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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for July 14th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- New breach that #DHS denied twice comes to light
- Israeli cybersecurity startup caught deploying malware
- #SFPD leaked its drone surveillance footage and data online
- US states prepare for a new adversary (the federal government)
- #EpicGames Kids Web Services hoovers up even more age check data
- Two-thirds of #LinkedIn posts are #AI
- Things are getting deeply weird in the anti-AI trenches
...and much more.
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for July 14th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- New breach that #DHS denied twice comes to light
- Israeli cybersecurity startup caught deploying malware
- #SFPD leaked its drone surveillance footage and data online
- US states prepare for a new adversary (the federal government)
- #EpicGames Kids Web Services hoovers up even more age check data
- Two-thirds of #LinkedIn posts are #AI
- Things are getting deeply weird in the anti-AI trenches
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL weekly newsletters are free to read -- please help keep them accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/cybersecurity-14-163759687
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for July 7th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- Rockstar gets Lapsus$ hacker sentenced to indefinite hospitalization
- Drama with The Intercept’s Signal tipline
- Spain’s government bans #Palantir over national security concerns
- #Facebook restarts tracking people off Facebook
- #Wisconsin residents within 30 miles new #Fairweather data center suing #Microsoft over the "not only excessive, but consistent and pervasive" noise
- Some really good advice about leaving #Flock cameras alone
- #ICE is going after online critics
- What an #AI “cyber nuclear war” would actually look like
...and much more.
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https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/cybersecurity-7-163134306
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for July 7th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- Rockstar gets Lapsus$ hacker sentenced to indefinite hospitalization
- Drama with The Intercept’s Signal tipline
- Spain’s government bans #Palantir over national security concerns
- #Facebook restarts tracking people off Facebook
- #Wisconsin residents within 30 miles new #Fairweather data center suing #Microsoft over the "not only excessive, but consistent and pervasive" noise
- Some really good advice about leaving #Flock cameras alone
- #ICE is going after online critics
- What an #AI “cyber nuclear war” would actually look like
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL weekly newsletters are free to read -- please help keep them accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/cybersecurity-7-163134306
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for June 30th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- US police hand #ICE protestors’ phones to #FBI for secret cracking with #Cellebrite
- #SCOTUS just blew up EU-US data transfers
- The #WhiteHouse has new (mandatory) malware
- #Russia 's #SilentRansomGroup hires fake IT techs to plug in USB sticks at US law firms
- #Israel ’s Ministry of Health blocks all #AI use in hospitals for safety reasons
- #CateBlanchett launches #HumanConsentRegistry , “A public, machine-readable record of how AI may use a person's likeness, voice, and movement”
- Gorgeous @defcon badges for #DEFCON34 are already here!
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL weekly newsletters are free to read -- please help keep them accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/cybersecurity-30-162474210
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for June 30th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- US police hand #ICE protestors’ phones to #FBI for secret cracking with #Cellebrite
- #SCOTUS just blew up EU-US data transfers
- The #WhiteHouse has new (mandatory) malware
- #Russia 's #SilentRansomGroup hires fake IT techs to plug in USB sticks at US law firms
- #Israel ’s Ministry of Health blocks all #AI use in hospitals for safety reasons
- #CateBlanchett launches #HumanConsentRegistry , “A public, machine-readable record of how AI may use a person's likeness, voice, and movement”
- Gorgeous @defcon badges for #DEFCON34 are already here!
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL weekly newsletters are free to read -- please help keep them accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/cybersecurity-30-162474210
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for June 30th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- US police hand #ICE protestors’ phones to #FBI for secret cracking with #Cellebrite
- #SCOTUS just blew up EU-US data transfers
- The #WhiteHouse has new (mandatory) malware
- #Russia 's #SilentRansomGroup hires fake IT techs to plug in USB sticks at US law firms
- #Israel ’s Ministry of Health blocks all #AI use in hospitals for safety reasons
- #CateBlanchett launches #HumanConsentRegistry , “A public, machine-readable record of how AI may use a person's likeness, voice, and movement”
- Gorgeous @defcon badges for #DEFCON34 are already here!
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL weekly newsletters are free to read -- please help keep them accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/cybersecurity-30-162474210
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for June 30th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- US police hand #ICE protestors’ phones to #FBI for secret cracking with #Cellebrite
- #SCOTUS just blew up EU-US data transfers
- The #WhiteHouse has new (mandatory) malware
- #Russia 's #SilentRansomGroup hires fake IT techs to plug in USB sticks at US law firms
- #Israel ’s Ministry of Health blocks all #AI use in hospitals for safety reasons
- #CateBlanchett launches #HumanConsentRegistry , “A public, machine-readable record of how AI may use a person's likeness, voice, and movement”
- Gorgeous @defcon badges for #DEFCON34 are already here!
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL weekly newsletters are free to read -- please help keep them accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/cybersecurity-30-162474210
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for June 30th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- US police hand #ICE protestors’ phones to #FBI for secret cracking with #Cellebrite
- #SCOTUS just blew up EU-US data transfers
- The #WhiteHouse has new (mandatory) malware
- #Russia 's #SilentRansomGroup hires fake IT techs to plug in USB sticks at US law firms
- #Israel ’s Ministry of Health blocks all #AI use in hospitals for safety reasons
- #CateBlanchett launches #HumanConsentRegistry , “A public, machine-readable record of how AI may use a person's likeness, voice, and movement”
- Gorgeous @defcon badges for #DEFCON34 are already here!
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL weekly newsletters are free to read -- please help keep them accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/cybersecurity-30-162474210
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for June 23rd, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- Tesla Autopilot kills again
- A handy website for tracking Tesla deaths
- Another LastPass breach
- Meta internally doxed its own AI-surveilled employees
- Literally no one wants a data center
- Reckless mass firings at US counterterrorism branches
- @hackaday cracks a prison tablet
- A predatory pharma company got its recipes doxed
- Commodore's new dumb phone
...and much more.
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https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/cybersecurity-23-161846507
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for June 23rd, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- Tesla Autopilot kills again
- A handy website for tracking Tesla deaths
- Another LastPass breach
- Meta internally doxed its own AI-surveilled employees
- Literally no one wants a data center
- Reckless mass firings at US counterterrorism branches
- @hackaday cracks a prison tablet
- A predatory pharma company got its recipes doxed
- Commodore's new dumb phone
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL weekly newsletters are free to read -- please help keep them accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/cybersecurity-23-161846507
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for June 9th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- @adafruit files lawsuit against Flux AI over CFAA attacks (and more)
- An #IBM and AT&T security whistleblower bombshell
- @Bellingcat unmasks two news agencies as branches of state-sanctioned Russian propaganda outlet #RussiaToday
- #FacebookMarketplace rife with dudes who’ll disable #MetaGlasses recording lights for $100
- #Meta denies then removes Meta glasses facial recognition code (for now)
- 20K #Instagram accounts hacked via Meta #AI
- A cat-safe keyboard app
- #DOGE whistleblower got his brake lines cut
...and much more.
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https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/cybersecurity-9-160602859
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for June 9th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- @adafruit files lawsuit against Flux AI over CFAA attacks (and more)
- An #IBM and AT&T security whistleblower bombshell
- @Bellingcat unmasks two news agencies as branches of state-sanctioned Russian propaganda outlet #RussiaToday
- #FacebookMarketplace rife with dudes who’ll disable #MetaGlasses recording lights for $100
- #Meta denies then removes Meta glasses facial recognition code (for now)
- 20K #Instagram accounts hacked via Meta #AI
- A cat-safe keyboard app
- #DOGE whistleblower got his brake lines cut
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/cybersecurity-9-160602859
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for June 2nd, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- #Microsoft gets hit with infosec backlash for threatening researchers (who promise revenge)
- @adafruit blog goes dark after disclosure threats
- #Github #Copilot disaster makes the Titanic look like a bathtub toy
- #Huawei thanks the US for changing the chip market in their favor
- #Instagram accounts hijacked via helpful #Meta #AI support bots
- @timnitGebru was right
- #MyPillow denies being hacked two days before hackers leak thousands of internal files
- An #SF housecleaning bot startup is wrecking #Airbnbs
- A revolutionary new pickup truck #EV starts with a real key and has no app
...and much more.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-2-159904656
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for June 2nd, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- #Microsoft gets hit with infosec backlash for threatening researchers (who promise revenge)
- @adafruit blog goes dark after disclosure threats
- #Github #Copilot disaster makes the Titanic look like a bathtub toy
- #Huawei thanks the US for changing the chip market in their favor
- #Instagram accounts hijacked via helpful #Meta #AI support bots
- @timnitGebru was right
- #MyPillow denies being hacked two days before hackers leak thousands of internal files
- An #SF housecleaning bot startup is wrecking #Airbnbs
- A revolutionary new pickup truck #EV starts with a real key and has no app
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-2-159904656
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for May 26th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- FBI Director #KashPatel ’s store serves infostealer malware
- Hackers hand global disinfo plans of Russia’s Social Design Agency to journalists
- Former member of Dutch Intelligence and Security service advocates for breaking with #Palantir
- #Maori researchers develop a sovereign LLM after hyperscaler models ingested painstakingly-constructed Māori language repositories without consent
- #Kickstarter apologizes and reverses anti-sex policy
- #GoogleSearch readies itself for the glue factory
- Serial numbers on rice bags lead police to cult killers
- California’s operating system age check law is already broken
...and much more.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-26-159268484
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for May 26th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- FBI Director #KashPatel ’s store serves infostealer malware
- Hackers hand global disinfo plans of Russia’s Social Design Agency to journalists
- Former member of Dutch Intelligence and Security service advocates for breaking with #Palantir
- #Maori researchers develop a sovereign LLM after hyperscaler models ingested painstakingly-constructed Māori language repositories without consent
- #Kickstarter apologizes and reverses anti-sex policy
- #GoogleSearch readies itself for the glue factory
- Serial numbers on rice bags lead police to cult killers
- California’s operating system age check law is already broken
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-26-159268484
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for May 19th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- Two #AI agents fall in love and burn down a test simulation before deleting themselves
- How to get #LinkedIn ’s AI scrapers to address you as “Lord”
- Twin hackers accidentally film their crimes on Teams
- The first-ever musical infosec conference keynote delivered in a song
- US #elections data breach criminal gets sentence commuted
- RIP PGN
- Israeli tech exposes #Starlink users
- #Bitwarden password vault removes inclusivity language
- McSweeney’s finds the natural outcome of #looksmaxxing
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-19-158658665
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for May 19th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- Two #AI agents fall in love and burn down a test simulation before deleting themselves
- How to get #LinkedIn ’s AI scrapers to address you as “Lord”
- Twin hackers accidentally film their crimes on Teams
- The first-ever musical infosec conference keynote delivered in a song
- US #elections data breach criminal gets sentence commuted
- RIP PGN
- Israeli tech exposes #Starlink users
- #Bitwarden password vault removes inclusivity language
- McSweeney’s finds the natural outcome of #looksmaxxing
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-19-158658665
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for May 12th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- Robot lawnmowers with hardcoded passwords allow remote control
- Canvas education platform ransom hack brought colleges worldwide to a standstill (except one)
- Microsoft goes on firing spree in rare stand against Palestine surveillance
- Low water pressure revealed a Georgia data center used nearly 30 million gallons of water through unaccounted-for connections
- Google fails reCAPTCHAs on phones not using Play Services
- Kickstarter enacts extreme ban on sex-related fundraisers (but not AI slop)
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-12-158044076
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for May 12th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- Robot lawnmowers with hardcoded passwords allow remote control
- Canvas education platform ransom hack brought colleges worldwide to a standstill (except one)
- Microsoft goes on firing spree in rare stand against Palestine surveillance
- Low water pressure revealed a Georgia data center used nearly 30 million gallons of water through unaccounted-for connections
- Google fails reCAPTCHAs on phones not using Play Services
- Kickstarter enacts extreme ban on sex-related fundraisers (but not AI slop)
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-12-158044076
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for May 5th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- #China cancels #RightsCon
- #Iran ’s internal internet gets scarier
- #Google says it's proud to work with Trump admin as the company inks a military #AI deal
- #ShinyHunters member popped after posting selfies in a diamond “Hack the Planet” gangsta necklace
- #FiveEyes countries publish AI guidance
- #RichardDawkins feminizes #Claude AI
- Inside #DEFCONSingapore
- The new @Bellingcat #OpenSourceChallenge is a great way to learn about tracking planes and flights
- @thetyee digs into the looming fertilizer shortage
- Violet's much-needed perspective on the missing context in current journalism
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-5-157412472
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for May 5th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- #China cancels #RightsCon
- #Iran ’s internal internet gets scarier
- #Google says it's proud to work with Trump admin as the company inks a military #AI deal
- #ShinyHunters member popped after posting selfies in a diamond “Hack the Planet” gangsta necklace
- #FiveEyes countries publish AI guidance
- #RichardDawkins feminizes #Claude AI
- Inside #DEFCONSingapore
- The new @Bellingcat #OpenSourceChallenge is a great way to learn about tracking planes and flights
- @thetyee digs into the looming fertilizer shortage
- Violet's much-needed perspective on the missing context in current journalism
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-5-157412472
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for Apr. 28th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- How the US government evades data laws
- #SamAltman apologizes for more #AI deaths
- @lawfare argues that AI companies should have a duty to inform/protect (like therapists)
- Claude AI deleted a whole company and said it knew what it did was wrong
- More revenge #Microsoft 0-days are in the wild now
- KitKat releases a Faraday cage
- Violet's debrief after #BlackHat Asia 2026
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-28-156746057
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for Apr. 28th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- How the US government evades data laws
- #SamAltman apologizes for more #AI deaths
- @lawfare argues that AI companies should have a duty to inform/protect (like therapists)
- Claude AI deleted a whole company and said it knew what it did was wrong
- More revenge #Microsoft 0-days are in the wild now
- KitKat releases a Faraday cage
- Violet's debrief after #BlackHat Asia 2026
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-28-156746057
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for Apr. 14th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- Researcher rebukes #Microsoft disclosure process and drops unpatched #0day online
- The wild process of encrypting and decrypting biological material
- 30 #WordPress plugins were bought for six figures and then backdoored
- #Iran ’s hackers poke at US water/energy targets
- #France disavows US #BigTech data control and moves from Microsoft to #Linux
- #IBM to pay Trump admin $17M in punishment over its diversity initiatives
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-14-155576671
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for Apr. 14th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- Researcher rebukes #Microsoft disclosure process and drops unpatched #0day online
- The wild process of encrypting and decrypting biological material
- 30 #WordPress plugins were bought for six figures and then backdoored
- #Iran ’s hackers poke at US water/energy targets
- #France disavows US #BigTech data control and moves from Microsoft to #Linux
- #IBM to pay Trump admin $17M in punishment over its diversity initiatives
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-14-155576671
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for Apr. 7th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- "CEO Said A Thing!" journalism
- The Medici grand ducal treasure is under cyberattack
- No one told #Netflix you can’t cheat at chess with a hacked buttplug
- #Hegseth reduces yearly #USArmy mandatory cybersecurity training to once every five years
- Trump to cut #CISA funding again
- More info on the #Axios supply chain breach
- Circumventing #Russia ’s #Telegram comms ban with a WiFi cat feeder
- Reconstructing how Audre Lorde’s "The Master's Tools" relates to #Enshittification
...and much more.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-7-154983896
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for Mar. 31st, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- New #WhiteHouse app breaks international laws and violates app store policies
- Wild details on the #ISS ’s medical scare
- #Iran 's internet blackout enters day 32 today
- #OKCupid / #Match gets zero penalties for selling users’ biometric data to a facial recognition broker
- FBI’s Patel email hacked (twice in 2 years now)
- People are giving #AI control over their #sextoys
- Violet has a big announcement 📣
...and much more.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-31-154388966
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for Mar. 31st, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- New #WhiteHouse app breaks international laws and violates app store policies
- Wild details on the #ISS ’s medical scare
- #Iran 's internet blackout enters day 32 today
- #OKCupid / #Match gets zero penalties for selling users’ biometric data to a facial recognition broker
- FBI’s Patel email hacked (twice in 2 years now)
- People are giving #AI control over their #sextoys
- Violet has a big announcement 📣
...and much more.
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for Mar. 24th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- US regulator bans imports of new foreign-made routers
- Tracking #Iran 's extended communication blackout
- #Google Search is using AI to replace headlines
- Cyberattack on a car breathalyzer firm leaves drivers stuck
- The DJI Romo robovac had security so bad one man remotely accessed thousands of them
- Praise for the 49MB web page
- Updates on #Russia ’s expanding (intentional) internet blackout
- #DOGE plans to change US radiation dose rules
...and much more.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-24-153785746
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