Zensec has a good article on the Akira ransomware group's tactics taken directly from their DFIR experience on 16 incidents. A few key take-aways:
- Initial Access: Please, please please patch your Internet-facing VPN and firewall devices including your Sonicwall, Cisco ASA and Watchguard devices.
- Patch our Veeam software. They used vulnerable Veeam installs to perform privilege escalation
- Block access to Anydesk.com and remotedesktop.google.com if you don't use…
I had to drive alone for a while and decided to listen to my own music and, surprisingly, I found it good (in its own weird, specific way).
If you like EBM and that kinda stuff, maybe have a listen. Perhaps you'll agree with me
https://pgcd.bandcamp.com/album/infernal…
Efficient black hole seed formation in low metallicity and dense stellar clusters with implications for JWST sources
M. C. Vergara, A. Askar, F. Flammini Dotti, D. R. G. Schleicher, A. Escala, R. Spurzem, M. Giersz, J. Hurley, M. Arca Sedda, N. Neumayer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14260
PE firm Advent International agrees to acquire U-blox, a SIX Swiss Exchange-listed wireless and positioning chipmaker, for about $1.3B via public tender offer (Andrea Figueras/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/de…
“Great Badges!!”
For the #accordion crowd who refuses to be pro-fascist
https://accordionbruce.etsy.com/listing/1344908552
Ex-NFL GM proposes Bills-Cowboys trade package for blockbuster Micah Parsons deal https://www.si.com/nfl/bills/news/trade-rumors-ex-nfl-gm-proposes-bills-cowboys-package-for-blockbuster-micah-parsons-deal
La Belgique doit agir pour ne pas laisser brûler les droits des femmes: https://blog.rmendes.net/2025/09/13/la-belgique-doit-agir-pour.html
Eagles acquire John Metchie III from Texans, adding depth at WR: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6559051/2025/08/17/eagles-john-metchie-texans-trade/
Data-driven Methods of Extracting Text Structure and Information Transfer
Shinichi Honna, Taichi Murayama, Akira Matsui
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12999 https://