Some significant HSM news! The post-quantum world has drawn a step closer with Thales launching its new #PQC Hardware Security Module (#HSM) - the Luna 8. Enterprises will be taking a close look at the Luna 8 to solve present and future HSM use cases - siliconangle.com/2026/08/04/t...

Thales debuts Luna 8 to help organizations mitigate emerging quantum security threats before they arise - SiliconANGLE

Thales debuts Luna 8 to help organizations mitigate emerging quantum security threats before they arise - SiliconANGLE

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☕ Captain + Stoker: We ditched plastic bags and labels in favor of fully reusable and recyclable steel coffee cans, now available for purchase in the Aquarium Store.

A reminder of the value of crypto agility. The times (and cryptographic algorithms) they are a'changin': arstechnica.com/security/202...

Mythos attack on 3rd-round PQC algorithm candidate puts it out of commission

HAWK withstood years of testing that had yet to uncover a fatal weakness found through Mythos.

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Interesting work from Anthropic in applying Claude Mythos Preview to discover cryptographic weakness - www.anthropic.com/research/dis... #encryption

Discovering cryptographic weaknesses with Claude

Anthropic researchers find weaknesses in cryptographic algorithms with Claude Mythos Preview

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Data security and identity security are coming together driven by enterprise AI agent deployments - Cyera is buying Oasis Security for $1B. Oasis had accumulated $195M in venture funding - a ~5X return for investors - www.wsj.com/pro/cybersec...

Exclusive | Cyera to Buy Oasis Security in $1 Billion Deal

The acquisition underscores growing demand for tools that govern AI agents as cybersecurity M&A roars on.

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New, by me: The Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border agents with a "duress" passcode that wiped the contents of his phone when they entered it. We've confirmed the phone was running GrapheneOS. Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20260724...

US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch

A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constit...

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Practical advice from a NYTimes journalist to figure out what chatbots (ChatGPT, etc) know about you - www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/t...

How to Use ChatGPT and Gemini Prompts to Find Out What They Know About You (Gift Article)

It can be unsettling what Gemini and ChatGPT have figured out about you and how easily your privacy can be punctured. Here’s how to find out.

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Taylor Farms, the lettuce supplier at the center of our explosive diarrhea outbreak, has spent millions to oppose food regulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans:

Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak

The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.

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Oops! OpenAI models inadvertently compromised Huggingface. A sign of things to come with more powerful AI frontier models. Everyone is going to need to up their #cybersecurity defense game - the genie is not going back in the bottle. www.wired.com/story/openai...

OpenAI Models Escaped Containment and Hacked Hugging Face

The cybersecurity-focused models, including GPT-5.6 Sol, broke out of a testing sandbox, exploited a zero-day, and gained access to the open internet to pull off the attack.

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Watching Spain v Argentina WC at a sports pub in Mountain View (the heart of Silicon Valley). The crowd boos lustily whenever the camera shows Trump.

The Spanish keeper might find it useful. Super interesting read for the keepers of the world.

Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 3w ago

I’m “feel on the day.”

Argentina is brawling in this England v Argentina WC match, trying to knock England off their stride and out of their rhythm. Not pretty ⚽

#Cybersecurity startups are going through a tree phrase in company naming. Last month Ent came out of stealth, and today Oak launched. Somewhere a marketing consultancy is pitching founders coming out of stealth with company names like Pine, Spruce, and Willow.... techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/b...

Backed by $60M in funding, Oak steps out of stealth to fix the identity mess that AI agents are making worse | TechCrunch

Co-founded by serial entrepreneur Shai Morag, Israeli identity management startup Oak is emerging out of stealth with $60 million in seed funding.

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Google Cloud's VMware service loses resilience due to a dud update

Google Cloud's VMware service loses resilience due to a dud update

As VMware itself warns of critical flaw in its load balancer

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Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...

Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media (Gift Article)

The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”

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Allez les Bleus! 🇫🇷 2-0 with 20 minutes to go.... France has been controlling the ball well, gonna be hard for Morocco to come back.

GitHub Copilot refuses harmful prompts if asked in chat - like, "how to fool a breathalyzer test" or "smuggle bulk cash out of the US" - but then will write them in code 100 percent of the time if the prompt is broken into smaller steps across multiple stages of a software development workflow.

GitHub Copilot: Sorry Dave, I can't do that harmful thing - unless you ask me in code

More fun with AI jailbreaks, this time at the workflow level

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omg this Brian Krebs story: krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/felo...

Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup

A cybersecurity startup dangling millions of dollars to acquire zero-day security vulnerabilities in popular software is run by a pair of far-right conspiracy theorists and convicted felons whose most...

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If you are a marketer attending #blackhat in Las Vegas, this will be an exceptionally informative Omdia event to attend on August 4 (Tuesday) - blackhat.com/us-26/omdia-...

Black Hat

Black Hat

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Mexico v England - What a game so far! This match is exceeding the hype that preceded it.

His corruption knows no bounds. His act taints things no matter what happens. Hope US soccer peeps see it for what it is. He and FIFA are corrupt actors in the beautiful game. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...

Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Player’s Suspension. Now He’s Eligible to Play.

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Cyberinsurers start to consider AI risk when underwriting cyberinsurance policies, focusing more on resilience (patching, recovery) than protection. AI resilience helps the data protection crowd(Cohesity, Commvault, Rubrik, Veeam, etc) justify covering AI data use cases. www.wsj.com/pro/cybersec...

Cyber Insurers Focus on Speed as AI Rewrites Security

Insurers aren’t just looking at the security controls policyholders install, but how quickly they can respond to lightning-fast threats.

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🚨 | Germany are eliminated from the World Cup.

From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: After 72 games played, 215 goals scored, and only 16 countries eliminated, the World Cup group stage is complete. So, who is the best team left? Who is going to be in the final? Here are our writers' predictions: nyti.ms/4oPuVyZ

I was in Grant's Tomb in NYC a few weeks ago, and noticed the ceiling had significant water damage. I asked on of the National Park Rangers about it, and they said renovations had been planned, but are postponed. How I know why - vanity projects for Trump. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

'Rush Project at Request of POTUS': Trump Is Draining the National Parks to Pay for His Projects

Money once used for crucial national park repairs is now financing Trump’s redecorating projects.

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The Five Eyes (cybersecurity agencies of the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand) underscore risk to systems from AI-driven adversaries and urge preparation action - www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/vie...

Over at @theverge.com, @seangon.bsky.social and I wrote about how billionaires hijacked a generational $42.5 billion program intended to dramatically improve internet access. Republicans stripped away all affordability and equity requirements, and are turning it into a slush fund.

Elon Musk and the plot to hijack America’s broadband

“We’re fed up … The BEAD program has failed us.”

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Sweeping Credential-Harvesting Heist Compromises 30K+ Fortinet Devices www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks...

Sweeping Credential Heist Compromises 30K+ Fortinet Devices

Attackers are targeting various sectors across nearly 200 countries and have compiled working credentials for tends of thousands of devices.

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Die Mannschaft!! 🇩🇪On to the the knockout rounds.

Bundesliga news – Bulinews.com@bulinews.com · 2mo ago

🔢 Full Germany player ratings after Saturday's 2-1 World Cup win over Côte d’Ivoire ⬇️ #DFB #WorldCup

Mamdani's speech at the Knicks parade was easily the best I've ever heard at an event of that sort. I posted the whole thing on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. Highly recommended.

Mamdani Remembers Some Knicks Guys during phenomenal parade speech

YouTube video by Aaron Rupar

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