Tootfinder

Each week Metacurity offers our free and paid subscribers a run-down of the best infosec-related long reads.
This week's selection covers
--Scattered Spider's Urban speaks,
--EU nations subsidize spyware makers,
--AI chatbots fool senior citizens with phishing,
--Scam compounds endanger job seekers and tourists,
--Meat and dairy companies spy on activists,
--Texas wants in on Chihuahua's massive surveillance,
--Cyber outsourcing thr…

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 9/13/25
Scattered Spider's Urban speaks, EU nations subsidize spyware makers, AI chatbots fool senior citizens with phishing, Scam compounds endanger job seekers and tourists, Meat and dairy companies spy on activists, Texas wants in on Chihuahua's massive surveillance, Cyber outsourcing threatens the UK

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
De La Soul feat. Otis Redding:
🎵 Eye Know
#NowPlaying #DeLaSoul #OtisRedding
https://delasoul.bandcamp.com/track/eye-know
https://open.spotify.com/track/4xQMFoD33vx6stB1UzfA6s

Studying the gaseous outskirts of galaxy groups with coherent Ly alpha absorption patterns
P. Richter, J. C. Charlton, A. J. Fox, Sameer, B. P. Wakker
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13435

Studying the gaseous outskirts of galaxy groups with coherent Ly alpha absorption patterns
In this study, we explore the properties of diffuse intergalactic gas residing in the outskirts of the four nearby, low-mass galaxy groups NGC1052, NGC5866, NGC4631, and NGC3992 (all at cz<2000 km/s) beyond their group virial radii. Using archival ultraviolet absorption spectra of bright AGN observed with HST/COS, we search for HI Ly a absorption near the groups' recession velocities along 35 sightlines that pass the outer group medium (OGrM) at normalized impact parameters rho/Rvir=1-3. We der…

An H1-B visa lasts 6 years. That means employers costs just increased by $17,000 a year per employee to hire non-U.S. persons.
I'm curious if this administration will go after outsourcing as well and try to tariff labor.
And if you say, "that's dumb", well yes this whole U.S. administration is dumb and hasn't stopped them from trying dumb things.

Deutsche Bahn outsourct ihre IT in die US-Cloud und erklärt, alles sei sicher – vertraglich, technisch, organisatorisch. Patriot Act? Cloud Act? Kein Problem, sagt die Bahn. Europäische Anbieter? Zu langsam, zu schwach. Souveränität? Wird wohl mit Performance aufgewogen.
Souveränität: Deutsche Bahn verteidigt die Nutzung der US-Cloud - #Golem

Souveränität: Deutsche Bahn verteidigt die Nutzung der US-Cloud - Golem.de
Es gebe keinen EU-Anbieter, dessen Cloud so leistungsstark und performant wie AWS oder Microsoft Azure sei.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Unclassified
Kevin Fowley:
🎵 Le Coq Est Mort
#KevinFowley
https://open.spotify.com/track/2FgpPMEoiuDeWqqk068kRf

Mass killings
Was looking through Wikipedia's list of mass killings in America (#guns #GunViolence #Shooting

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Moby:
🎵 A Dark Cloud Is Coming
#Moby
https://moby.bandcamp.com/track/a-dark-cloud-is-coming
https://open.spotify.com/track/0tuvk8NoYodhCarmW9aWj3

Strange lack of outcry from all the “down with cancel culture” people.

#seaWednesday #meermittwoch