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Jerry Jones' mouth and business tactics will cost him in the long run https://insidethestar.com/jerry-jones-mouth-and-business-tactics-will-cost-him-in-the-long-run

Arbitrage Tactics in the Local Markets via Hierarchical Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning
Haoyang Zhang, Mina Montazeri, Philipp Heer, Koen Kok, Nikolaos G. Paterakis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16479

Arbitrage Tactics in the Local Markets via Hierarchical Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning
Strategic bidding tactics employed by prosumers in local markets, including the Local Electricity Market (LEM) and Local Flexibility Market (LFM), have attracted significant attention due to their potential to enhance economic benefits for market participants through optimized energy management and bidding. While existing research has explored strategic bidding in a single market with multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) algorithms, arbitrage opportunities across local markets remain unexp…

Fresh from intimidating ABC and CBS with meritless lawsuits,
Donald Trumpis suing Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal reporters who broke the story of a lewd birthday message for Jeffrey Epstein.
But, unlike with the frivolous allegations against the big broadcasters,
there’s clearly a fact of the matter here:
an authentic letter either exists or it does not;
-- and there is plenty to be revealed in the process of finding out.
Trump’s time-proven …

We're live in 60 minutes. And yes, we still have room for you.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gfriend_next-wednesday-tactics-s…

NEXT WEDNESDAY: Tactics, strategy, and grand strategy—Democracy, dictatorship, and what we do next. | Gil Friend • Sustainability OG • CxO Coach
NEXT WEDNESDAY: Tactics, strategy, and grand strategy—Democracy, dictatorship, and what we do next. Well, the big bad budget busting bill is now the law of the land, landing with a 900 page thud. The march to reverse 90 years of social progress, dismantle the inconvenient processes of democracy, assault liberty and due process, go full throttle into climate change, oh, and to hand the energy economy of the future to China, has taken another dangerous step. Which gives us a new urgency to th…

Trump Threatens, Then Sues Murdoch Over Epstein Story Using Tactics His Supporters Used To Call A 'Massive Attack on Free Speech' (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/18/trump-threatens-murdoch-over-epstein-story-using-tactics-his-supporters-used-to-call-a-massive-attack-on-free-speech/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250718/p138#a250718p138

West Ham look decidedly terrible on defense. Basic things, not even really Chelsea exploiting tactics.
#WHUCHE #fedifc

I will speak at Cloud Native Days Austria
topic: The archetypes of the attackers
A fun, interactive lecture on modern cyber threats, blending real-world cases with the speaker’s IT and acting experience to reveal attacker motives, tactics, and how we can defend against them.
https://talkweb.eu/openweb/4484/

As Putin is more aware than most, flattery and threats are his chief tactics against Trump, that and his trapping Trump in private into saying yes, to whatever he wants.
But they're also the tactics for Ukraine's and its Allies against the TACO President.
Trump wants out from under, an empty promise to share Ukraine's minerals won't cut it with Putin as he'll say they're his anyway.
A preemptive missile strike from Provideniyan Separatists on the t…

Potential NFL GM calls Jerry Jones, Cowboys front office 'dysfunctional' for Micah mess https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/08/21/ridiculous-dysfunctional-espn-says-of…

Skateboarding is not a crime!
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-tells-police-that-common-protest-activities-are-violent-tactics/

DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.

Music Production: How to Grow a Listener Base with Your Music 📡
https://www.levelsmusicproduction.com/blog/music-production-how-to-grow-a-listener-base-with-your-music?utm_sourc…

Music Production: How to Grow a Listener Base with Your Music
Want to grow a real listener base for your music? Learn how to cut through the noise, connect with fans, and build systems that turn attention into lasting community — with tips, tactics, and a comparison chart.

And just to be 100% clear, #LosAngeles is nailing it. Massive peaceful protests are great. That's absolutely unequivocally a good thing. So are burning cop cars. Diversity of tactics is critical.
Escalating radically at a protest with kids and grandmas is a shit thing to do. Don't do that unless it's absolutely necessary. Having kids and grandmas out protesting is important. Having them peacefully block vehicles with their bodies or occupy ICE facilitates *is* a strong thing. That is real. That's not virtue signaling, it does something... And sometimes that isn't enough. Sometimes things *need* to escalate to save people.
Diversity is good. Don't break the diversity of tactics *either way*. #LA seems to be doing a pretty good job right now or holding that balance. I hope to see more of that in every city.

Ask yourself: How many water bottles thrown at cops are worth keeping one innocent American* teen out of inhumane #ICE detention?
For anyone criticizing the #LA protests or suggesting they should stop for any reason, let's be clear about the stakes. Read this article (or my summary):
https://abcnews.go.com/US/massachusetts-teen-detained-ice-family-video-ice/story?id=122511685
This 18-year-old was snatched without a warrant, because he was in his dad's car and allegedly (possibly a lie or mistake) his dad drove recklessly. He's been in the US since he was 5, originally on a student visa that's since expired. He is an innocent American, by any reasonable definition of those two words*. Thankfully, he's since been released on bail, but he may yet be held indefinitely in ICE detention (in inhumane conditions that have been repeatedly documented) and/or separated from his family & friends and shipped off to Brazil where he last lived when he was 5 (ICE does not care whether he speaks Portuguese, has any family there, etc), all potentially without due process (though he seems to be getting that in this case). Even if this doesn't happen to Marcelo due to the media attention & protests, it is certainly happening to other innocent Americans throughout the country who aren't as lucky to have people standing up for them.
Here's Marcelo speaking about detention conditions and those he was detained with:
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZpZMUb9aEys?si=bpK-022CU7Acb5RY
Do you know how many kids like Marcelo were detained in LA yesterday? Probably zero, because of the protests, including their confrontational tactics. The most "violence" I've seen (from the protestors) is throwing a water bottle at a line of heavily-armored riot police. So the protests are working to protect the community. If you're suggesting a change in tactics, consider whether your suggested tactics (like pre-scheduled non-confrontational protests that have been happening for weeks) will protect the Marcelos of LA.
*Whether he's innocent or American should not in fact matter, but sadly it might to some reading this. If that's you, you've still got some growing up to do.

Beyond Self-Regulated Learning Processes: Unveiling Hidden Tactics in Generative AI-Assisted Writing
Kaixun Yang, Yizhou Fan, Luzhen Tang, Mladen Rakovi\'c, Xinyu Li, Dragan Ga\v{s}evi\'c, Guanliang Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10310

Beyond Self-Regulated Learning Processes: Unveiling Hidden Tactics in Generative AI-Assisted Writing
The integration of Generative AI (GenAI) into education is reshaping how students learn, making self-regulated learning (SRL) - the ability to plan, monitor, and adapt one's learning - more important than ever. To support learners in these new contexts, it is essential to understand how SRL unfolds during interaction with GenAI tools. Learning analytics offers powerful techniques for analyzing digital trace data to infer SRL behaviors. However, existing approaches often assume SRL processes are…

$50,000 Signing Bonus, No Age Caps: The Blitz to Hire ICE Officers (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/ice-recruitment-tactics-trump-d4bc32cf
http://www.memeorandum.com/250817/p29#a250817p29

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/15/uk-woefully-ill-protected-against-chinese-and-russian-undersea-cable-sabotage
UK ‘woefully’ ill-protected against Chinese and Russian undersea cable sabo…

Captain of a rifle section of Union re-enactors explains Civil War firing tactics at Gettysburg last weekend
#photo #photography #military

Consumer Autonomy or Illusion? Rethinking Consumer Agency in the Age of Algorithms
Pegah Nokhiz, Aravinda Kanchana Ruwanpathirana
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13440 https://

Consumer Autonomy or Illusion? Rethinking Consumer Agency in the Age of Algorithms
Consumer agency in the digital age is increasingly constrained by systemic barriers and algorithmic manipulation, raising concerns about the authenticity of consumption choices. Nowadays, financial decisions are shaped by external pressures like obligatory consumption, algorithmic persuasion, and unstable work schedules that erode financial autonomy. Obligatory consumption (like hidden fees) is intensified by digital ecosystems. Algorithmic tactics like personalized recommendations lead to impu…

PhishDebate: An LLM-Based Multi-Agent Framework for Phishing Website Detection
Wenhao Li, Selvakumar Manickam, Yung-wey Chong, Shankar Karuppayah
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15656 …

PhishDebate: An LLM-Based Multi-Agent Framework for Phishing Website Detection
Phishing websites continue to pose a significant cybersecurity threat, often leveraging deceptive structures, brand impersonation, and social engineering tactics to evade detection. While recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have enabled improved phishing detection through contextual understanding, most existing approaches rely on single-agent classification facing the risks of hallucination and lack interpretability or robustness. To address these limitations, we propose PhishDebate…

"If your tactics disrupt the order of things under capitalism, you may well be accused of violence, because 'violence' is an elastic term often deployed to vilify people who threaten the status quo."
https://organizingmythoughts.org/protes…

Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate
"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."

Sources detail how X has used threats of lawsuits and high pressure tactics to motivate companies such as Amazon and Verizon to resume advertising on the site (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-twitt…

Also, may I just say, fuck Sergey Brin.
(How’s that for offensive, Sergey? You fucking genocide apologist piece of shit.) https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/114827622817744764

This👇
https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3lroea2qqs222

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https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3lroea2qqs222

ChatbotManip: A Dataset to Facilitate Evaluation and Oversight of Manipulative Chatbot Behaviour
Jack Contro, Simrat Deol, Yulan He, Martim Brand\~ao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12090

ChatbotManip: A Dataset to Facilitate Evaluation and Oversight of Manipulative Chatbot Behaviour
This paper introduces ChatbotManip, a novel dataset for studying manipulation in Chatbots. It contains simulated generated conversations between a chatbot and a (simulated) user, where the chatbot is explicitly asked to showcase manipulation tactics, persuade the user towards some goal, or simply be helpful. We consider a diverse set of chatbot manipulation contexts, from consumer and personal advice to citizen advice and controversial proposition argumentation. Each conversation is annotated b…

Russia's new drone tactic — rolling out mass terror across all of Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/11/russias-new-drone-tactic-rolling.html

Joe Walsh: "Trump’s tactics are in fact communist. Many Republican elected officials do see this but turn the other way. Because the base of the party embraces these communist tactics. Again, so much of this can be attributed to the fact that the right had always had a thing for authoritarianism."

Sources detail how X has used threats of lawsuits and high pressure tactics to motivate companies such as Amazon and Verizon to resume advertising on the site (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-twitt…

the frow show is now departing, 3 hours of new music & diversionary tactics, from now 'til midnight on @…. https://wfmu.org/playlists/JJ/250708

DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are 'Violent Tactics' (Dell Cameron/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-tells-police-that-common-protest-activities-are-violent-tactics/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250710/p137#a250710p137

What a delightful pass for the assist. Fooled me, as I thought it was coming to the top of the box. Instead Bonmati chops it back downward towards goal and it's an open and unhurried opportunity.
Now Switzerland will have to take some risks. The tactics, at present, seem to be to bomb it downfield and let Pilgrim run.
#ESPSUI

Masked, Armed and Forceful: Finding Patterns in Los Angeles Immigration Raids
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/07/08/masked-armed-and-forceful-finding-patterns-in-los-angeles-immigration-raids/

Masked, Armed and Forceful: Finding Patterns in Los Angeles Immigration Raids - bellingcat
Bellingcat collected videos and images from recent immigration raids in Los Angeles, analysing trends and apparent tactics used by law enforcement.

Agent's Take: How Cowboys' Micah Parsons innocently fueled contract dispute with Jerry Jones

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/agents-

I wonder how long before people adopt delay tactics? For instance , just suppose that every time a box truck, like the one in the article below, enters a Home Depot someone runs up and slides a cable tie or bit of wire through the door latches to prevent the door from being opened from the inside? (The driver could still get out, and remove the cable tie or wire and open the door - but that would let people see the driver and would take maybe 30 to 90 seconds.)

Parsons blasts Cowboys on contract tactics, 'ownership's always gonna make it drag out' https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/07/17/cowboys-star-micah-parsons…

Hope, that folks in #losangeles take a good look at tactics and strategies used in #hongkong in 2019
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The Minnesota assassinations, the attempted arson at Governor Shapiro's home, and the violent arrest of Senator Padilla are all straight out of the Jim Crow terrorism playbook. Same goes with cops aiming for journalists covering the ICE protests.
None of these are new tactics, just a new iteration.
-- Max Kennerly

Refactoring $\neq$ Bug-Inducing: Improving Defect Prediction with Code Change Tactics Analysis
Feifei Niu, Junqian Shao, Christoph Mayr-Dorn, Liguo Huang, Wesley K. G. Assun\c{c}\~ao, Chuanyi Li, Jidong Ge, Alexander Egyed
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19714

Refactoring $\neq$ Bug-Inducing: Improving Defect Prediction with Code Change Tactics Analysis
Just-in-time defect prediction (JIT-DP) aims to predict the likelihood of code changes resulting in software defects at an early stage. Although code change metrics and semantic features have enhanced prediction accuracy, prior research has largely ignored code refactoring during both the evaluation and methodology phases, despite its prevalence. Refactoring and its propagation often tangle with bug-fixing and bug-inducing changes within the same commit and statement. Neglecting refactoring can…

Evaluating Large Language Models for Phishing Detection, Self-Consistency, Faithfulness, and Explainability
Shova Kuikel, Aritran Piplai, Palvi Aggarwal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13746

Evaluating Large Language Models for Phishing Detection, Self-Consistency, Faithfulness, and Explainability
Phishing attacks remain one of the most prevalent and persistent cybersecurity threat with attackers continuously evolving and intensifying tactics to evade the general detection system. Despite significant advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, faithfully reproducing the interpretable reasoning with classification and explainability that underpin phishing judgments remains challenging. Due to recent advancement in Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models (LLMs) sho…

"Hot air and hard truths: Study finds climate disinformation evolves beyond denial to target credibility"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Hot air and hard truths: Study finds climate disinformation evolves beyond denial to target credibility
The Information Policy and Integrity Exchange (IPIE) has released a landmark review on climate misinformation and disinformation, synthesizing a decade of research across 300 studies. The review reveals a troubling evolution in climate disinformation tactics.

Scoop: House Dems shrug off delay tactics to stall DOGE vote (Andrew Solender/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/17/npr-pbs-cuts-doge-democrats-johnson
http://www.memeorandum.com/250717/p132#a250717p132

Stephen Jones gaslights Cowboys fan base over confusing negotiation tactics https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/stephen-jones-gaslights-dallas-cowboys-fans-confusing-negotiation-tactics

Let’s train our digital mindfulness.
We’re kicking off our annual GÉANT Cybersecurity campaign with a fresh take on #cyberawareness.
AI-powered social engineering tactics are getting smarter—but so can we.
In this webinar, behavioural science expert Anna Collard (KnowBe4 Africa) explores how attention training, cognitive flexibility, and emotional regulation can help us s…

Bueno, pues ya tenemos nuevo podcast, con noticias, impresiones de juegos y Bananza como estrella principal. Estoy usando unos micros vacacionales pelín meh pero... es lo que hay. https://tr.ee/5GLR3X

"the state of New York has spent [$20 mil] so far for the legal defense of Cuomo and several officials who worked with him in three lawsuits brought by women who made sexual misconduct allegations against him. "
‘Eye-popping’ and ‘aggressive’: CNN reporter blown away by Cuomo’s legal tactics - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/andrew-cuomo-2673068359/

When Experimental Economics Meets Large Language Models: Tactics with Evidence
Shu Wang, Zijun Yao, Shuhuai Zhang, Jianuo Gai, Tracy Xiao Liu, Songfa Zhong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21371

When Experimental Economics Meets Large Language Models: Tactics with Evidence
Advancements in large language models (LLMs) have sparked a growing interest in measuring and understanding their behavior through experimental economics. However, there is still a lack of established guidelines for designing economic experiments for LLMs. By combining principles from experimental economics with insights from LLM research in artificial intelligence, we outline and discuss eight practical tactics for conducting experiments with LLMs. We further perform two sets of experiments to…

Researchers say tactics used to make AI more engaging, like making them more agreeable, can make chatbots reinforce harmful ideas, like encouraging drug use (Nitasha Tiku/Washington Post)

Your chatbot friend might be messing with your mind
OpenAI, Meta and others want people to spend more time with AI chatbots, but there is growing evidence that they can hook users or reinforce harmful ideas.

As a marketer by profession I feel this very deeply and struggle to find a way to communicate to fellow people on the left that the methods and tools for communicating messages and persuading masses of people SHOULD be used, as effectively as possible, to promote facts and values we align with.
I get that power is uncomfortable when so many parties visibly abuse it for malicious purposes.
But power in and of itself is a tools that needs to be wielded, and we should be cognizant about targeting it at changes that will improve our societies and help us and the planet.
Yes, don’t use power blindly. Don’t manipulate people. But using persuasive, effective tactics for mass communication to educate people on the truth and get them aboard initiatives that will help them??? Why is that evil?
It feels like the left sees power, influence, and thus marketing / PR / propaganda as too black-and-white. We need to be comfortable in navigating the grey. https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/114913847088444610

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07932 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csGT_…

Feint Behaviors and Strategies: Formalization, Implementation and Evaluation
Feint behaviors refer to a set of deceptive behaviors in a nuanced manner, which enable players to obtain temporal and spatial advantages over opponents in competitive games. Such behaviors are crucial tactics in most competitive multi-player games (e.g., boxing, fencing, basketball, motor racing, etc.). However, existing literature does not provide a comprehensive (and/or concrete) formalization for Feint behaviors, and their implications on game strategies. In this work, we introduce the firs…

The Perils of Chart Deception: How Misleading Visualizations Affect Vision-Language Models
Ridwan Mahbub, Mohammed Saidul Islam, Md Tahmid Rahman Laskar, Mizanur Rahman, Mir Tafseer Nayeem, Enamul Hoque
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09716

The Perils of Chart Deception: How Misleading Visualizations Affect Vision-Language Models
Information visualizations are powerful tools that help users quickly identify patterns, trends, and outliers, facilitating informed decision-making. However, when visualizations incorporate deceptive design elements-such as truncated or inverted axes, unjustified 3D effects, or violations of best practices-they can mislead viewers and distort understanding, spreading misinformation. While some deceptive tactics are obvious, others subtly manipulate perception while maintaining a facade of legi…

French intel chief warns of evolving Russian hybrid operations, ‘existential threat’ to Europe https://therecord.media/french-intelligence-chief-russia-threat

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02606 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csRO_…

Multi Layered Autonomy and AI Ecologies in Robotic Art Installations
Symbiosis of Agents is a large-scale installation by Baoyang Chen that embeds AI-driven robots in an immersive, mirror-lined arena, probing the tension between machine agency and artistic authorship. Drawing on early cybernetics, rule-based conceptual art, and seminal robotic works, it orchestrates fluid exchanges among robotic arms, quadruped machines, their environment, and the public. A three tier faith system pilots the ecology: micro-level adaptive tactics, meso-level narrative drives, and…

Evaluating Large Language Models for Phishing Detection, Self-Consistency, Faithfulness, and Explainability
Shova Kuikel, Aritran Piplai, Palvi Aggarwal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13746

Evaluating Large Language Models for Phishing Detection, Self-Consistency, Faithfulness, and Explainability
Phishing attacks remain one of the most prevalent and persistent cybersecurity threat with attackers continuously evolving and intensifying tactics to evade the general detection system. Despite significant advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, faithfully reproducing the interpretable reasoning with classification and explainability that underpin phishing judgments remains challenging. Due to recent advancement in Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models (LLMs) sho…

The policies May Mailman helped devise
— and is now leveraging as she leads the White House’s negotiations with colleges
— have sent shock waves through higher education,
dividing faculty and alarming some students who see an effort to silence dissent.
The aggressive tactics could have far-reaching implications for the future of academic freedom,
the admissions practices at the most competitive colleges
and the global reputations for some of the crown jew…

The Harvard-Trained Lawyer Behind Trump’s Fight Against Top Universities
May Mailman is credited as an animating force behind a strategy that has intimidated independent institutions and undercut years of medical and scientific research.

Designing for Disclosure in Data Visualizations
Krisha Mehta, Gordon Kindlmann, Alex Kale
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08383 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.08383…

Designing for Disclosure in Data Visualizations
Visualizing data often entails data transformations that can reveal and hide information, operations we dub disclosure tactics. Whether designers hide information intentionally or as an implicit consequence of other design choices, tools and frameworks for visualization offer little explicit guidance on disclosure. To systematically characterize how visualizations can limit access to an underlying dataset, we contribute a content analysis of 425 examples of visualization techniques sampled from…

"Wildlife activists who exposed horrific conditions at Scottish salmon farms were subjected to “Big Brother” surveillance by spies for hire working for an elite British army veteran."
https://www.theguardian.com/…

reading this anthology about #StopCopCity and one of the most interesting chapters talks about how the movement handled having a diversity of tactics. some people were writing op-eds, filing lawsuits, and pursuing a ballot measure. others were occupying the forest, burning bulldozers, and setting traps for the cops raiding them. the aboveground parts of the movement refused to condemn the under…

No Cop City, No Cop World

A great open-source community is about more than just code — it's about people, too. A strong company culture fosters engagement and growth. Join Jessie de Groot and Marion Nehring at this year's Berlin Buzzwords to explore how values such as kindness, collaboration and developer experience influence companies and communities. Gain practical insights into fostering inclusion, engagement, and long-term impact.
Learn more:

From Culture to Open Source: Build Value-driven Communities
A great open-source community isn’t just about code—it’s about people. For us – Weaviators – we believe a strong company culture of kindness and collaboration is essential for building an inclusive and engaged open-source ecosystem. Join us to learn what you can do to ensure your culture extends beyond your organization and how your values translate into external impact. Based on real-life examples and tactics,, we will explore: - The connection between company culture and open-source…

Machine Learning based Enterprise Financial Audit Framework and High Risk Identification
Tingyu Yuan, Xi Zhang, Xuanjing Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06266 https://

Machine Learning based Enterprise Financial Audit Framework and High Risk Identification
In the face of global economic uncertainty, financial auditing has become essential for regulatory compliance and risk mitigation. Traditional manual auditing methods are increasingly limited by large data volumes, complex business structures, and evolving fraud tactics. This study proposes an AI-driven framework for enterprise financial audits and high-risk identification, leveraging machine learning to improve efficiency and accuracy. Using a dataset from the Big Four accounting firms (EY, Pw…

Judge Blocks Trump Administration Tactics in L.A. Immigration Raids (Miriam Jordan/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/us/immigration-raids-judge-injunction.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250711/p117#a250711p117

Detecting, intercepting, and ejecting adversaries is getting harder as cybercriminals move faster and smarter.
Check out my latest CSO piece on how CISOs need to rethink their digital playbooks in light of these trends.
Thanks to Matt Immler of Okta, Tom Etheridge of CrowdStrike and Pierre Cadieux of Cisco Talos for their insight.

CISOs must rethink defense playbooks as cybercriminals move faster, smarter
Facing faster, stealthier intruders, CISOs are under pressure to modernize their cybersecurity strategies, toolsets, and tactics. From detection to post-mortem, here are key points of renewed emphasis.

»How to survive Tear Gas without getting arrested. Tactics for civilians, not martyrs.« #LA #Protests #USA https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/s/a77BvO6UGD

Where we're at.
#fuckice

Stephen Miller: 'the regime must use communist tactics — enforcing correct words and correct thinking and correct values — in order to fight, wait for it, “communist ideology.”'

Multi Layered Autonomy and AI Ecologies in Robotic Art Installations
Baoyang Chen, Xian Xu, Huamin Qu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02606 https://

Multi Layered Autonomy and AI Ecologies in Robotic Art Installations
Symbiosis of Agents is a large-scale installation by Baoyang Chen that embeds AI-driven robots in an immersive, mirror-lined arena, probing the tension between machine agency and artistic authorship. Drawing on early cybernetics, rule-based conceptual art, and seminal robotic works, it orchestrates fluid exchanges among robotic arms, quadruped machines, their environment, and the public. A three tier faith system pilots the ecology: micro-level adaptive tactics, meso-level narrative drives, and…

A new normal in America’s immigration courts:
Courthouse arrests have resulted many more detentions of undocumented immigrants without criminal records.
The arrests have turned courthouses into places to witness Trump’s immigration crackdown unfold in real time
-- every day.

Anatomy of an ICE Arrest
Migrants show up for hearings or scheduled check-ins. In growing numbers, they end up in handcuffs as President Trump’s immigration crackdown shifts tactics.

MultiPhishGuard: An LLM-based Multi-Agent System for Phishing Email Detection
Yinuo Xue, Eric Spero, Yun Sing Koh, Giovanni Russello
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23803

MultiPhishGuard: An LLM-based Multi-Agent System for Phishing Email Detection
Phishing email detection faces critical challenges from evolving adversarial tactics and heterogeneous attack patterns. Traditional detection methods, such as rule-based filters and denylists, often struggle to keep pace with these evolving tactics, leading to false negatives and compromised security. While machine learning approaches have improved detection accuracy, they still face challenges adapting to novel phishing strategies. We present MultiPhishGuard, a dynamic LLM-based multi-agent de…

Russia Goes After Ukraine With Distant Strikes and New Tactics (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/world/europe/russia-ukraine-frontline.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250809/p45#a250809p45

"Fraudsters are flooding Discord and other social media platforms with ads for hundreds of polished online gaming and wagering websites that lure people with free credits and eventually abscond with any cryptocurrency funds deposited by players. Here’s a closer look at the social engineering tactics and remarkable traits of this sprawling network of more than 1,200 scam sites."
Scammers Unleash Flood of Slick Online Gaming Sites

Hypervisor-based Double Extortion Ransomware Detection Method Using Kitsune Network Features
Manabu Hirano, Ryotaro Kobayashi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08655 https://

Hypervisor-based Double Extortion Ransomware Detection Method Using Kitsune Network Features
Double extortion ransomware attacks have become mainstream since many organizations adopt more robust and resilient data backup strategies against conventional crypto-ransomware. This paper presents detailed attack stages, tactics, procedures, and tools used in the double extortion ransomware attacks. We then present a novel detection method using low-level storage and memory behavioral features and network traffic features obtained from a thin hypervisor to establish a defense-in-depth strateg…

Your ATs to Ts: MITRE ATT&CK Attack Technique to P-SSCRM Task Mapping
Sivana Hamer, Jacob Bowen, Md Nazmul Haque, Chris Madden, Laurie Williams
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18037

Your ATs to Ts: MITRE ATT&CK Attack Technique to P-SSCRM Task Mapping
The MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques and Common Knowledge (MITRE ATT&CK) Attack Technique to Proactive Software Supply Chain Risk Management Framework (P-SSCRM) Task mapping described in this document helps software organizations to determine how different tasks mitigate the attack techniques of software supply chain attacks. The mapping was created through four independent strategies to find agreed-upon mappings. Because each P-SSCRM task is mapped to one or more tasks from the 10 framewo…

'Embarrassment:' Trump admin asks judge to hide it's tactics for mass layoffs - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-doge-layoffs-judge/

Pro-Ukraine hacker group Black Owl poses ‘major threat’ to Russia, Kaspersky says https://therecord.media/pro-ukraine-hacker-group-black-owl-major-threat-russia

Immigration officers were caught on video -- celebrating proudly -- after using chokeholds and a stun gun to arrest two undocumented immigrants in Florida.
The owner of the video,
an 18-year-old American citizen,
was threatened and charged
after he refused to delete the footage revealing the harsh tactics used by immigration authorities
to meet the Trump administration's mass deportation goals.
Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio was on his way to work on the mor…

This U.S. citizen recorded an immigration arrest. Officers told him to delete it or face charges.
The peaceful traffic stop in Florida turned violent after immigration officers arrived and used chokeholds and a stun gun to make arrests.

From IOCs to Group Profiles: On the Specificity of Threat Group Behaviors in CTI Knowledge Bases
Aakanksha Saha, Martina Lindorfer, Juan Caballero
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10645

From IOCs to Group Profiles: On the Specificity of Threat Group Behaviors in CTI Knowledge Bases
Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) such as IP addresses, file hashes, and domain names are commonly used for threat detection and attribution. However, IOCs tend to be short-lived as they are easy to change. As a result, the cybersecurity community is shifting focus towards more persistent behavioral profiles, such as the Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) and the software used by a threat group. However, the distinctiveness and completeness of such behavioral profiles remain largely unexp…

Palestine Action / UK censorship
Good article from @….
"While the groups actions may constitute criminal damage, their actions do not represent an attempt to induce fear in the population by creating an imminent threat to life. ...
"Proscribing Palestine Action as terrorists is not about public safety – it is about suppressing protest that we may disagree or agree with, but that stands well short of being an attempt to strike fear into the British public through the use of indiscriminate violence against people. In equating support of damage to military property with support of terrorism, it endangers legitimate debate about the UK-Israel arms trade. ...
"As there is no public evidence of any link to terrorism or support of terrorist groups from Palestine Action, Open Rights Group supports their decision to appeal proscription. While we may have differing opinions on their tactics, we stand against this attack on their right to exist and speak out."
#PalestineAction #UK #censorship #UKPol

By Refusing to Show Faces or Badges, ICE Opens Door to Vigilante Impersonators
The agency’s tactics have led to a rash of crimes committed by people impersonating federal agents
Witnesses have recorded numerous instances of masked ICE agents conducting raids and violently arresting people.
In New York City, a masked federal agent handcuffed city comptroller and then-Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander
after he linked arms with a man who ICE was attempting to det…

By Refusing to Show Faces or Badges, ICE Opens Door to Vigilante Impersonators
The masked, plainclothes ICE agents terrorizing immigrant communities are indistinguishable from racist vigilantes.

AURA: A Multi-Agent Intelligence Framework for Knowledge-Enhanced Cyber Threat Attribution
Nanda Rani, Sandeep Kumar Shukla
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10175

AURA: A Multi-Agent Intelligence Framework for Knowledge-Enhanced Cyber Threat Attribution
Effective attribution of Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) increasingly hinges on the ability to correlate behavioral patterns and reason over complex, varied threat intelligence artifacts. We present AURA (Attribution Using Retrieval-Augmented Agents), a multi-agent, knowledge-enhanced framework for automated and interpretable APT attribution. AURA ingests diverse threat data including Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), Indicators of Compromise (IoCs), malware details, adversarial to…

Measuring Modern Phishing Tactics: A Quantitative Study of Body Obfuscation Prevalence, Co-occurrence, and Filter Impact
Antony Dalmiere (LAAS), Zheng Zhou (LAAS), Guillaume Auriol (LAAS-TRUST, INSA Toulouse), Vincent Nicomette (LAAS-TSF, LAAS-TRUST), Pascal Marchand (LERASS, IUT Paul Sabatier)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20228…

Measuring Modern Phishing Tactics: A Quantitative Study of Body Obfuscation Prevalence, Co-occurrence, and Filter Impact
Phishing attacks frequently use email body obfuscation to bypass detection filters, but quantitative insights into how techniques are combined and their impact on filter scores remain limited. This paper addresses this gap by empirically investigating the prevalence, co-occurrence patterns, and spam score associations of body obfuscation techniques. Analysing 386 verified phishing emails, we quantified ten techniques, identified significant pairwise co-occurrences revealing strategic layering l…

Video footage captured by Laynez-Ambrosio, an 18-year-old US citizen, show a group of officers in tactical gear working together to violently detain the three men, two of whom are undocumented.
They appear to use a stun gun on one man,
put another in a chokehold
and can be heard telling Laynez-Ambrosio:
“You’ve got no rights here. You’re a migo, brother.”
Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests,
calling the stun gun use “f…

Automated Attack Testflow Extraction from Cyber Threat Report using BERT for Contextual Analysis
Faissal Ahmadou, Sepehr Ghaffarzadegan, Boubakr Nour, Makan Pourzandi, Mourad Debbabi, Chadi Assi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07244

Automated Attack Testflow Extraction from Cyber Threat Report using BERT for Contextual Analysis
In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, the rapid identification and mitigation of Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) is crucial. Security practitioners rely on detailed threat reports to understand the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) employed by attackers. However, manually extracting attack testflows from these reports requires elusive knowledge and is time-consuming and prone to errors. This paper proposes FLOWGUARDIAN, a novel solution leveraging language models (i.e., B…

The lesson of Hungary is this:
We cannot claim to care about democracy only when it costs nothing.
Trump, like Orban, no doubt believes that everyone can be bought.
America’s elites are proving him right.
There is a Hungarian phrase I heard often: “Van az a penz” — “There’s always a price.”
If we’re serious about defending democracy, it’s not enough to hold our government accountable in court.
Lawsuits against the Trump administration are fine,
b…

Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
The real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence.

FIST: A Structured Threat Modeling Framework for Fraud Incidents
Yu-Chen Dai, Lu-An Chen, Sy-Jye Her, Yu-Xian Jiang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05740 https:…

FIST: A Structured Threat Modeling Framework for Fraud Incidents
Fraudulent activities are rapidly evolving, employing increasingly diverse and sophisticated methods that pose serious threats to individuals, organizations, and society. This paper proposes the FIST Framework (Fraud Incident Structured Threat Framework), an innovative structured threat modeling methodology specifically designed for fraud scenarios. Inspired by MITRE ATT\&CK and DISARM, FIST systematically incorporates social engineering tactics, stage-based behavioral decomposition, and detail…

A Multi-Resolution Dynamic Game Framework for Cross-Echelon Decision-Making in Cyber Warfare
Ya-Ting Yang, Quanyan Zhu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.03021 htt…

A Multi-Resolution Dynamic Game Framework for Cross-Echelon Decision-Making in Cyber Warfare
Cyber warfare has become a critical dimension of modern conflict, driven by society's increasing dependence on interconnected digital and physical infrastructure. Effective cyber defense often requires decision-making at different echelons, where the tactical layer focuses on detailed actions such as techniques, tactics, and procedures, while the strategic layer addresses long-term objectives and coordinated planning. Modeling these interactions at different echelons remains challenging due to …