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Thinking Machines Cofounder Joined OpenAI (4 minute read)
Jul 30 | AI

Thinking Machines Cofounder Joined OpenAI (4 minute read)

Thinking Machines co-founder Lilian Weng left the startup after citing health effects from sustained stress and workload, then joined OpenAI. She said the pace required by the startup had become physically unsustainable.
I Tried to Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend. Reader, I Did Not Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend.
Jun 12 | Blog

I Tried to Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend. Reader, I Did Not Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend.

A "simple" weekend project turns into real infrastructure, and why agent context deserves a boring, reliable foundation.

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Treat prompt changes like code deploys (6 minute read)
Jul 30 | Tech

Treat prompt changes like code deploys (6 minute read)

Prompts are dependencies. Changing them can shift downstream behavior with no warning, no failing build, and no obvious signal in the request pipeline. Treat prompts exactly like any other artifact that can change production behavior. Test them, give them a gate, and default that gate to blocking until proven otherwise.
Contagious Interview malware in SVG images: DPRK campaign (9 minute read)
Jul 30 | Dev

Contagious Interview malware in SVG images: DPRK campaign (9 minute read)

DPRK-aligned actors are handing developers fully-functional “coding challenge” repos, one seeded through Elastic's own community Slack #jobs channel, with the payload split into Base64 chunks hidden in HTML comments across SVG flag images. It is reassembled and executed on every npm run dev or npm start. What lands is a four-module OTTERCOOKIE stack: browser credential and crypto wallet theft, a recursive sweep for .env files, SSH/AWS configs and shell histories, a Socket.IO RAT with live shell access, and a clipboard stealer.
Detection Engineering in the Era of Semantic Malware (14 minute read)
Jul 30 | Infosec

Detection Engineering in the Era of Semantic Malware (14 minute read)

Malware campaigns that target agents via their memory or other configuration present detection engineering challenges as they don't produce classical indicators of compromise. Some classic detection techniques such as File Integrity Monitoring (FIM), privilege auditing, and behavioral baselining can be adapted to agentic threats. Additionally, the agentic landscape also offers some new detection opportunities such as: context window integrity, agent session telemetry, memory file provenance, and cross-session behavioral correlation.

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Critical OpenWrt DHCPv6 Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root (6 minute read)
Jul 30 | Infosec

Critical OpenWrt DHCPv6 Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root (6 minute read)

LLM Observer Proxy (GitHub Repo)
Jul 30 | Infosec

LLM Observer Proxy (GitHub Repo)

Tengu Botnet Reboots Compromised Linux Devices When Defenders Kill Its Process (4 minute read)
Jul 30 | Infosec

Tengu Botnet Reboots Compromised Linux Devices When Defenders Kill Its Process (4 minute read)

The Arguments Against Open Source AI are Very Bad (8 minute read)
Jul 30 | Infosec

The Arguments Against Open Source AI are Very Bad (8 minute read)

Comparing Open-Source AI Code Security Harnesses (4 minute read)
Jul 30 | Infosec

Comparing Open-Source AI Code Security Harnesses (4 minute read)

AutoHarness (GitHub Repo)
Jul 30 | Infosec

AutoHarness (GitHub Repo)

AI-Assisted Bug Hunt Uncovers Linux Kernel 0-Day in net/sched (3 minute read)
Jul 30 | Infosec

AI-Assisted Bug Hunt Uncovers Linux Kernel 0-Day in net/sched (3 minute read)

How 0x Secures $200B with Harmony's AI AppSec agents (3 minute read)
Jul 30 | Infosec

How 0x Secures $200B with Harmony's AI AppSec agents (3 minute read)

Cisco Warns of FMC Static Credential Flaw Exploited in Zero-Day Attacks (2 minute read)
Jul 30 | Infosec

Cisco Warns of FMC Static Credential Flaw Exploited in Zero-Day Attacks (2 minute read)

How We Hacked Thousands of Data Centers in Minutes Using a 20-Year-Old Vulnerability (10 minute read)
Jul 29 | Infosec

How We Hacked Thousands of Data Centers in Minutes Using a 20-Year-Old Vulnerability (10 minute read)

Hackers Hijack Hotel Wi-Fi DNS to Steal Microsoft 365 Accounts (2 minute read)
Jul 28 | Infosec

Hackers Hijack Hotel Wi-Fi DNS to Steal Microsoft 365 Accounts (2 minute read)

ChatGPT AgentForger Flaw Could Deploy Rogue Workspace Agents via a Phishing Link (4 minute read)
Jul 28 | Infosec

ChatGPT AgentForger Flaw Could Deploy Rogue Workspace Agents via a Phishing Link (4 minute read)

A-List Directors, Actors, and Celebrities Exposed in Major Film Festival Breach (3 minute read)
Jul 28 | Infosec

A-List Directors, Actors, and Celebrities Exposed in Major Film Festival Breach (3 minute read)

Steam Forum ClickFix Attack Infects Gamers With XMRig Cryptominers (2 minute read)
Jul 27 | Infosec

Steam Forum ClickFix Attack Infects Gamers With XMRig Cryptominers (2 minute read)

LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps (5 minute read)
Jul 27 | Infosec

LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps (5 minute read)

Data Breach Confirmed After Australian Energy Giant Origin Is Hacked (2 minute read)
Jul 27 | Infosec

Data Breach Confirmed After Australian Energy Giant Origin Is Hacked (2 minute read)

Jailbreaker: LLM Jailbreak Testing You Can Actually Repeat (12 minute read)
Jul 27 | Infosec

Jailbreaker: LLM Jailbreak Testing You Can Actually Repeat (12 minute read)

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16 AI prompt templates for better AI agent outputs (11 minute read)
Jul 30 | Marketing

16 AI prompt templates for better AI agent outputs (11 minute read)

Influencer Marketing Didn't Blow Up, Five Years of Deal Data Shows It Matured Instead (5 minute read)
Jul 30 | Marketing

Influencer Marketing Didn't Blow Up, Five Years of Deal Data Shows It Matured Instead (5 minute read)

Hilton's CMO on why brand marketing is an ‘irrational affinity business' (5 minute read)
Jul 30 | Marketing

Hilton's CMO on why brand marketing is an ‘irrational affinity business' (5 minute read)

So, you want to be a content creator? (9 minute read)
Jul 30 | Marketing

So, you want to be a content creator? (9 minute read)

17 Marketing Tasks You Can Stop Doing Manually (6 minute read)
Jul 30 | Marketing

17 Marketing Tasks You Can Stop Doing Manually (6 minute read)

The 100x CMO Job Is Here. ClickUp Is Paying Up To $1M for One Person To Be The Entire Marketing Department (5 minute read)
Jul 30 | Marketing

The 100x CMO Job Is Here. ClickUp Is Paying Up To $1M for One Person To Be The Entire Marketing Department (5 minute read)

Meta still has the widest social media reach (3 minute read)
Jul 30 | Marketing

Meta still has the widest social media reach (3 minute read)

SEO Tip: Track the changes your competitors are making on G2 / Capterra for AEO (1 minute read)
Jul 30 | Marketing

SEO Tip: Track the changes your competitors are making on G2 / Capterra for AEO (1 minute read)

Products ‘made by mistake' sell more (3 minute read)
Jul 30 | Marketing

Products ‘made by mistake' sell more (3 minute read)

Why DoorDash, Instacart, and Uber Eats Integrated LLMs Into Search Three Different Ways (9 minute read)
Jul 30 | Marketing

Why DoorDash, Instacart, and Uber Eats Integrated LLMs Into Search Three Different Ways (9 minute read)

AI Halftime Report: H1 2026 (8 minute read)
Jul 29 | Marketing

AI Halftime Report: H1 2026 (8 minute read)

Microdramas Are Blowing Up. But They May Never Be a Big Ad Vehicle (5 minute read)
Jul 29 | Marketing

Microdramas Are Blowing Up. But They May Never Be a Big Ad Vehicle (5 minute read)

Don't trust Google Trends for content planning (1 minute read)
Jul 29 | Marketing

Don't trust Google Trends for content planning (1 minute read)

Use the steel man technique to persuade people who disagree with you (4 minute read)
Jul 28 | Marketing

Use the steel man technique to persuade people who disagree with you (4 minute read)

I Built a Claude Skill to Show Me Why My LinkedIn Reach Collapsed (4 minute read)
Jul 28 | Marketing

I Built a Claude Skill to Show Me Why My LinkedIn Reach Collapsed (4 minute read)

Spotify's 265-millisecond obsession (3 minute read)
Jul 28 | Marketing

Spotify's 265-millisecond obsession (3 minute read)

The Link Penalty Just Changed. Most People Missed It (6 minute read)
Jul 27 | Marketing

The Link Penalty Just Changed. Most People Missed It (6 minute read)

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Cisco close to releasing more AI models, this time for deep networking ops (3 minute read)
Jul 30 | It

Cisco close to releasing more AI models, this time for deep networking ops (3 minute read)

Snowflake launches AI agent governance layer to track activity, control costs (3 minute read)
Jul 30 | It

Snowflake launches AI agent governance layer to track activity, control costs (3 minute read)

AI-driven attacks increased 56% last year, and data breach costs are up 12% (5 minute read)
Jul 30 | It

AI-driven attacks increased 56% last year, and data breach costs are up 12% (5 minute read)

Reco enhances AI Runtime with browser-based AI security and automated remediation (3 minute read)
Jul 30 | It

Reco enhances AI Runtime with browser-based AI security and automated remediation (3 minute read)

Shadow AI incident response begins with logs that may already be gone (4 minute read)
Jul 30 | It

Shadow AI incident response begins with logs that may already be gone (4 minute read)

Your AI agents can reach data no one approved (5 minute read)
Jul 30 | It

Your AI agents can reach data no one approved (5 minute read)

US government bans new foreign-made humanoids, robot dogs, and solar inverters, citing risks to national security (3 minute read)
Jul 30 | It

US government bans new foreign-made humanoids, robot dogs, and solar inverters, citing risks to national security (3 minute read)

“Stateful systems are incredibly hard to build”: How Perplexity thinks about AI agent sandboxes (6 minute read)
Jul 30 | It

“Stateful systems are incredibly hard to build”: How Perplexity thinks about AI agent sandboxes (6 minute read)

Why Intune Devices Became Noncompliant After the July Windows Update (8 minute read)
Jul 30 | It

Why Intune Devices Became Noncompliant After the July Windows Update (8 minute read)

From Zero Trust to Zero Custody (8 minute read)
Jul 29 | It

From Zero Trust to Zero Custody (8 minute read)

How Observability transforms vibe coding into AI engineering (8 minute read)
Jul 29 | It

How Observability transforms vibe coding into AI engineering (8 minute read)

Rethinking security for the age of AI (6 minute read)
Jul 28 | It

Rethinking security for the age of AI (6 minute read)

Where Should Your Company's AI Brain Live? (7 minute read)
Jul 28 | It

Where Should Your Company's AI Brain Live? (7 minute read)

Tech sector pours $1T into AI and sends customers the bill (4 minute read)
Jul 28 | It

Tech sector pours $1T into AI and sends customers the bill (4 minute read)

Six Agent Harness Capabilities for Higher Model Performance (7 minute read)
Jul 28 | It

Six Agent Harness Capabilities for Higher Model Performance (7 minute read)

Claude Shared Chats Indexed by Search Engines Raise Privacy Concerns (6 minute read)
Jul 27 | It

Claude Shared Chats Indexed by Search Engines Raise Privacy Concerns (6 minute read)

Hackers Hijack Hotel Wi-Fi to Steal Microsoft 365 Credentials (4 minute read)
Jul 27 | It

Hackers Hijack Hotel Wi-Fi to Steal Microsoft 365 Credentials (4 minute read)

What will more intelligence actually do for us? (14 minute read)
Jul 27 | It

What will more intelligence actually do for us? (14 minute read)

Nadella's hardest year (7 minute read)
Jul 27 | It

Nadella's hardest year (7 minute read)

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