Nostr notes by Patrick Howell O'Neill

Crypto and AI spent $250m in the midterms "in hopes of ...

2026-11-04T14:48:21Z

Crypto and AI spent $250m in the midterms "in hopes of picking the lawmakers who will decide how — or whether — their industries will be regulated ... nearly three-quarters of their money went to the competitive races, and there, they got clobbered." https://www.citationneeded.news/2026-election-results/

NEW: US Cyber Command is grappling with an unusually high number ...

2026-08-06T18:55:24Z

NEW: US Cyber Command is grappling with an unusually high number of personnel deaths by suicide this summer including members of one of the command’s elite units. The unit's workload has surged this year with staff working long hours under intense pressure, deepening longstanding internal worries about the well-being of Cyber Command's workforce. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-06/us-military-s-cyber-command-unit-grapples-with-cluster-of-deaths-by-suicide?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NjA0MjQzNCwiZXhwIjoxNzg2NjQ3MjM0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSjlGTTNUOTZPU0cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI0OEFDOEE5MkEwNTM0MkQ4OEIyRjkwQjhDMTgzMTdDMyJ9.m-IAuV3sebL_WR3AKvma_4KEcsUWnjiZf5cmAI_i3L8

If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or self-harm, a global list of helplines is available at blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/

Here's an always interesting topic: Research on reports ...

2025-05-28T13:29:54Z

Here's an always interesting topic: Research on reports published by Western cybersecurity companies on Western threat actors

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13523260.2025.2498711

High profile incidents means happy days for cyber insurers ...

2025-05-28T13:23:08Z

High profile incidents means happy days for cyber insurers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-28/cyberattack-surge-creates-opportunity-for-insurers-prompts-rethink-on-premiums?srnd=undefined

One of the best ideas Bsky had was starter packs, ie groups of ...

2025-05-27T14:24:42Z

One of the best ideas Bsky had was starter packs, ie groups of people to follow in order to instantly jump into a specific corner of the site (maybe cyber, nba, movies, etc). I want to get back into Mastodon, I feel like there's more good infosec conversation happening here, but I'm not sure who to follow that I'm not already following. Any recs?

I'm doing spring cleaning for cyber news in attempt to better ...

2025-04-30T14:26:48Z

I'm doing spring cleaning for cyber news in attempt to better cover all my bases. It's been a minute since I did this kind of thing. I'd love some recommendations on newsletters, social media accounts, podcasts, whatever you find really valuable right now

Here's something I'm interested in: Adversaries who gain ...

2024-10-30T15:51:54Z

Here's something I'm interested in: Adversaries who gain access and then patch a system to prevent any other threat actors from exploiting the same vulnerability. For example: (Image) https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/initial-access-brokers-exploit-f5-screenconnect

Any other examples of this behavior come to mind? Any other reporting to share?

I've got a cyber-related question. I'm interested in ...

2024-10-28T14:43:01Z

I've got a cyber-related question. I'm interested in adversaries who bypass location-based conditional access policies and, more to the point, reports that talk about this. Is there good reporting to read on adversaries who enumerate and then bypass these policies?

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2024-08-31T19:14:34Z

I have oral surgery coming up. It’ll cost somewhere between ...

2024-08-27T20:22:13Z

I have oral surgery coming up. It’ll cost somewhere between $20000 and $40000. My annual dental insurance maximum is $3000, the most expensive plan my employer offers, so in effect I don’t have insurance. If I get hit by a car, medical will cover more, so that’s always good to know.

Last thing: if you are the insurance expert at a doctor’s office, please don’t tell me my insurance covers 80% of a procedure if in fact coverage runs out around 10%. Makes you look like a scam artist.

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2024-08-27T14:37:20Z

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https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/08/new-0-day-attacks-linked-to-chinas-volt-typhoon/

Happy 0day in a b2b product you’ve never heard of but is ...

2024-08-27T14:35:25Z

Happy 0day in a b2b product you’ve never heard of but is ubiquitous in critical infrastructure day to those who celebrate

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2024-05-23T22:57:58Z