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All ten chapters of The Ghost Hunter's Guide to the Alphabet are live now! Binge it: patreon.com/posts/ghost-hu… "I’m not saying that my daisy chain attack on the emergency harbour fire response valves started with admin/admin, but I’m not, *not* saying it." Art by @asphodellesart

New newsletter: SolarWinds got away with it, Apple inserts its AI into apps that don’t have AI, Kawaiicon’s literal anti-virus system rules, Arduino’s new terms hate #hackers, TryHackMe’s #cyber advent calendar is a weenie roast, and more. Link: patreon.com/posts/cybersec…

Raw writing from me about what it feels like to be a US expat right now in Wellington, within a historical-fiction paranormal horror story. Great art by @asphodellesart Link: patreon.com/posts/chapter-… Only two chapters left. Start here if you're new: patreon.com/posts/chapter-…

At New Zealand's Kawaiican cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived. wired.com/story/this-hac…

Thanks so much for the shout-out, @violetblue! Threat Model, an invaluable resource for Covid-related news, free every Thursday. (That's the Covid edition; there's also an outstanding Cybersecurity edition out every Tuesday.) patreon.com/posts/covid-no…

This is the way forward. wired.com/story/this-hac… #PublicHealth #Leadership #Cybersecurity

New: Asymptomatic human H5N1 cases confirmed, rare but real, and documented with molecular + serologic testing. This is the kind of early signal you always track. Also we're filling ongoing CDC Covid data blackout gaps, nextgen prevention tools/vax, more: patreon.com/posts/covid-no…

This week: Weimar Berlin meets Boardwalk Empire in 1930s Wellington for a tale of horror. Here's what happened to Ambrose in the Southern Hemisphere's very own Overlook Hotel: patreon.com/posts/chapter-… Start here if you're newly dead: patreon.com/posts/chapter-…

From earlier: FCC to ditch last remaining #cybersecurity rules for telecoms, someone punked Cellebrite on a sales call, China’s president jokes about backdoors, a look at Māori AI data safeguards, and why newsletters like this matter more than ever. patreon.com/posts/cybersec…

Only 5 chapters remain. This week: - We meet an urban legend - Ghosts are going missing - The evil in Wellington is old 1: patreon.com/posts/chapter-… 2: patreon.com/posts/chapter-… 3: patreon.com/posts/chapter-… 4: patreon.com/posts/chapter-… 5: patreon.com/posts/chapter-…

Newly dead in Wellington? Sorry mate! You'll need a permit for that. Please refer to The Ghost Hunter's Guide to the Alphabet. Chapter 1: patreon.com/posts/chapter-… Chapter 2: patreon.com/posts/chapter-… Chapter 3: patreon.com/posts/chapter-… Chapter 4: patreon.com/posts/chapter-…

Get caught up: US CDC infectious disease data blackout in 3rd week, #Covid jab sparks immune response to fight cancer, millions have lost sense of smell “without even realizing it,” #LongCovid is “changing an entire generation,” and much more. Link: patreon.com/posts/covid-oc…

Wellington, keep your devices charged.

New: an article reframing information warfare as emotional infiltration rather than propaganda, the breach map of federal agencies keeps expanding, closure for one of the longest cryptographic public riddles in US history, and more: patreon.com/posts/cybersec… #cybersecurity

Chapter 3 of The Ghost Hunter's Guide to the Alphabet is here! Ghosts. Horror. Wellington. Cognitive dissonance like only Americans know how to serve it. You can binge if you want to: Ch 1: patreon.com/posts/chapter-… Ch 2: patreon.com/posts/chapter-… Ch 3: patreon.com/posts/chapter-…

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C is for CROSSING -- paywall lifted for Chapter Two of The Ghost Hunter's Guide to the Alphabet, featuring character art by @asphodellesart Ghosts. History. #Horror. Boomers on molly. A missing cat. Wellington like you've never known. patreon.com/posts/chapter-…

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Working on tomorrow's Threat Model: Covid and I just noticed that last week's was the 300th. Three hundred weekly #Covid and #LongCovid news updates. Every week, same time, same day, for 300 weeks. Wow.