Have we considered suggesting DNS-over-ChatGPT yet?
With TikTok now going to be owned by Larry Ellison and Emerati MGX/G42, the concerns about it being used as a government propaganda machine really are totally put to rest. Phew!
(My hope remains that this move will ruin the product and the kids will move on.)
Microsoft is handing over Bitlocker keys to law enforcement. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/
Love web & AI security research? Want to do it full time on-site with myself, Gareth Heyes & Zak Fedotkin? Join the PortSwigger Research team - we're hiring!
90% of the time you don’t need a DevOps guy.
You need a C++ guy, a SQL guy, and one fat server with a lot of ram.
StackOverflow used to run on *one* SQL Server with a hot spare.
Peaked Alexa Rank #36, 10+ Million visits a day.
Rust 1.93.0 has been released! 🌈 🦀✨
This release includes a new musl version for the *-linux-musl targets, adds support for #[cfg] inside asm!(), and adds [T]::as_array, VecDeque::{pop_front_if, pop_back_if}, Vec/String::into_raw_parts, fmt::form_fn, and more! ✨
Check out the blog post and release notes for all the details: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/01/22/Rust-1.93.0/
JWT {"alg": "let-me-innnnn"} vuln
https://pentesterlab.com/blog/cve-2026-23993-harbourjwt-unknown-alg-jwt-bypass
TEE security breaks down in predictable ways. In our December webinar, we showed exactly where.
Jules Drean from Tinfoil walked through their threat model, covering repositories, hardware configurations, and CVM images. Our security engineers, Paul Bottinelli and Tjaden Hess, dug into vulnerabilities they've found in production TEE deployments.
Watch the full recording: https://watch.getcontrast.io/register/trail-of-bits-top-tee-bugs-you-should-fix-before-your-audit?utm_source=socials
Why there’s no European Google?
And why it is a good thing!
My answer to the European Commission "call for evidence on Open Source."
https://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-european-google.html
#geminiprotocol link: gemini://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-european-google.gmi
Kagi is growing! We're seeking an experienced Product Designer to join our fully remote team. If you're passionate about our vision and meet the qualifications outlined below, we'd love to hear from you!
https://kagi.peopleforce.io/careers/v/178633-product-designer-uiux
CVE-2026-22200: Ticket to Shell in osTicket https://horizon3.ai/attack-research/attack-blogs/ticket-to-shell-exploiting-php-filters-and-cnext-in-osticket-cve-2026-22200/