#opsec

[etakeh]

I'm sure tumblr would never, but hey. No sense tempting fate.

[antifainternational]

https://antifa.se/2023/08/13/afa-reserach-customer-register-from-the-nordic-resistance-movements-webshop-greenpilled/

Curious about the identities and addresses of neo-nazis in your country? Thanks for lax security on a website run by the violent fascist group Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR), antifa in Sweden have been able to put together a list of real names and addresses of neo-nazis in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, the UK, and the US!

[pixelpaladin]

Deep dive to Spam bots on Tumblr (Spoiler: FSB mentioned)

(TL;DR: Russian business man is heavily investing into companies behind the bots, mentions of FSB, Shell companies in tax-evasion and weak business law countries, Huge industry and money laundering) 

I got annoyed about the bots on tumblr, so I decided to do some investigation into who is behind them and funding the operation, here is my findings:

The graph shows how a network of “affiliate marketing” companies for “dating” services is connected and some of the key players behind said companies

The first “company” I ran into is called “Digital international Inc” and it is shown as the “legal entity” behind of many of the websites the bots tend to link to, it also has its address listed in the Marshall Islands.

By looking at trademarks owned/filed by that company, we find 2 more companies/trademarks that are/were owned by the same legal entity.

First of these is called “Mirelia Services Co.”, currently known as “Mirelia Networks”, which lists its main business as “advertising and marketing” and is registered at the same address as “Digital International”.

Where things get interesting is when we look at one of the trademarks that was passed between “Mirelia” and “Digital international”, a trademark for an LGBTQ+ dating app called “Hitwe”,

The trademark application for “Hitwe” is listed as “Rescinded/canceled” but from the original registration documents and later ownership transfer filings, we come across an interesting company

“Matar Trade & Invest Ltd.” This company has other similar “dating” and “marketing” companies linked to it, and is owned by “Vladimir Mnogoletniy”, a Citizen of Russia, who has lived in Ukraine for over 10 years and his runs his businesses there, but interestingly does not seem to have officially moved there, and maintains his Russian Citizenship as his only one.

He is also the CEO or a major of many other companies, the main one being “Genesis”, the company behind a controversial fitness app “BetterMe”, which has been shown to aggressively sell user data to less-than-reputable ad companies and affiliates, as well as being used to redirect money from scam dating sites and lessen the impact of credit card chargebacks from those sites [See footnote 1]

What makes him a particularly interesting individual is that his father, who is a Captain of the Second Rank in the Russian Navy, is doing security work for “Sevmash” - A Russian shipbuilding company, the only one that is making nuclear submarines in Russia. He also co-authored a research paper that talks about “Military Counterintelligence activities”, The other author of said paper is an FSB officer.[See footnote 2]

Sources and footnotes:

Footnote 1: “BetterMe steals traffic”  - Article by SH[IT]HAPPENS on Medium Footnote 2: “Why don’t I no longer shake hands with Vladimir Mnogoletniy.“ - Article by SH[IT]HAPPENS on Medium

Tangent: one of the other companies that I came across that seems to be working with Mirelia is “Traffichunt”, which seems to be one of the companies selling bot spam advertisements as well.

Another interesting thing is that the lawyer who filed for most of the trademarks, has quite a repertoire of similar trademarks under his belt:

Most of these seem to have been rejected because the address he listed in the applications does not exist

If you read all the way to here, thank you and I hope that bot’s never bother you again.

[tentacion3099]

[alder-knight]

A little free legal advice from family law attorney Andy Izenson of the Chosen Family Law Center. Please share.

Image text reads:

Reposting the thing I post every time new abortion restrictions drop: I know we all want to make sure that people who need reproductive healthcare can get it, but if you're serious about what you're saying, then you need to consider the consequences of genuinely committing to following the mandate of conscience instead of the law: which means DON'T TALK ABOUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. Saying "if you need an abortion I will help you get one" on social media is fabulous optics and makes you look super cool but if you want to actually be able to help someone who's at risk of legal consequences you gotta prioritize opsec. There's no magic language that will protect you. "Come visit your auntie so-and-so for no reason" on your public facebook WILL be used as evidence against someone who takes up up on that offer. You all are accidentally kneecapping your own ability to actually help anyone AT BEST and prioritizing clout over efficacy at worst. FOCUS UP.

[timestampedjesus]

This is the Beechcraft RC-12X Guardrail Common Sensor (GRCS) Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft. It's based on the civilian model Beechcraft Super King Air series utility aircraft.

In simple terms, the Guardrail is a flying eavesdropper. It's used by the US Army to intercept and listen in on enemy radio and cellular communications, and to use the information gathered to tactical advantage. The aircraft looks rather ungainly thanks to the fact that it's festooned with various antennae which feeds it's signal interception equipment from facebook page 'battle machines post by ~clorox'

[fwughox]

Rock on, kids

[superpoorlifechoices]

JESUS CHRIST, STOP REBLOGGING THE POSTS ABOUT IEDS AND GUERILLA WARFARE ON ACCOUNTS LINKED TO YOUR E-MAIL

YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO AN IP WARRANT

YOU FUCKING CLOWNS

[irradiate-space]

Gotta love it when you go to the pharmacy and they ask, "do you have any questions about this medication," and you say, "I have never had this medicine before; what do I need to know?" and they reply, "well, with this medication you should expect..."

And never once is the medicine named aloud.

That's opsec.

[urbltn]

HACKERS AROUND THE WOLRD, UNITE!

[sodagirlinspace]

Hello everyone,

This is your daily reminder that opsec is very important. Remember to be careful what you link to your social media accounts and especially the ones that you might have forgotten.

-Sodagirl

[crynwr-drwg]

If anyone ever wants info or help on internet security or privacy, feel free to hit me up by the way. Not professionally, but I used to be "In Charge" dealing with a lot of that kind of stuff for groups in the past, and have usually been on top of it personally as well.

[firespirited]

Me sat on a lawn yelling at leftist youtubers: Your operational security sucks if me, random non follower can see all your dirty laundry on musk’s twitter. Kiwi Farms has always been among your followers and you needed to start acting on that knowledge five years ago. An audience of 100k+ cannot be a personal diary. These people are not your friends. You want a personal diary? make. another. account.

[8one6]

[daffodilhorizon]

being cute when you’re a radical is such a curse

my hair looks bomb as fuck, my skin is fucking glowing but none of you fuckers will ever see bc i don’t want mr CIA or their buddies, random nazis, to connect my radical vegan blog with my cute, adorable face that brings in rent dollarinos

[bjtitus]

Top 10 Reasons Why Subscriptions Are Killing Gen Z

#1 - Your identity is revealed when you post classified intel

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