How spyware posing as an app from a humanitarian organization spread among Syrian army officers, mainly via Telegram, and fueled the Assad regime's collapse
The investigation into the collapse of the Assad regime reveals a significant technical dimension, particularly … Bluesky: @socialmedialab.ca . Forums: r/netsec and r/cybersecurity Bluesky: @socialmed...
Sources: Elon Musk and his right-wing allies discussed how to destabilize the UK Labour government and remove PM Keir Starmer, beyond Musk's aggressive X posts
Votes of millions of people don't count. — Fiction threatens to become reality as the equivalents of Dr. Strangelove and James Bond villain Elliot Carver plan world domination. — archive.ph/waCUV ...
TikTok plans to take prompt action against “exploitative begging” after an investigation found refugees in Syrian camps pleading for digital gifts on the app
BBC Global Disinformation Unit, BBC News Arabic and BBC Eye Investigations — Displaced families in Syrian camps …
How Syrian human rights group Mnemonic used AI trained on synthetic data to analyze videos for evidence that “cluster” weapon RBK-250 was used against civilians
Technique used to teach Tesla cars and Amazon Alexa has gathered evidence of weapons used against civilians Tweets: @financialtimes , @sylviakangara , @samjoiner , and @madhumita29 Tweets: @financialt...
A look at the origins of Clearview AI, which far-right activist Charles Johnson says he co-founded, as it is besieged by lawsuits and investigations
In May 2019, an agent at the Department of Homeland Security received a trove of unsettling images. Found by Yahoo in a Syrian user's account …
Mexican cartel hitmen seem to have adopted the use of bomb-laden drones in assassinations, following the tactic's proliferation on Iraqi and Syrian battlefields
Mexico's drug cartels are notoriously well armed and equipped, with some possessing very heavy weaponry, including armored gun trucks sporting heavy machine guns.
Dozens of Tunisian, Syrian, and Palestinian activists and journalists say their Facebook accounts have been deactivated recently on the pretext of terrorism
“Facebook doesn't care. It closes our accounts on the pretext of terrorism. We are against terrorism and violence," one journalist said. Tweets: @eff , @oliviasolon , @sivavaid , @evan_greer , @blac...
How small startup Hala built Sentry, a social media warning system deployed in Syria using humans and remote sensors to predict when and where bombs may fall
Danny Gold / Wired : Tweets: @mollymckew , @nxthompson , @rogercdavies , @wired , and @thesyriacmpgn Tweets: Molly McKew / @mollymckew : In Syria, in Ukraine, dealing with Kremlin aggression has requ...
Pentagon spokesperson says there has been a “2,000% increase in Russian trolls in the last 24 hours”, following Syria air strikes on Friday night
As Donald Trump's administration, backed by France and the UK, launched a series of missile attacks on Syrian installations allegedly used …
Researchers find hundreds of gigabytes of files online outlining Lebanon-linked effort to gain passwords and eavesdrop via bogus websites and malicious apps
including Signal and WhatsApp—that allow attackers to take photos, capture audio, and more. Read our joint report with @Lookout on “Dark Caracal” http://www.eff.org/... Abir Ghattas / @abirghattas : P...