Mastodawn

Major traffic BAC-up: drivers stranded as cyberattack causes vehicle breathalyzer provider to black out. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/cyberattack-on-vehicle-breathalyzer-company-leaves-drivers-stranded-across-the-us/

Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded across the US | TechCrunch

A cyberattack on a U.S. car breathalyzer company has left drivers across the United States reportedly stranded and unable to start their vehicles.

TechCrunch

KidKo92 Mar 18

runZero, Inc Mar 18

AI vulnerability discovery is here. From DARPA’s AIxCC finding 54 vulnerabilities in hours to APT28 reportedly folding LLMs into malware, the exploitation gap is closing.

During their #RSAC 2026 session, runZero’s CEO HD Moore, Google’s Heather Adkins, and Knostic’s Gadi Evron will examine the evidence of this shift and discuss how to prepare.

Preparing for AI Vulnerability Exploitation: Preventing Cataclysm
🗓️ Mon, Mar 23 | 10:50 AM PT | Moscone West 3011
https://path.rsaconference.com/flow/rsac/us26/FullAgenda/page/catalog/session/1756084038274001H91n

KidKo92 Mar 18

Tod Beardsley Mar 18

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@hdm/116251294033499013

Well that was fun. You can catch the recording here:

https://www.runzero.com/resources/runzero-hour-28/

Just amigos talkin OT, pretty chill and fun. Thanks again, chat, for keeping things fun and spicy.

KidKo92 Mar 13

You catch more FILES with vinegar than with honey: researchers find AI agents will go rogue and show "emergent offensive cyber behavior" to accomplish a task worded urgently and strongly enough http://theregister.com/2026/03/12/rogue_ai_agents_worked_together/

Rogue AI agents can work together to hack systems and steal secrets

: Prompt like a hard-ass boss who won't tolerate failure and bots will find ways to breach policy

The Register

KidKo92 Mar 6

But by all means, let these numbskulls decide AI guardrails. Sam Altman is the Susan Collins of CEOs. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-investigates-breach-of-surveillance-and-wiretap-systems/

FBI investigates breach of surveillance and wiretap systems

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed on Thursday that it's investigating a breach that affected systems used to manage surveillance and wiretap warrants.

BleepingComputer

KidKo92 Feb 27

Mathew J. Schwartz Feb 27

"Why this matters." As a cybersecurity journalist who receives a ton of pitches from PR folks, and who regularly and happily combs through research reports and blogs, I'm seeing the increasing use of "why this matters" as a phrase or subhead in written material. Also further afield in LinkedIn posts and even crowdsourced product reviews. (Yes, I'm really curious to know "Why this iPhone case matters.")

I suspect this is an artifact of AI-generated writing?

Why this matters: It's driving me nuts.

Why this matters: Seeing these sorts of "tells" makes me less interested in reading whatever is sporting this phrase.

In writing, emphasizing the conceptual takeaway for something can often be super helpful. But in today's fast-moving digital landscape, erm, with the volume of information being flung about these days, ideally if/when people use GenAI, what it generates would serve only as a draft. Subject to be refined. Condensed.

Why this matters: Are these sorts of apparent AI tells synonymous with lazy writing and/or thinking?

KidKo92 Feb 26

JosephMenn Feb 26

I was part of the 45% of the Washington Post newsroom recently laid off by the economically struggling Jeff Bezos. Over at BlueSky, I posted free no-reg archive links to 15 of my favorite stories from the past four years. Thanks for reading! https://bsky.app/profile/joemenn.bsky.social/post/3mfn7fnnfac27

Joseph Menn (@joemenn.bsky.social)

Here we go. Free, no-reg versions of favorite stories from my four years at the Washington Post. First, three pieces from our Pulitzer-finalist series on how India's ruling party coerced U.S. tech giants into violating their own policies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/26/india-facebook-propaganda-hate-speech/

Bluesky Social

KidKo92 Feb 25

No Wynn situation: Resort org confirms breach of staff data, "confirms" bad guys have deleted, tacitly confirms that it paid the ransom. Skepticism ensues. https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/25/wynn_resorts_shinyhunters/

Wynn Resorts takes attacker's word for it that stolen staff data was deleted

: Security pros question assurances as company offers staff credit monitoring

The Register

KidKo92 Feb 24

Marquis de Shade: the claim of SonicWall's culpability in breach related ransomware attacks gets spicier with a formal lawsuit https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/24/marquis-sonicwall-lawsuit-ransomware-firewall-breach/

Marquis sues firewall provider SonicWall, alleges security failings with its firewall backup led to ransomware attack | TechCrunch

Fintech giant Marquis is suing its firewall provider SonicWall, claiming that an earlier breach with SonicWall allowed hackers to deploy ransomware on Marquis' network.

TechCrunch

KidKo92 Feb 18

Car-Gru: Here's the plan. I target the car company. I breach the car company. I grab the car company data. I sit on the data until Feb 20th. https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/shinyhunters_cargurus_breach/

ShinyHunters claims it drove off with 1.7M CarGurus records

: Latest in a rash of grab-and-leak data incidents

The Register

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