Attack of the killer script kiddies
… In June 2025, the autonomous offensive security platform XBOW beat out human hackers to top the leaderboard of HackerOne, a bug bounty platform, indicating big leaps in the ability of AI models to find bugs. …
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Elon Musk grilled by senator over X Money plans
… Elizabeth Warren D-MA writes that X Money could pose a risk to “consumers, our national security, and the stability of the financial system,” citing Musk’s “track record operating X.” Musk said X Money will launch in early public access in April. …
Age verification is a mess but we’re doing it anyway
… Third-party vendors like k-ID, Persona, and Yoti can save every company from needing to run its own system and let them offload some risk. For users, there’s still a fundamental security problem that these services are attempting to mitigate, but haven’t solved. …
A million baby monitors and security cameras were easily viewable by hackers
… The company also says it discovered “Risk of potential Remote Code Execution RCE due to weak password issues on the scheduled task platform.” In both statements, the bolding is theirs. …
Cybersecurity
… Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk WIRED PSA: Anyone with a link can view your Granola notes by default Emma Roth Apr 2 Emma Roth Apr 1 Apple is making its iOS 18.7.7 security patch available to more iPhones. …
AI warfare is already here
… In 2024, the Biden administration published a memorandum on AI and national security, setting up rules for how AI can be used in certain national security scenarios — and for now, even under Trump, that policy is in force. …
A hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower
… Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/yarbo-email-andreas-0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/yarbo-email-andreas-2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all That’s why Makris decided to do something that security resea… …
Google’s AI future demands trust — and your personal data
… Google is even planning to give Gemini Spark access to local files on Mac computers, similar to OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent platform that poses a range of security risks. …
The SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the future of space
… Whether there’s peace or war on Earth, defense contractors stand to make good money. “The national security piece gives you sort of a floor below which it’s hard to imagine SpaceX falling,” says Weinzierl. …
US Elections
… Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes — who’s been prepping for everything from AI-fueled phishing attacks to physical security risks — says four polling locations received “unsubstantiated bomb threats,” similar to Georgia . …