Joe Warminsky

Joe Warminsky

@jwarminsky.bsky.social

News Editor at The Record: @therecordmedia.bsky.social [ Tired of bios ] [ Often thinking about music ] [ Etc. ]

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Cybercriminals are stuffing infostealer malware into bogus apps aimed at tracking gas prices, police activity, drone strikes and other information of concern to average Russians, researchers said therecord.media/malicious-ap...

therecord.mediaMalicious apps prey on Russians’ anxiety about fuel prices, drone strikesCybercriminals are stuffing infostealer malware into bogus apps aimed at tracking gas prices, police activity, drone strikes and other information of concern to average Russians, researchers said.

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David Ho
@davidho.bsky.social

Some unhinged comments and quote posts on this. Machine learning with artificial neural networks has transformed the environmental sciences, and rightly deserved the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. This isn’t using a chatbot to predict hurricanes.

NPR@npr.org

Hurricane forecasters are increasingly using artificial intelligence to make predictions. n.pr/4dUkB4O

n.prHow AI is transforming hurricane forecastsHurricane forecasters are increasingly using artificial intelligence to make predictions.

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jon greig
@jgreig.bsky.social

Spoke to a bunch of incident responders and researchers about PHP2Shell When might me see successful exploitation? How many real-world POCs actually work? How long will ASLR be a barrier to mass exploitation? What have the attempts looked like? therecord.media/php-php2shel...

therecord.mediaReports of PHP bug exploitation attempts grow as experts downplay viability of exploitsThe headline-grabbing bugs known colloquially as PHP2Shell are giving cyber analysts a lot to track — and a lot to debunk.
Joe Warminsky
@jwarminsky.bsky.social

The Cat From Outer Space, 1978, the Bethlehem Drive-In Theater, Butztown, Pa. The cat was really big on the screen. Also, snacks.

Mark Thompson@markreckons.bsky.social

First film you saw at the cinema. The real first one, not the pretend one you tell people! Mine: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980, Wigan. We were near the front and I can still remember how massive the AT-ATs looked, looming over us out of the snow :) Film, year, where, and whatever stuck with you.

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Raphael Satter
@raphae.li

Scoop: Matthew Prince of Cloudflare tells me and @ajvicens.bsky.social he is aware of "a bunch of additional severe vulnerabilities that are present in other pieces of critical software." Experts are forecasting more PHP-style update scrambles around the corner. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

reuters.comAI-discovered bugs may soon trigger fresh disruptions, cyber experts sayAdvances in artificial intelligence have uncovered a stream of new software vulnerabilities that are almost ​certain to trigger more disruption along the lines of the outages that percolated across gl...

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Martin Matishak
@martinmatishak.bsky.social

The Russian government is attempting to harm the Democratic Party and erode voter confidence ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, continuing a decade-long trend, according to two senior congressional lawmakers. therecord.media/democrat-law...

therecord.mediaDemocrat lawmakers say Russia is aiming to undermine party ahead of midtermsThe pair stressed the latest update showed no country is pursuing the technically challenging effort to interfere with or hack into the country’s election infrastructure or tamper directly with votes.

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Sidebar: @jgreig.bsky.social breaks down the lengthy statement issued by the PHP Foundation earlier today therecord.media/php-foundati...

therecord.mediaPHP says AI review of critical bugs first sparked alarm in August, but signs surfaced in 2024In a lengthy statement about two critical vulnerabilities, the PHP Foundation explained how one dated to 2024, how a recent third-party review by AI companies heightened attention on both, why it scra...
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Story updated with comments from OpenAI saying its tools helped identify the bugs two months ago: therecord.media/php-script-v...

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The Record
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A pro-Ukraine group that says it operates within Russia took responsibility for anti-Putin messages appearing on an education assessment platform. Authorities said they had restored systems therecord.media/anti-putin-m...

therecord.mediaAnti-Putin messages disrupt nationwide school assessments in RussiaA pro-Ukraine group that says it operates within Russia took responsibility for anti-Putin messages appearing on an education assessment platform. Authorities said they had restored systems.

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Alan Zilberman
@alanzilberman.bsky.social

Just gutting. I did not know Ann well, but she was always kind to me and a steady, invaluable presence in the DC film community. Her book Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies is a great introductory volume for anyone wanting to learn more about the medium. This sucks.

washingtonpost.comAnn Hornaday, longtime Washington Post film critic, dies at 66Ann Hornaday, who helped Post readers understand the enduring magic and occasional disappointment of movies, died Sunday at her home in Baltimore. She was 66.

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The Ukrainian military can again use SpaceX’s Starshield satellite service on the move, a Defense Ministry source told Recorded Future News on Thursday, days after sudden restrictions disrupted drone missions along the front line therecord.media/ukraine-says...

therecord.mediaUkraine says Elon Musk's Starshield service partially restored after restrictions disrupted drone missionsThe Ukrainian military can again use SpaceX’s Starshield satellite service on the move, a Defense Ministry source told Recorded Future News on Thursday, days after sudden restrictions disrupted drone ...

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Daryna Antoniuk
@darynant.bsky.social

“Starshield connectivity while in motion has now been restored and remains operational,” a Defense Ministry source told @therecordmedia.bsky.social Washington and Musk disagree over who was responsible for the disruption. therecord.media/ukraine-says...

therecord.mediaUkraine says Elon Musk's Starshield service restored after restrictions disrupted drone missionsThe Ukrainian military can again use SpaceX’s Starshield satellite service on the move, a Defense Ministry source told Recorded Future News on Thursday, days after sudden restrictions disrupted drone ...

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The Record
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Lawmakers criticized a major developer of dating apps for not doing enough to stop romance scams, and issued a report finding that nearly 1.5 million scammers on Tinder and Hinge were able to match with legitimate users therecord.media/congressiona...

therecord.mediaCongressional probe faults Match Group for failing to rein in dating app scamsThe Joint Economic Committee on Tuesday released the results of a year-long investigation into Tinder, Hinge, Match, Plenty of Fish and several other dating sites owned by Match Group.

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

NEW: Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won’t pay for it.

propublica.orgScammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t.Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won...

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The Record
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Leaked chats apparently show the inner workings of an extortion group that the FBI warned was sending agents to physically infiltrate victims' offices therecord.media/leaked-chats...

therecord.mediaLeaked chats show Russian extortion gang sending ‘agents’ into US law firmsIn leaked chats, members track dozens of victims, haggle over multimillion-dollar payments and direct operatives based in the United States whom they call “agents.”

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Alexander Martin
@alexmartin.bsky.social

New: Members of a Russia-based cyberextortion gang plotted to send operatives into US law firms, kidnap executives and even recruit military personnel to spy on submarine-based nuclear forces, according to leaked chats reviewed by Recorded Future News. Crazy stuff in this archive. More to follow:

therecord.mediaLeaked chats show Russian extortion gang sending ‘agents’ into US law firmsIn leaked chats, members track dozens of victims, haggle over multimillion-dollar payments and direct operatives based in the United States whom they call “agents.”

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Eric Deggans
@edeggans.bsky.social

This is an an amazing and bizarre story of a “news” website in the small town of Winchester, VA which has no bylines, seems to have AI generated stories and forced a freelance staffer to sign an NDA. How an anonymously-run news website can appear in a news desert. READ: https://loom.ly/4u6bDjk

whro.orgIn Winchester, The Truth About A Local News Website Is The City’s Best-Kept SecretAs the hometown newspaper cut staff and TV stations left one small Virginia town, a website appeared touting a new, trusted source of local news. But the who, what, when, where and why of it have baffled residents.

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The Record
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Beyond the potential misuses of its services, Wikimedia said activity by AI agents can be a drain on web platforms that are already operating with limited resources therecord.media/wikimedia-fo...

therecord.mediaWikimedia Foundation: OpenAI agents tried to edit pages and compromise notes toolBeyond the potential misuses of its services, Wikimedia said activity by AI agents can be a drain on web platforms that are already operating with limited resources.

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404 Media
@404media.co

BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned

404media.coHow Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance ProgramHow the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
Joe Warminsky
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Nurse Dana approves

Pennsylvania Capital-Star@penncapital-star.com

ICYMI: The system is being launched about two years after Gov. Josh Shapiro signed Act 122 of 2024, which required the PCCD and Pennsylvania State Police to establish an online tracking system to allow sexual assault survivors to track evidence processing at each step.

bit.lyPennsylvania rolls out sexual assault evidence tracking system • Pennsylvania Capital-StarThe system is being launched about two years after Gov. Josh Shapiro signed Act 122 of 2024, which required the PCCD and Pennsylvania State Police to establish an online tracking system to allow sexual assault survivors to track evidence processing at each step.
Joe Warminsky
@jwarminsky.bsky.social

When a Commanders’ opponent misses a field goal, apparently fans can get free nuggets in the McDonald’s app. The hypothetical corruption scenario is way funnier than somebody missing 2 free throws against the Sixers.

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Jeff Weiss
@passionweiss.bsky.social

Alice Coltrane explaining her connection to the harp - from the Black Journal Alice Coltrane documentary segment produced by National Educational Television (1970)