Dave Aitel

A fantastic talk from markus at re//verse:

I think people really do underestimate time travel debugging

Right now, if you have ChatGPT Pro, you have access to Codex Security. You should try it and let me know what you think. It's free for a month....

Keynote for re//verse:

Re//verse is a great conference. All the right ppl. Great talks. Easy venue.

Re//verse 2026

openai.com/index/codex-...

Strikes on Iran will test US cyber strategy abroad, and defenses at home The federal government’s cyber defense agency is short-staffed, and Tehran is known for its retaliatory cyberattacks.

NEW -> Coordinated US–Israel strikes on Iran are spotlighting how Washington integrates offensive cyber into military operations — and whether federal agencies are ready for retaliation at home:
www.defenseone.com/threats/2026...

incendium.rocks/posts/Automa...

Marquis sues firewall provider SonicWall, alleges security failings with its firewall backup led to ransomware attack | TechCrunch Fintech giant Marquis is suing its firewall provider SonicWall, claiming that an earlier breach with SonicWall allowed hackers to deploy ransomware on Marquis' network.

Fintech giant Marquis is suing its firewall provider SonicWall, claiming that an earlier breach with SonicWall allowed hackers to deploy ransomware on Marquis' network.

"Hmm, I wonder what the die cutting machine meta is like"
[Ten minutes later] "I have discovered the discord for experimental Cricut hacking. The are developing their own FOSS firmware to liberate their machines. Their cause, which I was previously unaware of, is righteous"

Lol . The most what ?

Another amazing bug from kostya github.com/kata-contain...

Plant Phenotypic Plasticity: From Molecular Mechanisms to Breeding and Climate Change Adaptation Phenotypic plasticity (PP) is a fundamental property of plants, enabling a single genotype to produce different phenotypes in response to environmental variation. This ability is crucial for survival ...

Out now in Annual Review of Plant Biology! 🌱

Together with colleagues from our DFG-funded CRC on “Plant Phenotypic Plasticity” (@unipotsdam.bsky.social), we outline the mechanistic & evolutionary backbone of plant plasticity.

🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

@crc1644.bsky.social @dfg.de

Having all these stupid delivery clankers everywhere makes me really understand how in Star Wars everyone was so mean to the robots all the time.

7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.

CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.

“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ

Check out the agenda for [un]prompted . It was incredible to see what folks submitted and I'm excited to see everyone in March

https://unpromptedcon.org/

www.propublica.org/article/life...

What a fantastic shot

OK so now the former CEO of Tumblr is running the Washington Post. Tumblr. A company whose history is a textbook case study in corporate value destruction.

FWIW - 500 0days in open source is not a huge number. The issue is that patching them without changing the community to an AI drive. Software development lifecycle doesn't really fix the problem . :(

a7um.github.io/en/blog/opus...

ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid... great work

Helio Gracie sounds like a dick and it boggles my mind why you would have a picture of him on the wall to worship like some kind of hero. www.scribd.com/document/325...

Everyone talking about the collapse of AI and AI providing no value is really hilarious after we revolutionize industry after industry. Obviously I can't talk about anything ahead of time, but I think you'll be amazed by the things coming this year in the security space.

Security testers settle lawsuit years after Dallas County courthouse arrest Two security consultants arrested during a sanctioned courthouse test say a $600,000 settlement brings closure, but lasting impacts on Iowa security remain.

Remember those two pentesters who got arrested for breaking into a Dallas County Courthouse in Iowa, even though they were operating under a contract from the state's judiciary to do so? They just settled with the state for $600,000. It took six years, though.
www.kcci.com/article/coal...

Editor wants more common names for ants, and it's a real pickle. Most ants are so small that most cultures have no names for them and don't even know they exist, while the ants that are big and common enough to have common names have many, and then we have to pick which cultures we want to elevate.

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CTO at NCSC Summary: week ending January 25th NCSC issues warning over hacktivist groups disrupting UK organisations and online services

Weekly summary is out..

ctoatncsc.substack.com/p/cto-at-ncs...