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Jason Kikta
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// Making it up as I go // JHU SAIS @alperovitch.institute adjunct // @istorg.bsky.social adjunct sr tech advisor // Former USCYBERCOM/CNMF // Retired US Marine Corps // Personal views and invective
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HAPPY AGENTIC AI PEACE DIVIDEND DAY TO ALL WHO (unwillingly) CELEBRATE Thread of today’s security shitshow, feel free to contribute…
BIND didn't want to suffer alone, I guess nlnetlabs.nl/projects/unb...
The day wouldn't be complete without a little bit of supply chain compromise docs.litellm.ai/blog/securit...
Cisco brought enough for the whole class with an Expressway root RCE, plus AI-assisted hardening bundles for Snort 3 and Unified Communications. sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/cen...
And just a little added “fuck you” to today fulcrumsec.vg/pingcap/
Et tu, Signal? www.scworld.com/brief/signal...
Someone didn’t want to be left out: www.fortinet.com/blog/ciso-co...
8 bits, 256 bits, what’s the difference? emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com
In Oracle’s defense, out of 55 Java vulnerabilities, only 49 of them are unauthenticated RCE www.oracle.com/security-ale...
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He’s 30 seconds away from claiming the golf course is a matter of national security
Trump: "The Department of Interior wants to take a terrible and very unsafe golf course, and make it into a great, safe, and prestigious golf course ... They do not need an approval. Work is scheduled to begin IMMEDIATELY!"
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Yes, we need to ensure our judicial decisions are above reproach because SCOTUS will totally give a damn
For those complaining that this isn't enough. Stop it. I'm sorry that actual judges understand the importance of doing what they're doing correctly because these things, inevitably will be appealed. Judge Reyes is doing an incredible job of immediately obtaining a robust record here.
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The admin’s latest NSPM aims to enlist private contractors to execute offensive cyber ops. But the companies best positioned to disrupt criminals aren’t likely to take on ill-defined risks. In an IST Commentary, Leonard Bailey argues that the NSPM's solutions only raise new questions. 🛡️ Read more:
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“But the AI slop!!” Bitch, please. We had to endure GeoCities.
Some of you don’t remember the Internet before it became ubiquitous or the transition period People said all kinds of stupid shit about what it would do and how everyone would lose their jobs AI adoption won’t be totally benign, but it also won’t be massively negative, as some people here claim
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this is secretly an alignment problem: your agents should never default to doing things that are good for you but antisocial, and should be somewhat resistant to you asking them to do those things and good news they mostly behave that way!
I simultaneously think this is going to be a real problem and also can’t help but notice how much of this discourse revolves around “I’m scared AI is going to allow people to behave exactly like this guy I know does without it”