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Matt Simpson on 2026-10-09 10:11 pm

TIL: You can pick up a fully locked #Android phone and turn on its WiFi hotspot. That feels a lot like a feature that should only be accessible when unlocked.

Matt Simpson on 2026-10-09 07:43 pm 🚀

BrianKrebs on 2026-10-09 07:30 pm

Breaking, new, by me:

Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday arrested the co-founder of a Canadian cybersecurity firm in connection with an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently relieved the FBI of sensitive data on thousands of agents, multiple sources tell KrebsOnSecurity.

From the story:

"Dubrovsky’s LinkedIn profile states he is the author of Cyber Extortion Strategic Response, a 252-page book that promises to “take readers beyond the ransom note and into the decisions that determine how an organization responds, recovers, and protects what matters.”

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/10/fbi-arrests-founder-of-ransomware-negotiation-firm/

#FBI #shinyhunters #ransomware #cybercrime

A book cover picture on Amazon, of a book called
Cyber Extortion Strategic Response
by Ed Dubrovsky.

A practice manual for leaders on managing coercive events, negotiation and settlement strategies, is the tagline.

The cover art shows a man in a suit with his back to us and facing a sunset and a brick path that diverges in front of him. Beyond is a misty countryside and mountains.

Matt Simpson on 2026-10-07 09:40 am

The prompt that will drive #AI (Microsoft Copilot) off the edge in Microsoft Word:

Review the entire document and correct all visual and formatting inconsistencies. Make the font family, font size, line spacing, paragraph spacing, alignment, and indentation consistent throughout. Standardise all numbered and bulleted lists, ensuring that numbering is sequential, list levels are correct, and indentation is consistent. Preserve the document’s wording and structure, and do not rewrite or remove any content.

#MicrosoftWord #AIPranks

Matt Simpson on 2026-09-22 10:15 pm 🚀

Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇨🇦 on 2026-09-22 10:01 pm

The Canadian Who Wrote the Language of the Web

The Java programming language was conceived by Canadian James Gosling. At Sun Microsystems in 1991, he created a platform-independent language with the slogan 'write once, run anywhere.' Java became a core technology for web applications, enterprise software, and Android development, making it one of computing's most influential innovations. #Canada #Innovation #Technology #Programming 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gosling