I-CAT

Institute for Countering Asymmetrical Threats (I-CAT). A Leading Independent Research Think-Tank. RTs, Likes & Quotes ≠ Endorsements/Affliations/Views

[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

"Access to certain capabilities once reserved for a handful of specialized government agencies has gradually widened: any actor can now buy ‘off the shelf’ the ability to silently penetrate a phone,” the French ministry said.
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[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

"Russian state-linked hackers compromised government email servers in Romania and Kazakhstan using new malware to secretly intercept messages, including emails exchanged with NATO and European Union officials,"
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[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

“One in 900 is a dragnet number, not a targeting number,” Nic Adams, co-founder and CEO of cyberkinetics company 0rcus said about the survey’s infection rate. “Mercenary spyware was built as a scalpel — now it’s being used as a net.”
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[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

"Both DarkSword and Coruna exploit frameworks offer the same level of phone takeover as advanced commercial spyware brands like the zero-click Pegasus exploits and can expose messages, photos, emails and turn on microphones and cameras."
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[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

"Romance Scammers Turned a Texas Man Into an Unwitting Money Mule"
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[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

"A police officer in South Auckland has resigned after an investigation into comments suggesting that he was going to plant empty drug bags in cars, in order to search them and increase the number of people he arrested."
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[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

"The 30-something aide has long been known as Trump’s “human printer” for her practice of following him around and providing hard copies of fawning news coverage to boost his mood."
https://t.co/nF1lM8TCEo

[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

"Natalie Harp’s apparent involvement comes at a time when the young White House aide appears to be exerting more and more control over the president’s consumption of news and information [and looking for new spotlight]"
https://t.co/nF1lM8T4OQ

[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

"Natalie Harp's new workspace places her even closer to President Trump as he increasingly relies on a small circle of trusted aides, with the Times describing him as becoming more cloistered with those closest to him."
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[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

"President Donald Trump's executive assistant, Natalie Harp, has taken control of his personal cell phone, screening incoming calls and deciding who can speak with him."
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[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

"Natalie Harp, President Donald Trump’s 35-year-old female aide, could very well score a senior administration role due to her unusual “hold” over the president, veteran political journalist Chris Whipple argued"
https://t.co/dHoMLNRt1Y

[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

"President Trump has discussed promoting his 35-year-old blonde assistant to be his next press secretary. Natalie Harp, who tags along with the president everywhere as his trusted executive assistant could replace the departing Karoline Leavitt"
https://t.co/vpmGNgXqid

[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

"President Trump has reportedly given one of his closest aides, Natalie Harp, a dedicated workspace inside his private dining room at the White House, marking another development in the scrutiny surrounding her unusually close relationship."
https://t.co/nHVnSWhiw2

[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

"As long as Ms. Natalie Harp is around, he enjoys an unvetted flow of information, some of it poisonous and counterproductive. She supplies him with content she fishes out of the social media gutter..."
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[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The challenges posed by #ArtificialIntelligence and unregulated automation can put countless jobs at risk and become a real threat to proper integral human development. Technology must always be subject to ethics; an algorithm cannot replace human discernment or a worker's value. Access to work for all must be a high priority for public policies and economic processes, serving as a criterion for evaluating the human quality of any development model. #ApostolicJourney #Argentina

[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

"For days now, cybercriminals have been posting my personal data on the dark web and looking for more information, effectively exposing me to new threats and intimidation," Italian FM Antonio Tajani wrote on X. "They are also targeting my family."
https://t.co/2MDma0vnAw

[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

Ukraine's cyber police said the suspects operated call centers across the country, posing as financial advisers and persuading people in the EU, particularly Germany, to invest in cryptocurrencies and stocks through fraudulent online platforms.
https://t.co/XefnGIfDAy

[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

An overseas-based gambling website GemBet said to be operated by a gambling syndicate with links to groups in Cyprus has continued to recruit individuals in Singapore to set up shell companies to facilitate bets
https://t.co/hrkjI63YDb

[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

"...flawed GCHQ intelligence misidentified selectors — identifiers such as phone numbers or online accounts — in “a small number of cases” where innocent members of the public were “wrongly suspected of being involved in terrorism-related criminality.”"
https://t.co/5O8FVCS7oh

[I-CAT @C4CIOPS]

"Huang, a senior executive in Singapore-based Megaspeed is believed to have been recruited by PRC's intelligence apparatus to gather information about the billionaire and potentially influence his decisions on the global AI industry."
https://t.co/TVM7L0tcPH