Farhan Nearhan ❼
@farhanible.bsky.social
Former CISO | Now Advisory/Fractional CISO | NYC | Founder ovrsr.com | A very personal account | Been to @arbys once
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Every car made today is an incredibly sophisticated computer on wheels. Really unfortunate that there is simply no solution to having it die because one (1) little overhead light was left on overnight.
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Every car made today is an incredibly sophisticated computer on wheels. Really unfortunate that there is simply no solution to having it die because one (1) little overhead light was left on overnight.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Spongebob voice: 50 yEaRs LaTEr
Cisco has announced Resilient Infrastructure, a project to improve the security of its products.
This includes:
-increase default protections
-remove legacy insecure features
-reduce the attack surface
-enable better detection and response
blogs.cisco.com/news/doublin...
This includes:
-increase default protections
-remove legacy insecure features
-reduce the attack surface
-enable better detection and response
blogs.cisco.com/news/doublin...
Doubling down on resilient infrastructure
As global networks face escalating threats, Cisco is strengthening resilient infrastructure by setting secure defaults, eliminating legacy risks, and empowering proactive defense.
blogs.cisco.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Spongebob voice: 50 yEaRs LaTEr
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Your time is the ultimate zero-sum game.
If you work on P for an hour, you're not working on Q.
So, prioritization is paramount, and whiling away a useless hour is prohibitively expensive.
Except, rest and creativity and daydreaming generates ideas and well-being.
If you work on P for an hour, you're not working on Q.
So, prioritization is paramount, and whiling away a useless hour is prohibitively expensive.
Except, rest and creativity and daydreaming generates ideas and well-being.
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Your time is the ultimate zero-sum game.
If you work on P for an hour, you're not working on Q.
So, prioritization is paramount, and whiling away a useless hour is prohibitively expensive.
Except, rest and creativity and daydreaming generates ideas and well-being.
If you work on P for an hour, you're not working on Q.
So, prioritization is paramount, and whiling away a useless hour is prohibitively expensive.
Except, rest and creativity and daydreaming generates ideas and well-being.
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the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
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CRUSHING BLOW TO NSO: 🇺🇸Court permanently bans Pegasus spyware-maker from targeting WhatsApp
🚫Must destroy tools exploiting WhatsApp
🚫Stop future development of WA targeting
Foreign gov customers exempt from data deletion but...
🚫NSO is barred from helping them hack WA. 1/
🚫Must destroy tools exploiting WhatsApp
🚫Stop future development of WA targeting
Foreign gov customers exempt from data deletion but...
🚫NSO is barred from helping them hack WA. 1/
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
CRUSHING BLOW TO NSO: 🇺🇸Court permanently bans Pegasus spyware-maker from targeting WhatsApp
🚫Must destroy tools exploiting WhatsApp
🚫Stop future development of WA targeting
Foreign gov customers exempt from data deletion but...
🚫NSO is barred from helping them hack WA. 1/
🚫Must destroy tools exploiting WhatsApp
🚫Stop future development of WA targeting
Foreign gov customers exempt from data deletion but...
🚫NSO is barred from helping them hack WA. 1/
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My gosh — After Israeli forces tear-gassed this kid, making him collapse, other soldiers then "detained the ambulance carrying Aysam from the Beita Emergency Center to Nablus for several minutes, interrogating the driver about Aysam’s injury, location, and cause before it was allowed to continue."
New — Israeli forces just killed this Palestinian boy.
Last month, he and his family were harvesting olives. Soldiers bombarded them with tear gas, making him collapse.
He was in critical condition until today.
He is the 47th kid killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers in the West Bank this year.
Last month, he and his family were harvesting olives. Soldiers bombarded them with tear gas, making him collapse.
He was in critical condition until today.
He is the 47th kid killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers in the West Bank this year.
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
My gosh — After Israeli forces tear-gassed this kid, making him collapse, other soldiers then "detained the ambulance carrying Aysam from the Beita Emergency Center to Nablus for several minutes, interrogating the driver about Aysam’s injury, location, and cause before it was allowed to continue."
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Bringing NSO Group out of the cold would signal to the rest of the spyware industry that even the most notorious mercenary spyware company..
...with a history of harming the US.
...and a mountain of abuses..
Can get a free pass.
It would defang US efforts to curb proliferation & bad behavior.
...with a history of harming the US.
...and a mountain of abuses..
Can get a free pass.
It would defang US efforts to curb proliferation & bad behavior.
We asked David Friedman, the former US ambassador to Israel, who has been named exec chairman of the NSO Group holding company, whether he would try to get sanctions on NSO lifted. He said: “I hope that will be accomplished, but we haven’t made that request yet”. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tech giants vow to defend users in US as spyware companies make inroads with Trump administration
Apple and WhatsApp say they’ll keep warning users if their phones are targeted by governments using hacking software against them
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Bringing NSO Group out of the cold would signal to the rest of the spyware industry that even the most notorious mercenary spyware company..
...with a history of harming the US.
...and a mountain of abuses..
Can get a free pass.
It would defang US efforts to curb proliferation & bad behavior.
...with a history of harming the US.
...and a mountain of abuses..
Can get a free pass.
It would defang US efforts to curb proliferation & bad behavior.
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YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
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(in case you want to play around with any NYC elections data: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...)
NYC Election Analysis (from Michael Caley)
docs.google.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
(in case you want to play around with any NYC elections data: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...)
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Repeat after me: Do not fill in and sync your government ID data to your Google account
blog.google/products/chr...
blog.google/products/chr...
Chrome now helps you fill in passport, driver’s license, vehicle information and more.
Chrome already saves you time every day by securely filling in your addresses, passwords and payment information. Today, we’re making it even more helpful. For desktop u…
blog.google
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Repeat after me: Do not fill in and sync your government ID data to your Google account
blog.google/products/chr...
blog.google/products/chr...
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CISA's election day monitoring room was not stood up yesterday for the first time in years
According to Bloomberg, remaining CISA election security staff, who have not been fired, have been "prohibited" from contacting state election officials.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
According to Bloomberg, remaining CISA election security staff, who have not been fired, have been "prohibited" from contacting state election officials.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Elections Face Security Test as DHS Cuts Local Cyber Support
As voters across the US from New York City to New Jersey and Virginia prepare to cast ballots Tuesday, election officials are operating with sharply reduced support from a federal government agency th...
www.bloomberg.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
CISA's election day monitoring room was not stood up yesterday for the first time in years
According to Bloomberg, remaining CISA election security staff, who have not been fired, have been "prohibited" from contacting state election officials.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
According to Bloomberg, remaining CISA election security staff, who have not been fired, have been "prohibited" from contacting state election officials.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Halloween is the best holiday because it's all about people giving neighbors and strangers treats for free and telling kids how awesome they are.
November 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Halloween is the best holiday because it's all about people giving neighbors and strangers treats for free and telling kids how awesome they are.
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Sora should be nuked from orbit.
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Sora should be nuked from orbit.
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New from me: As Flock Safety cameras proliferate across the US, creating a real-time national database on Americans' movements for police, people in cities like Austin, Denver and Sedona are pushing back.
Police cameras track billions of license plates per month. Communities are pushing back.
More than 5,000 law enforcement departments across the U.S. use interconnected Flock Safety cameras to track residents’ movements.
www.nbcnews.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
New from me: As Flock Safety cameras proliferate across the US, creating a real-time national database on Americans' movements for police, people in cities like Austin, Denver and Sedona are pushing back.
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Cybersecurity awareness month is now over. If you are still aware of cybersecurit, you are living in the past.
November 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Cybersecurity awareness month is now over. If you are still aware of cybersecurit, you are living in the past.
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So this story is super duper interesting for a whole ton of reasons, but one big one is its a very rare glimpse into the private valuation of high-end exploits held by major defense contractors
bsky.app/profile/lega...
bsky.app/profile/lega...
Peter Williams, A former executive with US defense contractor L3Harris has pleaded guilty to selling digital spy tools to a Russian broker, the Justice Department announced. Williams pleaded to two counts of theft of trade secrets reut.rs/49o7Q0I
October 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
So this story is super duper interesting for a whole ton of reasons, but one big one is its a very rare glimpse into the private valuation of high-end exploits held by major defense contractors
bsky.app/profile/lega...
bsky.app/profile/lega...
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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CNN is reporting that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social referred to a voter he was meeting as “my man” at a campaign event today, even though the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution has made it illegal to own human beings since 1865 and remains the law in states including New York
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
CNN is reporting that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social referred to a voter he was meeting as “my man” at a campaign event today, even though the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution has made it illegal to own human beings since 1865 and remains the law in states including New York
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Just in: Zohran Mamdani caught calling someone "bro", but our investigation has unearthed the truth. This person was not, in fact, his biological brother. Why did he lie? Tune in tonight at 10 for this and more breaking news.
October 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just in: Zohran Mamdani caught calling someone "bro", but our investigation has unearthed the truth. This person was not, in fact, his biological brother. Why did he lie? Tune in tonight at 10 for this and more breaking news.
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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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In a niche, how do you define “your competition,” when there are 100 products out there?
It’s who your potential customers are comparing you against.
Whoever that is, are your competition, whether you like it or not.
It’s who your potential customers are comparing you against.
Whoever that is, are your competition, whether you like it or not.
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In a niche, how do you define “your competition,” when there are 100 products out there?
It’s who your potential customers are comparing you against.
Whoever that is, are your competition, whether you like it or not.
It’s who your potential customers are comparing you against.
Whoever that is, are your competition, whether you like it or not.
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A new report finds corporations like Kroger and McDonald's are using digital loyalty programs to track your data and potentially charge you more.
It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A new report finds corporations like Kroger and McDonald's are using digital loyalty programs to track your data and potentially charge you more.
It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
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once you understand that we never outgrew wanting to watch gladiatorial battles and throw tomatoes at people in the stocks and eat junk food at public hangings the internet makes a lot more sense
October 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
once you understand that we never outgrew wanting to watch gladiatorial battles and throw tomatoes at people in the stocks and eat junk food at public hangings the internet makes a lot more sense