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Aurora Blum

@auroracath

Geopolitics and cybersecurity researcher working @Google. Formerly @NATO, FletcherSchool and @yale alum. When not ant work, talking about books, dogs & travel.

Joined May 2009
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Announcing the latest report from Threat Analysis Group documents the rise of commercial surveillance vendors and the industry that threatens free speech, the free press and the open internet blog.google/threat-analysi… Some highlights below. 🧵


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🆕 Updates from @Google TAG on recent APT, IO and Crime from 🇷🇺🇧🇾 actors against 🇺🇦 and regionally. 🎣 and more from 🇷🇺GRU, 👻🖊️, 🇨🇺💰 looking like APT and IO from the once adored 👨‍🍳. 1/🧵 blog.google/threat-analysi…


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fun summary of past few years of 🇰🇵 actor 🦕 activity by @digivector from @Google TAG! 🎣 that won't stop, novel use of filenames in ☁️, crx✏️, and more! blog.google/threat-analysi…


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Thirty-one flags flying together as a symbol of our unity and solidarity. #Finland is safer and #NATO is stronger with Finland as an Ally Welcome to our Alliance 🇫🇮


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How durable is the ‘Ukrainian model’ as the war enters another year with seemingly no end in sight? @DanWBlack’s latest research paper investigates. iiss.org/blogs/research…


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Great writeup from @_clem1 from @Google TAG on recent ITW 0days and exploit chains against 🤖 and 🍏 devices. Tech from commercial surveillance vendors targeting users in 🇮🇹🇲🇾🇰🇿🇦🇪 blog.google/threat-analysi…


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#SummitForDemocracy: CEO B. Musenga discussed @ZambiaElections' progress & challenges. @dleichtman & @auroracath presented tools @Microsoft & @Google developed for EMBs' cyber resiliency while @IFES1987's @MattBailey0 cautioned EMBs to review their attack surface vulnerabilities.

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It's finally here! Great analysis from TAG and Mandiant across APT, IO, and crime featuring a number of threat actor deep dives

"Fog of War: How the Ukraine conflict Transformed the Cyber Threat Landscape" TAG's biggest ever report. Along with @Mandiant and others from @Google we outline insights into changes in the cyber threat landscape triggered by the war. blog.google/threat-analysi… 1/7



So proud to have been part of this report!

"Fog of War: How the Ukraine conflict Transformed the Cyber Threat Landscape" TAG's biggest ever report. Along with @Mandiant and others from @Google we outline insights into changes in the cyber threat landscape triggered by the war. blog.google/threat-analysi… 1/7



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Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca with our new Discover pick! Support this debut author @isabelcanas_ and get their book The Hacienda! #bnveranda #concordca #debutbook #discoverbook #newauthor #trysomethingnew #bogo

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#PayItForward. That's the theme of @GRRMspeaking's blog post where he shares a message from @isabelcanas_, author of #TheHacienda + a recipient of his Worldbuilder scholarship who because of that opportunity is now able to pay it forward for someone else. georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2021/…

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i can tell. when the human’s heart rate goes up. it really stresses me out. so if we could all try to have a nice. boring week. that would be best. for both of us


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Old but gold.

We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling to bring you a joyful deer prancing across a beach at sunrise 🦌 🌅



Ending Twitter hiatus like:

The morning after.



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If you've even been groped/touched inappropriately by a stranger in a public place (bar, restaurant, public transportation), please RT this. Consider this market research. Thank you.


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Picard strategy tip: When an egotistical, malevolent person tells you their dangerous intent, believe them.


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The front page #OTD in 1935. Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika and pass new laws that deprive German Jews of citizenship. #nytimes

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Courtesy of the Tages-Anzeiger, @mattkorda I present, for your amusement -

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