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A London PR firm rewrites Wikipedia articles for governments and billionaires
Portland Communications helps rich clients
‘protect their reputation’
– with a shady, off-the-books editing service
The clients who benefitted from this “wikilaundering” are some of the world’s richest and most powerful people.
The firm's founder,
Tim Allan, is now the director of communications for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
And it has been busted once already for th…

London PR firm rewrites Wikipedia for governments and billionaires
Founded by Keir Starmer’s comms chief, Portland helps rich clients ‘protect their reputation’ – with a shady, off-the-books service

soc_net_comms: Networks with group metadata
Snapshots of LiveJournal, Friendster, Orkut, and YouTube online social networks, as well as DBLP and Amazon. Node metadata represents a post hoc definition of a 'community' that a node belongs to, derived from topical labels of the node or interest-based 'groups' that a node links to.
This network has 317080 nodes and 1049866 edges.
Tags: Online, Social, Collaboration, Informational, Relatedness, Unweighted, Metada…

Goodnight, sweet prince…

You won't want to miss today's insanely packed Metacurity for the latest news across the cybersecurity sectors, including
--Russian space vehicles are tapping comms from key European satellites, report,
--Incognito Market operator sentenced to 30 years,
--CISA silently tweaked CVEs used for ransomware attacks,
--Russian hackers reportedly disabled critical Ukraine military registration platforms,
--Hackers and trolls are targeting ICE spotting apps,

Russian space vehicles are tapping comms from key European satellites, report
Incognito Market operator sentenced to 30 years, CISA silently tweaked CVEs used for ransomware attacks, Russian hackers reportedly disabled critical Ukraine military registration platforms, Hackers and trolls are targeting ICE spotting apps, Coinbase confirms new insider breach, more

On IoT Communications Backhaul (2015) - How small Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices should talk to one another. #IoT #comms - https://www.

On IoT Communications Backhaul (2015)
How small Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices should talk to one another. #IoT #comms

soc_net_comms: Networks with group metadata
Snapshots of LiveJournal, Friendster, Orkut, and YouTube online social networks, as well as DBLP and Amazon. Node metadata represents a post hoc definition of a 'community' that a node belongs to, derived from topical labels of the node or interest-based 'groups' that a node links to.
This network has 317080 nodes and 1049866 edges.
Tags: Online, Social, Collaboration, Informational, Relatedness, Unweighted, Metada…

'minicom' is a TUI serial comms program - ideal for when you're dealing with real serial devices and you need to play with baud rates, and the like. It's not fancy, and frankly hasn't changed much in ages - but it comes in handy. In the last year I've used it with an Apple ][c, JavaStation, and Epson-HX20 - but even more modern stuff sometimes has that emergency rescue serial shell.

Minicom / minicom · GitLab
Minicom is a serial communication program

More work on clearing out a comms cabinet we’ve inherited at the new office. Look at these two bad boys…
https://business.bt.com/help/article/phone-line-and-services/isdn2e/getting-started-with-isdn2-2e/
So we could have roc…

Yesterday, after a mild query by some parents, my daughter’s primary school sent out a notice to say they were going to stop using their X account for comms.
It’s as simple as that. There are plenty of alternatives.
But even if there weren’t you can’t contribute to that.
And it can be as simple as
asking to prompt a change.

On IoT Communications Backhaul (2015) - How small Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices should talk to one another. #IoT #comms - https://

On IoT Communications Backhaul (2015)
How small Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices should talk to one another. #IoT #comms

Cybersecurity developments are coming fast and heavy right now, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the most crucial developments you should know, including
--Hot new social network Moltbook exposed 1 million credentials,
--Chinese state actors were likely behind Notepad hijacking,
--Bill to allow the Russian government to shut down comms networks moves forward,
--ICE uses app that accesses 1.2B facial images,
--Mountain View disables license plate ca…

Hot new social network Moltbook exposed 1+ million credentials
Chinese state actors were likely behind Notepad++ hijacking, Bill to allow the Russian government to shut down comms networks moves forward, ICE uses app that accesses 1.2B facial images, Mountain View disables license plate cameras in wake of violations, much more

On IoT Communications Backhaul (2015) - How small Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices should talk to one another. #IoT #comms - https://www.

On IoT Communications Backhaul (2015)
How small Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices should talk to one another. #IoT #comms

Check out today's Metacurity for the critical infosec developments you should know, including
--European authorities dismantle the Cryptomixer service,
--Indian government wants smartphone makers to preload state-owned security app,
--Indian government wants to bar comms apps from working on SIM-less devices,
--Korea launches probe into Coupang breach and threatens punitive damages,
--DPRK hackers target S. Koreans with fake tax invoices,
--Malware-laden…

European authorities dismantle the Cryptomixer service that laundered illicit Bitcoin
Indian government wants smartphone makers to preload state-owned security app, Indian government wants to bar comms apps from working on SIM-less devices, Korea launches probe into Coupang breach and threatens punitive damages, DPRK hackers target S. Koreans with fake tax invoices, much more

If every one of you buys a chicken, turkey, or quail then I will be able to afford a huge articulated satellite dish to use as a radio telescope
I am also happy to provide deep space object tracking and comms as possible to the community (except whackers)

Is #fineart immoral? I’ve heard the argument that the only moral way to make a living as an artist is to do pornography and character commissions (since it doesn’t help the rich or a corporation). Unfortunately, I’m not overly interested in making porn or exclusively doing comms.
I’ve considered graphic design, but that involves corporations.
Do I have to change my interests to rema…

soc_net_comms: Networks with group metadata
Snapshots of LiveJournal, Friendster, Orkut, and YouTube online social networks, as well as DBLP and Amazon. Node metadata represents a post hoc definition of a 'community' that a node belongs to, derived from topical labels of the node or interest-based 'groups' that a node links to.
This network has 334863 nodes and 925872 edges.
Tags: Online, Social, Collaboration, Informational, Relatedness, Unweighted, Metadat…

www.fsf.org host (and IP4 TCP port 80, but not IP6 80/443 comms) seems to up, but actual web service appears to be unresponsive. Maintenance or broken? Unsure.

You'll hear more from official comms channels next week, but an early present for everyone: Frequency on FAST Woodward is *finally* increasing!
Preview the improved schedules for FAST Woodward, FAST Gratiot, and Route 710 (Nine Mile) on SMART's website:
https://www.smartbus.org/About/News/jan…

IC cataloguing today; a drawer labelled 'RF type/comms' - although not all are; lots of IF amps, mod/demod, various IF, mixers, AGC etc; including 4558D, AD831AP,CA3012, CA3028A,CA3089E,CA3053?,HA1135, LM1035N, LM1496N, MC1349,MC1350P, MC1496P,NE602AN,SL530C,SL541C,SL612C, SL621C, SL623C, TAA350A, TBA120(???).
(If any UK people need one of those specifically to fix something, give me a shout).

Russian Hackers Disable Ukraine’s Reserve Service and Milchat Military Messenger
https://voennoedelo.com/en/posts/id12812-russian-hackers-cripple-ukraine-s-reserve-and-milchat

Russian Hackers Cripple Ukraine’s Reserve+ and Milchat
Russian hackers disable Ukraine’s Reserve+ and Milchat, halting digital military registration and tactical comms after earlier breaches of Sonata and Delta.

Yowzer, there is so much infosec news that you can't afford to skip today's Metacurity which highlights all the critical developments, including
--The FBI seized the notorious RAMP cybercrime forum,
--Google took down dozens of domains related to mysterious threat actor Ipidea,
--China executed 11 people linked to Myanmar scam centers,
--Moltbot AI assistant can leak sensitive information,
--ShinyHunters hit Bumble, Panera, Match and CrunchBase,
--P…

The FBI seized the notorious RAMP cybercrime forum
Google took down dozens of domains related to mysterious threat actor Ipidea, China executed 11 people linked to Myanmar scam centers, Moltbot AI assistant can leak sensitive information, ShinyHunters hit Bumble, Panera, Match and CrunchBase, Poland's grid attack disabled comms at 30 sites, more