DETSEC - Nacogdoches, TX

Upcoming Meeting: Lunch and Network - Oct 22nd 2026 @ 11:30a-1:00p.

DETSEC

What We’re Into

Hacking / Cybersecurity

Security

Radio

3D Printing

Drones

Arduino / Electronics

Home Automation

AI

Security news

Daniel Miessler

Custom Content for Everyone

AGI Prediction Update (2025-2028)

Introducing UL Gauntlet, a Benchmark for How Well AI Explains

I Write My Own Stage Directions Now

My Thoughts on Renaming AI to Super Intelligence

Krebs on Security

U.K. Sanctions Cryptomus for RU Money Laundering

Microsoft Patches More Than 1,400 Security Flaws

FBI Arrests Executive at Ransomware Negotiation Firm

ShinyHunters Extorted Boeing Spin-off Prior to Arrests

Dutch Police Arrest ‘Reformed’ Hacker in Shiny Hunters Investigation

Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Before the Chicxulub Meteor Impact

Backdooring Open-Weight AI Models

Measuring Human Cryptanalysis Effort

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

The Future of AI Cryptanalysis

Register Security

Cybercrims go beyond stealing data to attack physical building systems

Networking problems after the October 2026 Windows update? NTLM might be to blame

Attack on BAE-managed system disrupts US bankruptcy courts

Thief snatches school snapper's SD cards in smash & grab

User refused to change her password because everyone already knew it

Threat Post

Student Loan Breach Exposes 2.5M Records

Watering Hole Attacks Push ScanBox Keylogger

Tentacles of ‘0ktapus’ Threat Group Victimize 130 Firms

Ransomware Attacks are on the Rise

Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras

Hacker News

MALFEX npm Package 'imgdecode' Hides Shellcode Loader in Windows Native Addon

Hackers Use Compromised ConnectWise Credential to Sign In to 173 Microsoft 365 Tenants

Researchers Demonstrate OpenBSD Root Exploit Chaining 37-Year-Old Shared-Memory Bug

Attackers Tampered with AOMEI Backupper's Update Servers for Minutes to Deliver a Backdoor

UAT-11985 Uses Fake Event Invites to Target Taiwan Research Affiliates With Google AitM Phishing

Security Week

Israeli Ad Firm Doubled as Candiru’s Zero-Click Spyware Delivery Channel

In Other News: ICS-Sniper Attack, Hacking XWorm Malware Operators, $250k Chrome Exploit

BAE Systems Security Incident Stalls Notices From US Bankruptcy Courts

Chinese APT Exploited BeyondTrust Vulnerability as Zero-Day

OpenAI Models Hacked Data Portals, Raided a Crypto Wallet to Finish Tasks

Wired Security

Encryption Is Getting Squeezed From All Sides

Chicago-Area Cops Helped HSI Spy on Minnesota Anti-ICE Activists

‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads

An OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the Office

Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer

Wired AI

Why AI Isn’t Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomes

Katie Zacharia Was Linked to an AI Rare-Earths Startup. It’s Even Weirder Than It Sounds

Maybe Chatbots Shouldn’t Get to Say ‘I’ or ‘Me’

AI-Generated Hot Girls Are Ripping Off Comedians to Boost Their Horny Content

We Got Hot and Heavy With Meta’s Muse—and Baffled by Apple’s HomeView