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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻 for August 4th, 2026 by independent journalist @violetblue@mastodon.social

• Water systems in twelve US states targeted in a coordinated #cyberattack

• The “escaped AI” story gets worse

• Deliberately backdoored Android TV boxes belie a botnet

• How to combat intrusive #AI

• Hacker summer camp has begun! #BlackHat #BSidesLV #DEFCON34

• Far-right choads are making AI doxbots

• A look at The #ReligiousPredatorTrackingProject

• The @Bellingcat@mstdn.social Challenge hits 100

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠 for July 30th, 2026 by independent journalist @violetblue@mastodon.social

• US #Cyclosporiasis cases pass 18k in 45 states with multiple #Cyclospora outbreaks now on record

• #DRC & #Uganda #Ebola outbreak cases are at 3,360 and deaths at 1,487, with affected areas experiencing serious food shortages and starvation

• #Covid summer surge is creeping up in multiple countries worldwide

• Massive study review concludes #Covid19 infection increases a “wide range of autoimmune diseases"

• #AmericanLungAssociation issues warning about #LongCovid in kids

• Long Covid may affect up to 5% of healthcare workers in hospitals

• Black Americans with Long Covid are less likely to get diagnosed than any other demographic

...and much more.

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