Katie Gray

@sundancefest.bsky.social hope you will post updates to BlueSky this year!!

More hikes in #Tahoe with #dogsofbluesky Cooper and Archie. Another beautiful sunny day

The OWASP Project has published its Top 10 ranking of risks associated with non-human identities (NHIs) for application developers. The organization listed Improper Offboarding as the top risk. owasp.org/www-project-...

Hike in the snow to Scott’s Lake. Dogs are in heaven again! #Tahoe #dogsofbluesky

The CIA built an AI chat bot to imitate what world leaders think. Inside the drive to bring Silicon Valley to Langley. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/u...

Lots of cyber news today cyberscoop.com/cia-nominee-...

Sobering read on the threats posed by the PRC to US critical infrastructure penned by outgoing CISA Director Jen Easterly www.cisa.gov/news-events/...

Pentagon to blacklist China’s largest EV battery and tech firms www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

If you're getting the Volt, Salt and Flax Typhoon hacking groups mixed up, @carlypage.bsky.social has you covered. These are the China-backed hacking groups gearing up for conflict. techcrunch.com/2025/01/06/m...

It’s hard to describe how beautiful it is to ski with all of Lake Tahoe in front of you. The pictures don’t do it justice. #Heavenly #Tahoe

Feels like this should be a bigger news story. Is there any merit to people’s feeling that Siri is listening and feeding them targeted ads based on conversations?

Playing with the AI today. Also putting a Santa outfit on a wine bottle #impulsebuy

The NDAA signed by President Biden last night includes $3 billion to help telecom firms remove & replace insecure equipment in response to recent incursions by Chinese-linked hackers. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from @therecordmedia.bsky.social therecord.media/fcc-rip-and-...

Here is our annual list of all the cybersecurity stories that TechCrunch's security desk were jealous of this year, from our friends and colleagues at competing publications. From @lorenzofb.bsky.social, @carlypage.bsky.social and myself: techcrunch.com/2024/12/24/t...

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Whatsapp beats NSO in landmark spyware case. Free link. wapo.st/4gs8r20

We are completely sold out of tickets! If you missed out, don't fret - you can get on the waitlist if someone cancels. We'll also be calling for volunteers in the next month! Get on our list to find out about all the cool stuff! www.districtcon.org/get-notified

NEW: U.S. private equity firm AE Industrial has acquired Israeli spyware maker Paragon, which has been making inroads in the U.S. market, for ~$500 million. The acquisition shows the spyware market is in flux after all the scandals involving NSO Group. techcrunch.com/2024/12/16/i...

NEW: Serbian authorities used Cellebrite to unlock the phones of a journalist and an activist, and then installed spyware on the devices. This shows that sometimes physical access to target's devices is easier and cheaper than using spyware like NSO's. techcrunch.com/2024/12/15/s...

New from me: Inside CISA as Trump prepares to take power. Employees are worried that he'll end key projects, drive away star talent, and generally weaken the agency's role in protecting the government and the nation from hackers. My @wired.com story: www.wired.com/story/cisa-c...

Are there no Bay Area people on BlueSky? Twitter always had a quick response to Bay Area weather events in the middle of the night. It was reassuring.

California: Our state gave the world iPhones, Mickey Mouse & In-N-Out but @governor.ca.gov has fewer followers than @govpritzker.illinois.gov & @govwesmoore.bsky.social? Just a friendly west coast challenge - all great governors, but let's show some California love! 🌴​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Senators, witnesses: $3B for ‘rip and replace’ a good start to preventing #SaltTyphoon style #breaches. The annual #defense spending bill contains money the #FCC has sought to use to reimburse #telecommunications carriers for removing #Chinese equipment. cyberscoop.com/senators-wit...

WH press call about Syria: senior official said US is in contact with all Syrian opposition groups, implying this includes Hayat Tahrir-al Sham. Also says US has "good fidelity" on state of chemical weapons in Syria and worked this wk to help ensure they're secure and feels good about those efforts

I’m loving that some of the advice coming out of Salt Typhoon is for iPhone users to not text Android users. Shun the green bubbles.

As of last year, Wyoming had more company incorporations per capita than any other state - surpassing even Delaware. blog.opencorporates.com/2024/12/04/w...

ByteDance, TikTok seek temporary halt to US crackdown law pending Supreme Court review - www.reuters.com/legal/byteda...

Assad was propped up by Putin. But Putin couldn’t help him — because Russia’s military has been devastated by Ukraine. Make no mistake: our Ukraine policy is working — it weakens Putin EVERYWHERE.

My sweet boys! #dogsofbluesky #Tahoe

DC Circuit upholds TikTok ban. Opinions to come.

UPDATE: Tsunami warning canceled for Northern California coast

Seems like we would know more by now if there were a huge wave formed off the coast. Like can’t we track things like that?? #tsunami

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 occurred off the Northern California coast. A tsunami warning has been issued.

What’s going on with the TikTok sale? Does Salt Typhoon change anything? Does the incoming administration change anything?

This doesn’t seem to be making much news outside cybersecurity circles, maybe because there was no disruption in services. Potentially the worst telecom hack ever with the FBI, CISA, and others recommending all Americans use encrypted communications (iMessage counts) and encrypted voice calls.

Jonathan Levin is the new CEO of Chainalysis. www.chainalysis.com/blog/jonatha... He's also a hands-on crypto tracer. In my book Tracers in the Dark I describe e.g. how he personally charted CSAM crypto payments for the NCA in London and helped develop a secret method for finding dark web servers.

The Commerce Dept is publishing the final version of its regulation allowing the government to block risky IT transactions between US companies and firms linked to foreign adversaries: bit.ly/4f9mHLI This broad supply-chain security rule began under Trump and has been refined under Biden.