the idea that I, a pretty capable computer programmer, should pay *four years of my life* to people who make 10x as much money as me to ship the worst dreck I have ever laid eyes on, is just profoundly insulting, on top of all the other harm this shit causes

"static detection often fails" - the problem with the AV industry is that this is still a headline in 2026...

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@VirusBulletin/116334126813393639

Blog post about my #bsidessf talk on using SSH certificates for git signing: https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog/p/ssh-certificates-and-git-signing/

This Claude code leak is giving me whatever the opposite of impostor syndrome is

I see on HN that John Bradley, the creator of xv, has died:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47534086

The real announcements, alas, come from sources that I am unwilling to link to.

Xv, an image viewer/editor, is one of those tools that hit a peak of usability that really hasn't been matched since. It supports a wide range of image-manipulation functions, and has an interface that gets the job done quickly. I've sort of moved away from it over the years, but I still keep it around.

RIP, John, you made something good.

tinfoil.sh provides confidential computing GPUs to run open LLM models.

I just received some really great support too, recommended!

[RSS] Securing the open source supply chain across GitHub

https://github.blog/security/supply-chain-security/securing-the-open-source-supply-chain-across-github/

[RSS] CHECK Removed, Context Confused, Checkmate Achieved

https://starlabs.sg/blog/2026/04-check-removed-context-confused-checkmate-achieved/

CVE-2026-0899

[RSS] Patch Gap to Mobile Renderer RCE: Pwning Samsung Internet's V8 on the Galaxy S25

https://osec.io/blog/2026-04-01-patch-gap-to-mobile-renderer-rce

New blog post: Comparing text documents in Collabora Online: improved UI https://vmiklos.hu/blog/cool-doc-compare2.html

#3227 - Creation

I love this ❤️ kagi.com @kagihq home page today.
It took me straight back to 1996 when I first started using the internet. Netscape Navigator, Yahoo directory to find sites of interest.
I especially loved the slow loading images.

CVE ID: CVE-2026-5281
Vendor: Google
Product: Dawn
Date Added: 2026-04-01
Notes: This vulnerability affects an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5281
CVE URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5281

so anthropic's coding thing leaked, and they are using DMCA to get it taken down.

but if it is all vibecoded and everything generated by LLM is not copyrightable...

AI company once again fails to understand how the Internet works

RE: https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/116330548519902234

[RSS] Before you check if an update caused your problem, check that it wasn't a problem before the update

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260331-00/?p=112177

correlation != causation

[RSS] Container Transforms: Working with Nested Binary Formats

https://binary.ninja/2026/03/31/container-transforms.html

#BinaryNinja

INFOSEC cool kids getting excited about hacking back against literal state-sponsored assassins.

Yet another abuse of the missing "CrossDevice.Streaming.Source.dll" DLL!

After CVE-2025-24076 / CVE-2025-24076 found by Compass Security, Researcher Oscar Zanotti Campo found another vulnerability that he could exploit using the built-in misconfigured COM class referencing this DLL. This is CVE-2026-21508. 🔥

👉 https://0xc4r.github.io/posts/CVE-2026-21508/
👉 https://github.com/0xc4r/CVE-2026-21508_POC/
👉 https://blog.0patch.com/2026/03/micropatches-released-for-windows.html

#Windows #cve #cve_2026_21508 #vulnerability

Does anyone have a contact at pwn.ai?

We would kinda like to have a conversation with them...