.
It's since been replaced with an ad to sign up to its paid inferior AI.
Anyway, I'm sure its new 'ai-first' move to automate staff work will go well.
It's since been replaced with an ad to sign up to its paid inferior AI.
Anyway, I'm sure its new 'ai-first' move to automate staff work will go well.
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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
@mattbevan.bsky.social are you even a popular podcaster if people aren't trying to Jan 6 your live show? I hope it has become the ABC's new line for having 'made it'.
April 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
@mattbevan.bsky.social are you even a popular podcaster if people aren't trying to Jan 6 your live show? I hope it has become the ABC's new line for having 'made it'.
Facebook scam reporting services going as strong as ever.
April 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Facebook scam reporting services going as strong as ever.
I miss these stories. Could make cracking headlines with them. Real pwnie award candidate material.
Wrote a lot of em sometime around 2010 though. Shocking vulns sometimes too. Guess AV did something to fix how they were built.
therecord.media/eset-softwar...
Wrote a lot of em sometime around 2010 though. Shocking vulns sometimes too. Guess AV did something to fix how they were built.
therecord.media/eset-softwar...
Flaw in ESET security software used to spread malware from ToddyCat group
Researchers said a vulnerability in software from security firm ESET was used to spread malware. The company has acknowledged the bug and patched it.
therecord.media
April 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I miss these stories. Could make cracking headlines with them. Real pwnie award candidate material.
Wrote a lot of em sometime around 2010 though. Shocking vulns sometimes too. Guess AV did something to fix how they were built.
therecord.media/eset-softwar...
Wrote a lot of em sometime around 2010 though. Shocking vulns sometimes too. Guess AV did something to fix how they were built.
therecord.media/eset-softwar...
Another antivirus-is-effective-in-the-same-way-a-lightbulb-is-that-sets-everything-on-fire-as-long-as-you-only-measure the-lumens moment
therecord.media/eset-softwar...
therecord.media/eset-softwar...
Flaw in ESET security software used to spread malware from ToddyCat group
Researchers said a vulnerability in software from security firm ESET was used to spread malware. The company has acknowledged the bug and patched it.
therecord.media
April 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Another antivirus-is-effective-in-the-same-way-a-lightbulb-is-that-sets-everything-on-fire-as-long-as-you-only-measure the-lumens moment
therecord.media/eset-softwar...
therecord.media/eset-softwar...
Trump. Pelosi. Mandela. Presidents, war mongers, activists; HARDtalk held power to equal account over near three decades until the BBC axed it.
Axed it for another interview show that I see goes easy on priests covering up abuse. SOFTtalk? Unbelievable.
Treat yourself:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n...
Axed it for another interview show that I see goes easy on priests covering up abuse. SOFTtalk? Unbelievable.
Treat yourself:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n...
BBC News - HARDtalk - Available now
Available episodes of HARDtalk
www.bbc.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Trump. Pelosi. Mandela. Presidents, war mongers, activists; HARDtalk held power to equal account over near three decades until the BBC axed it.
Axed it for another interview show that I see goes easy on priests covering up abuse. SOFTtalk? Unbelievable.
Treat yourself:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n...
Axed it for another interview show that I see goes easy on priests covering up abuse. SOFTtalk? Unbelievable.
Treat yourself:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n...
I find this hard to accept but has Facebook squashed scam ads? You can search terms here.
www.facebook.com/ads/library/
Keywords like 'Irwin', 'Koshie', or 'newscomaustralia' would return loads of ads often leading to investment scams with AI news reels. Now, nothing. Am I missing something?
www.facebook.com/ads/library/
Keywords like 'Irwin', 'Koshie', or 'newscomaustralia' would return loads of ads often leading to investment scams with AI news reels. Now, nothing. Am I missing something?
March 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I find this hard to accept but has Facebook squashed scam ads? You can search terms here.
www.facebook.com/ads/library/
Keywords like 'Irwin', 'Koshie', or 'newscomaustralia' would return loads of ads often leading to investment scams with AI news reels. Now, nothing. Am I missing something?
www.facebook.com/ads/library/
Keywords like 'Irwin', 'Koshie', or 'newscomaustralia' would return loads of ads often leading to investment scams with AI news reels. Now, nothing. Am I missing something?
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social you're gunna need to tell us how many new subs you got from the noaa
this is hilarious and supremely well-played
this is hilarious and supremely well-played
January 31, 2025 at 3:59 AM
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social you're gunna need to tell us how many new subs you got from the noaa
this is hilarious and supremely well-played
this is hilarious and supremely well-played
Champagne corks fly as WinRAR gets another paid user
January 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Champagne corks fly as WinRAR gets another paid user
Google Gemini gets a memory, one of ChatGPT's more useful features (if you're into this sort of thing) to improve responses with all important context.
December 19, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Google Gemini gets a memory, one of ChatGPT's more useful features (if you're into this sort of thing) to improve responses with all important context.
This guy started buying VHS tapes instead of paying for a British TV licence and has uploaded about 200 threat letters he's received since 2006 for refusing to buy one.
www.bbctvlicence.com
Reminds me of the Pirate Bay's legal section.
www.bbctvlicence.com
Reminds me of the Pirate Bay's legal section.
December 17, 2024 at 11:11 PM
This guy started buying VHS tapes instead of paying for a British TV licence and has uploaded about 200 threat letters he's received since 2006 for refusing to buy one.
www.bbctvlicence.com
Reminds me of the Pirate Bay's legal section.
www.bbctvlicence.com
Reminds me of the Pirate Bay's legal section.
Just say 'use a password manager'.
December 6, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Just say 'use a password manager'.
Billboard hacking is the 🐐
🇰🇿🇺🇦👀 Ukrainian flag during Putin's visit to Kazakhstan: hackers broke the LED screen…
November 28, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Billboard hacking is the 🐐
Fkn cat is meowing loudly up the stairs while I try to get my kid to sleep so I did this. All quiet now.
November 24, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Fkn cat is meowing loudly up the stairs while I try to get my kid to sleep so I did this. All quiet now.
