the revised editions of the #cDc book are arriving!
@thegibson @JosephMenn

@Somarasu @thegibson thank you!

Publication day for Cult of the Dead Cow, revised edition! The first new paperback + audiobook versions have a new afterword taking the story of cDc and hacktivism to the present day, including the group’s new members and projects and the fight against techno-fascism. Let me know what you think!

The fiercely updated paperback and audiobook versions of Cult of the Dead Cow publish one week from today, six years after the originals. To help out the audio folks, here is the cast of characters that the print readers can flip back to. Clip and save! #hacking #hacktivism #cybersecurity

Hi all, wanted to let people here know about the imminent release of the revised version of my book on the Cult of the Dead Cow. This first-ever update chronicles the surge in #hacktivism by the group and others in the face of Big Tech’s alliance with the far right. The paperback and audio publish Dec 2!

Unfortunately, I have to say this again:

US election infrastructure isn't perfect and there's still work to do to make it more secure. But there is simply no credible evidence that the 2020 election outcome was altered through technical attacks, despite exhaustive scrutiny.

Shortly after the 2020 election, when these discredited claims were first raised, 58 of my colleagues and I issued this statement:

https://www.mattblaze.org/papers/election2020.pdf .

Nothing we've learned since then alters my assessment.

The Center for Internet Security will continue funding the MS-ISAC after DHS cut funding.
https://statescoop.com/ms-isac-funding-cuts-services-continue-2025/

Yikes. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/cyber-forensic-expert-in-2000-cases-faces-fbi-probe/

@wendynather @sawaba @zackwhittaker @lorenzofb @briankrebs @bittner @kimzetter Imagine how many reporters were in the Houthi PC Large Group.

"Graphite" software from Paragon, which has sold its high-end phone spyware to the U.S. government and holds itself out as more ethical than peers, has been found in the devices of Italian migrant rescuers close to the Pope, according to Citizen Lab and WhatsApp. Gift link: https://wapo.st/3Y2t8KK

Actually, the first autopen-type device was used by Thomas Jefferson in 1803, while the Sharpie wasn't invented until 1964. So there's a much better originalist argument for the autopen.

China’s Volt Typhoon Hackers Dwelled in US Electric Grid for 300 Days https://www.securityweek.com/chinas-volt-typhoon-hackers-dwelled-in-us-electric-grid-for-300-days/ #cybersecurity #infosec

Scoop from me at the Post: one of hackerdom’s biggest fallen heroes, Morgan Marquis-Boire, secretly co-founded a celebrated company recovering cryptocurrency. Gift: http://wapo.st/4kSoSaw

@evacide @mattblaze Sorry to hear this!

Europe is in talks with SES, Viasat, and others as it rushes to provide Ukraine with alternatives to Starlink, whose service became patchy near the frontline (Peggy Hollinger/Financial Times)

https://www.ft.com/content/80197b97-c9a0-4dd2-ba26-2a43116e9228
http://www.techmeme.com/250307/p13#a250307p13

Hats off to DataBreaches.net journalist @PogoWasRight for going public and publishing details about the legal demand they received from U.K. law firm Pinsent Masons, on behalf of the hacked health firm HCRG.

You can read more about the legal demand on DataBreaches.net.

https://databreaches.net/2025/03/05/hcrg-cares-lawyers-claimed-an-injunction-issued-in-a-private-hearing-required-us-to-remove-two-posts-we-didnt-comply/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/06/cia-nsa-doge-layoffs-firing/

Inside U.S. spy agencies, workers fear a cataclysmic Trump cull

@siguza Whoa are you saying Trump might actually be dangerous for the country? No way!

What if Trump is just a massive red team exercise

The stored energy in popsicle sticks triggered by a firecracker