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Infosec Decoded Season 5 #40: Stupid Nazis

With Doug Spindler and sambowne@infosec.exchange

Recorded Fri, May 23, 2025

Politics

Disease

RFK Jr. calls WHO “moribund” amid US withdrawal; China pledges to give $500M

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago

Since HHS approval was instituted as a requirement for posting, almost no newsletters have been sent.

FDA plans to limit COVID shots to those over 65 or with high-risk conditions

‘This is revolutionary!’: Breakthrough cholesterol treatment can cut levels by 69% after one dose

OnlyFans’ Annie Knight ‘Bleeding a Lot’ After Sleeping With 583 Men in 6 Hours

Racism

Trump Administration Says It Is Halting Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students

Harvard can no longer enroll foreign students, and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status.

Trump falsely claims Australia being ‘inundated’ by white South Africans fleeing ‘genocide’

ICE Imprisons Danish Dad of 4 at Citizenship Interview

Kasper Juul Eriksen, a 32-year-old welder legally in the country with a fifth child on the way, was detained by ICE during a citizenship appointment on April 15 because of a decade-old “paperwork miscommunication,” his wife said.

Musk’s AI bot Grok blames ‘programming error’ for its Holocaust denial

Kleptocracy

Investors dump bonds globally as U.S. credit downgrade, Trump’s tax bill ignite fiscal worries

Bookings in April were down by 26 percent from a year ago.

Trump tanks EU business travel to America

Scientists Explain Why Trump's $175 Billion Golden Dome Is a Fantasy

This is Reagan's Star Wars. and Trump says it will be working in three years. Shooting missiles out of the sky from space could require a constellation of 36,000 satellites.

Infosec

“Microsoft has simply given us no other option,” Signal says as it blocks Windows Recall

Signal for Windows will by default block the ability of Windows to screenshot the app, using an API Microsoft provides for protecting copyrighted material.

CompTIA targets OT cyber skills gap with new SecOT+ certification