Europol arrests 193 in crackdown against Violence-as-a-Service platforms.
Unclear if any of the arrests are TheCom members
europol.europa.eu/media-press/…
Operational Taskforce GRIMM: 193 arrests in 6 months tackling violence-as-a-service networks | Europol
Europol’s Operational Taskforce (OTF) GRIMM has made significant progress in its first six months of operation, arresting 193 individuals and disrupting criminal networks behind the growth of violence-as-a-service (VaaS).Europol
Just arrived on our store: New soft enamel pins featuring the #Mastodon logo. This time, they have a copper finish. However! I have to warn you there will be another enamel pin design up on the store this week, so if there's any chance you might want an alternative design or both, you may want to hold off on making orders for now to save on shipping.
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Mastodon Logo Enamel Pin
Find your fellow fediverse enthusiasts in real life by wearing this soft enamel pin featuring the Mastodon logo with a shiny copper finish. Size: Approx. 30x30mmMastodon
Gli attacchi ransomware diminuiscono nel 2024, ma l’economia criminale rimane in espansione
📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/gli-attac…
#redhotcyber #news #cybersecurity #hacking #malware #ransomware #financenews #cryptocurrency
Gli attacchi ransomware diminuiscono nel 2024, ma l'economia criminale rimane in espansione
Gli attacchi ransomware hanno raggiunto il picco nel 2023 per poi diminuire nel 2024 grazie a operazioni su larga scala delle autorità. Tuttavia, l'economia criminale del settore rimane in espansione.Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
At least half a dozen executives from top Indian arms makers, including Adani Defence and Bharat Forge, attended rare meetings in Russia this year to discuss potential joint ventures, three people familiar with the matter said.
reuters.com/business/aerospace…
U.S. investment bank Xtellus Partners has proposed to the U.S. Treasury that proceeds from the sale of #Lukoil's foreign assets be used to repay American investors who lost money when Russia's war in Ukraine froze their Lukoil stock holdings, sources said.
reuters.com/business/finance/u…
President Donald Trump said Russia is in a stronger military position in its war on Ukraine and chided European leaders for what he called excessive dialog that’s produced scant results in his latest broadside against allies on the continent.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
#Ukraine #russia #EU #UK #US #Trump
Russia is loading its oil onto tankers at an unprecedented pace — but those shipments are stacking up at sea, weighing on prices and undermining Moscow’s ability to finance its war in Ukraine.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
Lithuania has declared a state of emergency after hundreds of smuggler balloons from neighbouring Belarus forced the repeated closure of its airports in recent weeks and threatened national security.
ft.com/content/7192cedf-5979-4…
#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Lithuania #Belarus
Lithuania declares state of emergency over smuggler balloons from Belarus
Vilnius’s move follows appeals to EU to take more action against ‘hybrid’ attacks from Russia-aligned neighbourRichard Milne (Financial Times)
President Donald Trump denounced Europe as a “decaying” group of nations led by “weak” people in an interview with POLITICO, belittling the traditional U.S. allies for failing to control migration and end the Russia-Ukraine war.
politico.com/news/2025/12/09/t…
A Russian Ministry of Defense An-22 military transport aircraft has crashed in Russia’s Ivanovo region.
All seven crew members on board are believed to have died. The aircraft was conducting a scheduled test flight after repairs.
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After abortion, some people report worsening mental health. Experts say it’s not about regret.
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/abortion-worsening-mental-health-not-regret-experts/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into The 19th @the-19th-19thnews
After abortion, some people report worsening mental health. Experts say it's not about regret.
The feelings of depression may come from hormonal and physical changes that can follow pregnancy's end, but experts say more research is needed.Mara Santilli, Rewire News Group (19th News)
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President #Zelenskyy
💬 "Today, we have already discussed with our negotiating team the results of the work in London on the eve of the meeting at the level of national security advisers of European partners.
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Together with the American side, we hope to make the possible steps as effective as possible as soon as possible.
We are interested in genuine peace and are in constant contact with America.
And as our partners in the negotiating teams rightly point out, ..
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... everything depends on whether russia is ready to take effective steps to stop the bloodshed and prevent the war from reigniting.
We will be ready to send the finalised documents to the United States in the near future. Glory to Ukraine"
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9 December 1942 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Florence Vigevino, was born in The Hague.
In February 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her mother Mietje. They were murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
Ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III at Auschwitz II-Birkenau | #Auschwitz #history #Holocaust
The crematorium, located on the ground level, was designed by the Topf und Söhne company from Erfurt and was equipped with five 3-muffle ovens connected to o...YouTube
Trump’s so-called peace deals are falling apart fast, and it’s no surprise. While he brags about ending eight wars and blames Zelensky for blocking his “biggest breakthrough,” the truth is simpler, he strong-arms sides into shaky truces without fixing the real issues. From Gaza to Congo to Thailand, violence keeps flaring up.
It's not peace, it's PR.
The International Criminal Court will investigate genocide and war crimes that have been enabled through cyberspace (hacks, leaks, social media posts)
The ICC published its new policy and has put cyber on the same footing as crimes committed through other means
Reds Await as Kyle Schwarber's Decision Looms - MLB
It feels as though the Kyle Schwarber sweepstakes is reaching its crescendo. A decision will be coming soon.RAWCHILI (MLB)
Non sono morto, se ve lo stavate chiedendo.
Sono alle prese con un trasloco lungo e difficile, che però è riuscito a compiere un miracolo: mi ha costretto a prendermi una vacanza dai social.
È la prima volta in 15 anni.
Vi lascio con questo Padre Pio con le transenne dei lavori in corso, che riassume molto bene la situazione.
Non è chiaro se tiene in mano banconote in lire o in euro.
Abbiate fede, che prima di Natale ritorno operativo.
Nel frattempo, abbiamo aggiunto anche altri gruppi locali:
Abruzzo
Campania
Emilia-Romagna
Lazio
Lombardia
Marche
Piemonte
Puglia
Sicilia
Toscana
Trentino Alto Adige
Veneto
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🇮🇳🇷🇺 At least half a dozen executives from top Indian arms makers, including Adani Defence and Bharat Forge, attended rare meetings in #Russia this year to discuss potential joint ventures, Reuters reports.
Ukrainians raise flag to show BBC the fight goes on in city claimed by russia
by Jonathan Beale
Pokrovsk has not fallen yet. That is despite putin's recent claim that russian forces have taken the city.
bbc.com/news/articles/cd6x3vv7…
Ukrainians raise flag in Pokrovsk to show BBC the fight goes on in city claimed by Russia
Ukraine barely has a hold on Pokrovsk, but its forces are keen to show they are still resisting Russia's advance.Jonathan Beale (BBC News)
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Per 80 anni l'abbiamo creduto un T-Rex adolescente. Sbagliato. Due studi su Nature e Science dimostrano che il Nanotyrannus era adulto: 700 kg, agile, veloce. Cacciava fianco a fianco con il gigante da 8 tonnellate. L'analisi dell'osso della gola ha chiuso 8 decenni di dibattito. Il Cretaceo era più affollato e competitivo di quanto pensassimo.
futuroprossimo.it/2025/12/il-n…
#futuroprossimo #nanotyrannus #dinosauri
Il Nanotyrannus non era un T-Rex giovane: la scoperta definitiva
Due studi confermano: il Nanotyrannus è una specie distinta, non un giovane tirannosauro. Riscritta la storia dei predatori del Cretaceo.Gianluca Riccio (FuturoProssimo)
Trump says russia has the "upper hand" in peace negotiations and Volodymyr #Zelenskyy needs to "start accepting things". It comes as #Ukraine says it will share an updated version of the peace plan with "obvious anti-Ukraine points"
news.sky.com/liveblog-webview/…
Ukraine war latest: 'Critical stage' in push for peace, Starmer says at Zelenskyy meeting
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting Sir Keir Starmer and the French and German leaders at Downing Street, hoping to maintain the momentum of peace talks. Follow the latest on the Ukraine war.Sky News
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Quelque soit la profondeur, 🫧
toujours prendre un extincteur !👌
Quelque soit la secousse,
y'aura soirée mousse ! 🧯🔥
What are companies thinking when something like the following happens:
Me: okay, I'll use the chat to contact support
ChatBot: Sorry, we'll have to escalate that to a human, so they'll email you in the next day or two
Company email 20 minutes later: Please take this survey to tell us about your support experience.
I'd have to get some actual support first before I could rate how it fared. 🤦
I've been doing a bit of research (mostly to verify stuff) about #DavidBowie for an upcoming radio special. He was told by a psychic that he would die at age 69-70 (he passed at age 69, days after his birthday). He lived his life knowing he had an expiration date. We should all live our lives that way 'cuz we all have expiration dates!
Vulnus vs. Bug: il Coaching tra maschere pirandelliane e patch di sistema
📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/vulnus-vs…
Siamo connessi, connessi a tutto, iperconnessi. La nostra vita professionale e sociale è scandita da deadline strettissime e da un’asticella che viene continuamente alzata, dobbiamo spingere.
Ci imponiamo tacitamente di essere macchine perfette, #sistemi infallibili, attivi, proattivi, sempre in allerta. Un momento però: l’essere umano non è una macchina e, senza dubbio, non è perfetto.
A cura di Daniela Linda
#redhotcyber #news #accettiamolafragilità #uomononèmacchina #vulnerabilità #vergogna #mascherare #ferite #ipirconnessi #perfetti #rifiutiamolafragilità #neisistemi #abbiamovulnerabilità #fragilità
Vulnus vs. Bug: il Coaching tra maschere pirandelliane e patch di sistema
Scopri il potere della vulnerabilità nell'essere umano e sul lavoro, superando la paura dell'imperfezione e della vergogna per raggiungere l'autenticità e la connessione.Daniela Linda (Red Hot Cyber)
💬 #Trump denounced #Europe as a “decaying” group of nations led by “weak” people in an interview with POLITICO, belittling the traditional U.S. allies for failing to control migration and end the Russia-Ukraine war, and signaling that he would endorse European political candidates aligned with his own vision for the continent.
politico.com/news/2025/12/09/t…
#usa
🇷🇺 Russian soldiers returning from the war in Ukraine have killed or injured more than 1,000 people inside #Russia since the invasion began nearly four years ago, according to a review of court rulings by the exiled news outlet Vyorstka published Tuesday.
themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/09/…
Russian Soldiers Returning From Ukraine Linked to Over 1K Killings and Injuries Inside Russia
Russian soldiers returning from the war in Ukraine have killed or injured more than 1,000 people inside Russia since the invasion began nearly four years ago, according to a review of court rulings by the exiled news outlet Vyorstka published Tuesday…The Moscow Times
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🇫🇷 Suspected drones were seen flying above a French military intelligence base on three separate nights last month, the French Air and Space Force said on Tuesday, in the latest possible incursions over sensitive sites in the country.
🇭🇺 The company operating the TurkStream gas pipeline will be able to conduct business without any problems after its move to #Hungary, thanks to an agreement with Washington, Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday.
🇺🇲 U.S. investment bank Xtellus Partners has proposed to the U.S. Treasury that proceeds from the sale of Lukoil's foreign assets be used to repay American investors who lost money when Russia's war in Ukraine froze their Lukoil stock holdings, Reuters reports.
reuters.com/business/finance/u…
#usa
9 December 1915 | A Polish Jew, Szymon (Simon) Frydman, was born in Radom.
In #Auschwitz from 24 October 1941.
No. 21989
He perished in the camp on 21 November 1941.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_…
The Register posted a story about X terminating @EUCommission account there:
theregister.com/2025/12/08/x_e…
But I see their account is well and alive:
The account that was indeed closed seems to be a typosquatting fake (note missing “s”)
X shuts down European Commission ad account after €120M fine announcement
: Brussels accused of using Ad Composer quirk to post link disguised as a videoRichard Speed (The Register)
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Prima multa del Digital Services Act a X: la fine dell’illusione Muskiana?
@Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁)
La vicenda della multa a X rappresenta l’inizio di un confronto destinato a durare nel tempo tra la UE e Musk che dovrà decidere se adeguarsi alle regole europee o continuare su una linea di scontro ideologico che potrebbe portare a nuove sanzioni, con influenze
Môj Android (@mojandroid@zhub.link)
Sociálna sieť X zablokovala reklamný účet Európskej komisie. Dôvod je až neuveriteľne trápny Po minulotýždňovej pokute Európskej komisie sociálne sieti X vo výške 120 miliónov platforma Elona Muska zablokovala reklamný účte komisie. https://www.Mastodon on ZHub
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Civilians in #Ukraine are facing almost daily attacks and growing hardship as #Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches the four-year mark, UN human rights investigators said in a new report issued on Tuesday.
news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1…
Ukraine civilians face escalating attacks and mounting hardship, UN warns
Civilians in Ukraine are facing almost daily attacks and growing hardship as Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches the four-year mark, UN human rights investigators said in a new report issued on Tuesday.UN News
🇻🇦🇺🇦 For the second time in his papacy, Pope Leo XIV welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the papal residence at Castel Gandolfo to discuss the war in #Ukraine and the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia.
vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/20…
Pope Leo meets with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy
For the second time in his papacy, Pope Leo XIV welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the papal residence at Castel Gandolfo to discuss the war in Ukraine and the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia.Vatican News
#Russia 200k town of #Angarsk experiencing a humanitarian disaster as the main local combined power-heating plant failed, leaving the town without district heating.
There’s a certain irony in the fact that the bird flight clips shown in Russian state TV resemble to infamous #Gazprom “Europe freezes” video from 2022, compare for yourself:
video.echelon.pl/w/eHv4d4qGsiP…
P.S. there’s no evidence it has any to do with any attacks, it just seems like technical failure due to lack of maintenance, spare parts and worn out equipment. All local budgets in Russia had been cut after 2022 and redirected to occupy the strategically important ruins of Ivanivka in Donetsk oblast’.
🇷🇺🛩️💥 A Russian An-22 military transport aircraft has crashed in #Russia's Ivanovskaya Oblast.
pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/12…
Russian military transport aircraft crashes in Ivanovo Oblast
В Іванівській області Росії впав Ан-22 Міноборони РФ. На борту перебували 7 осіб, знайдено уламки літака.Yevhen Kizilov (Ukrainska Pravda)
💬 "It felt like the U.S. was trying to sell us in different ways the Russian desire to take the whole of Donbas and that the Americans wanted Zelensky to accept all of it in the phone call," the Ukrainian official said.
Bellingcat’s Katherine de Tolly uncovers hidden supply chains, red flags in import-export records, and key pitfalls in trade-data investigations.
Search 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat' on podcast platforms: rss.com/podcasts/bellingcatsta…
“Digging for Gold in Import-Export Data” with Bellingcat's Katherine de Tolly | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
In the final Stage Talk of the year, we learnt the mechanics of investigating trade data thanks to this week's guest, Bellingcat research consultant and self-confessed data nerd Katherine de Tolly.“Digging for Gold in Import-Export Data” with Bellingcat's Katherine de Tolly
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 The Security Service of #Ukraine (SBU) drone strike on Dec. 5 targeted a liquefied natural gas terminal in #Russia’s Temryuk Seaport in Krasnodar Krai, triggering a massive fire that burned for three days, an SBU source told the Kyiv Independent on Dec. 9.
kyivindependent.com/sbu-drones…
'It burns for 3 days' — Ukrainian drone strike sparked huge fire at Russia's Temryuk Seaport, SBU source says
The strike has reportedly destroyed around 70% of the facility’s total fuel tanks.Tania Myronyshena (The Kyiv Independent)
🇰🇷 South Korea's military said it had scrambled fighter jets when Chinese and Russian military planes entered and left its air defence zone on Tuesday.
Путин ожидает освобождения Купянска-Узлового через несколько дней
Российский президент сообщил, что в населенном пункте находится около 2 тыс. зданий, уже порядка 650 из них - под контролем Вооруженных сил РФTACC
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Hello founder of #Mastodon,
Does this platform --and do you-- stand unequivocally against the Zionist holocaust in #Gaza / @palestine and thus condemn its perpetrators, accomplices and supporters in the strongest possible terms?
In other words: Does #NeverAgain mean never again [ #genocide ] by and against anyone for you and the Mastodon company?
Otherwise, it would be a crime to wear this logo, and people deserve to make an informed decision before promoting Mastodon in any way.
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"Just add one more plushie, a few mugs, grabs some pins and a few stickers...and that shipping starts making sense." 😅
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