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“REVEALED: QATAR AND ISRAEL TOP WESTMINSTER LOBBYING LEAGUE TABLE”

by Martin Williams in Declassified UK

@Declassified_UK
@DeclassifiedUK
@uk_politics
@ZackPolanski
@UKLabour

“Exclusive: Since July 2024, donors have paid for MPs to go on some 658 overseas junkets, at a cost of £2.2m. The majority were funded by private companies, charities or wealthy individuals.

But we found 165 trips were either funded by the foreign government concerned, or by UK-based ‘Friends Of’ groups dedicated to promoting the country in Westminster.

In total, these 165 trips were valued at almost £695,000”

https://www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-qatar-and-israel-top-westminster-lobbying-league-table/

#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #UK #Westminster #Lobbying #Junkets #FriendsOf #Israel #Qatar #Taiwan #Influence #Corruption #LFI #CFI #Funding #Proxies #Transparency

The Internet Last Week

* AFRINIC website outage
https://status.afrinic.net/notices/j7agctgtlff9ebu6-afrinic-website-temporarily-offline
https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/announce/2026/002580.html
* Saudi subsea cable cuts
https://independent-pakistan.com/news/pakistan-faces-internet-slowdowns-after-saudi-undersea-cable-damage/
* Linux kernel mirror sync issues
https://status.linuxfoundation.org/incidents/3y1k8b4ky71t
* NetNut residential proxy net disruption
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/google-continued-disruption-residential-proxy-networks
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/fbi-seizes-netnut-proxy-platform-popa-botnet/

#AFRINIC #SubseaCabling #Linux #Proxies #Outages

Let’s See How This Ages: U.S.–Iran Policy Under Trump (June 27, 2025)

By WPS News Special Correspondents

As of June 27, 2025, President Donald Trump, inaugurated for a second term on January 20, has already taken the United States into direct military confrontation with Iran. On June 22, U.S. forces launched Operation Midnight Hammer, striking Iran’s nuclear sites at Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan with B-2 bombers and Tomahawk missiles. This move followed Israeli raids on June 13 that targeted Iranian missile and nuclear infrastructure, escalating an already tense regional conflict.

The idea that “nothing will happen” is no longer plausible. Trump’s June 22 strikes were the first direct U.S. military attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities, framed by the administration as necessary to “obliterate” Iran’s nuclear capacity and enforce red lines. Early reports show significant damage, but intelligence assessments suggest Iran’s program may only be set back by a few months. Iran’s scientific expertise and decentralized enrichment capabilities mean reconstruction is likely. Meanwhile, Trump declared the operation an overwhelming success and threatened “regime change” if Iran refused to make peace.

Iran responded on June 23 with missile and drone strikes against the U.S. Al Udeid airbase in Qatar, resulting in no confirmed American casualties. Trump quickly dismissed the attack as weak while simultaneously calling for Iran to negotiate. Global reaction was divided: U.N. Security Council members demanded restraint, while Israel praised the U.S. strikes as a vital defense of regional stability. The potential for further escalation remains high, with Iran threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz and warning of retaliatory action through regional proxies such as Hezbollah and the Houthis.

Looking ahead to the rest of 2025, my prediction is that Trump will continue along this escalatory path. At least one more U.S. strike is likely before December, whether through airpower, drones, or cyber operations, especially if Iran or its proxies strike U.S. forces or allies. Trump’s team will avoid large-scale ground deployments, but will pursue what they call “overwhelming deterrence.” Back-channel negotiations, possibly mediated by Oman or other Gulf states, will continue quietly in hopes of forcing Iran to limit enrichment, but prospects for a comprehensive deal look dim.

Meanwhile, Congress is increasingly divided. Republicans and some hawkish Democrats support Trump’s hard line, while Senate Democrats are calling for war-powers debates and formal authorization votes. There is real risk that the U.S. could slide into a sustained, low-level conflict with Iran’s regional network, even if Washington avoids formally declaring war. The Biden-era strategy of managing tensions through diplomacy and sanctions has been replaced by a high-risk military gamble that could reshape the Gulf balance of power.

If you’re reading this months or years later, consider: Did Trump’s initial strike prove decisive? Did it prevent Iran’s nuclear progress or provoke a wider war? Was there a second or third U.S. strike? Did Congress reassert control? The answers will reveal whether America’s 2025 Iran policy was a strategic masterstroke or another reckless plunge into Middle East chaos. Let’s see how this ages.

References

• Council on Foreign Relations. (2025, June 23). Trump’s Iran Attack Was Impressive, but Airpower Has Its Limits.
• Mills, A., Hafezi, P., & Cornwell, A. (2025, June 23). Iran fires missiles at US base in Qatar, Trump calls for peace. Reuters.
• Reuters. (2025, June 22). US warns against Iran retaliation as Trump raises ‘regime change’. Reuters.
• Reuters. (2025, June 22). Satellite images indicate severe damage to Fordow, but doubts remain. Reuters.
• Reuters. (2025, June 23). US strikes failed to destroy Iran’s nuclear sites, intelligence report says. Reuters.
• Reuters. (2025, June 23). Iranian retaliation against U.S. forces could come soon, U.S. officials say. Reuters.
• Institute for the Study of War. (2025, June 26). Iran Update, June 26, 2025.
• Prince Holding Falcon, made Iran by The Metropolitan Museum of Art is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

#Iran_and_Israel_and_USA #proxies #Lebanon

What Are Residential and Datacenter Proxies? https://visualmodo.com/what-are-residential-and-datacenter-proxies/ 🔌💡💽 #Residential #Datacenter #Proxies #Definition #Guide

Releasing Middleman Alerter, a Chromium Extension to Warn About Third-Party Reverse Proxies:

A mini-tool to make it transparent when another party can potentially access and correlate your online activity.

https://meiert.com/blog/middleman-alerter/

#tools #browserextensions #privacy #transparency #mitm #proxies

Ah yes, the "great Instagram exploit" of 2026, where hackers use the cutting-edge technique of *checks notes*... #VPNs and #proxies. 😱 Because nothing screams elite hacker skills like pretending to be your neighbor just to steal your dog filter photos. 🐶📸 Bravo, Sid's Blog, for revealing this high-tech comedy of errors! 🤦‍♂️
https://www.0xsid.com/blog/meta-account-takeover-fiasco #InstagramHack #CyberComedy #SidBlog #HackerNews #ngated

“Entities such as #society, the #economy and #climate are everywhere and nowhere. They are the product of many #factors and must be observed indirectly via #proxies. There’s a reason Adam Smith’s ‘ #invisiblehand’ was invisible.” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Lorraine Daston · Everywhere a...

#KnowledgeByte: Single-Cell #Foraminifera act as vital #Climate #Proxies, their shell composition revealing past ocean conditions and helping scientists reconstruct historical climate trends, which are crucial for understanding current #ClimateChange.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Foraminifera-and-Climate-Change-67f547a55b2218433551cb24

@old_angry_queer @nixCraft

I'm inclined to think that those in power within #systemd have zero interest in what anyone says or thinks at this point.

#MicroSlop, #Meta, #IBM, and many of the project's 'supporters' have their #proxies inside being pushed/pulled into #compliance. The privacy door on Pandora's box is open, and many want to see it stay that way.

Looks like nothing has been pushed to a release - yet. What then? Trusted #distros go scorched earth or split into even more factions?

The Internet Last Week

* ICANN 85
https://meetings.icann.org/en/meetings/icann85/
* DNS rd signals spike
https://dataplane.org/statistics/dnsrd.html
https://dataplane.org/statistics/dnsrdany.html
* .uk TLD IPv6 TCP service degradation
https://dnsmon.ripe.net/uk?start=2026-03-08T00:00:00.000Z&end=2026-03-14T23:59:00.000Z&zone=uk.&protocol=tcp&ipVersion=6
* Russia censorship test Internet shutdown
https://apnews.com/article/russia-internet-outage-cellphone-app-disruptions-1792cfb177c26682efdb8046e0f9b063
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-shuts-off-internet-in-moscow-as-it-tests-nationwide-censorship-system-3b44c0af?st=HNUJ1k
* Law Enforcement disrupts SocksEscort network
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-and-international-partners-disrupt-socksescort-proxy-service
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/authorities-dismantle-global-malicious-proxy-service-deployed-malware-and-defrauded

#ICANN85 #DNS #UK #Russia #Proxies #Outages

Adding a HTTP Proxy on My Alternate WAN Link

I have recently run into a couple of services that are insistent that my home broadband IP address is not located in the United Kingdom.

It is just 2 services, everything else (e.g. Netflix, Amazon or Disney+) all show me as being in the UK

Looking both the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses up with whois and checking all the registration data for the AS numbers all point to them being UK registered, so […]

Ah, nothing screams "cutting-edge tech" like a 3,000-word manifesto on using #proxies to hide secrets from a #chatbot. 🤖🔒 Because clearly, the ultimate #espionage threat is a #language #model with unfulfilled dreams of becoming James Bond. 🕵️‍♂️💻
https://www.joinformal.com/blog/using-proxies-to-hide-secrets-from-claude-code/ #cuttingedge #tech #3000wordmanifesto #HackerNews #ngated

Using proxies to hide secrets from Claude Code

https://www.joinformal.com/blog/using-proxies-to-hide-secrets-from-claude-code/

#HackerNews #Using #proxies #to #hide #secrets #from #Claude #Code

proxies #secrets #ClaudeCode #privacy #security #tech

@pake_preacher : I forgot the details of PAKE and SRP, but in the end the most secure client authentication requires:

1️⃣ Strong, long term, human comprehensible, *serving endpoint* authentication;
*AND*
2️⃣ TLS channel binding (enforcing known endpoints).

(Apart from those, both serving endpoint AND client MUST be trustworthy).

🚨 The -corrupt- CA/B forum breaks 1️⃣ by:
a) Advocating anonymous Domain Validated certificates, which render secure account creation IMPOSSIBLE;
b) Continuously decreasing certificate lifetime.

🚨 Furthermore, "legitimate" MitM's * break 2️⃣.

* Man in the Middle, like on-device virusscanners and firewalls that "open" TLS tunnels (both requiring installation of a dedicated root certificate) and proxies such as (definitely not limited to) Cloudflare and Fastly.

😱 Passkeys enforce NEITHER 1️⃣ NOR 2️⃣.

😱😱 Worse, because passkeys (or FIDO2 hardware keys) can be easily irretrievably "lost", servers typically provide WAY EASIER phishable authentication methods (such as "rescue codes").

@cendyne @soatok @chazh

#AitM #MitM #SecureOnlineAuthIsHARD #SecureAuthentication #OnlineAuthentication #Authentication #Impersonation #ChannelBinding #TLSchannelBinding #UTM #TLS #TLSinterception #TLSscanning #Proxy #Proxies #GoogleIsEvil #CloudflareIsEvil

Pirataria de música sofre golpe na Holanda: Tribunal manda bloquear ‘newalbumreleases’ e ‘Israbox’
🔗 https://tugatech.com.pt/t74258-pirataria-de-musica-sofre-golpe-na-holanda-tribunal-manda-bloquear-newalbumreleases-e-israbox

#alcance #armazenamento #digital #dns #google #internet #judicial #pirataria #proxies #servidores #tecnologia 

Reino Unido: Nova lei de segurança gera corrida a VPNs e quebra no tráfego de sites para adultos
🔗 https://tugatech.com.pt/t73694-reino-unido-nova-lei-de-seguranca-gera-corrida-a-vpns-e-quebra-no-trafego-de-sites-para-adultos

#google #internet #localização #online #proxies #proxy #segurança #vpn #VPNs 

#Aisuru #Botnet Shifts from #DDoS to Residential #Proxies https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/10/aisuru-botnet-shifts-from-ddos-to-residential-proxies/