The White House has formally nominated Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd as the next head of Cyber Command and the US National Security Agency.
Gen. Rudd is currently serving as deputy chief of US Indo-Pacific Command
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Trump formally taps Joshua Rudd to lead NSA, Cyber Command
The nomination marks a turning point for the electronic surveillance and hacking teams that have been without a permanent leader for eight months.David DiMolfetta (Nextgov/FCW)
The EU and the UK have renewed a deal to allow free data transfers between the EU bloc and the UK for six more years
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Commission renews decisions to allow for the free and safe flow of personal data with the UK
Today, the Commission renewed the two 2021 adequacy decisions for the free flow of personal data with the United Kingdom.European Commission - European Commission
After reading commaok.xyz/ai/just-in-time-so… I gave exe.dev a shot and the combination of cheap VMs, the HTTPS proxy with passkey auth and link sharing, and the built-in LLM agent is... incredible.
Like, I know how to use each of these things individually, but combining them feels like when I first learned to script things.
Just in time software
I didn’t plan to write software in the grocery store last night. I was tired and hungry, kids in tow. My long shopping list sat in a text message. I wished I could check items off as I found them.commaok.xyz
24 December 1905 | A Dutch Jew, Henri Emile Mossel, was born in Amsterdam.
A clarinetist and saxophonist, the leader of the AVRO dance orchestra, music store owner.
At Auschwitz from 25 March 1944
No. 175312
He perished at Auschwitz III-Monowitz on 4 August 1944.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_…
The story of how Patriarch #Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has been hiding a civil wife for 50 years and breaking one of the main taboos of the highest church hierarchy for half a century.
The draft agreement on ending Russia's war against Ukraine contains no provision on the lifting of US sanctions on Russia, but Washington intends to move towards their gradual removal after the war is over.
pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/12…
Zelenskyy: US plans to lift Russia sanctions gradually after war
Проєкт миру не передбачає зняття санкцій США з РФ, проте можливе їх поступове скасування після завершення війни.Ivanna Kostina (Ukrainska Pravda)
Vegetable oil spills and the bodies of dead birds have been found on two of Odesa's beaches. The pollution was caused by a Russian attack that resulted in the oil spilling into the waters of the Black Sea.
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Vegetable oil spills and dead birds found on Odesa beaches after Russian attack – photos
Vegetable oil spills and the bodies of dead birds have been found on two beaches in Odesa. City authorities have explained the cause of the pollution.Alyona Pavliuk (Ukrainska Pravda)
Russia's military spending in 2025 will reach its highest level since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine – nearly 13.5 trillion rubles, or 259.4 billion rubles per week. This is more than the combined budgets of 62 regions of the country.
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Недельные расходы на войну превысили годовые бюджеты 75% российских регионов
Второй год недельные расходы России на войну в Украине превышают годовые бюджеты большинства российских регионов, подсчитала The Moscow Times.Русская служба The Moscow Times
Webrat: quando la voglia di imparare sicurezza informatica diventa un vettore d’attacco
📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/webrat-qu…
#redhotcyber #news #cybersecurity #hacking #malware #minacceinformatiche #sicurezzainformatica
Webrat: quando la voglia di imparare sicurezza informatica diventa un vettore d’attacco
Un nuovo report di Kaspersky Labs rivela che il malware Webrat sta prendendo di mira studenti e ricercatori inesperti con una campagna di exploit falsi.Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
Russian forces attempted to reach the southeastern outskirts of Kostyantynivka via Ivanopillia, using two heavily fortified "porcupine" tanks loaded with infantry. But they were stopped well before getting close.
Artillery units of the 28th Mechanized Brigade, supported by several UAV units, launched a coordinated strike. Two tanks and 15 infantrymen were destroyed.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to Zelensky's disclosure of Ukraine's 20-point peace plan by emphasizing that Russia's own peace terms are already well known to the United States.
“All the main parameters of the Russian side are well known to our colleagues in the U.S.,” he stated, adding that Kirill Dmitriev had briefed Putin in full detail about recent negotiations.
⚡️ RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE — DEC 24, 2025
■ Russian casualties reach 1.2 million, with an estimated 318 thousand deaths
■ No new area gains; freezing temperatures in the north
■ Record-high total equipment and drone losses; strong unarmored and artillery losses as well
■ Overnight attacks: triple-digit, all drones, but the interception rate could be better
■ Double-digit 🇺🇦 strikes for the second day in a row
New page: Guide to the figures I use
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Dashboard on Russia's war against Ukraine
Looker Studio turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable.Looker Studio
President Zelensky shared recent accuracy figures for Ukraine’s FP-5 Flamingo and (Long-)Neptune missiles. He said that in the latest use of five Flamingo missiles, one hit its target while four were shot down by Russian air defenses, but performance is improving “month by month,” he said to Ukrinform.
Zelensky also noted that the Ruta missile, built with foreign partners, has been effective when used, but remains limited in number due to technical issues, especially with engines and funding.
A drone strike overnight hit the Efremovsky Synthetic Rubber Plant in Tula Oblast, Russia, sparking a fire. Residents in Yefremov heard explosions and saw flames; the governor later confirmed a blaze at a regional industrial site.
The Efremovsky plant, operating since 1933, is a key producer of synthetic rubber and polyisobutylene, materials used in various industrial and defense applications.
24 December 1920 | A Czech Jewish woman, Herta Reicherová, was born in Ostrava.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobi…
🎧 Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
"On Auschwitz" (44): Women at Auschwitz
The Auschwitz camp was established in June 1940 for male prisoners. The first groups of women were incarcerated by the Germans more than a year and a half la...YouTube
Il caso Nezha: quando un Attacco Informatico sembra normale manutenzione
📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/il-caso-n…
#redhotcyber #news #sicurezzainformatica #cybersecurity #malware #minaccesilenziose #nezh
Il caso Nezha: quando un Attacco Informatico sembra normale manutenzione
Gli aggressori sfruttano Nezha, uno strumento di monitoraggio legittimo, per il controllo remoto di sistemi già compromessi, eludendo il rilevamento.Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
Macron and #EU condemn US visa bans as row over ‘censorship’ escalates
by Patrick Wintour
Washington accused of ‘coercion and intimidation’ after five Europeans behind campaign to regulate US tech giants targeted
Two British anti-hate speech campaigners sanctioned by US state department
by Andrew Sparrow
Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford among five Europeans hit with visa bans over claims they wish to ‘suppress American viewpoints they oppose’
In the heart of #Kyiv, where history, resilience and quiet defiance converge, a shared voice rose in song
Together with the Embassies of Germany, the United Kingdom, and France, representatives of the Ministry of Culture, and Ukrainian artists from the National House of Music and Open Opera #Ukraine, performed Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells) a carol born in Ukraine and carried across the world.
U24 Gov UA / Instagram
Two officers of russia’s Interior Ministry were killed overnight on December 24 in moscow, according to sources cited by Ukrinform in Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense on December 24.
They had previously taken part in russia’s war against #Ukraine and were allegedly involved in the torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war.
united24media.com/latest-news/…
Moscow Explosion Kills Two Russian Officers Accused of Torturing Ukrainian POWs
Two officers from Russia’s Interior Ministry were killed in Moscow, linked to prior involvement in Ukraine and alleged prisoner torture.Dariia Mykhailenko (UNITED24 Media)
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Nel 2000, Steve Jobs offrì a Linus Torvalds, il creatore del kernel Linux, un posto in Apple a condizione che interrompesse il suo lavoro su Linux.
Torvalds rifiutò l’offerta, spiegando di non apprezzare il kernel di macOS e ribadendo il suo impegno verso lo sviluppo open source; ancora oggi continua a guidare attivamente il progetto Linux.
Segui i progetti Linux nel gruppo italiano del fediverso: @linux@diggita.com
Alles, was wir wollen, ist eine Quanten-KI-Firewall mit Zero-Trust-Architektur, die jeden Angriff blockt, Phishing-Versuche vereitelt, Ransomware zuverlässig abwehrt – und den Kaffee kocht. 😌 Vielleicht klappt’s ja! 🎁
Was wünscht ihr euch? Schreibt’s uns in die Kommentare und genießt den Start in die Feiertage!
spero di scoprire che esistano almeno 4 alti ufficiali dell'esercito/marina/aeronautica della #RepubblicaItaliana che abbiano una coscienza e chiedano,come colleghi inglesi, #EmbargoTotale delle #Armi a #Israele
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Stop arming Israel, ex-senior British Army officers tell Keir Starmer
Letter to the prime minister calls for a ban on involvement with Israeli-owned or Israeli-supported defence companies during the war in GazaLarisa Brown (The Times)
voglio ringraziare questi 4 ex alti ufficiali dell'Esercito di Sua Maestà che mi hanno fatto scoprire che almeno 4 alti ufficiali inglesi hanno una #coscienza.
4 ex alti ufficiali inglesi chiedono #embargoTotale delle #Armi a #Israele
[inglese]thetimes.com/article/ebbc5244-…
Stop arming Israel, ex-senior British Army officers tell Keir Starmer
Letter to the prime minister calls for a ban on involvement with Israeli-owned or Israeli-supported defence companies during the war in GazaLarisa Brown (The Times)
securityaffairs.com/186070/law…
#securityaffairs #hacking
Italian regulator rules Apple’s ATT feature limits competition
Italy fined Apple €98.6 million, ruling its App Tracking Transparency feature limited competition in the App Store.Pierluigi Paganini (Security Affairs)
Cloud sotto tiro: la campagna PCPcat compromette 59.128 server in 48 ore
📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/cloud-sot…
#redhotcyber #news #cyberspionaggio #cloudsecurity #nextjs #react #malware #pcp #vulnerabilità #cybersecurity
Cloud sotto tiro: la campagna PCPcat compromette 59.128 server in 48 ore
Una campagna di cyberspionaggio altamente automatizzata sta devastando l'infrastruttura cloud delle moderne applicazioni web, con 59.128 server compromessi in meno di due giorni.Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
Viva gli "irresponsabili" che insistono a nascere, nonostante tutto.
Oggi per @repubblica
E un abbraccio a tutti noi.
Negato incontro sulla Palestina, docenti di un liceo vicentino scrivono a Mattarella
Negato incontro sulla Palestina, docenti di un liceo vicentino scrivono a Mattarella Leggi anche altre notizie su CorriereUnivRedazione Roma (CorriereUniv)
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Really big age release coming tomorrow! 🎅🏻
- native post-quantum keys
- built-in recipients for hw plugins
- age-inspect tool
- plugin framework
- batchpass plugin
- many improved error messages
GitHub - FiloSottile/age: A simple, modern and secure encryption tool (and Go library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.
A simple, modern and secure encryption tool (and Go library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability. - FiloSottile/ageGitHub
Do you unfollow apparently abandoned Mastodon accounts?
I'm curious to know how you guys handle this. When do you unfollow people here if you happen to see they're no longer posting anything?
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- Never (50%, 1 vote)
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To celebrate Christmas I thought that I could do no better than repost this photo from earlier this month of my dogs with Bingo doing his best flying reindeer impression.
Wishing a very merry Christmas to all!
#photography
#PhotoOfTheDay #darktable #italy
#italia #nature #photo #merrychristmas #dogsofmastodon
Michael 🇺🇦
in reply to BSI • • •Ich wünsche mir eine unabhängige EU-IT-Infrastruktur ohne Abhängigkeit zu Google, Apple, Microsoft und Co. und eine Verpflichtung der europäischen Behörden, diese Angebote zu nutzen.
Ich wünsche mir ein Netz ohne Vorratsdatenspeicherung und ohne Hintertüren bei den Betreibern von Kommunikationsdiensten (Telefon, Mail, Chat, ...)