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Quentyn
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the artist formally known as Quentynblog on twitter - i do infosec, running and outdoors things. Not verified so don't message me here as i cant read them at all
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Oh, the irony... AI companies, developing some of the most sophisticated programs the world has ever seen, are making such elementary security mistakes...

Read more in my article on the Fortra blog: www.fortra.com/blog/ai-comp...
Leading AI Companies Accidentally Leak Their Passwords and Digital Keys on GitHub - What You Need to Know
Many of the world's top artificial intelligence companies are accidentally publishing their passwords and digital keys on GitHub.
www.fortra.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Until we have replicators, we will need wealth redistribution.
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Blowing up the scam compound is a new one... Be better if they had done if earlier but better late than never
-Myanmar blows up KK Park scam compound
-Yanluowang ransomware IAB pleads guilty
-US CBO hacked by foreign APT
-Singapore to punish scammers with cane beatings
-Chrome will remove XSLT support for security reasons

Podcast: risky.biz/RBNEWS502/
Newsletter: news.risky.biz/risky-bullet...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
She is coming ..... Prepare
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I find it really disappointing number of shops and cafes these days that do not have toilets. I find that some of the big name coffee houses such a Costa often do not have a toilet or have the toilets permanently marked as out of order.
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Gentle recovery run this morning and there were magnificent spiders webs lit up in the early morning sunshine
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Brilliant, essential thread from @doublepulsar.com on hype around AI cyber threats. My summary:

1. Google release a really honest paper saying some malware has used AI to morph into new capabilities but..

2. …goes on to point out that the capabilities are crap

3. Industry hype ignores part 2
There's some really big caveats to this. A thread.
New: Google says it has discovered at least 5 malware families that use AI to rewrite their code and generate new capabilities on the fly, suggesting AI-powered malware is finally starting to take off. cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...

Report also has interesting stories about state actors' AI use.
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Both Low carbohydrate, and both zero sugar. More importantly both completely yummy. I have earned this snack (and made by me last night)
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
To think that two and a half years ago I couldn't even run five kilometres. And today on a whim I decided to go and run 50... It really shows how much the human body can adapt and change. It's never too late to get fit and otherwise I feel quite tired at the moment I'm absolutely on top of the moon!
November 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I think I might sleep for the rest of the day! I set off a little late this morning hence I'm only just finishing now but I'm very pleased with the distance even if it was quite slow at the end. The last 20 km were pretty much at a 5:40 to 6:10 pace. But this was about distance not time
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Update on the ffmpeg vs Google Big Sleep AI vuln disclosure debate:
Google responds with all the ways it supports both ffmpeg & open source, which is great, but doesn’t mention if it will use its AI CodeMender to pair patches with bug reports in the future 🤔
Let’s hope they do
x.com/k8em0/status...
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Microsoft journey 2022-2027
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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No more free rides. If you want this kind of security you now will have to pay for this kind of security. This is hugely awkward. It seems the Government would like business more secure but not at the expense of the cyber security industry's profits.
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... people now realising that electric cars / busses are always on. I wonder when the 1st major electric car manufacturer gets hacked / has an issue and accidentally disables the whole fleet will be?
Danish authorities in rush to close security loophole in Chinese electric buses
Investigation launched after discovery that Chinese supplier had remote access to vehicles’ control systems
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
www.euronews.com/2025/11/05/g... if I had a large amount of us troops stationed in my country who were not being paid I would start to get incredibly nervous.... The more troops that you have stationed the more load that you have on your local social services.
US Army advises food bank to soldiers in Germany amid pay uncertainty
US soldiers in Germany may not receive November pay amid the prolonged US government shutdown. Emergency funds covered October salaries, but future payments are uncertain.
www.euronews.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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EF Pro Cycling are selling team bikes for £4,500
road.cc/content/news...
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report

The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 AM
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit... this story is worth a read, people who worked on the ransomware negotiation side turned out to be working for the other side as well..... I'm sadly not surprised and if they are convicted I hope they get the book thrown at them
US cybersecurity experts indicted for BlackCat ransomware attacks
Three former employees of cybersecurity incident response companies DigitalMint and Sygnia have been indicted for allegedly hacking the networks of five U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware a...
www.bleepingcomputer.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I deserve this! Soda bread made with bamboo flour and low sugar grenade chocolate spread just the ticket to recover from a 30 something km run (in the pouring rain ! Yes it's nice now but it was horrible at 0530 when I was an hour in)
November 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv... well that's one way to get digital literacy up
The age verification effect: adult site traffic plummets, VPN use soars
Age checks force privacy-focused Brits to find potentially risky workarounds
www.techradar.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
When you see oracle pivoting into making more profit from data centers for AI than ERP's or data centers you just know that they are going to need bailing out at some point.
November 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The AI tech crash when it happens is going to be *brutal* - it will feel worse than the dot com crash of the 2000's as that really only impacted people who were in the dot-com arena. This one will impact everyone and every pension pot. Going to be tears before bed time I suspect.
November 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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One in twenty Reform councillors elected in May 2025 has left by the Autumn
- half expelled/suspended
- a quarter resigned from council
- some defected

An "unusual rate" of attrition in 6 months, says Tony Travers

www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Reform Is Losing Councillors Elected In May At An 'Unusual' Rate
Reform UK has lost more than 5 per cent of the councillors it had elected six months ago, an analysis by PoliticsHome has found.
www.politicshome.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM