Jari Pirhonen
@japi.bsky.social
Security leader, risk professional, business enabler, lifelong learner.
Rewiring Democracy (Schneier, Sanders): "AI will be used in ways that affect democracy, despite its limitations. AI will often not be as effective as a human doing the same job. But it can have advantages in four dimensions: speed, scale, scope, and sophistication." #book #quote
December 31, 2025 at 7:46 AM
"Folding iPhones, home robots, mind-reading tech and EV supercars are all heading your way—along with AI-induced challenges in healthcare and cybersecurity."
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/tech...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/tech...
www.wsj.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"Folding iPhones, home robots, mind-reading tech and EV supercars are all heading your way—along with AI-induced challenges in healthcare and cybersecurity."
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/tech...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/tech...
Woltin tarina (Boxberg, Salminen): "Sijoittajat käyttäytyvät kuten baarissa kävijät: Se, jota muut käyvät vilkuilemassa alkaa kiinnostaa. Jos taas joku heittäytyy kärkkäästi juttusille kaikkien kanssa mutta saa pakit toisensa perään - hän ei kiinnosta seuraavaakaan." #book #quote
December 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"#AI is a power-enhancing technology. Whether it is used by a judge, a legislator, or a government agency, it enhances an entity’s ability to shape the world. This is both its greatest strength and its biggest danger."
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
Are We Ready to Be Governed by Artificial Intelligence? - Schneier on Security
Artificial Intelligence (AI) overlords are a common trope in science-fiction dystopias, but the reality looks much more prosaic. The technologies of artificial intelligence are already pervading many…
www.schneier.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
"#AI is a power-enhancing technology. Whether it is used by a judge, a legislator, or a government agency, it enhances an entity’s ability to shape the world. This is both its greatest strength and its biggest danger."
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
"The real harms affecting real people are increasingly central to the telling of a modern cybercrime story."
www.theregister.com/2025/12/28/d... #cybersecurity #crime
www.theregister.com/2025/12/28/d... #cybersecurity #crime
How the human harms of cybercrime shook the world in 2025
: The human harms of cyberattacks piled up this year, and violence expected to increase
www.theregister.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
"The real harms affecting real people are increasingly central to the telling of a modern cybercrime story."
www.theregister.com/2025/12/28/d... #cybersecurity #crime
www.theregister.com/2025/12/28/d... #cybersecurity #crime
"In news that will send shock waves across the entertainment industry, the Oscars ceremony - which has aired on ABC since 1976 - will be moving to YouTube starting in 2029 and will be broadcast by the streamer through at least 2033."
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
Oscars Bolts From ABC to YouTube Starting in 2029
The world's highest-profile and most watched awards show, which has aired on ABC since 1976, will be moving to a streaming-only platform starting as part of a deal that also includes red carpet…
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"In news that will send shock waves across the entertainment industry, the Oscars ceremony - which has aired on ABC since 1976 - will be moving to YouTube starting in 2029 and will be broadcast by the streamer through at least 2033."
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
An unauthorized "backup" of Spotify music must be illegal. Interesting statistics about the files, though.
annas-archive.org/blog/backing...
annas-archive.org/blog/backing...
Backing up Spotify
We backed up Spotify (metadata and music files). It’s distributed in bulk torrents (~300TB). It’s the world’s first “preservation archive” for music which is fully open (meaning it can easily be…
annas-archive.org
December 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
An unauthorized "backup" of Spotify music must be illegal. Interesting statistics about the files, though.
annas-archive.org/blog/backing...
annas-archive.org/blog/backing...
WEF: Four Futures for the New Economy
"In the new economy, strategic decisions involve heightened complexity, risks are more
interdependent and opportunities can emerge in unexpected ways."
www.weforum.org/publications...
"In the new economy, strategic decisions involve heightened complexity, risks are more
interdependent and opportunities can emerge in unexpected ways."
www.weforum.org/publications...
www.weforum.org
December 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
WEF: Four Futures for the New Economy
"In the new economy, strategic decisions involve heightened complexity, risks are more
interdependent and opportunities can emerge in unexpected ways."
www.weforum.org/publications...
"In the new economy, strategic decisions involve heightened complexity, risks are more
interdependent and opportunities can emerge in unexpected ways."
www.weforum.org/publications...
"The world of work has experienced seismic shifts throughout the past five years. The next two decades will bring even more consequential change, with artificial intelligence driving much of the reshaping of work."
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo... #AI
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo... #AI
www.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"The world of work has experienced seismic shifts throughout the past five years. The next two decades will bring even more consequential change, with artificial intelligence driving much of the reshaping of work."
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo... #AI
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo... #AI
"That’s it. The #AI wrote its own tooling. The AI wrote its own playbook. The AI wrote its own instructions. Then the AI executed the attack."
blog.fraktal.fi/testing-ai-o... #cybersecurity #pentesting
blog.fraktal.fi/testing-ai-o... #cybersecurity #pentesting
Testing AI-Orchestrated Attacks in Practice
After reading Anthropic’s report on disrupting an AI-driven espionage operation, I decided to test the concept in a lab using the dumbest…
blog.fraktal.fi
December 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM
"That’s it. The #AI wrote its own tooling. The AI wrote its own playbook. The AI wrote its own instructions. Then the AI executed the attack."
blog.fraktal.fi/testing-ai-o... #cybersecurity #pentesting
blog.fraktal.fi/testing-ai-o... #cybersecurity #pentesting
"If throughout the rest of the year at work, Finns tend to be quiet and civilised and antisocial, during Christmas parties, things quickly get out of hand."
www.bbc.com/travel/artic... #pikkujoulu
www.bbc.com/travel/artic... #pikkujoulu
Why no one does Christmas better than the Finns
In Finland, the holiday celebrations start way earlier that most, in a series of raucous and festive events called "pikkujoulut" or "little Christmas" parties.
www.bbc.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"If throughout the rest of the year at work, Finns tend to be quiet and civilised and antisocial, during Christmas parties, things quickly get out of hand."
www.bbc.com/travel/artic... #pikkujoulu
www.bbc.com/travel/artic... #pikkujoulu
"In a market where every vendor claims to be AI-powered, leaders are shifting from what looks innovative to what delivers measurable value. Leaders prioritize #security and #compliance, #AI capabilities, clear #ROI, and integration with existing tools."
www.emburse.com/resources/re...
www.emburse.com/resources/re...
The AI Spending Paradox – How CFOs are Regaining Control in an Age of Hype - Emburse
The future of travel and expense management starts with Emburse's platform of global software solutions for managing travel, expense, invoice, and business payments.
www.emburse.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"In a market where every vendor claims to be AI-powered, leaders are shifting from what looks innovative to what delivers measurable value. Leaders prioritize #security and #compliance, #AI capabilities, clear #ROI, and integration with existing tools."
www.emburse.com/resources/re...
www.emburse.com/resources/re...
"Cambridge (UK) leads the #quantum clusters global ranking, followed closely by Greater Helsinki (Finland), Oxford (UK), the San Francisco Bay Area (US), and Greater Glasgow (UK)."
ecipe.org/publications...
ecipe.org/publications...
Quantum Clusters: Ranking the World’s Deep-Tech Epicentres
The ECIPE Quantum Project has so far laid the groundwork for understanding the global quantum landscape. It introduced the fundamentals of quantum technologies, assessed national activity in investmen
ecipe.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Cambridge (UK) leads the #quantum clusters global ranking, followed closely by Greater Helsinki (Finland), Oxford (UK), the San Francisco Bay Area (US), and Greater Glasgow (UK)."
ecipe.org/publications...
ecipe.org/publications...
"Modern conflict no longer rewards the side with the most data. It rewards the side with the ability to connect it, understand it and act on it first."
www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/s... #sovereignty
www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/s... #sovereignty
NATO's battle for cloud sovereignty: Speed is existential
: Build a digital backbone faster than adversaries can evolve or lose the information war
www.theregister.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"Modern conflict no longer rewards the side with the most data. It rewards the side with the ability to connect it, understand it and act on it first."
www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/s... #sovereignty
www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/s... #sovereignty
"Wearable wellness gadgets have gone mainstream. Now, a few companies are betting that the next frontier is shoes and clothing that offer potential benefits including lymphatic drainage, increased focus and healthier skin."
www.wsj.com/style/fashio...
www.wsj.com/style/fashio...
www.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Wearable wellness gadgets have gone mainstream. Now, a few companies are betting that the next frontier is shoes and clothing that offer potential benefits including lymphatic drainage, increased focus and healthier skin."
www.wsj.com/style/fashio...
www.wsj.com/style/fashio...
The start of a much-needed hype correction.
- LLMs are not everything
- #AI is not a quick fix to all your problems
- Are we in a bubble?
- ChatGPT was not the beginning, and it won’t be the end
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
- LLMs are not everything
- #AI is not a quick fix to all your problems
- Are we in a bubble?
- ChatGPT was not the beginning, and it won’t be the end
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
The great AI hype correction of 2025
Four ways to think about this year's reckoning
www.technologyreview.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The start of a much-needed hype correction.
- LLMs are not everything
- #AI is not a quick fix to all your problems
- Are we in a bubble?
- ChatGPT was not the beginning, and it won’t be the end
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
- LLMs are not everything
- #AI is not a quick fix to all your problems
- Are we in a bubble?
- ChatGPT was not the beginning, and it won’t be the end
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
Putinin USA ( @jessikka.bsky.social ):"Pidän käsittämättömänä, miten tehokkaasti Kreml hyökkää jatkuvasti hybridisodan keinoin useita länsimaita vastaan, vaikka se sisäisesti on monin mittarein mitattuna epäonnistunut valtio." #book #quote
December 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Putinin USA ( @jessikka.bsky.social ):"Pidän käsittämättömänä, miten tehokkaasti Kreml hyökkää jatkuvasti hybridisodan keinoin useita länsimaita vastaan, vaikka se sisäisesti on monin mittarein mitattuna epäonnistunut valtio." #book #quote
"Robot Corp., the company that revolutionized robot vacuum cleaners in the early 2000s with its Roomba model, filed for bankruptcy and proposed handing over control to its main Chinese supplier."
www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/15/i...
www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/15/i...
Roomba maker iRobot files for bankruptcy and will go private
iRobot Corp., the company that revolutionized robot vacuum cleaners in the early 2000s with its Roomba model, filed for bankruptcy and proposed handing over control to its main Chinese supplier.
www.mercurynews.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Robot Corp., the company that revolutionized robot vacuum cleaners in the early 2000s with its Roomba model, filed for bankruptcy and proposed handing over control to its main Chinese supplier."
www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/15/i...
www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/15/i...
Red Flags
-Causing Physical Harm
-Inflicting Widespread Psychological Harm
-Intervening in Domestic Political Processes
-Triggering Physical Disruption
-Prepositioning for Civilian Disruption
-Preparing the Military Battleground
-Losing Operational Control
www.interface-eu.org/publications...
-Causing Physical Harm
-Inflicting Widespread Psychological Harm
-Intervening in Domestic Political Processes
-Triggering Physical Disruption
-Prepositioning for Civilian Disruption
-Preparing the Military Battleground
-Losing Operational Control
www.interface-eu.org/publications...
Assessing Irresponsibility in Cyber Operations
interface (formerly Stiftung Neue Verantwortung) emerges as Europe's premier Think Tank for cutting-edge tech policy. Our expert team navigates AI, cybersecurity, and more, shaping the continent's…
www.interface-eu.org
December 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Red Flags
-Causing Physical Harm
-Inflicting Widespread Psychological Harm
-Intervening in Domestic Political Processes
-Triggering Physical Disruption
-Prepositioning for Civilian Disruption
-Preparing the Military Battleground
-Losing Operational Control
www.interface-eu.org/publications...
-Causing Physical Harm
-Inflicting Widespread Psychological Harm
-Intervening in Domestic Political Processes
-Triggering Physical Disruption
-Prepositioning for Civilian Disruption
-Preparing the Military Battleground
-Losing Operational Control
www.interface-eu.org/publications...
"Deploying satellites as data centers, the thinking goes, would allow the AI industry to avoid Earthly headaches, such as securing the immense amounts of power needed to train #AI models."
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
"Deploying satellites as data centers, the thinking goes, would allow the AI industry to avoid Earthly headaches, such as securing the immense amounts of power needed to train #AI models."
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
"We evaluate ten #cybersecurity professionals alongside six existing #AI agents and ARTEMIS, our new agent scaffold, on a large university network consisting of ∼8,000 hosts across 12 subnets."
arxiv.org/abs/2512.09882 #appsec
arxiv.org/abs/2512.09882 #appsec
Comparing AI Agents to Cybersecurity Professionals in Real-World Penetration Testing
We present the first comprehensive evaluation of AI agents against human cybersecurity professionals in a live enterprise environment. We evaluate ten cybersecurity professionals alongside six…
arxiv.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
"We evaluate ten #cybersecurity professionals alongside six existing #AI agents and ARTEMIS, our new agent scaffold, on a large university network consisting of ∼8,000 hosts across 12 subnets."
arxiv.org/abs/2512.09882 #appsec
arxiv.org/abs/2512.09882 #appsec
Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses 2025
cwe.mitre.org/news/archive... #cybersecurity #CWE #appsec
cwe.mitre.org/news/archive... #cybersecurity #CWE #appsec
CWE - News & Events - 2025
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a list of software and hardware weaknesses.
cwe.mitre.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses 2025
cwe.mitre.org/news/archive... #cybersecurity #CWE #appsec
cwe.mitre.org/news/archive... #cybersecurity #CWE #appsec