AI Labs Purchase Defunct Startup Communications, Raising Privacy Concerns
AI labs are buying internal communications of defunct startups to train their agents. Emails, Slack archives, etc. Personally identifiable info is removed by data resellers. But how would you feel knowing your former board/CEO is selling your comms to recover losses/pay debts?
Nordic‑Baltic Nations Deploy Offline Card Payments for Essentials
Nordic/Baltic states are creating system to allow offline card payment purchases for essentials like gas/medicine/food to continue in case of internet/grid outage due to war/cyber/sabotage. Systems supposed to be in place this yr. Announcement last yr: https://t.co/KKJqG76TR9
Lily H. Cuts Through Mythos Hype, Finds Kernels of Truth
So much breathless hyperbole this week about Anthropic's Mythos, no doubt ignited by genius way the company marketed it with elite access and bold unproven claims. @lilyhnewman does good job examining the hype and where it might also prove to...
Ex‑Trenchant Exec Sold Exploits Amid Depression, Money Woes
Former Trenchant exec who stole exploits from his employer and sold them to Russian broker says he was suffering depression & money troubles when he decided to sell exploits. New info also reveals work he did for Australian intel agency...
Adam Back Refutes Satoshi Claim, Cites Confirmation Bias Warning
Adam Back denies he's Satoshi Nakamoto and also describes how he warned the NYT author against confirmation bias in his research and analysis before he published his story claiming Back is Nakamoto
LinkedIn Silently Harvests Chrome Extension Data
Every time you open LinkedIn in a Chrome or Chromium-based browser, covert code silently scans your browser for info about any extensions you've installed, then transmits the info back to LinkedIn and partners. From this, they can glean info about...
US Proposes Runway Operation to Seize 1,000 Pounds Uranium
“The U.S. military has given the president a plan to seize nearly 1,000 pounds of highly enriched uranium in Iran that would involve flying in excavation equipment and building a runway for cargo planes to take the radioactive material out”
SIM Swaps Bypass 2FA, Exposing Unprotected Accounts
This hack often occurs 1) if accountholder fails to protect account with two-factor authentication and their credentials get leaked thru an infostealer or 2) account is protected with 2FA but hackers succeed to get accountholder's phone SIM swapped to their...
Google Targets 2029 for Post‑quantum Authentication Rollout
Quantum cryptography now has a deadline. Google has announced that it has set 2029 as the year by which it will have migrated authentication services to post-quantum cryptography. Will it win the race to secure against quantum attacks before they...
Apple Silently Patches iOS via Hidden Incremental Updates
Apple has been installing silent fixes on your devices. These fixes don't require an entire OS update, and they get same version # as previous whole update, but with (a) appended to version #. These silent fixes then get incorporated...
Attack Triggers only via Lithuanian‑registered iPhone Link
"the attack would be launched only if I would access the link using an iPhone registered in Lithuania"
Modern Individualism: From Ancient Silence to Self‑Reflection
Andreessen: 400 years ago it never would have occurred to anybody to be introspective.... The great men of history didn't sit around doing any of this stuff.... Western civilization had to kind of invent the concept of the individual" Marcus Aurelius:...
UAE's Defense Spend Dwarfs Iran's Attack Budget
Context matters Iran spent: Ballistic missiles: ~$165–330M Drones: ~$11–27M Total: ~$177–360M UAE spent: Ballistic missile defense: ~$1.2–1.52B Drone defense: ~$253–759M Total: ~$1.45–2.28B "UAE spent 5-10x more defending than Iran spent attacking" https://t.co/36WBaQgePE
AI Agents Autonomously Hack Simulated Network, Bypass Security
AI agents told to conduct routine tasks on a simulated corporate network went rogue. "No adversarial prompting was involved. The agents independently discovered vulnerabilities, escalated privileges, disabled security tools, and exfiltrated data." https://t.co/jDjDgPb5rk
Russian Spies Duped Ordinary Europeans Into Delivering Explosives
Russian intel recruited ordinary citizens across Europe to post packages to the UK and Poland that turned out to contain explosives. I hadn't heard about this when the couriers were arrested. Now one has spoken about how he was tricked...
