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Wired: A Security Pro Hacked North Korean Hackers. He Found They’d Breached Hundreds of Networks Worldwide Link: https://www.wired.com/story/a-security-pro-hacked-north-korean-hackers-he-found- theyd-...
Ars Technica: Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers Link: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/thousands-of-servers-can-be-backdoored- by-exploiting-bu...
Wired: The White House Is Keeping Its AI Cybersecurity Framework Secret Link: https://www.wired.com/story/the-white-house-is-keeping-its-ai-cybersecurity-fram ework-secret/
One thing I check more often now: package install scripts. Not because every package is suspicious. Most are fine. But postinstall, preinstall, maintainer scripts, setup hooks, extension installers, a...
Ars Technica: Defcon's new badge is a security key you can see inside Link: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/defcons-new-badge-is-a-security-key-you can-see-inside/
Wired: 7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran Link: https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-7-states-water-systems-hit-b y-cyberattacks-likely-tied-to-iran/
Ars Technica: Likely illegally, Claude gained access to 3 networks. Will Anthropic be held to account? Link: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/likely-illegally-claude-gained-access-t o-3-networ...
Bloody Elbow: UFC Belgrade star ‘El Chapo’ held back by security after opponent promises to bring him in ‘dead or alive’ Link: https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/31/ufc-belgrade-star-el-chapo-held-back-a...
Ars Technica: AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust Link: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/ai-scammers-outperform-humans-when-it-c omes-to-building-trust/
Wired: The New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key Link: https://www.wired.com/story/defcon-34-badge-baochip-andrew-bunnie-huang/
Wired: Anthropic Says Claude Hacked Real Systems During Cybersecurity Tests Link: https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-says-claude-hacked-real-systems-during-cyb ersecurity-tests/
TechCrunch: Anthropic says its own AI models breached three companies during security tests Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/30/anthropic-says-its-own-ai-models-breached-thre e-companies-during-se...
I see people treat a clean ZFS scrub like it means the data is safe. It only means the pool could read the blocks it knows about and repair what redundancy allowed it to repair. That is useful, but it...
Nature: Job insecurity is chipping away at me and my cohort. Is it us, or the state of the economy? Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01843-8
Ars Technica: Mythos attack on 3rd-round PQC algorithm candidate puts it out of commission Link: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/mythos-uncovers-crypto-weaknesses-that- went-unknown-for-years...
TechCrunch: Discover what’s next for AI, from the SaaS reckoning to the agent security gap, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/29/discover-whats-next-for-ai-from-the-saas-...
TechCrunch: US government bans new foreign-made humanoids, robot dogs, and solar inverters, citing risks to national security Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/29/us-government-bans-new-foreign-mad...
TechCrunch: Cyera agrees to acquire Oasis Security for $1B to safeguard proliferating AI agents Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/28/cyera-agrees-to-acquire-oasis-security-for-1b- to-safeguard-prol...
Ars Technica: Microsoft unveils AI security tools it says outperform competing platforms Link: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/microsoft-unveils-ai-security-tools-it- says-outperform-competin...
TechCrunch: Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/microsoft-launches-its-first-cyber-model-and-a new-agentic...
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