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2026-10-26 17:42:49 UTC

New.
"We identified two unrelated operations that used domain shadowing to place illegal gambling content beneath legitimate school and government domains. In both cases, an unauthorized party appears to have gained access to DNS administration and created records that the original domain owners may not have noticed. Because the resulting hostnames sat within established institutional namespaces, they provided especially useful infrastructure for search-engine optimization (SEO) and traffic acquisition."
Infoblox: Borrowed Reputation: Domain Shadowing and Gambling SEO https://www.infoblox.com/blog/threat-intelligence/borrowed-reputation-domain-shadowing-and-gambling-seo/ @nprofile…ry5q #infosec #threatintel #threatintelligence

2026-10-23 16:14:53 UTC

It ain't over 'til it's over.
New:
PHP: Informational advisory: Session upload progress https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-10-23-1
The Hacker News: PHP Warns of Another Unpatched RCE Risk Two Days After Emergency PHP2Shell Patches https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/urgent-php-warns-of-another-unpatched.html @nprofile…uzzv #infosec #PHP #vulnerability

2026-10-21 15:50:15 UTC

The path to happiness and posterity runs through PHP. Here is some of the research dealing with that today - so far.
KrebsonSecurity: Widespread PHP Flaw May Cause Many Site Outages Today https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/10/widespread-php-flaw-may-cause-many-site-outages-today/ @nprofile…gu7x
Akamai: Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities in PHP Core https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerabilities-php-core
Cisco: Parasitizing trust: How legitimate infrastructure becomes a delivery pipeline for attackers https://blog.talosintelligence.com/parasitizing-trust-how-legitimate-infrastructure-becomes-a-delivery-pipeline-for-attackers/ @nprofile…u035
CrowdStrike: Two critical memory-corruption RCE vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 have been disclosed in core PHP https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/crowdstrike-protects-customers-from-php-rce-zero-days/
Kaspersky: Critical RCE vulnerabilities in PHP (CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619) https://securelist.com/tr/php2shell-critical-vulnerabilities-in-php/121596/ @nprofile…vqeu
Sophos: Proof-of-concept exploit released for PHP vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619) https://www.sophos.com/en-us/blog/proof-of-concept-exploit-released-for-php-vulnerabilities-109618-109619 @nprofile…y7xs
Palo Alto: Millions of PHP Instances Exposed - What Organizations Need To Do Right Now https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2026/10/millions-of-php-instances-exposed-what-organizations-need-to-do-right-now/
VulnCheck: PHP2Shell Vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 https://www.vulncheck.com/blog/php2shell-vulnerabilities @nprofile…3p9c
Socket: PHP Patches Critical RCE Vulnerabilities, Organizations Urged to Take Unpatched Sites Offline https://socket.dev/blog/php-critical-rce-patches @nprofile…qy2a #vulnerability #threatresearch #infosec

2026-10-19 17:43:54 UTC

What do you call this? A cop-out? An opportunity to fire the professors or reduce their salaries? I feel sorry for the kids who won't see the spark of intelligence or wonder in their mentors' eyes, who won't be able to follow up on facial expressions and body language.
"The university’s business school and Imperial College London create AI digital replicas of some of their professors. Concerns center mainly on intellectual property and the fear that AI will attribute words to them they do not agree with."
El Pais: The time of avatars in the classroom has arrived: Harvard clones its faculty https://english.elpais.com/education/2026-10-19/the-time-of-avatars-in-the-classroom-has-arrived-harvard-clones-its-faculty.html @nprofile…73z6 #education #bots #copyright
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2026-10-19 16:01:22 UTC

The Record: Attackers steal customer data from major Russian hosting provider FirstVDS https://therecord.media/russia-cyberattack-firstvds-cloud @nprofile…ps4t #infosec #cyberattack #databreach

2026-10-16 17:46:02 UTC

The Computerworld story refers to Xbow research from October 13:
XBOW Built a Chrome Full-Chain Exploit Affecting a Billion Users in Six Days https://xbow.com/blog/xbow-built-a-chrome-full-chain-exploit
Computerworld: Xbow spent $40K on AI and cracked Google Chrome wide open https://www.computerworld.com/article/4236592/xbow-spent-40k-on-ai-and-cracked-google-chrome-wide-open.html #infosec #Google #Chrome #threatresearch #vulnerability

2026-10-15 18:53:15 UTC

PC Gamer: The AI bubble may not have burst yet, but $1 trillion worth of air appears to have escaped https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/the-ai-bubble-may-not-have-burst-yet-but-usd1-trillion-worth-of-air-appears-to-have-escaped/
From yesterday:
CNBC: Nvidia, AMD, Dell sell-off in global tech rout on AI funding worries https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/15/sk-hynix-samsung-softbank-stocks-asia-tech-rout-ai-funding-worries.html @nprofile…7t3w #BigTech #Nvidia #AMD #Dell #AIbubble

2026-10-15 17:25:24 UTC

More about how Linus Torvalds is incorporating AI into Linux.
"Torvalds has previously been skeptical of AI-generated code but has gradually become more positive about the technology."
“I used to think the technology just wasn’t very good. But now I’ve reached a point where I really enjoy using AI.”
Computerworld, from yesterday: Linus Torvalds has started using AI to develop the Linux kernel https://www.computerworld.com/article/4235401/linus-torvalds-has-started-using-ai-to-develop-the-linux-kernel.html #Linux #LinusTorvalds

2026-10-15 14:42:56 UTC

If you missed this:
The Register: Linux kernel devs drop obligatory confession of AI tool usage https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/14/linux-kernel-devs-drop-obligatory-confession-of-ai-tool-usage/5303140 @nprofile…rq8e @nprofile…r8dv
Computerworld: Linus Torvalds has started using AI to develop the Linux kernel https://www.computerworld.com/article/4235401/linus-torvalds-has-started-using-ai-to-develop-the-linux-kernel.html
NewsBytes: Linus Torvalds uses Claude Code to write Linux kernel code https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/science/linus-torvalds-uses-claude-code-to-write-linux-kernel-code/tldr #Linux #LinusTorvalds

2026-10-13 18:18:54 UTC

An oxymoron: "FaceTime, face recognition, and Apple’s promise on privacy."
Computerworld: Apple wants a seat at your home table https://www.computerworld.com/article/4234415/apple-wants-a-seat-at-your-home-table.html @nprofile…3980 #Apple #privacy #facialrecognition

2026-10-13 17:27:41 UTC

Here's the IMP Global Financial Stability Report, if you missed it and your day is going on so well that you need a damper https://www.imf.org/en/publications/gfsr/issues/2026/10/13/global-financial-stability-report-october-2026
More about that:
The Register: IMF warns AI bubble could burst and take global economy with it https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/13/ai-bubble-could-burst-and-take-global-economy-with-it-imf-warns/5302781 @nprofile…rq8e @nprofile…f9ql #AIbubble

2026-10-03 14:08:06 UTC

This is what education looks like in a Big Tech world that only cares about money.
"Schools are weighing the cost of maintaining Chromebooks versus leasing MacBook Neos."
"In Texas, Beaumont Independent School District estimated they completed more than 6,600 laptop repairs in a single school year, across a fleet of devices an average of five years old. Support costs reached $469,576, covering $212,574 in repairs since January 2025, $220,040 in IT staff time for the 2025-26 year, and $36,962 in overtime."
Inc: Apple and Google Both Want to Rule the Classroom. The Tide Is Turning for 1 of Them https://www.inc.com/connor-jewiss/apple-and-google-both-want-to-rule-the-classroom-the-tide-is-turning-for-1-of-them/91413960 @nprofile…23h7 #Google #Apple #education
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2026-10-02 16:18:41 UTC

The Record: Mississippi mayor says ransomware incident led city to shut down systems https://therecord.media/vicksburg-mississippi-government-ransomware-attack @nprofile…ps4t @nprofile…njza
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More ransomware targets today:
France: The Official College of Architects of León https://ransomware.live/id/VGhlIE9mZmljaWFsIENvbGxlZ2Ugb2YgQXJjaGl0ZWN0cyBvZiBMZcOzbiAoQ09BTClAYWtpcmE
US: Pacific Tank Lines https://ransomware.live/id/UGFjaWZpYyBUYW5rIExpbmVzQGFraXJh
Raleigh Family Medicine https://ransomware.live/id/UmFsZWlnaCBGYW1pbHkgTWVkaWNpbmVAQm9vYmEgUHJvamVjdA
*** University of Illinois Chicago https://ransomware.live/id/VW5pdmVyc2l0eSBvZiBJbGxpbm9pcyBDaGljYWdvQEJvb2JhIFByb2plY3Q ***
Baltimorefreightliner.com https://ransomware.live/id/YmFsdGltb3JlZnJlaWdodGxpbmVyLmNvbUBzZXR0cmE
Yesterday:
Slate Valley Unified School District https://ransomware.live/id/U2xhdGUgVmFsbGV5IFVuaWZpZWQgU2Nob29sIERpc3RyaWN0QGthaXJvcw
More: https://ransomware.live/ #ransomware #infosec #cybercrime

2026-09-29 14:30:41 UTC

The company isn't issuing certificates yet, but it's coming.
"Cloudflare is announcing our intent to become a public certificate authority (CA)."
"Today we are announcing the first concrete milestones in that effort: We have applied for inclusion in the Chrome, Apple, Microsoft, and Mozilla root programs, and we have signed a definitive agreement to acquire an established, broadly trusted root from GlobalSign, so that we can offer certificates with the widest possible device reach the day we begin issuing. We’re also announcing our plans to be one of the first CAs to serve post-quantum certificates, targeting Chrome’s recently announced Quantum-resistant Root Program."
Cloudflare: Building a certificate authority for the whole Internet https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-certificate-authority/ #Cloudflare #infosec
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2026-09-28 16:26:32 UTC

New.
Another 23-year-old who traded the rest of his life for a criminal shopping spree. And guess what? Turning on a dime, this reformed criminal now works "as offensive security lead at the Dutch company Neo Security." How thin is the separating line?
KrebsonSecurity: Dutch Police Arrest ‘Reformed’ Hacker in Shiny Hunters Investigation https://krebsonsecurity.com/ @nprofile…gu7x #infosec #ransomware #cybercrime

2026-09-26 15:49:53 UTC

From yesterday. This assumes that 1) OpenAI is completely clueless 2) OpenAI is playing dumb while getting away with murder or 3) OpenAI operates on the assumption that people are too stupid to know the difference.
Reuters: OpenAI works to understand full scope of agent activity as user data leak emerges https://www.reuters.com/world/openai-works-understand-full-scope-agent-activity-user-data-leak-emerges-2026-09-25/ @nprofile…lg65 #OpenAI #infosec #ChatGPT

2026-09-24 16:19:02 UTC

New.
"The main malicious payload now consists of modules written in Objective-C and Swift."
"At one stage of infection, the attackers use iCloud to deliver the next."
Kaspsersky: MacSync under the microscope: new delivery methods and a new payload https://securelist.com/macsync-new-version/121383/ @nprofile…vqeu #malware #infosec #malwareanalysis #Apple

2026-09-22 15:39:00 UTC

Sadly, this was going to happen sooner or later because AI models need an endless supply of data (and power, and water,) and static data won't do. It has to be your dynamic everyday data. AI and privacy are incompatible.
The Register: Privacy group slams EU for changing the data rules to cater to AI https://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/09/22/privacy-group-slams-eu-for-changing-the-data-rules-to-cater-to-ai/5298175 @nprofile…rq8e #privacy

2026-09-03 17:47:27 UTC

New.
Group-IB: The Outsider Phishing Kit: A Resilient Threat in the Face of Law Enforcement Action https://www.group-ib.com/blog/chenlun-outsider-phaas-kit/ #phishing #infosec #cybercrime #threatresearch

2026-09-03 15:21:30 UTC

From September 1.
"Academics worldwide are rethinking their assessment approaches — from developing exams that artificial-intelligence tools can’t pass to sneaking hidden AI prompts into tasks to catch cheating students."
Nature: From Trojan horses to AI-proof exams: how professors are tackling students’ AI use https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02370-2 @nprofile…5u42 #education
Also from September 1:
"Researchers worry that generative AI is homogenizing culture and cognition."
Bland new world: is AI making us all think the same? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02682-3
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2026-08-22 14:20:26 UTC

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@nprofile…524c Sierra? That studio's long dead, isn't it?
On second thought: https://www.sierragames.com/

2026-08-21 13:43:37 UTC

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@nprofile…0hde No tracking, no surveillance, no ads, no pressure, and the tools to block them.

2026-08-18 17:23:24 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh Right.

2026-08-18 17:21:05 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/microsoft-copilot-reveals-secret-input-that-allowed-it-to-be-hacked/

2026-08-18 17:10:45 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh Noted. That's an important distinction.

2026-08-18 17:09:15 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh The research I posted earlier said this was a "secret" parameter. 🤔

2026-08-18 15:42:11 UTC

This is a disgrace. But if you're wondering, "$10 million buys over 100 million emails, 30 million recorded phone calls, reams of stuff from Teams, Oracle, and SAP." Here's hoping your conversations weren't -
racy.
The Register: Google buys crashed airline Spirit’s data at auction, because AI https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/18/google-buys-crashed-airline-spirits-data-at-auction-because-ai/5288962 @nprofile…rq8e #Google #privacy #Oracle #Microsoft

2026-08-17 14:02:29 UTC

"Even the records HIPAA does cover can be shared, sold or handed to the government in ways that might surprise you."
The Conversation: US government is pushing to gain unprecedented access to your medical records – as data protections are weakening https://theconversation.com/us-government-is-pushing-to-gain-unprecedented-access-to-your-medical-records-as-data-protections-are-weakening-287021 @nprofile…9p7q #privacy

2026-08-15 14:22:20 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh ? Fair enough.

2026-08-15 14:20:44 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh Which definition of grace are you referring to? There are several. This old post from 2012 describes one of them: https://www.upaya.org/2012/09/practicing-g-r-a-c-e-how-to-bring-compassion-into-your-interactions-with-others/

2026-08-15 13:50:50 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh That just sounds dishonest, not that I'm surprised, considering the culprit.

2026-08-14 17:45:06 UTC

New.
"Wait, did they just say NetScalers?"
Watch Tower: You’re Back In The Room (Citrix NetScaler Pre-Auth RCE CVE-2026-8452(?)) https://labs.watchtowr.com/youre-back-in-the-room-citrix-netscaler-pre-auth-rce-cve-2026-8452/ #infosec #vulnerability#threatresearch

2026-08-13 15:37:54 UTC

Records show" Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues’ cell phones."
Wired: CBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and Colleagues https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-workers-allegedly-used-government-databases-to-spy-on-exes-crushes-and-colleagues/ @nprofile…3m8f

2026-08-13 13:38:58 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x 🤔
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2026-08-11 16:30:20 UTC

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@nprofile…524c I get automation, but it has to have some oversight, especially in situations that require human reasoning, street-savvy, an understanding of empathy, and picking up on emotional signals, none of which are things automated systems are capable of doing, no matter the hype.

2026-08-11 16:13:14 UTC

"The attack has affected 911 call routing, police and fire dispatch, records and City services."
The city posted an update yesterday: https://www.suisun.com/Community/20260807Cybersecurity-Incident-Updates
Infosecurity-Magazine: Suisan City, California, Responds to Cyber Incident Amid Wave of US Local Government Attacks https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/suisan-cyber-incident-government/ #cyberattack #infosec
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2026-08-11 16:02:00 UTC

@nprofile…524c If I remember correctly, it was you who posted about AI in 911 centers?
https://www.newsweek.com/new-orleans-ai-911-calls-other-cities-12303090

2026-08-11 14:37:31 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x Does Def Con vet participants? Because these guys are criminals and it's a good thing they found a welcoming committee on arrival.

2026-08-09 13:51:24 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x Next level: 48 hours. Congratulations, you just nailed the zombie achievement.

2026-08-07 17:19:16 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh @nprofile…qfum Well, that says so much about priorities. The best thing would be to keep corporations out of schools, but I don't see how that is even possible, given the money.

2026-08-07 16:41:57 UTC

It is not an "appealing" vision. Unsupervised and left to its own devices, it will strip these kids of research skills, writing skills, and critical thinking, of social skills and conversational language, and it will boost machine lingo and plagiarism. Your kids will be AI-raised and nurtured as upstanding servants to the corporate machine, no questions asked.
In what jaded world is it appealing to raise hampered kids like that?
"Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, investor Marc Andreessen, and a growing number of policymakers argue that generative AI will democratize education by giving every student a personalized tutor, writing coach, research assistant, and study partner available around the clock. If every child has access to individualized instruction, they suggest, longstanding achievement gaps will begin to narrow."
Time: AI Won’t Fix American Education https://time.com/article/2026/08/07/ai-won-t-fix-american-education/ @nprofile…qfum #education
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2026-08-07 14:53:16 UTC

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@nprofile…3980 And of course, people would trust OpenAI with THAT?

2026-08-06 16:18:10 UTC

Stop parroting the corporate line. These were deliberate cyberattacks, and it's looking increasingly likely that they were officially sanctioned to test offensive models for the White House.
Reuters: Trump’s tech ties come under bipartisan fire after AI agents go rogue https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trumps-tech-ties-blamed-ai-inaction-by-maga-republicans-democrats-2026-08-06/ @nprofile…lg65 #OpenAI #Anthropic #Meta #infosec

2026-08-06 16:13:46 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x @nprofile…0ajl I guess it says something that this comes from the actual government that hired DOGE.

2026-08-06 15:47:11 UTC

New.
GAO: DOGE Wall of Receipts: More Transparency Needed on How Savings Are Derived from Contract, Grant, and Lease Terminations https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108615
More:
Raw Story: DOGE claims unravel in scathing new government report https://www.rawstory.com/scathing-2677666243/ @nprofile…0ajl
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2026-08-06 14:52:59 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh Incoming marketing torpedoes. Not only are these company execs breaching others with impunity, but they probably have (not so) tacit official approval.

2026-08-06 14:43:01 UTC

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@nprofile…524c Did you say "again," as in for Meta, in particular?
After the first two series or breaches, followed by a White House meeting, various wording (see the quote below), and now Meta doing the same thing, I'm inclined to suspect these are experiments not only sanctioned by the White House, but that there might actually be some unannounced competition going on to select the most effective offensive model (or not, flip a coin.)
CNBC, from August 3:
"The White House will host artificial intelligence companies Tuesday to discuss a newly completed framework for reviewing the cybersecurity capabilities of the industry’s most advanced models" https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/03/white-house-ai-companies-voluntary-framework-meeting.html

2026-08-05 15:34:40 UTC

"Responders cannot lose analysis capability halfway through an incident because the tooling refuses the evidence. During an intrusion, hostile data cannot become a red flag to avoid. It is the thing being investigated. Everything must be parsed, correlated, and understood under pressure. Teams bringing AI into incident response will need a plan for private inference, vetted local models, and evidence-handling rules that keep sensitive material out of places it should never go."
Securonix, posted yesterday: In AI, No One Can Hear the Sandbox Scream https://www.securonix.com/blog/no-on-can-hear-the-sandbox-scream-openai-huggingface/ #infosec #threatresearch #OpenAI #HuggingFace

2026-08-04 14:53:52 UTC

New;
Broadcom has released advisories relating to several high and medium-severity vulnerabilities https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/security-advisory #Broadcom
Nvidia:
CRITICAL: NVIDIA Dynamo - July 2026 https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5842
NVIDIA Triton Inference Server - June 2026 https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5860 #Nvidia
Dell:
Security Update for Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Multiple Vulnerabilities https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000450699/dsa-2026-060-security-update-for-dell-powerprotect-data-domain-multiple-vulnerabilities #Dell #Apache
Google:
This CRITICAL vulnerability was updated yesterday: VMSA-2026-0006.1: VMware ESX, vCenter, Workstation, and Fusion updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-59309, CVE-2026-59310, CVE-2026-47876, CVE-2026-41703, CVE-2026-41709) https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/38017 #google #infosec #vulnerability

2026-08-03 15:07:49 UTC

"Apple has had to introduce a quota on security researcher reports because its systems are being overwhelmed by low-quality warnings generated by AI."
Computerworld: Apple and the invisible wolf: AI slop drowns real security threats https://www.computerworld.com/article/4204385/apple-and-the-invisible-wolf-ai-slop-drowns-real-security-threats.html @nprofile…3980 #Apple

2026-08-03 15:05:20 UTC

Computerworld: How AI is killing smartphone apps in China https://www.computerworld.com/article/4203560/how-ai-in-china-is-killing-smartphone-apps.html @nprofile…vj68

2026-08-02 15:36:51 UTC

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@nprofile…0hde You're welcome. Sometimes, when one path is blocked, you have to "think" of an alternative route that leads to the same destination.

2026-08-02 15:30:07 UTC

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@nprofile…0hde I don't know if you have this link https://privacyjobboard.com/

2026-08-01 17:28:21 UTC

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@nprofile…mex9 Nailed it.

2026-08-01 15:18:08 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x "OpenAI scraped customer data while it was supposedly unprotected due to a misconfiguration during an IT migration."
That's three items right there.
🤦‍♂️ Is this is the new chapter in irresponsible deployment and implementation of gen AI? 1) don't bother to protect it 2) we'll fire the employee who messed this up 3) We didn't agree to prevent OpenAI from scraping your data 4) we're not sure why we're losing business.

2026-07-31 15:24:49 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh Major outage reported https://statusgator.com/services/codeberg

2026-07-31 14:23:54 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x Here's hoping ABC sticks to its guns.

2026-07-30 14:20:00 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x Oops. Sorry.

2026-07-30 14:13:48 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x Um ... maybe you need a vacation.

2026-07-29 17:17:56 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x A new revenue stream and customer lock-in. What's not to like?
Maybe those interested should read the related FAQ https://www.apple.com/shop/finance/business-financing.
"Financing options are only available to business customers and subject to credit approval and completion of necessary documentation and due diligence. Apple and its financing partners reserve the right to modify or cancel these options at any time without prior notice. Nothing herein constitutes tax, accounting, financial, or legal advice."
"AppleCare+ provides coverage for unlimited incidents of accidental damage from handling. Each incident is subject to a service fee (up to $99 for iPhone, $49 for iPad, $299 for Apple Vision Pro and $299 for Mac) plus applicable tax."

2026-07-29 13:34:49 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x It's time somebody put an end to this "rogue" narrative.

2026-07-28 13:38:44 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh No, I'm aware that they're not being made by the majority. But the majority isn't in power. The minority that rules makes these decisions, and minority rule has caused problems throughout history and got away with a lot for a long time before being stopped (South Africa comes to mind.)

2026-07-28 13:26:57 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh "We need to decide how to confront that danger, or allow ourselves to be consumed by our basest instincts."
I'm sorry, but not only are we not transcending our basest instincts - those of the hunter/ gatherer career path - but we are dutifully repeating the same historical mistakes. By that, I am referring to the quick introduction of AI in warfare and mass murder.

2026-07-26 15:34:52 UTC

Look a gift horse in the mouth, especially when surveillance is labeled "free." The story was posted on July 24.
"'Approved' users will receive a badge across those services, with Feed posts to follow. Meta will compare the selfie with photographs already displayed on the user’s profile, a process it says should take only a few minutes."
Inc: Meta Is Giving Millions of Facebook Users a New Verification Badge for Free https://www.inc.com/georgia-fearn/meta-is-giving-millions-of-facebook-users-a-new-verification-badge-for-free-heres-how-to-get-it/91379675 @nprofile…23h7 #Meta #Facebook #privacy #surveillance #ageverification

2026-07-24 14:26:20 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x SpaceX? The SpaceX that's populating the DT toddler accounts? Oops!

2026-07-23 16:55:23 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh Oh. Maybe not, then. We wouldn't want them to multiply 😁.

2026-07-23 16:45:35 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh Meeses.

2026-07-22 15:07:17 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh Yeah. And you can see the result in some of these cases.

2026-07-22 14:32:41 UTC

@nprofile…44dh This might be of interest. All the entries are linked https://time.com/article/2026/07/22/worlds-top-edtech-companies-2026/

2026-07-22 13:48:29 UTC

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@nprofile…vs6a Anything to prove to the world their tin cans have attained consciousness. Pathetic.

2026-07-20 13:23:13 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x Buddhism holds that our essence is luminous energy, that the world we live in is an illusion, and that only through meditation and altruism can we unmask reality and transcend the pain of physical existence.
If this plagiarizing character quacks like a duck ,,, (apology to ducks.)

2026-07-16 17:55:46 UTC

This was posted yesterday. You'll have to read the story to understand the concept of cruelty mentioned below.
According to multiple sources, the cuts "felt bizarrely self-defeating and needlessly cruel."
Game Developer: 'The entire thing is going to fall apart:' Inside the latest round of mass layoffs at Xbox https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/-good-work-is-not-going-to-save-your-job-at-this-company-laid-off-xbox-devs-condemn-microsoft @nprofile…g0n8 #Xbox #Microsoft

2026-07-15 18:29:17 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x The Washington Post is confused. The speech is on Thursday. That's tomorrow, July 16 at 9:00pm EST (while EST still exists.)
https://www.columbiadailyherald.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/15/trump-speech-time-thursday-july-16-how-to-watch-president-address/90927311007/

2026-07-15 18:13:50 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x Thursday, prime time.
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/15/nx-s1-5894580/trump-elections-primetime-address

2026-07-15 16:05:52 UTC

The protest group Everyone Hates Elon is taking on Meta Glasses over surveillance.
Huff Post: Kylie Jenner's Dystopian Meta Glasses Get Brutal Backlash: 'It’s Giving Fascism, Not Fashion Hun' https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kylie-jenner-meta-glasses-fascist_n_6a565e74e4b0540b8c7b111a @nprofile…lu2u #Meta #surveillance #privacy

2026-07-13 15:15:04 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x And we believe that, of course.

2026-07-09 16:26:36 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x Arborcide? 😅 . This lady was unstable.
I had the distinct honor a few years ago of having a retired ABC journalist as my neighbor. She knocked on my door constantly to say that she needed to watch the news because she had woefully disabled her TV access.
She would come into my home to watch the news, and if I dared to say anything, she would say, "quiet, I'm watching the news."
Then she would ask if the temperature was changed to accommodate her 😂 . The short answer is "no."

2026-07-09 15:58:12 UTC

This story floated around a few days ago.
Brown University's Generative AI in Teaching and Learning (GAITL) Committee Final Report and Recommendations https://provost.brown.edu/sites/default/files/GAITL_Committee_Report_FNL.pdf
The Register: Brown University says AI make student brain no work good, teacher should help use it better https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/09/brown-says-ai-make-class-dumb-teacher-must-help-use-better/5269291 @nprofile…rq8e

2026-07-09 15:17:58 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh 😂 .

2026-07-08 14:07:28 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x If we're talking about average consumers, I find not only that they're not interested to learn anything about healthy security practices, but that they also don't want to give up their creature comforts over something as trivial as putting their accounts at risk.
The last person I mentioned this to was a lady with an LG TV, who told me she's used it for years and that she's not giving up streaming Netflix. I don't know how you fight apathy.

2026-07-07 17:16:49 UTC

New.
Infoblox: Fake Installers, Fake Reviews, Fake Services - Real Proxies, Real Victims https://www.infoblox.com/blog/threat-intelligence/fake-installers-fake-reviews-fake-services-real-proxies-real-victims/ #infosec #threatintel #threatintelligence #botnets
@nprofile…gu7x "Residential proxies are one of the hottest topics in cybersecurity today."

2026-07-07 15:05:07 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x you've racked up a lot of good karma for this big fish. 😆

2026-07-07 14:46:16 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x This might interest you. There's a fraud investigation into this crappy company now https://www.frankcruzlaw.com/cases/alarum-technologies-ltd/

2026-07-02 18:24:13 UTC

PC Gamer: Former Call of Duty frontman launches new studio with a 'Stop Killing Games'-style mission statement: If the game bombs, it goes open source https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/former-call-of-duty-frontman-launches-new-studio-with-a-stop-killing-games-style-mission-statement-if-the-game-bombs-it-goes-open-source/ #gamepreservation

2026-07-01 14:15:31 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x An "unplanned IT outage" that "significantly disrupted" commercial and military production https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-says-it-outage-affected-computer-systems-applications-2026-06-30/
"The cause of the outage is understood - we have no reason to believe it is due to a cyberattack - and our ‌IT ⁠team is working to bring all systems back online."

2026-06-30 17:41:02 UTC

PC Gamer: Open source game engine Godot will no longer accept AI-authored code contributions https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/open-source-game-engine-godot-will-no-longer-accept-ai-authored-code-contributions-we-cant-trust-heavy-users-of-ai-to-understand-their-code-enough-to-fix-it/ #opensource #Godot

2026-06-30 14:23:09 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x More, but the quote doesn't apply to Total, which made a ton of money off the war on Iran.
"Contenders are near projects that have already been canceled, are still far from construction and are saddled with hefty price tags."
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-is-paying-companies-to-quit-offshore-wind-these-projects-could-be-next-2/

2026-06-29 17:46:34 UTC

"It’s easy to punish what doesn’t work; it’s harder to provide alternatives that do."
"Instead of letting algorithms and platforms guide the content you see, we developed a new social media feed based entirely on user-specified preferences. Our work builds on emerging evidence that reranking feeds can tangibly improve social outcomes."
Psychology Today: Do We Ban Social Media? Maybe Not https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-intersectionality/202606/do-we-ban-social-media-maybe-not #socialmedia #ageverification

2026-06-29 17:39:29 UTC

Analyst: "20% of the remaining memory manufacturing capacity currently going to consumer electronics could be diverted to feed data centers in the coming year. That’s a message of doom to smaller firms, and the Android market will be eaten up."
Computerworld: Apple’s memory problem is your problem, too https://www.computerworld.com/article/4190611/apples-memory-problem-is-your-problem-too.html @nprofile…3980 #Apple

2026-06-29 15:13:05 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh Try this one, off the deep end https://www.businessinsider.com/kevin-oleary-data-centers-2026-6

2026-06-29 14:55:30 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x Apart from the fact that they're supposed to suck 😅, Shark has some good ones.

2026-06-28 15:49:26 UTC

"The renowned economist Roberto Serrano has ‘overwhelming evidence’ that his students cheated. He thinks the time has come for an in-depth debate so the technology does not signal the end of higher education."
"When he reported the case to high-ranking officials at Brown, he got a cold reaction. The response from the president, he said, was absolute silence."
EL PAIS: Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown University: ‘Academic integrity is at risk’ https://english.elpais.com/education/2026-06-28/ai-fraud-at-brown-university-academic-integrity-is-at-risk.html @nprofile…73z6 #education
@nprofile…44dh

2026-06-24 15:09:21 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh My bad. I meant the initiative links in the story. The UN site does not respond.

2026-06-24 15:00:50 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh I agree. But UNESCO appears to have decided to be a player. Were you able to access the PDF?

2026-06-24 14:54:19 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh Yes, but I'd argue it's a good place to start if you assume that generative AI isn't going away. UNESCO seems to have decided to assess and have a say, rather than dismiss.

2026-06-24 14:42:48 UTC

@nprofile…44dh I don't know if you're familiar with this UNESCO initiative. It was just launched last month. Unfortunately, the UNESCO site seems to have a verification problem, so I can't see the PDF: https://tecscience.tec.mx/en/education-and-humanism/unesco-and-tec-observatory-artificial-intelligence/

2026-06-24 13:48:33 UTC

@nprofile…a4ar @nprofile…f539 A "vocal minority?" That's what the snake oil vendors say.
From March, 57 percent is NOT a minority.
NBC: Poll: Majority of voters say risks of AI outweigh the benefits https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/poll-majority-voters-say-risks-ai-outweigh-benefits-rcna262196 @nprofile…mjqe
About half of Americans said in a survey "AI will worsen people’s ability to think creatively and form meaningful relationships with others. Far fewer said AI will make these things better."
Pew Research: Key findings about how Americans view artificial intelligence https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/03/12/key-findings-about-how-americans-view-artificial-intelligence/
From January:
NY Times: Why Do Americans Hate A.I.? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/briefing/why-do-americans-hate-ai.html @nprofile…f087

2026-06-23 18:39:57 UTC

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@nprofile…a4ar @nprofile…lg65 I clearly disagree with the first, informative sentence.
I disagree for all of the reasons listed earlier, which are facts you can find if you run a search. I wasn't inclined to add a link to each and every one.
But I do understand that there are people who prefer to turn a blind eye, or who live under a rock and don't necessarily follow the impact in the news, which means they are likely unaware of the negatives.
I also understand that there are people who don't care one way or the other as long as their own personal needs are met.
It's also important to separate the current generation of generative AI from the AI models that have been running quietly for decades to help with scientific and medical problems and had none of the problems we see today. The two are not the same.

2026-06-23 18:05:48 UTC

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@nprofile…a4ar @nprofile…lg65 Despite the massive layoffs, what puzzles me is that so many people, other than those required to do so by virtue of their jobs, have embraced the "kindly" machine illusion without understanding the full picture - the actual harm that's happening as a result, including to vulnerable users, some of whom have spiraled into psychosis or committed suicide. There are currently several suicide lawsuits against OpenAI and others.
Here is a case tracker https://www.bakerlaw.com/services/artificial-intelligence-ai/case-tracker-artificial-intelligence-copyrights-and-class-actions/
If we conveniently ignore the fact that it was the AI companies that heralded the destruction of the rule of law, regulations, democratic institutions, and accountability in the U.S., these other facts that directly impact ordinary users of AI speak for themselves:
- Born and fed by using stolen copyrights and IP
- AI users are feeding the probability machine with current, real-world data
- The AI models you use know EVERYTHING about you
- AI models use more water consumption than is sustainable
- AI models use more power consumption than the grids can carry
- Higher power bills for the plebs
- Fewer farmlands, more data centers
- Higher temperatures in the surrounding vicinity of data centers
- Unbridled, unregulated AI products are undermining education, cognition, social interactions, information, and the job markets
- On the flip-side, the probability machine helps with automation and productivity, to a point and while the human workforce still exists
- Presumably, it helps with scientific research when it's not inventing it
- On the wishful thinking side, Anreessen Horowitz would like you to believe that in the future he is building, the machines will provide for you, that your child will be exclusively educated and guided by his machines. If you think this is okay, there's nothing more to say.
Here's his vision, such as it is: https://a16z.com/ai-will-save-the-world/

2026-06-23 17:16:08 UTC

That's a 13-percent decline.
"Worries are quickly mounting over job losses due to AI disruption, as 196 ‌tech ⁠companies laid off more than 119,800 employees so far this year, according to Layoffs.fyi, a website tracking sector-wide job cuts."
Reuters: Oracle workforce shrinks by about 21,000 employees amid AI adoption https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/oracle-workforce-shrinks-by-about-13-2026-06-22/ @nprofile…lg65 #Oracle #BigTech