More than a decade after Aaron Swartz’s death, the United States is still living inside the contradiction that destroyed him.
Swartz believed that knowledge, especially publicly funded knowledge, should...
Read moreThis isn’t good: We discovered a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-21858, CVSS 10.0) in n8n that enables attackers to take over locally deployed instances, impacting an estimated 100,000 servers globally. No official...
Read moreResearchers have demonstrated remotely controlling a wheelchair over Bluetooth. CISA has issued an advisory. CISA said the WHILL wheelchairs did not enforce authentication for Bluetooth connections, allowing an attacker who...
Read moreThis is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak:
Forty years ago, The Mentor—Loyd Blankenship—published “The Conscience of a Hacker” in Phrack.
You bet your ass we’re all alike… we’ve been spoon-fed baby food at school when...
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Fascinating research:
Weird Generalization and Inductive Backdoors: New Ways to Corrupt LLMs.
Abstract LLMs are useful because they generalize so well. But can you have too much of a good...
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The latest article on this topic. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Blog moderation policy.
Read morePalo Alto’s crosswalk signals were hacked last year. Turns out the city never changed the default passwords.
Read moreLeaders of many organizations are urging their teams to adopt agentic AI to improve efficiency, but are finding it hard to achieve any benefit. Managers attempting to add AI...
Read moreThe New York City Wegman’s is collecting biometric information about customers.
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