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multi-award winning cybercrime specialist, Top 4 Global cybersecurity Influencers for end users - (IFSEC 2022 )cybersecurity conference speaker, author, artist, Adjunct Lecturer Cyber Criminology https://empressbat.substack.com/ www.empressbat.com
I wish #Apple would give the option to remove #liquidglass entirely - the reduction and alterations it allows in latest ios26 iterations still does not truly make things crisp and clear to see.
#cybercrime Microsoft Teams impersonation delivers A0Backdoor malware.
www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/team...
#cybercrime - CleanMyMac Imposter Site Installs SHub Stealer on Macs
#maleware #macos
www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/clea...
Very rainy weather - flood watches - grey clouds. So its on theme that I painted a picture of a lorikeet in the rain playing in a puddle
#acrylicpainting #crearivity #Australianbirds
I have been known to spend a whole day at work in the office with face to face meetings with my shirt on inside out. Maybe nobody noticed, maybe they didnt care, maybe they thought it was supposed to look like that, maybe they laughed behind my back. Im thinking it could be a new trend we start …
#cybersecurity - Alert: Critical #Juniper flaw (CVE-2026-21902) can give unauthenticated attackers root on PTX core routers. Patch available
Not sure about this #painting - but I won’t be too self critical, it is colourful, it is identifiable as a scaley breasted lorikeet, it has energy, and I will now move on to another painting!
#cybersecurity - Google patched three High-severity #Chrome flaws (CVE‑2026‑3061/3062/3063) — update now to block potential remote exploits and memory‑corruption attacks
Dont’t need a mouse - have a cat peripheral instead
#datasecurity It has been reported that #PayPal exposed customers' Social Security numbers and contact data for six months, potentially affecting about 100 accounts
www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/payp...
Painting of a red yellow and blue parrot in a tree
Finished the #painting that I was working on this week. It is an Eastern Rosella, i like their vibrant colours.
After an exhausting day working in the cyberz i have started a new painting - currently its an adventure in colour and brush strokes and me not having a clue and hoping the end result will be as I am imagining it!! Stay tuned.
#cybersecurity - report of 25 Vulnerabilities found in Cloud #PasswordManagers Allow Unauthorised Access and Modifications
cybersecuritynews.com/password-man...
#cybercrime - report of
a social engineering campaign using fake CAPTCHA verification to trick Windows users into launching #StealC information-stealing malware.
www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/clic...
Oh look #AI being used for good - Quelle surprise
ia.acs.org.au/article/2026...
It has been reported that #Bondu’s #AI plush toy exposed a web console that let anyone with a Gmail account read about 50,000 private chats between children and their cuddly toys. #privacy #childsafety #security
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
#cybercrime - Hacker News reports on ‘Malicious #Chrome Extensions Caught Stealing Business Data, Emails, and Browsing History’
thehackernews.com/2026/02/mali...
Photo of a hand holding a green envelope that has a white question mark and the words incognito art show on it and a piece of white art board also with the words incognito art show on it
Today I am working on a #painting for the #incognitoartshow2026 I am so happy to be able to my creativity to good use!
No #Apple your iOS26.3 brings NO (GUI) improvements - even adjusting via accessibility settings the GUI looks like reading the phone through a puddle, maybe that is a feature 🤦♀️
The @philofaxy.bsky.social blog has published my guest post philofaxy.blogspot.com/2026/02/gues...
#filofax #blogs
Painting of a red grevillea flower on a leafy background
Just finished this painting of a grevillea - a nice cheerful painting to push away the blues
My job is putting out fires i didnt start with tools i dont have
This cartoon I found online - dont know who created it - sums up my day job in #cybersecurity really well
Hacker news reports that Claude Opus 4.6 Finds 500+ High-Severity Flaws Across Major Open-Source Libraries #cybersecurity #exploits #opensource
thehackernews.com/2026/02/clau...
New #illustration in my RedBubble store is the cerulean blue bird of procrastination www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/no...
#cybercrime - #substack is notifying impacted users about a security incident dating back to October year that they discovered on 3 Feb 2026 - they have assured that no financial info was compromised
Ha! That article assumes we all want to make friends …
Painting of a lorikeet blue yellow red bird on a dark green abstract leafy background, bird is eating from a pink gum tree blossom
Finished the lorikeet #painting. I have had offers to buy it but I do not sell originals. I do however sell prints and happily have a customer for a print already (paint barely dry).
#cybercrime - Apparently a #Chromeextension posing as an Amazon ad blocker was found secretly hijacking affiliate links to redirect commissions to its developer.
www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/chro...
Image showing the words incognito Art show and confirming registration as an artist the background looks like a room
I have registered to be a part of the #IncognitoArtShow2026 -
It is an Australian not for profit that raises funds for programmes support ing artists living with disability.
A brilliant concept, a brilliant cause.
#art #creativity #notforprofit
www.incognitoartshow.com/pages/about-us
I have been reading Philophaxy since it started. Great blog for anyone interested in filofaxes, planners, and journals - glad to see @philofaxy.bsky.social on Bluesky too.