@metacurity@infosec.exchange2026-03-24 15:01:19
Guys, there is a ton of important infosec news in today's Metacurity -- some of it stupid or crazy -- that you won't want to miss, including
--Leaked DarkSword iPhone spyware lowers bar for mass exploitation,
--FCC bans import of all new foreign-made routers,
--Foster City officially declares state of emergency following attack,
--German federal police visited Windchill and FlexPLM users in the wee hours to warn them of a severe flaw,
--Scioto County emp…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-03-26 11:45:57
The European Commission launches a DSA investigation into Snapchat for failing to protect children, including assessing its age verification measures (Eliza Gkritsi/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-probes-snapchat-for-fa…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-25 03:25:37
BREAKING: Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul lawyers
escalate their request for an immediate TRO
to temporarily halt Operation Metro Surge
following today's ICE killing of Alex Pretti
— noting three shootings by ICE in the past three weeks,
after 11 months of no
officer-involved shootings in Mpls.
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-03-24 19:51:47
The Netherlands gas storages are at a historically low filling level of 6%. The largest one Norg, used for "L-gas", the type which households use, is completely empty now: 0.00%. The other L-gas one at Grijpskerk is down to 1.81% and could be empty within days, too.
@danyork@mastodon.social2026-03-25 01:26:11
AVFTCN 040 – Returning From A Hiatus, and Plans for 2026
I'm back. After a self-imposed hiatus for most of 2025, I'm returning to something I've been deeply missing... writing and speaking. If you've been following me for any length of time, you know that not writing or speaking is, for me, a kind of pressure that builds and builds until I am ready to explode. 🤯 So what happened? The short version: my role at the…
@benb@osintua.eu2026-02-24 19:26:47
Complete blockade of Crimea and ruin of headquarters in Donbas! Why are Russian elites fleeing?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/24/complete-blockade-of-crimea-and.html
@servelan@newsie.social2026-03-24 23:26:16
'Shame!': Delta Air Lines Faces Boycott Threat After Flying 5-Year-old to Detention Center, Then Makes a Move That Will Make Congress Regret Government Shutdown
https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/03/24/delta-air-lines-faces-threat-of-boycott-after-flying-5-year-old-to-detention-center/
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-02-25 19:06:08
"What is the state of Trump? He is failing at fascism. For Trump to succeed in is fascist transition, he needs a bloody, popular, victorious war. And that is out of his reach. The State of the Union was full of fascist atmospherics. But it was also blowhard exhaustion."
https://snyder.substack.com/p/fascist-…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-26 02:39:46
Even before extremist Republican Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office on January 20,
progressives warned of his fascistic tendencies and plans,
often citing his platform, and highlighting what former Labor Secretary Robert Reich calls “Trump’s playbook of dictators.”
But too few people, even on the left side of the electorate, listened.
After all, those warnings have been sounded for months if not years.
“Trump is following, point for point, the playbook of …
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-25 17:11:03
The Department of Homeland Security has ordered immigration officers to gather identifying information about anyone filming them and to “send that information to Intel who will do a ‘work-up’ on them,” a federal law enforcement official directly involved tells me.
“Meaning, trying to identify them via social media, running their license plates if available, and running a criminal history check,” the official explained.
The directive is part of a sweeping, nationwide effort by U.S…
