I mentioned a great podcast interview and summary on the World on the Brink from Kara Swisher with Dmitri Alperovitch and Chris Krebs in our latest newsletter from Rain Capital

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Dmitri Alperovitch Kara Swisher Chris Krebs American University Kogod School of Business Loved listening to this. Wished the risks to China regarding the Taiwan invasion was discussed. From the discussion seemed like a win win for China, but that’s certainly not the case, right? Any recommended readings?

David Thurston Kara Swisher Chris Krebs American University Kogod School of Business Yes. My book!
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Was completely predictable (and indeed predicted).

China was only playing ball in attempts to forestall more derisking and attract foreign investments back into the country. That was never going to happen and they are finally realizing it

A semi ended my chase early today. I'm okay. What really matters is the devastating damage these storms have done and are continuing to do. #newx #wxtwitter

As a former Trustworthy Computing team member during this time period, this by Steven Sinofsky hits home and I happen to share his view. What was a pan-MSFT function was distributed and subordinated (in this case to Azure).

'in the mid 2010s the trustworthy computing effort moved…

Really enjoyed taping this pod w/ Kara Swisher & Dmitri Alperovitch. We cover a ton of ground and could have gone on longer, I guess that's why people write books? (Order Dmitri's book #WorldOnTheBrink !). Thanks to American University and Kogod School of Business for hosting!

Loved doing this podcast with the indomitable Kara Swisher and always succinctly insightful and brilliant Chris Krebs.

We discussed #WorldOnTheBrink and China, cyber, TikTok and so much more in front of the live student audience at American University Kogod School of Business

Please check it out!

Exclusive: Sec Blinken said the US has seen evidence of Chinese attempts to “influence & arguably interfere” with upcoming US elections, despite an earlier commitment from leader Xi Jinping not to do so. He warned them against it - again - during his mtgs. cnn.com/2024/04/26/pol…

Tune into CNN this hr for a piece of my intv w/ Sec Blinken in Beijing. He said there’s evidence of China attempting “to influence & arguably interfere” in US elections.. & “it’s a concern” that China is seeking to mirror Russia’s playbook of influence campaigns in the US.

If you care more about the Election than about how the Falcons are gonna fuck this up, you’re everything that’s wrong with America

Falcons publicly said they weren’t interested in Lamar Jackson last offseason. (Just won his 2nd MVP)

This offseason signed Kirk Cousins to a $180M deal AND drafted Michael Penix Jr. with the #8 pick.

Either guy could potentially turn out to be great for them, but that is WILD.

The latest Kara Swisher podcast where she interviews two of my favorite people, Dmitri Alperovitch & Chris Krebs is really good! Definitely check it out and pre-order Dmitri Alperovitch book!

Absolutely wild story. A Baltimore County principal was seemingly caught on recorded audio making blatantly racist and anti-Semitic comments.

After investigation... the audio was fake. AI-generated, in a plot by the school's former athletic director. thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12…

I get the impression that VPN endpoints are kind of important.
Attackers are exploiting Cisco ASA devices in the wild.
Cisco has fixed CVE-2024-20353 and CVE-2024-20359, but they have yet to discover the initial entry point vulnerability. 😬
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CISA: Cisco and CrushFTP vulnerabilities need urgent patches therecord.media/cisco-asa-crus… The Record From Recorded Future News & jon greig

#CyberCivilDefense

Honor to be finalist for tonight’s inaugural Institute for Security and Technology awards. Trophy is dope. Stiff competition. securityandtechnology.org/blog/announcin…

Special edition with Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos just dropped!

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