@nzyme cool, looking forward to what is next to come! 😎👍

A cyber-attack on a German municipality IT serivce provider now affects more than 100 cities, municipalities and districts

https://kommunaler-notbetrieb.de/2023/10/30/externer-angriff-auf-it-dienstleister-mehrerer-kommunen-in-suedwestfalen/ #cybersecurity #cybercrime #Germany #Deutschland #infosec

British Electoral Commission was breached, from Aug 21 - Oct 22.

Voter data has been accessed, except for anonymous registrants.

This underlines the importance of anonymity and data privacy!

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/privacy-policy/public-notification-cyber-attack-electoral-commission-systems

China hacked Japan, gained persistent access and operated deep inside military infrastructure.

Heads of
@NSAGov
&
@US_CYBERCOM
informed JP defense minister.

Budget got increased 10x and the team is fourfold to 4,000 people.

But throwing money at a problem wont solve it.

This again boils down to a socio-technical problem. Social and cultural effects in organisations are much more significant then money & tech.
Remember...https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46222026

https://washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/07/china-japan-hack-pentagon/

The data can also be used to assess the recent fire in #Valais #Wallis community of #Bitsch, #Switzerland.

compared to Italy, Greece and Algeria, one can see that this fire is mostly fueled by timber (the darker brown patches on the right picture).

#Rhodes #OSINT #VOST #Ryanair #Algeria #FIRMS #Rhodesfire #Greece #Satellites #NASA

This is the current information provided in regards to #Rhodes.
They provide products on a daily basis, including maps and detailed information on consequences (e.g. burnt infrastructure).

Truly a great service & source for #OSINT and #VOST
https://rapidmapping.emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR675/download

#Rhodes #Ryanair #Algeria #FIRMS #Rhodesfire #Greece #OSINT #Satellites #VOST #NASA

Copernicus EMS
also offers also a rapid mapping service, providing detailed information on various events.
Link: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/mapping/list-of-activations-rapid

#Rhodes #Ryanair #Algeria #FIRMS #Rhodesfire #Greece #OSINT #Satellites #VOST #NASA

In #Rhodes estimated burned area is 18155ha.
Looking at the fire fuel data it becomes clear how much the situation could worsen.

While people fleeing for their lives, fighting for their homes, #Ryanair continues to fly people to Rhodes for just 26GBP.

#Algeria #FIRMS #Rhodesfire #Greece #OSINT #Satellites #VOST #NASA

Fires in #Algeria are fought by thousands of fire fighters, dozens of casualties and people are forced to flee and abandon their homes.
AlJazeerah
https://ogy.de/aoo0
#FIRMS #Rhodesfire #OSINT #Satellites #VOST #NASA

Fires affecting Palermo airport. We can combine the MODIS & VIIRS data, based on NASA
#FIRMS, with fuels (aka vegetation) to see how brush and short grass sustains the fire.
@politico
https://politico.eu/article/palermo-airport-shuts-down-due-to-fire/

#Rhodesfire #OSINT #Satellites #VOST #NASA #FIRMS

#Rhodesfire receive a lot of media attention. Yet they are not the only devastating fires right now.

Italy and Algeria are burning too. Once can observer them via satellites of the
Copernicus EMS
(Emergency Management System).
https://ogy.de/u8gg #OSINT #Satellites #VOST

So the digital radio service TErrestrial Trunked RAdio (TETRA) is apparently backdoored.

One flaw appears to only be applicable for the "weak" encryption standard TEA1.

The second one is a fundamental flaw in the design of the protocol: "The issue lies in the standard itself and how TETRA handles time syncing and keystream generation." (https://www.wired.com/story/tetra-radio-encryption-backdoor/)

So TETRA is around for decades. How many nation state, and other capable actors, have made this discovery?

TETRA is used in a variety of critical use cases, from military to police and emergency responders.

Germany even claims to operate the largest one of its kind globally (https://www.bdbos.bund.de/DE/Digitalfunk_BOS/digitalfunk_bos_node.html)

#Military #intelligence #emergency #emergencyresponse #digitalradio #tetra

@actionsdotwork thx for all the input and feedback - I appreciate that.

I think right now scripting is out of my personal scope (e.g. I dont have time avail 🥲)

But I am looking forward to adapt my workflow with your shortcuts! 👍

@actionsdotwork you are welcome! Great job.

PS: There is this awesome "quick entry with autofill" option in Things https://culturedcode.com/things/support/articles/2249437/?platform=quick%20entry%20with%20autofill#ggsxa
Do you think something like this would be possible?

Like when I have an open browser tab and want to store the website, tweet, toot, whatever, one can simply start an action and the website URL and maybe some preview will be send to Obsidian?

Pretty cool stuff! Mac and iOS automation for @obsidian from @actionsdotwork!

Thanks for the amazing work! 👏 The "pricing" is great too. It is a pay what you want model without any annoying pop ups or "dark patterns".
Just purchased a license for 25 USD to support them!

U.S. State Dept. released "Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy", which contains best practices for the use of AI in the military.

"Military use of AI can and should be ethical, responsible, and enhance international security. Use of AI in armed conflict must be in accord with applicable international humanitarian law, including its fundamental principles. Military use of AI capabilities needs to be accountable, including through such use during military operations within a responsible human chain of command and control."

https://www.state.gov/political-declaration-on-responsible-military-use-of-artificial-intelligence-and-autonomy/

#Military #AI #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #ML #InfoSec

"Das Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) hätte die Handydaten einer afghanischen Geflüchteten weder auslesen noch auswerten dürfen. Das sagt das @bverwg_presse in seiner (gestrigen) Entscheidung. Damit steht die langjährige Praxis der Asylbehörde in Frage." via @netzpolitik_feed. https://netzpolitik.org/2023/bamf-durchsuchung-von-handy-war-rechtswidrig/

Today Russian 🇷🇺 groups Killnet and Infinity launched multiple DDoS attacks against various German 🇩🇪 airports and the intelligence service BND.

#NUE #DUS #ERF #FKB #DTM #HAJ #BND #Intelligence #Germany #Russia #Ukraine #Aviation #Airport #CyberSecurity #DDoS #InfoSec

How it started: #Lufthansa grounded due to an excavator damaging fiber optic cables.

How it is going: #Russian #KillNet claims it was them - revenge for transporting #Leopard tanks to #Ukraine 😂

Reporting by
@Reuters
https://ogy.de/zv8w #SlavaUkraini

🇷🇺 group KillNet claims responsibility for DDoSing NATO servers, namely Force Integration Unit (NFIU) in Tallinn, Naval Command (MARCOM) and Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre (NMIOTC).
Currently requesting cryptos to buy more DDoS capacity.

The three hosts appear to still be down.

Interesting to compare those internet facing hosts with the ACARS message, which suggest issues on the internal network.

A DDoS for webservers shouldnt have any critical impact on operations.

#NATO #NFIU #NMIOTC #DDos #MARCOM #Military #Defense #Killnet #Russia #Ukraine #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #CyberWarfare