Meanwhile: #Android #CoSoSec

Android security updates this month patch 46 vulnerabilities, including a high-severity remote code execution (RCE) exploited in targeted attacks.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-fixes-android-kernel-zero-day-exploited-in-targeted-attacks/amp/

Google says that "there are indications that CVE-2024-36971 may be under limited, targeted exploitation," with threat actors likely exploiting to gain arbitrary code execution without user interaction on unpatched devices.

/nosanitize

https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2024-08-01#Android-and-Google-service-mitigations

@holon42 not yet charges are pending with some court cases pending also

For those who don't know

Tate and his brother, Tristan Tate, have since 2022 been battling charges from Romanian prosecutors that include human trafficking.

https://www.nytimes.com/article/andrew-tate-arrests-explained.html

He's also one the big accounts that has influenced what's happening in UK now regarding the riots -he pushed the misinformation and disinformation surrounding what happened last week which resulted in UK riots

Andrew Tate doesn't deserve any sympathy from anyone

Fuck him

And that doesn't make me racist either

Fuck that prick

@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine @sentientdessert

I have no sympathy for him not one bit

He was one of the 1st big accounts to push that immigrants were the cause of what happened last week to three small children

He deserves everything he gets IMO and if that is "his own" turning on him so be it

^^^^^

Reap what ya sow

¯\(°_o)/¯

@dratino next best thing

🤜 E=Mc 🤛

😆

mobile force of police officers is a rare use of special emergency powers since they were first used 40 years ago, with the controversial squads drafted under the Ridley Plan to tackle the miners’ strike in 1984 and 1985.

The new mobile police force will provide extra specialist support in tackling civil unrest for the 24 police forces around the country,

Police will continue to provide updates on specifics in relation to progress on arrests and charging.

Starmer creates ‘standing army’ of specialist police officers to crush rioters - The prime minister made the move after chairing an emergency Cobra committee meeting this morning

It came as reports suggest that far-right groups intend to target 30 immigration and law centres on Thursday after sharing addresses on the messaging platform Telegram.

More coffee vicar

#AI #SocialMedia #X

For all the talk of social media reform after 2016 and the Facebook fiasco when misinformation ran rampant across that platform, it now appears that Musk has decided not only to support the Republican candidate for president but to personally help spread misinformation about voting and the election.

https://open.substack.com/pub/steady/p/whos-minding-musk

Plus, in 2024, Musk has more powerful tools than Facebook ever imagined eight years ago

"The Information Community attributes these hacking activities to the Kimsuky and Andariel hacking organizations under the North Korean Reconnaissance General Bureau, noting the unprecedented nature of both organizations targeting the same sector simultaneously for specific policy objectives," warns the NCSC.

North Korean hackers exploit VPN update flaw to install malware

#CoSoSec

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-hackers-exploit-vpn-update-flaw-to-install-malware/

South Korea's National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) warns that state-backed DPRK hackers hijacked flaws in a VPN's software update to deploy malware and breach networks.

UN fires additional staffers after probe finds potential involvement in Oct. 7 attack on Israel

#Israel #Gaza

https://apnews.com/article/un-unrwa-staffers-fired-oct-7-cc33d0ab25dc4bacc0af1db10705e0d6

“I acknowledge the completion of the investigation by the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) into the serious allegations that 19 area UNRWA staff members in Gaza were involved in the abhorrent attacks of 7 October on southern Israel"

https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/investigation-completed-allegations-unrwa-staff-participation-7-october

@stueytheround 😂

Hear a rumour a few of their telegram private chats have been "infiltrated" 🤫

@stueytheround buncha plonkers they are

Thing is its all outsiders traveling into areas smash shit then back to their own areas leaving the locals to clean up and live in fear - cowards everyone of them

Guess they took the hint

https://counter.social/@ecksmc/112891889464576871

That shite wouldna fly in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

meeting of the UK government’s Cobra emergency committee was held after disorder in Hull, Liverpool, Bristol, Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent, Blackpool and Belfast, among other locations over the weekend.

Belfast police are under attack & Plymouth its kicking off tonight

meanwhile

Police Scotland said there was no intelligence to suggest unrest would break out in Scotland

"its not personal"

Aye right says everyone who's made it personal