New: Fox News had on Dom Lucre, a conspiracy theorist who has pushed QAnon-related conspiracy theories like Frazzledrip, adrenochrome, & claiming there was a trafficking network on Wayfair. He was labeled as a "journalist" by Fox during the appearance. mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-n…

Trump picks Fox News host and veteran as Defense secretary, capping frenetic day - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Trump is expected to soon announce Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as DNI, per people close to him.

This is all going to get a lot less funny to some of you guys, and the liberal tears are going to be a lot less satisfying to slurp, when completely incompetent and in some cases profoundly immoral people are running multibillion dollar government agencies.

CISA does not, in fact, censor anything on social media. It barely speaks to the companies.

SCOOP: T-Mobile was also hacked in wide-ranging Chinese infiltration of U.S. and international telecommunications firms. Officials are still struggling to understand full scope of damaging espionage operation. wsj.com/politics/natio…

Two aid trucks entered the starvation zone in northern Gaza for the first time in a month and a half, reaching a school-turned-shelter. Israeli soldiers prevented Gazans from reaching the food then set the shelter on fire, burning the aid down with it. haaretz.com/middle-east-ne…

EXCLUSIVE : Defense pick Hegseth paid accuser but denies sexual assault, attorney says. W/ ⁦Jonathan O'Connell⁩ ⁦Josh Dawsey⁩ wapo.st/4eumAu1

🚨🚨🚨Washington Post exclusive: "As Gaza’s hunger crisis worsens, organized gangs are stealing much of the aid Israel allows into the enclave, operating freely in areas controlled by the Israeli military" washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/…

Harris (now 74.3M votes) just surpassed Trump ‘20 (74.2M) to become the third-highest U.S. presidential vote-getter of all time. Biden ‘20 (81.3M) still easily the most votes ever, w/ Trump ‘24 (currently 76.8M) easily second-highest.

This is everything wrong with this platform and our current era. An "influencer" tweets a completely bogus claim. (There is no way in hell that Biden is giving Ukraine nukes). A US Member of Congress retweets it. Then, a Putin-controlled "media outlet" retweets that. Insane.

Cellebrite Google Seth Jenkins Benoît Jann Horn - [email protected] 4/ Here's the thing. The tech made by Cellebrite is widely used by law enforcement for uses many would say are legitimate. But that doesn't give the company a free pass when its gear is used for repression... or to plant spyware. By Joseph Menn washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

New from me: Inside Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as Trump prepares to take power. Employees are worried that he'll end key projects, drive away star talent, and generally weaken the agency's role in protecting the government and the nation from hackers. My WIRED story: wired.com/story/cisa-cut…

A US judge finds NSO Group liable for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp to spy on 1,400 users and that WhatsApp is entitled to sanctions against NSO (Joseph Menn / Washington Post) washingtonpost.com/technology/202… techmeme.com/241220/p29#a24… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

The problem that I have with the "impost costs" philosophy of cyber defense is that I don't think that our defenses of civilian-run infra are sufficient to withstand any sequence of escalations. Our offense is great, it's the defenses across our society that we need to shore up.

Everybody here cool with this?

"We have ceded so many of the core operations of our lives and institutions to tech, we must recognise that strong encryption isn’t the enemy of security — it *is* security." - Signal President Meredith Whittaker in Financial Times on the war on encryption. ft.com/content/a93415…

If you’re heading to #RSAC this year—now’s your chance to snag a free copy of Joseph Menn's CULT OF THE DEAD COW. He’ll be giving a talk about the book at ReversingLabs’ booth 4428 on 4/30 at 2pm, & attendees will receive their free copy (before they run out).