1980s Hacker Manifesto
January 13 2026Forty 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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Corrupting LLMs Through Weird Generalizations
January 12 2026Fascinating 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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Read morePalo Alto Crosswalk Signals Had Default Passwords
January 9 2026Palo Alto’s crosswalk signals were hacked last year. Turns out the city never changed the default passwords.
Read moreAI & Humans: Making the Relationship Work
January 8 2026Leaders 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.
Read moreA Cyberattack Was Part of the US Assault on Venezuela
January 7 2026We don’t have many details: President Donald Trump suggested Saturday that the U.S. used cyberattacks or other technical capabilities to cut power off in Caracas during strikes on the Venezuelan...
Read moreTelegram Hosting World’s Largest Darknet Market
January 5 2026Wired is reporting on Chinese darknet markets on Telegram.
The ecosystem of marketplaces for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers hosted on the messaging service Telegram have now grown to be bigger...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Found in Light Fixture
January 3 2026Probably a college prank. 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 moreFlock Exposes Its AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras
January 2 2026404 Media has the story:
Unlike many of Flock’s cameras, which are designed to capture license plates as people drive by, Flock’s Condor cameras are pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras designed...
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