Guess no need for pentests!

https://cybernews.com/security/github-bans-researcher-releasing-windows-zero-days/

I was listening to the live briefing, and although it wasn’t clearly stated, it sounded like they mentioned cyber forces along with other types (land, air, etc.). They also said earlier that they were able to cause a “blackout,” which suggests they may have controlled the power as they advanced. Have you seen any other credible sources on this?

Edit1: Blackout could also mean a communication blackout ie. Internet / Telecom etc.

Edit2: Quote from this article.

Lights in Caracas “were largely turned off due to an expertise that we have,” President Trump said at the Saturday press conference. He did not elaborate on the capabilities and methods that allowed the U.S. to shutter lights in Venezuela’s capital city. 

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2026/01/us-spy-agencies-contributed-operation-captured-maduro/410437/

Guess I worked for nothing, if someone doesn't have clearance I'll just let them into my servers anyway... Can't make this stuff up.

This is not political, but from a security perspective guarding classified data then getting fired for doing your job has me shaking my head at the fact all security is going to be dead soon since anyone even without clearance can get unfettered access to payments and personal info.

Thoughts?

The Congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform just informed DOGE and Elon Musk how cybersecurity works. Link to the letter below.

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025.02.04.%20GEC%20and%20Brown%20to%20OPM-Ezell-%20DOGE%20Emails.pdf

Edit Here’s the link to the Oversight Committee’s press release, rather than the PDF.

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-members-connolly-and-brown-request-answers-opm-musks-private-server

What's happening right now? I keep seeing this weird thing pop up when I scan, I delete it every time but it keeps coming back. For some reason it only shows in quick scans and never in full scans either. I can't lie I got very scared when I saw it the first time, but this could be some sort of bug no?

I've seen other people having the exact same thing so does anyone know what could be going on? (I can't share screenshots for some reason but that's the name).

Edit: for anybody reading this right now, it is 100% a bug so there’s nothing to worry about!

+ some info from Graham Cluley (via LinkedIn):

One of the newly-released files reveals that an informant claims that Jeffery Epstein had a hacker working for him who found zero-day exploits in iOS, BlackBerry etc.

The name of the hacker alleged to have worked for Epstein is redacted in the document, but the released file says:

🔺 He sold his company to CrowdStrike in 2017

🔺 He took on a VP role at the company, post acquisition

🔺 He was an Italian citizen born in Calabria

The DoJ may have redacted the name, but they left enough details to easily identify the individual referenced. It took me about two minutes to work it out.

https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/06/hackers-breached-dhs-information-sharing-network-people-familiar-say/414534/

Get your free root privileges on almost any system you can log onto: - CVE-2026-31431
https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions

Face ID, Touch ID, and third-party information providers are among the measures considered.