FedRAMP director put on admin leave after veterans' hiring preference comments | FedScoop https://fedscoop.com/fedramp-director-pete-waterman-veterans-hiring-comments/
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Instructor at CCSF, corporate trainer for Infosec Decoded.
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The only 5 Linux distros I recommend for laptops—after 10 years of using Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/i-only-recommend-these-5-linux-distros-for-laptops/
Man Dressed as Grim Reaper Arrested for Staring at Patients From Hospital Roof https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/05/man-dressed-as-grim-reaper-in-wales-arrested-and-fined/
Brave's new Containers feature finally gave me a reason to leave Chrome for good https://www.makeuseof.com/braves-new-containers-feature-finally-gave-me-reason-eave-chrome-good/
Elon Musk Allegedly Stiffing Contractors on Huge Bills https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-stiffing-contractors-on-huge-bills
Police Department Not Happy When Every Single One of Its Flock Cameras Gets Stolen https://futurism.com/future-society/police-annoyed-flock-camera-alpr-stolen-winona
A federal judge opens up about threats he has experienced under Trump https://archive.is/iVGeu
What to know as Senate committee sets vote to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/6012278-senate-to-vote-anthony-fauci-contempt/
Microsoft quietly purges 32GB of RAM recommendations from its website — company reels from the effects of the memory shortage as it released 8GB base models for Surface laptops this year | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-quietly-purges-32gb-of-ram-recommendations-from-its-website-company-reels-from-the-effects-of-the-memory-shortage-as-it-released-8gb-base-models-for-surface-laptops-this-year
How social media feeds limerence’s intense romantic obsession https://archive.is/n7oVM
Amazon is limiting reviews from users because they might be bots https://www.androidauthority.com/amazon-user-reviews-ai-bots-data-scraping-3693844/
Mamdani publishes names and addresses of all NYC property owners who could be hit with new pied-à-terre tax https://nypost.com/2026/07/27/us-news/mamdani-names-all-nyc-property-owners-who-could-be-hit-with-new-pied-a-terre-tax/
As Blanche’s path to confirmation is cleared, Trump’s tax audit immunity remains in place https://apnews.com/article/trump-irs-todd-blanche-tax-settlement-5d70c9d590a0a3f181466660e99b4377
James Carville threatens to leave Democratic Party if Hasan Piker gains power https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6004598-carville-piker-democratic-party-split/
Hugging Face Diffusers Flaws Could Let Model Repositories Execute Arbitrary Code https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/hugging-face-diffusers-flaws-could-let.html
Anthropic is finding bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/anthropic-is-finding-bugs-faster-than-microsoft-can-fix-them/
Almost all future robot vacuums were just banned by the US government - 9to5Mac https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/29/almost-all-future-robot-vacuums-were-just-banned-by-the-us-government/
Unitree Robot Hack: What You Need to Know (from 2025) https://spectrum.ieee.org/unitree-robot-exploit
U.S. bans foreign-made humanoid robots, targeting China over national security | PBS News https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-bans-foreign-made-humanoid-robots-targeting-china-over-national-security
Introducing Savant Pathseeker: Agentic pentesting for preemptive security | @Bugcrowd@infosec.exchange https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/introducing-savant-pathseeker-agentic-pentesting-for-preemptive-security/
Defense Department Suspends New Cybersecurity Rules After $7 Billion Cost Concerns https://www.military.com/defense-department-suspends-new-cybersecurity-rules-after-7-billion-cost-concerns
Madness, Red, Blue and Green team agents crawling your network
Rethinking security for the age of AI - The Official Microsoft Blog https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/27/rethinking-security-for-the-age-of-ai/
Notes from Underground: Adversarial Prompt Injection | Proofpoint US https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/notes-underground-adversarial-prompt-injection
Sextortion scammers are exploiting ShinyHunters data leaks | Malwarebytes https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/scams/2026/07/sextortion-scammers-are-exploiting-shinyhunters-data-leaks
What if psychopathic behavior stems from a surprisingly basic physical glitch? https://www.psypost.org/what-if-psychopathic-behavior-stems-from-a-surprisingly-basic-physical-glitch/
6 open-source Windows apps I use every day — and nobody talks about them https://www.makeuseof.com/underrated-open-source-windows-apps/
Three Critical VMware Flaws Allow Auth Bypass, Code Execution, and VM Escape https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/three-critical-vmware-flaws-allow-auth.html
Scientists find a simple way to stop cavities without drilling | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260729010719.htm
VPN Provider Fights Microsoft's Hidden Windows Device Tracking | PCMag https://www.pcmag.com/news/vpn-provider-fights-microsofts-hidden-windows-device-tracking-gdid
The EPA halted a study on gas stoves and asthma. But even partial results were striking. https://archive.is/DSVTA#selection-613.0-613.196
His surgery was $23,000. After shopping around, he paid less than $5,000. https://archive.is/uC8MW
College lab class ends with 32 people on antibiotics for deadly germ exposure - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/07/college-lab-class-ends-with-32-people-on-antibiotics-for-deadly-germ-exposure/
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@nf3xn@mastodon.social Unfortunately, the only organization that can address it is the Democratic party, which is bought by the oligarchs almost as much as the GOP. I expect our government to move away from overt rule by Nazis within a few years, but addressing the financial corruption will probably take decades.
Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem https://www.wired.com/story/hugging-face-has-a-nonconsensual-deepfakes-problem/
New Dysphoria DDoS botnet spreads to 200k devices worldwide https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-dysphoria-ddos-botnet-spreads-to-200k-devices-worldwide/
Why Resetting Passwords No Longer Stops Attackers https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/why-resetting-passwords-no-longer-stop-attacks
Shadow AI agents are multiplying. Here's how to find and secure them. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shadow-ai-agents-are-multiplying-heres-how-to-find-and-secure-them/
AI-found bugs aren't proving any easier to exploit despite the hype https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/28/ai-found-bugs-arent-proving-any-easier-to-exploit-despite-the-hype/5279637
Claude AI Just Cracked a Post-Quantum Test Scheme and Found a Faster 7-Round AES Attack https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/claude-ai-just-cracked-post-quantum.html
CubePilot drone software dev hit by DNS hijacking to intercept traffic https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cubepilot-drone-software-dev-hit-by-dns-hijacking-to-intercept-traffic/
Researchers Show a Single Malicious Webpage Visit Can Compromise Tor Browser https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/researchers-show-single-malicious.html
Flying Eagle Android RAT Traces Found on 170 Servers as Source Code Circulates https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/flying-eagle-android-rat-traces-found.html
Ghost Credentials Expose Cloud Systems to Hidden Identity Risks https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/non-human-identity-sprawl-creates-a-new-cloud-attack-path
New Gitea RCE Lets Repository Writers Plant a Git Hook to Run Shell Commands https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/new-gitea-rce-lets-repository-writers.html
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@nf3xn@mastodon.social Unfortunately, almost everything is currently controlled by one damn billionaire or another. We need an FDR-like New Deal with trust-busting and prosecution for corruption.
Google's SynthID watermark is hard to break, but it doesn't solve AI disinformation - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/tested-google-synthid-works-great-but-labeling-ai-content-may-be-a-losing-game/
We now have a better understanding how OpenAI hacked into Hugging Face https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/jfrog-tries-to-spin-openai-0-day-exploit-of-its-app-into-a-success-story/
Critical OpenWrt DHCPv6 Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/critical-openwrt-dhcpv6-flaw-could-let.html
PwC published ‘thought leadership’ reports marred by AI hallucinations https://archive.is/KtBlW