Genuinely having a great time reading @tara 's exploration of purpose-built business machines (in the vein of the IBM 5280): https://www.tara.sh/posts/2026/2026-07-24_cobolito400_essay/
Honestly her site is one of my favorite little blogs. There's a fully essay behind the post!
As an industry, I know we're not going back, but it's neat reflecting on how different engineers over the decades have thought about _data_ and data portability as a first-class citizen.
Coldcard devices used predictable RNGs, and apparently this has consequences. ๐
I'm pleased to announce a new release of the #idalib #Rust bindings for @HexRaysSA IDA Pro! This release adds compatibility with latest SDK (v9.4), and a couple of bug fixes. Thanks to @raptor and @yegor for their contributions.
https://github.com/idalib-rs/idalib.git
Yet another attack against the Arch User Repository is underway. We are monitoring and analyzing the malware samples.
https://discourse.ifin.network/t/new-aur-attack-prompts-adoption-lock/698
Somehow, we have ended up in a universe where companies brag about deploying multibillion dollar software systems with an objective to break decades old IT security legislation, and nobody holds their executives to account.
https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-says-claude-hacked-real-systems-during-cybersecurity-tests/
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#VMware: three critical #vulnerabilities in VMware vCenter, ESX, Workstation, and Fusion, allow attackers to bypass authentication, execute arbitrary code, or escape from a virtual machine to the host. Patches released by Broadcom - it's time to patch!
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vmware-fixes-three-critical-flaws-allowing-auth-bypass-vm-escapes/
For the nerds in the back:
Wiz found a master key that could access every database in Azure's Cosmos DB. #cosmosescape
Whoops.
https://nitter.net/yuvalavra/status/2082864672294736324
My present to all of you: Go ahead and think a bit about why such a key even exists. Go ahead...
AI: Considerations for people who make decisions. There is enormous pressure to deploy AI, and if you believe the LinkedIn thought leadership, you'd think that if you don't get on board NOW you'll be lost forever. Meanwhile other people severely detest AI, so much so that it damages their (worthwhile) arguments against it. Below, thoughts on what to do now, and what things might best be postponed. Finally, some stimulating words on what we actually DO at the office: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/ai-for-decision-makers/