As a person who has followed Iranian cyberespionage operations for more than a decade, this story is crazypants and you should read it:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/01/mohammad-tajik-iran-cyber-intelligence/684954/?gift=kPTlqn0J1iP9IBZcsdI5IUTLJcsVKq12m0EyVlSYJBQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

my workplace is hiring! if this sounds like it could fit you (or someone you know), please shoot your shot or pass it on!

key points:
- network engineer
- beginning to mid level
- US citizen or legal res
- shouldn’t hate women or diversity (this one’s mainly for twitter)
- you’d have to work with me. a lot

link: https://blueorigin.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/BlueOrigin/job/Seattle-WA/Avionics-Network-Integration-Engineer-III---New-Glenn_R53158

Best quote I've seen all day so far, from an Ars piece by @dangoodin on skepticism around OpenAI's breathless claim that a Chinese hacking group used Claude code to automate 90 percent of their attack:

“I continue to refuse to believe that attackers are somehow able to get these models to jump through hoops that nobody else can,” Dan Tentler, executive founder of Phobos Group and a researcher with expertise in complex security breaches, told Ars. “Why do the models give these attackers what they want 90% of the time but the rest of us have to deal with ass-kissing, stonewalling, and acid trips?”

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/11/researchers-question-anthropic-claim-that-ai-assisted-attack-was-90-autonomous/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

NEW: Peter Williams, the former head of Western zero-day and spyware maker Trenchant, pleaded guilty to selling eight exploits to a Russian broker that resells to the Russian government.

The DOJ said Williams was promised millions of dollars in exchange for "national-security focused software."

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/29/former-l3harris-trenchant-boss-pleads-guilty-to-selling-zero-day-exploits-to-russian-broker/