John Z Black
Brunswick, ME • (207) 245-1010 • contact@johnzblack.com
Mostly security stuff...
Make sure you check out my main blog at https://gnerdsec.com/blog
Iran's Digital Battlefield: GPS Jamming, Hijacked Cameras, Internet Kill Switch, and AI Disinfo
The Iran conflict isn't just missiles and headlines. It's GPS spoofing that breaks delivery apps, hijacked security cameras used for pre-strike surveillance, a near-total internet blackout for 87 million people, and AI-generated war propaganda flooding social media.
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INTERPOL Just Sinkholed 45,000 Criminal IPs and Arrested 94 People Across 72 Countries
Operation Synergia III was one of the biggest cybercrime infrastructure takedowns ever. 45,000 malicious IPs redirected, 94 arrests, 72 countries involved. Here's what that actually means.
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Patch Chrome Now: Two Zero-Days Being Actively Exploited in the Wild
Google just patched two zero-days in Chrome 146 that were already being used in real attacks. Update now or stay exposed.
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CBP Was Tracking Your Phone With Ad Data -- And When Their Own Privacy Officers Said Stop, They Were Fired
CBP bought commercial ad data to track Americans' phones without warrants. When internal privacy officers pushed back on related illegal conduct, they got canned.
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The FBI's Warrant-Free Surveillance Just Hit a New High -- Right as Congress Finally Moves to Stop It
The FBI searched Americans' private communications without a warrant 7,413 times last year, up 34%. A bipartisan bill just landed to require warrants going forward.
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The Insider No One Suspected: DOJ Says a Ransomware "Helper" Was Running the Attack
A ransomware negotiator was secretly feeding BlackCat operators confidential victim data to jack up ransom payments. The DOJ just charged him.
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