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I Fell Into a Machinima Rabbit Hole And I’m Glad I Did

Went looking for GTA machinimas on YouTube, found Rest in Pieces by Alvin Soprano instead. Got hooked. Watched her other Sims 4 machinimas (Drained, Bone-Skinny, Goodbye Mommy.) Each one weird, funny, creepy, or all three. Loved the dry humor, subtle messages, and the odd, haunting vibe. Never played The Sims, still enjoyed it. Wish I’d found her channel before she deleted her older stuff.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

Anthropic wants Claude to analyze your bank account and financial data

Anthropic is testing a new personal finance feature called "Claude Money" that will allow you to connect your bank accounts directly to Claude and "understand your money." [...]

thecyberwire.com

Defending Space as Critical Infrastructure. [T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing]

Space infrastructure is becoming vital to daily life and, consequently, a more appealing target for malicious actors. Maria Varmazis and Sean MacKirdy discussed the necessity for space stakeholders to improve how they secure space systems. As space systems gain importance, they will face increased targeting by bad actors. Implementing a robust universal framework and consistent data interpretation across all spacecraft is crucial. This standardization will empower cybersecurity practitioners to develop more effective and swift responses. The conversation touches upon the SPARTA v4.0 matrix, a tool for analyzing space attack tactics. A consistent approach to interpreting data can lead to better threat visibility and response. This proactive strategy is essential for safeguarding the growing reliance on space assets. Ultimately, a unified cybersecurity framework is needed to protect the evolving space domain. The discussion highlights the urgent need for enhanced cybersecurity measures in space.

thehackernews.com

29-Year-Old Squid Proxy Bug 'Squidbleed' Can Leak Cleartext HTTP Requests

A heap over-read in the Squid web proxy can leak another user's cleartext HTTP request, including any credentials or session tokens it carries, to anyone already allowed to send traffic through the same proxy. The bug traces to a 1997 FTP-parsing change and is still live in Squid's default configuration. Researchers at Calif.io disclosed it in June and named it Squidbleed (

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Global tensions are pushing cyber activity toward dangerous territory

Cybersecurity is inseparable from geopolitics. Ongoing conflicts, sanctions, trade wars, geoeconomic rivalry, and technological competition have pushed state competition into cyberspace. States use cyber operations to exert pressure on rivals, enabling disruption without resorting to conventional weapons. Infrastructure vulnerabilities in a geopolitical context 72% of IT leaders worry that nation-state cyber capabilities could tip into a full-scale cyberwar, and that critical infrastructure would be hit hardest. Although the cause was not a cyberattack, the large-scale …

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LangChain, LangGraph Flaws Expose Files, Secrets, Databases in Widely Used AI Frameworks

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed three security vulnerabilities impacting LangChain and LangGraph that, if successfully exploited, could expose filesystem data, environment secrets, and conversation history. Both LangChain and LangGraph are open-source frameworks that are used to build applications powered by Large Language Models (LLMs). LangGraph is built on the foundations of

www.theregister.com

Putin sends submarines to survey Britain's subsea cables. UK deploys Royal Navy, mobilizes parliamentary draftsmen

Proposed legislation threatens fines and prison for reckless damage. Russian Prez must be shaking in his boots

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Microsoft fixes broken copy and paste for Excel 2016 users

Microsoft has fixed a known issue that causes copy-and-paste failures for some Excel users after installing the September 2026 KB5002914 security update. [...]