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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 360 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxG2NG1ZLtw defensivesecurity.org/defensive-sec…
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Defensive Security Podcast Episode 360
https://media.blubrry.com/1463551/content.blubrry.com/1463551/Defensive_Security_Podcast_Episode_360.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: RSS Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. 1. AI agents broke into 395 organisations, including ones their operator ruled out https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/11/ai-agents-papercut-ng-mf-attack-campaign/ 2. A nuclear agency lost reactor data to an ownCloud bug patched two years earlier https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/old-unpatched-flaws-attackers-philippines-nuclear-agency 3. One in ten exposed AI gateways still accept the example key from the setup guide https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/nearly-1-in-10-exposed-litellm-gateways.html 4. Click rate falls when your phishing tests get easier, not when your people get better https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/11/pistachio-employee-phishing-risk-report/ 5. Microsoft ships 974 fixes, and the bottleneck moves to whoever has to test them https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/microsoft-plugs-nearly-1000-security-holes/ ### Share this: * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * ### _Related_
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 359 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu2dyWVIMIo defensivesecurity.org/defensive-sec…
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Defensive Security Podcast Episode 359
https://media.blubrry.com/1463551/content.blubrry.com/1463551/Defensive_Security_Podcast_Episode_359.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: RSS Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. 1. CISA Red Team Compromised Two Critical Infrastructure Orgs, One Detected Nothing https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/cisa-red-team-compromised-two-critical.html 2. CISA: Most exploited vulnerabilities should have been eradicated decades ago https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/28/cisa-most-exploited-vulnerabilities-should-have-been-eradicated-decades-ago/5293194 3. North Korean Fake Employees Move Into Sales, Marketing and Healthcare Roles https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/28/north-korean-remote-workers-jobs-sales-and-marketing/ 4. Unit 42 says one attacker chained 50 vulns and attack paths in 10 hours https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/frontier-ai-tipping-scales-cyber-adversaries/829088/ 5. AI Bug Report Flood Is Cratering Bounty Prices and Triage Queues https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/vulnpocalypse-repricing-bug-bounty-economy ### Share this: * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * ### _Related_
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
A boy can dream... www.theregister.com/systems/2026/09…
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An Epyc trip to Venice: Everything we do and don't know about AMD's 256-core monster chip
16 channels of DDR5, 5 GHz clock speeds, and support for CXL 3.1 memory god boxes? What's not to like?
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
I've concluded that the ddr5 memory in my desktop is faulty so need to buy replacements. HAVE YOU SEEN THE PRICES????!? It's up 5x since I bought the computer at the beginning of 2025. Hopefully the software vendors can start spending a little bit of time not assuming we will have 2x the ram […]
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026
I’m seeing more than normal account takeovers. Please don’t click on telegram links and for the love of $deity, please use 2fa.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
ok, now I'm going to need y'all to get off my lawn.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
My promotion just came through. s/parent/grandparent
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Upgrading pixelfed on pixe.infosec.exchange did not go well. it's in an unhealthy state. I will be working on it as I can.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Today’s daily DefSec brief: youtu.be/CfkF3-oceyM?is=0teBkD4tIC6… Happy Friday!
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
I can't believe it's pumpkin spice season already
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
I know I’m getting old when I mutter to myself, I can’t believe she is gone. She was only 80.
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Lesley Carhart :unverified: @hacks4pancakes.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026
I’ll be on NBC Chicago talking about the recent water (and other stuff) cyberattacks this evening. All the way groggily from Australia.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
In other news, my swearing off of all drinks other than water is not working out today.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
Having one's water shut off for non-payment is quite exciting. 💩 It's definitely the second monday of the week.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026
Finally, years after buying a lightning trigger, I had my first chance to use it. It worked pretty well.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026
Today's daily defsec brief: www.youtube.com/watch?v=reYjF0U8PHI (yes, I'm still doing them)
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026
Lots up fedi-updates this week: all the masto instances I run are updated and that will fix the known export bug and a few other UI issues akkoma on infosec.place is updated writefreely is yet again updated to fix another signup bypass Peertube had about 802341 container updates this week. I […]
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 357 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba6FwmC6qpM defensivesecurity.org/defensive-sec…
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Defensive Security Podcast Episode 357
https://media.blubrry.com/1463551/content.blubrry.com/1463551/Defensive_Security_Podcast_Episode_357.mp4 Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: RSS Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Stories: 1. Ransomware Gangs Bypass the CEO, Target the 40-Something IT Manager https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/09/ransomware-gangs-skip-the-ceo-head-straight-for-the-40-something-it-manager/5284499 2. Ransomware Attacks Spike While Industry Attention Shifts to AI https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/07/ransomware-attacks-spike-as-world-distracted-by-ai/5284934 3. ChainDrop supply chain compromise: Anatomy of a self-propagating worm https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/08/04/chaindrop-supply-chain-compromise-anatomy-self-propagating-worm/ 4. AI Agent Tried to Backdoor a Real Open-Source Repo During a Security Test https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/claude-mythos-5-tried-to-backdoor-real.html 5. Cloudflare Ditches Most Third-Party Security Tools — But Says Don’t Copy Them https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/04/cloudflare-has-mostly-ditched-third-party-security-tools-suggests-not-trying-that-at-home/5282600 ### Share this: * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * ### _Related_
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 355 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpU2FF8Wgl8 defensivesecurity.org/defensive-sec…
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Defensive Security Podcast Episode 355
https://media.blubrry.com/1463551/content.blubrry.com/1463551/Defensive_Security_Podcast_Episode_356.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: RSS Please consider supporting the DefSec podcast here. Stories: * https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/anthropic-claude-ai-hacking-test/826708 * https://thecybersecguru.com/news/openai-ai-agent-containment-escapes-hugging-face-investigation/ * https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/after-the-break-in-what-attackers-do-once-theyre-already-inside/ * https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/why-resetting-passwords-no-longer-stop-attacks * https://cybersecuritynews.com/adform-advertising-platform-compromised/ ### Share this: * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * ### _Related_
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026
My youngest just send me a video of a roving robot guard dog that now patrols his apartment complex now. I assume if there were ever a prequel to robocop or terminator, this would be in the montage
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026
Today's daily defsec brief: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vMKpXJvKVQ
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026
Today’s daily DefSec brief: youtu.be/5El_S-0NVdU?is=GhaerHdneoj…
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026
Another pretty ok sunset at the beach. The timelapse should be good with all those clouds
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026
My Apple Watch is dying a most horrific death after some water apparently got in while I was swimming last night 😕
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026
I hope Asia and Europe take good care of the sun while it’s gone. I am very fond of it and will be pretty mad if they break it while it’s over there.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026
This poor guy down there is going on hour 13 of using an hand held angle grinder to prep the ground under the magic mushroom to get a new floor coating.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026
I’m sure it’s complete coincidental that I get a multi-gigabit bandwidth spike warning shortly after I reject certain signups. Also LOOK AT THIS SUNSET
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 354 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL0ez4JXGWE defensivesecurity.org/defensive-sec…
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Defensive Security Podcast Episode 354
https://media.blubrry.com/1463551/content.blubrry.com/1463551/Defensive_Security_Podcast_Episode_355.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: RSS https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/21/sonicwall-sma-zero-days-exploited-cve-2026-15409-cve-2026-15410/ https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/qilin-ransomware-attackers-exploit-pan.html https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/worlds-largest-ai-model-repository.html https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation-security-incident/ https://www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/identity-attacks-overtake-exploits-top-ransomware-cause https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/21/estee-lauder-data-breach-oracle-ebs/ ### Share this: * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * ### _Related_
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026
I managed to get this recorded and posted before leaving for the beach. Daily DefSec Brief: youtu.be/GHYXM5kqWmE?is=wUKy51Gumur… Next time should have a better view in the background 🙃
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026
Today's daily defec brief: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnJ0YxynME4
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
Apropos of nothing in particular
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
Today's daily defsec brief: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWOMCv0Tcd0
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
Is anyone aware of work being done to jailbreak DJI cameras? Totally asking for a friend and not for me
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026
Today's daily defsec brief: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsOsw2OlxSw
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026
Today's daily defsec brief: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnm4wbQpvVM
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026
I just watched a TV segment on the most highly paid podcasters. I was very disappointed to see that for the 15th year in a row, I am not on the list 😢
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
Today's daily defsec brief: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF-1PYAJ_qI #clankers
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
Anthropic: “our models went rogue and hacked companies way before that OTHER company’s models. And it was way worse and way better at the same time. In completely unrelated news, we are IPOing soon. Don’t forget! XOXO” www.anthropic.com/news/investigatin…
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026
Just a reminder that the costs of hosting is spiraling so if you love the fediverse, please consider supporting your instance if you can afford to do so and your instance accepts support. And my sincere thanks to the infosec donors that make our part of the fediverse possible. :blobheartcat:
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026
Today's daily defsec brief: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK3Ii6L-fVU
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026
Today's daily defsec brief: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FpNoTUOLKY
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026
If you run a matrix synapse instance, it's time to patch. 11 vulnerabilities just fixed.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026
Today's defsec brief: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGDX5SkL8zQ
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026
Remember to take care of the important stuff.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026
Sometimes I’m the donkey. Sometimes I’m the tiger. Sometimes I’m the lion. Today I spent an unfortunate amount of time being the lion 😕
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
whew! look at the number go up. #nocontext
a meandering graph that goes up and down and then way up
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
Apropos of nothing, I think it's past time for risks.txt to go alongside robots.txt and security.txt on websites. risks.txt would declare the contents of the organization's risk acceptance log so the $baddies know not to use those issues in attacks.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
I am a little concerned about what happens when someone points claude at some of the mastodon alternatives.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
If you run a mastodon instance, it's time to patch.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
So, OpenAI acts recklessly and its software hacks Huggingface, but it takes OpenAI days to realize that happened and somehow the real problem is free Chinese AI models www.cnbc.com/2026/07/27/nvidia-ai-i…
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Nvidia, SpaceX, Microsoft launch AI safety initiative as OpenAI cyberattack fallout continues
Microsoft, SpaceX, Palantir, alongside dozens of other tech companies from the U.S. and Europe, have joined the Open Secure AI Alliance.
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