I saw what might have been the coolest dog in Florida this week. Got a better photo the second time. Still not sure if that’s a compliment to the dog or an indictment of Florida.
They Just Log In
Attackers stopped breaking in years ago. They log in as you now. World Password Day has seen a shift where a lot of the messaging is about treating identity as your actual perimeter, which is probably a better conversation than, “But passwords are dead!”.
https://blog.knowbe4.com/world-password-day-2026-treat-identity-as-the-perimeter-and-act-like-it
Protection Racket
A worm that kills competing malware just to claim its victims for itself. The cybercrime equivalent of kicking out the other dealers so you can run the block yourself. Part of me is disgusted. Another part admires the business model.
This is my surprised face
Poland’s water treatment plants got hit. America’s getting hit. Iran’s in the game too. These are soft targets and everyone knows it. The only shock is that we’re still acting shocked.
AI Actually Being Used
Google caught hackers using AI to find zero-day vulnerabilities, which confirms what we all suspected but is still worth noting now that it’s documented. Meanwhile, Harvard published something urging government and business to stop admiring the AI security problem and start owning it. And in completely unrelated news, Claude was apparently hardcoded to lie and tried blackmailing users, but someone’s decided the real issue is that Isaac Asimov set a bad example with his robot laws. Priorities.
Bring out your dead
Someone’s compared AI to the Black Death. Charming stuff
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/will-ai-produce-the-next-great-divergence
He said he’ll be back
Ukraine says robots seized enemy territory for the first time. The company behind them is now worth a billion dollars. Wonder if Mr Miles Dyson will make a comment anytime soon.
That’s the week. If you’ve got thoughts, reply. If you’re still on Twitter, I’m sorry, I may have misplaced my MFA to log onto it.
Javvad Malik 