Javvad Malik 

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Dua Lipa opens a physical library of a 100 banned and censored books. Just the kind of weekend energy I need!

https://consequence.net/2026/06/dua-lipa-manifesto-library/

Dua Lipa Opening Physical Library for Banned and Censored Books

Dua Lipa, founder of the Service95 Book Club, has partnered with Livraria Lello to open a physical library in Porto, Portugal.

Consequence

Breach of Confidence — 26 June 2026

I was meant to post this Friday, but the day got away from me. Then I was waiting to watch the England match, and now relieved that they secured a win, I'm free to post in clarity. Fortibleed keeps bleeding Fortinet's official story doesn't quite match what the logs are saying. Turns out 75,000 firewalls were systematically looted over the course of a month.

http://javvadmalik.com/2026/06/27/breach-of-confidence-26-june-2026/

Breach of Confidence — 26 June 2026

I was meant to post this Friday, but the day got away from me. Then I was waiting to watch the England match, and now relieved that they secured a win, I’m free to post in clarity. Fortibleed…

Javvad Malik

They've fixed the old problems and created six shiny new ones. MCP 2.0 is stateless, which sounds great until your developers start leaking API keys into headers and attackers spawn infinite expensive tasks then vanish. The protocol's fine. Everything built on it will be a mess.

https://www.securityweek.com/new-enterprise-ready-mcp-specification-brings-new-security-challenges/

New Enterprise-Ready MCP Specification Brings New Security Challenges

The next generation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) enables enterprise-scale AI deployments but shifts critical security responsibilities from the protocol itself to developers and platform operators.

SecurityWeek

NEW: Investigators have reportedly concluded that Russian hackers were behind the damaging, disrupting, and costly cyberattack against Jaguar Land Rover last year.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/26/russian-hackers-were-behind-2-5-billion-hack-of-jaguar-land-rover-report/

Russian hackers were behind $2.5B hack of Jaguar Land Rover: Report | TechCrunch

The hack on car giant Jaguar Land Rover last year was one of the most disrupting, damaging, and costly hacks of the last few years.

TechCrunch

store guy said they are all out of fans.

"what do you call that" I said, pointing at the thing with "33/45" speed buttons.

"a record player?" he seemed confused.

"exactly" I said "spins. now give me a record to melt into some blades."

Every AI result needs verification. Verification costs as much as doing it yourself. So you've outsourced the work and kept the checking. Congratulations, you're now the quality assurance department.

https://blog.glyph.im/2026/06/adversarial-communication.html

Adversarial Communication

“AI” turns every conversation into a fight, because fighting is what they are good at.

The people meant to take a bullet for the president are using personal phones because their government phones won't run WhatsApp. You cannot make this up.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/25/politics/secret-service-cyber-security-put-protectees-risk

Bad cybersecurity by Secret Service agents put US officials at risk, inspector general says

Bad cybersecurity practices from Secret Service agents have left their phones vulnerable to hacking and risked the lives of senior US officials they are charged with protecting, according to a new inspector general report.

CNN

Most security training is a paper map of a world that changed years ago. Threats evolve daily. People's circumstances shift constantly. Your annual awareness module does neither. Time to navigate like you actually know where you're going.

https://blog.knowbe4.com/security-training-needs-google-maps-dynamic-awareness

Security Training Needs Google Maps, Not Christopher Columbus

Static security training leaves teams lost. Learn why modern security awareness must adapt like Google Maps to handle shifting AI threats and human risk.

"Tech CEOs in 2026: 'We spent billions to hopefully one day have an ai that can make people feel like it's portraying real emotions for tv, but we need way more money to do it'

Jim Henson in 1955: 'yeah so I stuck some ping pong balls to a bit of old felt and called it Kermit'"

"Meta glasses are Cybertrucks for your face"

hehehe