Impact of the shut down…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/03/cyber-law-cisa-2015-shutdown-00592501

Government flying partially blind to threats after key cyber law expires

A key law that helps the federal government guard against cyber threats to U.S. critical systems expired as the government shut down Wednesday, partially blinding Washington to attacks from adversaries that are only growing more sophisticated and persistent.

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act has been a pillar of the nation’s cyber defenses since it was signed into law in 2015, providing legal protections for organizations to share cyber intelligence with the federal government and each other.

Tools & Techniques.

https://www.makeuseof.com/turn-any-sketchy-pc-into-a-private-one-with-a-single-usb/

You can turn any sketchy PC into a private one with a single USB

If you have to borrow a computer at your hotel or use one at the library, you have no idea what that machine is loaded with. You might assume that using private browsing or quickly deleting your files will protect your privacy, but sadly, that may not be enough. If the computer has trackers installed, cached logins, or malware, forensic traces of your activity may still be recoverable from the storage drive even after clearing your history.

… Tails OS is built around an amnesic design. This means it runs entirely on the RAM of the host computer, so your history, searches, and every other activity disappear the moment the computer is shut down. It's different from private browsing or deleting files after the fact, because it leaves almost no traces. This is a form of built-in privacy, where the system is designed to forget everything. For this reason, even forensic tools will struggle to uncover your session history.

https://tails.net/install/index.en.html