Infosecanon

“I wrote 10k lines of code!”
“Yeah, but is it *good* code”
<insert pedantic discussion about what constitutes “good” code>

this week in security — november 16 2025 edition NSO Group now under U.S. ownership, EU considers weakening GDPR for AI, ClickFix attacks on the rise, U.S. agencies hacked via Cisco bugs, and more.

And here is your latest edition of this.weekinsecurity.com, featuring stories including: Spyware maker NSO Group is now under U.S. ownership; EU considers weakening GDPR for AI; ClickFix attacks on the rise; U.S. agencies hacked via Cisco bugs, and much more.

🐈‍⬛ Plus a two-for-one cybercat special 🐈‍⬛

I’m pretty militant atheist at this point, but this is still wrong. Peaceful protest is protected by the 1st amendment.

DOJ Issued Seizure Warrant to Starlink Over Satellite Internet Systems Used at Scam Compound A new US law enforcement initiative is aimed at crypto fraudsters targeting Americans—and now seeks to seize infrastructure it claims is crucial to notorious scam compounds.

DOJ Issued Seizure Warrant to Starlink Over Satellite Internet Systems Used at Scam Compound.

A new US law enforcement initiative is aimed at crypto fraudsters targeting Americans—and now seeks to seize infrastructure it claims is crucial to notorious scam compounds.

www.wired.com/story/doj-is...

We've reached the point with "AI" that no one wants to pay a premium today for what will become a commodity tomorrow.

A Surveillance Mandate Disguised As Child Safety: Why the GUARD Act A new bill sponsored by Sen. Hawley (D-MO), Sen. Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Britt (R-AL), Sen. Warner (D-VA), and Sen. Murphy (D-CT) would require AI chatbots to verify all users’ ages, prohibit minors

The GUARD Act may look like a child-safety bill, but in practice it’s an age-gating mandate that could impose a mass censorship and surveillance regime on nearly every public-facing AI chatbot. Tell Congress to oppose the GUARD Act today. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

In 2026 I want all software devs to commit to making their software update without having to open a browser and download a file.

If Joe Biden had an MRI a month ago and we had no idea why it was done or on what body part and he claimed he had no idea about either of those things it would literally be all you heard about in the press but Trump just gets a huge pass b/c reporters treat him differently.

The Pentagon Is Spending Millions On AI Hacking From Startup Twenty The U.S. government has been contracting stealth startup Twenty, which is working on AI agents and automated hacking of foreign targets at massive scale.

🚨SCOOP 🚨The Pentagon is spending millions on a secretive startup that’s making hacking AI to help carry out operations on hundreds of targets at once.

In-q-tel, the VC org founded by the CIA, is a backer of the startup, called Twenty.

www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

“The barriers to performing sophisticated cyberattacks have dropped substantially—and we predict that they’ll continue to do so,” the firm said. “With the correct setup, threat actors can now use agentic AI systems for extended periods to do the work of entire teams of experienced hackers.” Anthropic went on to say that hackers could now use AI to carry tasks such as “analyzing target systems, producing exploit code, and scanning vast datasets of stolen information more efficiently than any human operator,” which could open the door to “less experienced and resourced groups” carrying out some of the most sophisticated attack operations.

AI company Anthropic revealed it had thwarted what it described as “the first documented case of a large-scale cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention.” www.commondreams.org/news/ai-cybe...

The last nonviolent action is the people withhold their labor

Never saw fuchsia that color before 😍

komonews.com/news/local/k...

Excellent news out of Seattle! I would love to see a general strike happen in all 50 states at the same time!

There is so much more. #EpsteinEmails #EpsteinFiles

Thousands of protesters are marching in the streets of DC demanding the resignation of President Trump today.
#EpsteinFiles #Trump

Unauthorized use of my and Brian Krebs’ images

Text reads: “Engage Expert Connect with Katie for OT/ICS Cyber-risk Advisory, tailored bug bounty frameworks, or executive training in industrial-security maturity “ Fake contact information including a phone number that starts with +91 which is India’s country code

#scamalert unauthorized use of my and others’ images on this scam site that claims you can get in touch with various cybersecurity people through them.

Pretty sure neither @schneier.com nor I have phone numbers in India 🤦🏻‍♀️

Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think.

Dammit.

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

Mods are asleep
Time to skeet

We are the mighty and the chosen.
Our power cannot be contained.

cultdeadcow.com/nsf/

More robots.

China hosted world games.. for robots. Enjoy.

Purrseus, a grey and white cat, is showing you his belly with cute curled paws

Fuzz, a grey tabby, is asleep on a pile of laundry

Happy #Caturday from these sleepy bois

Me trying to resolve mypy errors

U ok?

I haven’t seen a single dem that’s up to this task

🤣🤣🤣

Military and academia do it too

We retire representative democracy (both the house and senate), people who care get more of a weight, and fold the congressional healthcare into healthcare for all, since we’re all representatives now. You get registered automatically at 18.

Crashing Out on Main A Guide for Busy Professionals alamy Part of a Bluesky Educational Series

Good morning it’s Friday

So I guess the idea is that Ghislaine Maxwell got transferred to a country club prison that someone with her sentence would never go to and gets all sorts of perks but that’s completely coincidental, that just happened unrelatedly