Toddzilla
@cryptodd.bsky.social
California native, Omdia (formerly Enterprise Strategy Group) analyst, cybersecurity geek, soccer goalkeeping phenom. Crypto = cryptography, Views=mine, Reposts≠endorsement
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Toddzilla
@cryptodd.bsky.social
· Nov 25
The Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) Starter Pack so you can keep up with the ESG analyst team covering #cybersecurity and all thinks enterprise information technology. go.bsky.app/4axSvJz
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Hey, maybe these guys aren't a reliable cybersecurity firm after all
METR, the AI Safety & Eval firm, experienced a breach in which attackers stole $600k worth of API credits
thehackernews.com/2026/09/atta...
thehackernews.com/2026/09/atta...
Attackers Steal METR API Key and Consume AI Credits Worth About $600,000
Attackers stole a METR API key and consumed credits worth about $600,000, while a later campaign failed to access internal data.
thehackernews.com
September 14, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Hey, maybe these guys aren't a reliable cybersecurity firm after all
How much of the world's diesel supply comes from Russia? He's going to try to blame Ukraine for the price of diesel. I hope US journalists have some facts on hand to show whether or not this is the case rather than simply repeating his statements. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-u...
Trump calls on Ukraine to stop targeting Russian refineries as both countries trade strikes
Civilians were killed and injured overnight into Sunday as both Russia and Ukraine kept up large-scale drone strikes.
www.cbsnews.com
September 13, 2026 at 3:48 PM
How much of the world's diesel supply comes from Russia? He's going to try to blame Ukraine for the price of diesel. I hope US journalists have some facts on hand to show whether or not this is the case rather than simply repeating his statements. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-u...
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L'shanah tovah, lovely people.
Wishing you and yours a sweet new year ahead.
Please.
Seriously.
We could try that. Might be good.
Wishing you and yours a sweet new year ahead.
Please.
Seriously.
We could try that. Might be good.
September 11, 2026 at 9:19 PM
L'shanah tovah, lovely people.
Wishing you and yours a sweet new year ahead.
Please.
Seriously.
We could try that. Might be good.
Wishing you and yours a sweet new year ahead.
Please.
Seriously.
We could try that. Might be good.
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Im DFB-Pokal geht's mit einem Heimspiel weiter! Wir empfangen in der 2. Runde den VfL Wolfsburg.
September 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Im DFB-Pokal geht's mit einem Heimspiel weiter! Wir empfangen in der 2. Runde den VfL Wolfsburg.
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So startet der Sport-Club in Paderborn 💪
September 5, 2026 at 12:37 PM
So startet der Sport-Club in Paderborn 💪
Holy IDV: The FBI is investigating Kentucky-based firm selling 135M+ drivers licenses, from Brian Krebs (krebsonsecurity) - krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-...
FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses – Krebs on Security
krebsonsecurity.com
September 1, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Holy IDV: The FBI is investigating Kentucky-based firm selling 135M+ drivers licenses, from Brian Krebs (krebsonsecurity) - krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-...
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I don't think everyone needs to use AI. I don't think it's good that AI is being shoved everywhere when it's not wanted or asked for. But I don't find the complete hatred of all AI tools productive or helpful to building a better internet. And others appear to be feeling the same thing.
August 20, 2026 at 9:36 PM
I don't think everyone needs to use AI. I don't think it's good that AI is being shoved everywhere when it's not wanted or asked for. But I don't find the complete hatred of all AI tools productive or helpful to building a better internet. And others appear to be feeling the same thing.
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So I get that there's (yet again) a big debate going on about AI on Bluesky. I am turning off replies to this post because I don't want to have notifications flooded one way or the other on this one. I just want to share what I've heard multiple times in just the past two weeks.
August 20, 2026 at 9:36 PM
So I get that there's (yet again) a big debate going on about AI on Bluesky. I am turning off replies to this post because I don't want to have notifications flooded one way or the other on this one. I just want to share what I've heard multiple times in just the past two weeks.
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New: the highly controversial AI music generator Suno was hacked. The hacker sent us Suno source code; it shows the company scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. In all, Suno scraped *decades* worth of music from the internet. Obviously didn't pay artists www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
July 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
New: the highly controversial AI music generator Suno was hacked. The hacker sent us Suno source code; it shows the company scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. In all, Suno scraped *decades* worth of music from the internet. Obviously didn't pay artists www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
WSJ has details on North Koreans impersonating US tech workers (w help of Americans running laptop farms and collaborating in other ways). This story has been around, but this documentary breaks new ground in describing the playbook. Enterprises need ID verification. www.wsj.com/business/med...
Inside North Korea’s Operation to Conquer the American Job Market
Watch how Pyongyang’s scheme to generate $800 million a year works.
www.wsj.com
August 13, 2026 at 4:18 AM
WSJ has details on North Koreans impersonating US tech workers (w help of Americans running laptop farms and collaborating in other ways). This story has been around, but this documentary breaks new ground in describing the playbook. Enterprises need ID verification. www.wsj.com/business/med...
Yaaaaaasss! Go Dubs!
Stephen Curry and his Golden State Warriors will open the 2026-27 season on the road against the Los Angeles Lakers, and will host Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on Christmas Day at Chase...
Steph Curry vs. Luka Doncic: Warriors to open season against Lakers in L.A.
Stephen Curry and his Golden State Warriors will open the 2026-27 season on the road against the Los Angeles Lakers, and will host Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on Christmas Day at Chase...
bit.ly
August 12, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Yaaaaaasss! Go Dubs!
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IMPORTANT: Secure Boot certificates used by most Windows devices are started to expire on June 2026. To avoid disruption, we recommend reviewing the guidance and taking action to update certificates in advance.
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
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techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
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Secure Boot playbook for certificates expiring in 2026
Explore tools and step-by-step guidance to help you proactively update your Secure Boot certificates.
techcommunity.microsoft.com
August 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
IMPORTANT: Secure Boot certificates used by most Windows devices are started to expire on June 2026. To avoid disruption, we recommend reviewing the guidance and taking action to update certificates in advance.
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
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techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
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This week's Enterprise Security Weekly podcast is out and I was delighted to chat with Adrian Sanabria about some recent Omdia research I did around identity security for AI agents. Adrian is a lively and knowledgeable host - check it out! www.scworld.com/podcast-segm...
Three interviews: system fragility, operational clarity, and Identity for AI agents – Robin Macfarlane, Kyle Sandy, Todd Thiemann – ESW #471
Interview 1: Robin Macfarlane from RRMac Associats. The Mattress Money Principle: What a 50-Year Veteran Knows About System Fragility. In this interview, Robin and Adrian discuss how technology has ev...
www.scworld.com
August 11, 2026 at 12:08 AM
This week's Enterprise Security Weekly podcast is out and I was delighted to chat with Adrian Sanabria about some recent Omdia research I did around identity security for AI agents. Adrian is a lively and knowledgeable host - check it out! www.scworld.com/podcast-segm...
A @wired.com article highlighting how AI agents went rogue, communicated and schemed to achieve their goals - www.wired.com/story/openai... #cybersecurity
OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree
At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies—and did it all right under the company’s nose.
www.wired.com
August 8, 2026 at 3:37 PM
A @wired.com article highlighting how AI agents went rogue, communicated and schemed to achieve their goals - www.wired.com/story/openai... #cybersecurity
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
siliconangle.com
August 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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...
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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.
July 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
☕ 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.
arstechnica.com
July 30, 2026 at 12:09 AM
A reminder of the value of crypto agility. The times (and cryptographic algorithms) they are a'changin': arstechnica.com/security/202...
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
www.anthropic.com
July 28, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Interesting work from Anthropic in applying Claude Mythos Preview to discover cryptographic weakness - www.anthropic.com/research/dis... #encryption
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.
www.wsj.com
July 28, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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...
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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...
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...
techcrunch.com
July 24, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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...
Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20260724...
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.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Practical advice from a NYTimes journalist to figure out what chatbots (ChatGPT, etc) know about you - www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/t...
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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.
www.wired.com
July 21, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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:
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.
www.wired.com
July 21, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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...
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.
July 19, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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.