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Rik Ferguson 💯🇺🇦
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VP Security Intelligence , Co-founder . Futurist, Researcher, Award-winning writer/producer. He/Him.
Science & TechnologyGlory to UkraineJoined January 2009

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Public note: If you ask me to sit on any public panel I will decline if there are no women on the panel. I can’t do much but I can do this.
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I fell for a Smishing attack yesterday. I was tired and the message followed on from a couple of real events that gave it context and credibility. Everyone is a potential victim, no one is immune. Unique passwords for every account and a rapid realisation saved me this time.
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Germany’s (and other nations to boot) position on the admission of Ukraine into NATO lacks internal logic.
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Germany was accepted into #NATO on May 9, 1955, ten years after killing tens of millions of Europeans. It had no fixed borders, it was a divided country, with the Iron Curtain running right through it. Go on, convince me there is nothing to learn here for Ukraine's NATO bid!
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A map of the world some time between 1972 and 1975 hangs on the wall of this weekend property rental. It has amazing how much has changed in my lifetime (just so far). Not to mention, the country I am currently standing in, to look at this map, itself no longer exists. #ILoveMaps
Map of the world between 1972/75
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He and my mum gave me all I needed to be the best human I can possibly be, and the best parent. He didn’t survive to know any of my children, but damn they would have loved him as a grandad, he would have been 80 this year. 3/4
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His words and demeanour exuded confidence, but his body language was almost birdlike, never definite. Always never quite sure enough to be permanent, if that makes sense? He was the best father I could have wished for. I lost him at 25. 2/4
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It’s Father’s Day this Sunday. My dad lost his own father at 19, I think it left him unresolved and unguided as a parent, although not without inspiration. With hindsight I remember him as someone who hid a fear of loss behind a thick and effective veneer of love and humour.🧵1/4
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Doublethink.
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"Surveys of the Russian public demonstrate how it’s possible to hold conflicting ideas in the mind while pretending they’re not." Oleksandr Shulga cepa.org/article/russia
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Forescout Research uncovered a significant incident exploiting a critical zero-day #MOVEit vuln, resulting in privilege escalation & unauthorized access to & exfiltration of data. *Download the full threat report for details on incident & payload*
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Russia : It is raining Ukraine: It is not raining : (draws the curtains) I guess we’ll never know whether it is actually raining.
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‘We may never know who destroyed the dam’ The last night on @BBCNews the channel’s international editor @BowenBBC said: ‘we may never know who destroyed the Kakhovka Dam’ Really Jeremy? Really BBC? I thought you were better than this, you’re supporting Russian disinformation!
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I’ve just heard that a publication that I write a monthly column for, will be shuttered in the very near future. So if you think you might like a monthly article from me, I have some bandwidth available right now. Give me a shout, I love writing.
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My beautiful 4 year-old daughter has alopecia areata and it it seems to be progressing without mercy. Do any of you have any experience, wisdom, connections or tips that might help us to help her?
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Roughly how often do you start typing a reply or a tweet and then delete it halfway though because you realise that no one flippin cares? This is me frequently.
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Yes. Nice work. Goes along with the Ukraine narrative too. A lot of non-sensitive Ukraine related content is being flagged now. Cc
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if the search box settings sensitive is on. we both can't be searched from an account that does not follow both of us if you remove the tick from settings both of us can be found. ( I believe the first site need to check differently for search suggestion)
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This is an absolutely excellent, informative, balanced, and most importantly, honest breakdown. Broadly applicable, not just to the spyware in the title. Brawo Łukasz, bardzo polecam
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New post! My talk "Dismantling spyware disinformation campaigns: lessons from the chaos" is also available as a write-up medium.com/@maldr0id/dism
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Another war crime and a breach of the Geneva Conventions. By Russia, likely extent of flooding and threat to life still being established. Crimea will be without water and possibly so will ZNPP. This is ecocide.
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Nova Kakhovka dam was blown up overnight liveuamap.com/en/2023/6-june
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Yes, and how many HIMARS is it now?
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⚡️@mod_russia: Attempts by enemy during June 4 to break through 🇷🇺 forces' defence in South Donetsk direction were not successful. ❌The enemy suffered significant losses: more than 250 servicemen, 16 tanks, 24 AFVs, including three Bradley FVs. 🔗is.gd/F6tZqj
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