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Information Security professional. At least that is what people claim. More of an information security curmudgeon.
Just wanted to share something I am thinking about. open.substack.com/pub/jeffhall...
The Coming Housing Collapse
It is not an immediate issue but it is a likely eventuality
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November 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Just wanted to share something I am thinking about. open.substack.com/pub/jeffhall...
Good Heritage Foundation primer. substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Decline and Fall of the Heritage Foundation
Its descent into conspiracy-mongering and blatant bigotry was utterly predictable
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November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Good Heritage Foundation primer. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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If you want to suss out an AI video, listen to how it sounds. I talked with a linguist and AI experts about why AI videos are still so bad at voiced speech. Even OpenAI has admitted that a wired voice is the biggest tell of a Sora video.
www.huffpost.com/entry/ai-acc...
www.huffpost.com/entry/ai-acc...
How Can You Tell If A Video Is AI? Experts Say This Is The 1 Clear Indicator.
Once you know how to spot this, you won't be able to unhear it.
www.huffpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If you want to suss out an AI video, listen to how it sounds. I talked with a linguist and AI experts about why AI videos are still so bad at voiced speech. Even OpenAI has admitted that a wired voice is the biggest tell of a Sora video.
www.huffpost.com/entry/ai-acc...
www.huffpost.com/entry/ai-acc...
Abu Dhabi is preparing its roads and skies for a driverless, pilotless future. www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
Abu Dhabi greenlights driverless taxis and flying cars
The UAE capital approved the Middle East’s first driverless ride-hailing services, following two pilot programs by Chinese rivals.
www.semafor.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Abu Dhabi is preparing its roads and skies for a driverless, pilotless future. www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
Congratulations! www.independent.co.uk/space/blue-o...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches huge rocket after solar storms delays
An ecstatic Bezos watched the action from Launch Control
www.independent.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Congratulations! www.independent.co.uk/space/blue-o...
Advertising company Cheil UK, for example, has been working with startup Spotlight on using large language AI models to understand people's online activity, and adapt that content based on what the AI interprets an individual's personality to be. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Will AI mean better adverts or 'creepy slop'?
Advertisers are using AI to personalise adverts but not everyone agrees that's a good idea.
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Advertising company Cheil UK, for example, has been working with startup Spotlight on using large language AI models to understand people's online activity, and adapt that content based on what the AI interprets an individual's personality to be. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Anthropic finds that its Claude chatbot outperformed ChatGPT in evenhandedness, but slightly lagged other rivals, including Elon Musk's Grok and Google's Gemini. www.axios.com/2025/11/13/a...
Anthropic's bot bias test shows Grok and Gemini are more "evenhanded"
There's no consensus over what constitutes political bias in AI systems.
www.axios.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Anthropic finds that its Claude chatbot outperformed ChatGPT in evenhandedness, but slightly lagged other rivals, including Elon Musk's Grok and Google's Gemini. www.axios.com/2025/11/13/a...
This new class of AI-supercharged crime is putting lives and financial systems at risk. But police training, laws and cross-border tools aren't keeping up, futurists tell Axios. www.axios.com/2025/11/14/a...
AI is reinventing crime and cops aren't ready
AI-powered crimes surge as law enforcement lags.
www.axios.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This new class of AI-supercharged crime is putting lives and financial systems at risk. But police training, laws and cross-border tools aren't keeping up, futurists tell Axios. www.axios.com/2025/11/14/a...
The issue is fixed in FortiWeb 8.0.2, and admins are urged to update as soon as possible and check for signs of unauthorized access www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
Fortinet FortiWeb flaw with public PoC exploited to create admin users
A Fortinet FortiWeb path traversal vulnerability is being actively exploited to create new administrative users on exposed devices without requiring authentication
www.bleepingcomputer.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The issue is fixed in FortiWeb 8.0.2, and admins are urged to update as soon as possible and check for signs of unauthorized access www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
To build an effective relationship with the CEO and the Board, CISOs must translate technical risks into business terms and position cybersecurity as a strategic business enabler rather than just a business function. www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/h...
How CISOs Can Best Work with CEOs and the Board
To establish an effective CEO relationship, CISOs must position cybersecurity as a strategic business enabler, rather than just a technical function.
www.darkreading.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
To build an effective relationship with the CEO and the Board, CISOs must translate technical risks into business terms and position cybersecurity as a strategic business enabler rather than just a business function. www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/h...
As AI capabilities grow, we must delineate the roles that should remain exclusively human. The line seems to be between fact-based decisions and judgment-based decisions. www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
The Role of Humans in an AI-Powered World - Schneier on Security
As AI capabilities grow, we must delineate the roles that should remain exclusively human. The line seems to be between fact-based decisions and judgment-based decisions. For example, in a medical con...
www.schneier.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
As AI capabilities grow, we must delineate the roles that should remain exclusively human. The line seems to be between fact-based decisions and judgment-based decisions. www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
Why???? hackaday.com/2025/11/13/r...
Running A Minecraft Server On A WiFi Light Bulb
WiFi-enabled ‘smart’ light bulbs are everywhere these days, and each one of them has a microcontroller inside that’s capable enough to run all sorts of interesting software. For e…
hackaday.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Why???? hackaday.com/2025/11/13/r...
What's emerging isn't just a blindspot. It's a parallel threat surface: unmanaged extensions acting like supply chain implants. thehackernews.com/2025/11/new-...
New Browser Security Report Reveals Emerging Threats for Enterprises
New 2025 report reveals browsers now drive 32% of corporate data leaks through GenAI and extensions.
thehackernews.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
What's emerging isn't just a blindspot. It's a parallel threat surface: unmanaged extensions acting like supply chain implants. thehackernews.com/2025/11/new-...
In 2025, employees are still using weak passwords. Instead of forcing an impossible change, security leaders are working around the problem. www.darkreading.com/identity-acc...
Orgs Move to SSO, Passkeys to Solve Bad Password Habits
In 2025, employees are still using weak passwords. Instead of forcing an impossible change, security leaders are working around the problem.
www.darkreading.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In 2025, employees are still using weak passwords. Instead of forcing an impossible change, security leaders are working around the problem. www.darkreading.com/identity-acc...
About 170 Starshield satellites built by SpaceX for the US government’s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) have been sending signals in the wrong direction, a satellite researcher found. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”
It seems US didn’t coordinate Starshield’s unusual spectrum use with other countries.
arstechnica.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
About 170 Starshield satellites built by SpaceX for the US government’s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) have been sending signals in the wrong direction, a satellite researcher found. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
The judgment follows UK reseller ValueLicensing lodging a 2021 claim against the Windows giant over clauses in contracts allegedly aimed at stopping customers from reselling perpetual licenses. www.theregister.com/2025/11/14/v...
UK tribunal says reselling Microsoft licenses is A-OK
: Windows giant disagrees and plans to appeal
www.theregister.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The judgment follows UK reseller ValueLicensing lodging a 2021 claim against the Windows giant over clauses in contracts allegedly aimed at stopping customers from reselling perpetual licenses. www.theregister.com/2025/11/14/v...
Researchers from Anthropic said they recently observed the “first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign”. Outside researchers are much more measured in describing the significance of the discovery. arstechnica.com/security/202...
Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted attack was 90% autonomous
The results of AI-assisted hacking aren’t as impressive as many might have us believe.
arstechnica.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Researchers from Anthropic said they recently observed the “first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign”. Outside researchers are much more measured in describing the significance of the discovery. arstechnica.com/security/202...
Adding CarPlay would mark a stunning reversal for Tesla and CEO Elon Musk, who have ignored pleas for the feature. www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-r...
Tesla Reportedly Caving and Will Add Apple CarPlay Support To Boost Sales: TDS
Adding CarPlay would mark a stunning reversal for Tesla and CEO Elon Musk, who have ignored pleas for the feature.
www.thedrive.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Adding CarPlay would mark a stunning reversal for Tesla and CEO Elon Musk, who have ignored pleas for the feature. www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-r...
What’s stealing the spotlight isn’t its flawless motion. It’s the face. www.eweek.com/news/unitree...
Unitree H2: The Chinese Robot That Dances and Stares Back
Unitree’s H2 humanoid debuts with a lifelike face, fluid ballet-to-kung-fu motion, Intel or Jetson compute, a three-hour battery, and a $29,900 starting price.
www.eweek.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
What’s stealing the spotlight isn’t its flawless motion. It’s the face. www.eweek.com/news/unitree...
In an eye-popping investigation, Reuters has revealed that Meta had projected its 2024 advertisements for scams and banned goods would bring in about $16 billion, or 10 percent of its total revenue. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/reut...
Reuters Blows Lid on Meta's Fraud Profit Scandal
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In an eye-popping investigation, Reuters has revealed that Meta had projected its 2024 advertisements for scams and banned goods would bring in about $16 billion, or 10 percent of its total revenue. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/reut...
In a recent blog post Google announced that the early access phase of its Android Developer Verification program has commenced. hackaday.com/2025/11/14/a...
Android Developer Verification Starts As Google Partially Retreats On Measures
In a recent blog post Google announced that the early access phase of its Android Developer Verification program has commenced, as previously announced. In addition to this new announcement Google …
hackaday.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In a recent blog post Google announced that the early access phase of its Android Developer Verification program has commenced. hackaday.com/2025/11/14/a...
On Thursday, the firm unveiled details of three compute blades that will initially be offered, the server nodes that will fill the liquid-cooled compute racks of any future deployment, new management tools, and two new supercomputers for German research bodies. www.theregister.com/2025/11/13/h...
HPE details Vera Rubin blades for next-gen Cray
: Promised for 2027 racks, mixing Nvidia and AMD silicon in one liquid-cooled box
www.theregister.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
On Thursday, the firm unveiled details of three compute blades that will initially be offered, the server nodes that will fill the liquid-cooled compute racks of any future deployment, new management tools, and two new supercomputers for German research bodies. www.theregister.com/2025/11/13/h...
Google Research has launched JAX-Privacy 1.0, delivering what could be the most significant breakthrough in private AI training since differential privacy was first introduced. www.eweek.com/news/google-...
Google Unveils JAX-Privacy 1.0 for Private AI Training | eWEEK
This delivers what could be the most significant breakthrough in private AI training since differential privacy was first introduced.
www.eweek.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Google Research has launched JAX-Privacy 1.0, delivering what could be the most significant breakthrough in private AI training since differential privacy was first introduced. www.eweek.com/news/google-...
A German court ruled that OpenAI’s ChatGPT violated the nation’s copyright laws by training its language models on licensed musical works without permission, multiple news outlets, including The Guardian, reported. techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/c...
Court rules that OpenAI violated German copyright law; orders it to pay damages | TechCrunch
A German court ruled that OpenAI’s ChatGPT violated the nation’s copyright laws by training its language models on licensed musical work without permission.
techcrunch.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A German court ruled that OpenAI’s ChatGPT violated the nation’s copyright laws by training its language models on licensed musical works without permission, multiple news outlets, including The Guardian, reported. techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/c...
According to Cisco Talos researchers, Kraken's feature is a rare capability that uses temporary files to choose between full and partial data encryption. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
Kraken ransomware benchmarks systems for optimal encryption choice
The Kraken ransomware, which targets Windows, Linux/VMware ESXi systems, is testing machines to check how fast it can encrypt data without overloading them.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
According to Cisco Talos researchers, Kraken's feature is a rare capability that uses temporary files to choose between full and partial data encryption. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...